To make a chocolate soda, pour 3 tablespoons chocolate syrup into the bottom of a tall glass or plastic cup. Add soda 2/3 up glass and stir well. Drop in a few scoops of vanilla or chocolate ice cream and serve with a straw and a long handled spoon.

To make a vanilla soda, mix 2 teaspoons vanilla extract with 1/2 cup cream in the bottom of a tall glass or plastic cup. Add soda 2/3 up glass and stir well. Drop in a few scoops of vanilla ice cream and serve with a straw and spoon. For a strawberry soda, use strawberry ice cream.

For the "works", pour 3 tablespoons of chocolate syrup in the bottom of a tall glass or plastic cup, add 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1/2 cup cream, then pour in soda 2/3 up glass and stir well. Drop in a few scoops of ice cream of choice and serve with a straw and spoon.