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Dirty Soda

Dirty Soda made with Coke, coconut creamer, and lime juice is a deliciously indulgent soda shoppe style drink served over ice and perfect for sipping on a hot summer day or as a dessert treat!

  • Prep2 min
  • Total2 min
  • Yield1 drink
  • Calories125

Ingredients Steps Notes

Dirty Soda is made with Coke, coconut creamer, and lime juice for a deliciously indulgent soda shoppe style drink served over ice and perfect for sipping on a hot summer day or as a dessert treat!

Utah’s popular Dirty Soda trend is now taking the world by storm with unique sweet beverage combinations made from soda, coffee creamer, fruit juice, and more! There are a million different flavor combinations to try, but this is a classic!

What Is Dirty Soda?

For many who haven’t traveled to Utah in the last decade, Dirty Soda is a wholly new concept. Originally rising to popularity in the state about a decade ago when the Church of Latter-day Saints clarified its position on caffeine and soda.

And to this day, popular shops like Swig (also famous for their pink frosted cookies) and Sodalicious have made wildly successful businesses out of crazy soda concoctions made with soda, milk or creamer, simple syrups, fruit, and more! Kind of like an Italian Soda but more extreme!

Try this Butterbeer Dirty Soda recipe too!

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Dirty Soda Ingredients

Everyone has a favorite, but this classic flavor combo, also known as The Founder, is the perfect introductory Dirty Soda to try! This is the TikTok version and takes a couple of shortcuts, but I’ve included the original Dirty Soda recipe below! The original uses Diet Coke, but we prefer classic Coca-Cola in ours!

From there, we’ll add coconut creme coffee creamer and fresh-squeezed lime juice to balance out the sweetness. Mix everything together in a large glass with ice and enjoy immediately!

The original Dirty Soda “The Founder” is made with Diet Coke, coconut simple syrup, lime juice, and heavy cream – here’s a traditional recipe for Swig Dirty Soda.

  • 8 ounces diet Coke
  • ½ ounce coconut simple syrup
  • ½ ounce fresh lime juice
  • 2 ounces heavy cream
  • Lime slice, for garnish

How To Make A Dirty Soda

  1. Fill a glass halfway with ice.
  2. Pour in the Coke, coconut simple syrup, and lime juice.
  3. Slowly pour the heavy cream in.
  4. Garnish with a lime slice and serve with a straw.
  5. Stir before enjoying.

Dirty Soda Recipe Ideas

The flavor possibilities with this fun dirty soda trend are positively endless. Here are a few popular ones from the shops and a few I came up with!

  • Orange Creamsicle: Orange soda and coconut creme creamer.
  • Endless Summer: Mountain Dew, pomegranate juice, lime juice, and coconut creme creamer.
  • Raspberry Dream: Dr Pepper, coconut creme creamer, and raspberry simple syrup.
  • Melted Root Beer Float: Root Beer and vanilla coffee creamer.
  • Strawberries & Cream: Strawberry soda and vanilla coffee creamer OR cream soda, strawberry simple syrup, and vanilla creamer.
  • Naughty & Nice: Dr Pepper, toffee simple syrup, and half & half (or just toffee creamer).
  • Beach Babe: Mountain Dew, raspberry simple syrup, peach simple syrup, and vanilla creamer.
  • Dirty Shirley: Not to be confused with my Dirty Shirley cocktail, this recipe takes the classic mocktail made with lemon-lime soda and grenadine and adds some cream!

We love using homemade simple syrups, but there are so many great Torani flavors that you might find it worth investing in a big bottle instead! Also, they are pretty affordable, and a bottle goes a long way!

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Steps

  1. Fill a large glass almost all the way with ice.

  2. Pour in the Coke, followed by the creamer and lime juice and stir to combine.

  3. Garnish with a lime slice and maraschino cherry if desired.

Notes

  • Feel free to use any ratio of soda to creamer that you prefer, this is just what I find works best for me in terms of sweetness.
  • The original Dirty Soda "The Founder" is made with Diet Coke, but I personally don't consume diet beverages are anything with artificial sweeteners in it. So I went with classic coke and it's still really delicious. It's also made with coconut simple syrup, lime juice, and heavy cream - here's a traditional recipe for it.
    • Ingredients
      • 8 ounces Coke
      • ½ ounce coconut simple syrup
      • ½ ounce fresh lime juice
      • 2 ounces heavy cream
      • Lime slice, for garnish
    • Directions
      1. Fill a glass halfway with ice.
      2. Pour in the Coke, coconut simple syrup, and lime juice.
      3. Slowly pour the heavy cream in.
      4. Garnish with a lime slice and serve with a straw.
      5. Stir before enjoying.
  • Feel free to try other variations with different soda flavors, creamers, simple syrups, and more! Here are a few we like!
    • Orange Creamsicle: Orange soda and coconut creme creamer.
    • Endless Summer: Mountain Dew, Pomegranate juice, lime juice, and coconut creme creamer.
    • Raspberry Dream: Dr Pepper, coconut creme creamer, and raspberry simple syrup.
    • Melted Root Beer Float: Root Beer and vanilla coffee creamer.
    • Strawberries & Cream: Strawberry Soda and vanilla coffee creamer OR cream soda, strawberry simple syrup, and vanilla creamer.
    • Naughty & Nice: Dr Pepper, toffee simple syrup, and half & half (or just toffee creamer).
    • Beach Babe: Mountain Dew, raspberry simple syrup, peach simple syrup, and vanilla creamer.
    • Dirty Shirley: Not to be confused with my Dirty Shirley cocktail, this recipe takes the classic mocktail made with lemon-lime soda and grenadine and adds some cream!

Nutrition

  • Calories125
  • Carbs27g
  • Protein1g
  • Fat1g
  • Fiber1g
  • Sugar24g
  • Sodium9mg

Estimates per serving, when a serving size is listed.

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