Chick-fil-A Frosted Sodas

Soda is already refreshing when it is cold, but when Chic-fil-A mixes it with its Icedream® dessert, you get something more like a milkshake. That’s what Chick-fil-A Frosted Sodas are all about. You select a soda fountain drink, and they spin it with Icedream to make a creamy, cool beverage with a soda twist.

If you’re a fan of old-school ice cream floats, soda shop treats, or smooth creamy drinks, this menu item gives you all the same thrills in a Chick-fil-A cup. I love this menu item because you can choose the taste that suits you. You can choose the spicy Dr Pepper, familiar Coke, fruity Hi-C, effervescent Sprite, or light with a diet soda.

“Frosted Sodas are for the person who wants a drink, a dessert, and a little nostalgia in the same order.”

What Are Chick-fil-A Frosted Sodas?

Chick-fil-A Frosted Sodas come with the combination of Icedream® and your choice of fountain beverage. The Icedream is creamy, sweet and milky. The soda provides taste, bubbles and zing.

It’s neither a milkshake nor a soda float. It’s a hybrid. It’s a milkshake-like beverage with the taste of your favorite soda.

All varieties of this drink have a base made with Chick-fil-A’s Icedream, made with whole milk, nonfat milk, sugar, milkfat, nonfat dry milk, natural and artificial flavors, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, carrageenan, corn starch, cellulose gum, and beta carotene as a coloring agent.

This also means all varieties include milk, so they are not dairy-free.

Quick Nutrition Comparison

Here’s a handy comparison of the 17 different Frosted Soda flavors.

The healthiest options are the diet soda versions, with 260 calories. The Frosted Powerade® Mountain Berry Blast has 290 calories. The original soda or fruit drinks are in the 310-320 calorie range.

Allergen Note You Should Know

All options contain milk as Frosted Sodas all use Icedream. If you’re lactose intolerant or allergic to milk, please don’t eat this.

Nutritional and ingredient information may vary with customizations. The nutrition information is based on a 2,000-calorie diet, but you may need more or fewer calories.

1. Frosted Dr Pepper®

Frosted Dr Pepper® is a great choice if you’re looking for a complex soda. Dr Pepper is already a strong, spiced sweetness, and the Icedream tenderises it into a frosty delight.

This mix adds Icedream to Dr Pepper, which contains carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, phosphoric acid, caffeine, sodium benzoate, natural and artificial flavors, and dimethylpolysiloxane.

This is more interesting than just a soda plus ice cream. I’d recommend it to anyone who enjoys thick, frothy soda shop drinks with a little more personality than the usual soda.

2. Frosted Diet Dr Pepper®

Frosted Diet Dr Pepper® tastes just like regular Frosted Dr Pepper®, but with less calories and carbs.

This drink is a combination of Icedream and Diet Dr Pepper, which contains carbonated water, caramel color, phosphoric acid, aspartame, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, caffeine, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, natural and artificial flavors and dimethylpolysiloxane.

This beverage includes phenylalanine, so those with the genetic disorder phenylketonuria should take note. If you are looking for a milky Dr Pepper with fewer calories, this is a good choice.

3. Frosted Barq’s® Root Beer

Frosted Barq’s® Root Beer is most like a root beer float. The frosty Icedream and root beer go well together.

This float uses Icedream and Barq’s Root Beer which is carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, sodium benzoate (to preserve flavor), caramel colour, artificial and natural flavours, citric acid, caffeine and acacia.

If you are from the float generation, you may recognise this one. It’s creamy, old-fashioned and perfect with salty snacks like potato chips.

4. Frosted Coke®

Frosted Coke® is a tried and true favorite. It adds the delicious finishing touch of ice cream to Coca-Cola.

It is blended from Icedream and Coca-Cola, which is made from carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, phosphoric acid, natural flavors and caffeine.

You might enjoy this version if you like cola floats, but prefer a smooth, creamy texture rather than bubbles and ice cream. It is recognisable but not bland.

5. Frosted Diet Coke®

Frosted Diet Coke® is a full-flavoured soda with fewer calories. It uses Icedream, so it’s creamy, but it’s soda-based, so it’s not as many calories as Coke.

The ingredients in Diet Coke are carbonated water, caramel colour, phosphoric acid, sodium saccharin, natural flavours, citric acid, potassium citrate, potassium benzoate, caffeine, aspartame and dimethylpolysiloxane.

This will work well if you like the taste of Diet Coke and want it mixed into an ice cream soda.

6. Frosted Coke® Zero Sugar

Frosted Coke® Zero Sugar offers a cola flavor with a creamier texture from the Icedream.

The soda base is made of carbonated water, caramel, phosphoric acid, potassium citrate, potassium benzoate, natural flavours, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, caffeine and sucralose.

This could be your go-to choice if you prefer Coke Zero Sugar to Diet Coke. The soda still tastes like a dessert, but the soda taste remains more like a traditional soda.

7. Frosted Caffeine Free Diet Coke®

Frosted Caffeine Free Diet Coke® is ideal if you want a frosty dessert drink without the caffeine.

It’s a combination of Icedream and Caffeine Free Diet Coke, which consists of carbonated water, caramel color, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sodium saccharin, natural flavors, citric acid, aspartame, potassium citrate, and dimethylpolysiloxane.

This is a good option if you desire a sweet soda in the afternoon, but want to avoid caffeine.

8. Frosted Coca-Cola® Cherry

Frosted Coca-Cola® Cherry has a cherry twist on the vanilla-cola ice cream. It’s a bit sweeter and funnier than the traditional Coke.

It’s made from Icedream and Cherry Coke, which is carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, phosphoric acid, natural flavors and caffeine.

If you are a fan of cherry cola, this has a dessert-like taste. I would serve this with a traditional chicken sandwich or nuggets because the cherry flavour compliments savoury flavours.

9. Frosted Hi-C® Fruit Punch

Frosted Hi-C® Fruit Punch is one of the most fruity. It’s sweet and fruity, with a creamy texture.

This edition combines Icedream with Hi-C Fruit Punch consisting of water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), sodium benzoate, modified food starch, Red 40 and glycerol ester of rosin.

You might enjoy it if you are a fan of fruit punch, creamy fruit beverages, or frosty desserts. It’s more of a dessert drink than a soda float.

10. Frosted Hi-C® Orange

Frosted Hi-C® Orange adds an orange taste to the frothy Icedream. It’s fizzy, creamy and has a little kick to it.

Hi-C Orange contains water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, ascorbic acid, potassium benzoate, modified food starch, natural flavors, glycerol ester of rosin, Yellow 6, sucrose acetate isobutyrate and Red 40.

It’s a good flavor if you’re a fan of orange cream soda. It’s a sweet citrus taste that is a bit like vanilla – it reminds people of Frozen Orange flavours.

11. Frosted Sprite®

Frosted Sprite® is a more refreshing lemon-lime taste than cola or root beer. The Icedream version of Sprite makes the citrusy taste of Sprite into a dreamy frozen treat.

This is a combination of Icedream and Sprite, made with carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural flavors, sodium citrate and sodium benzoate.

If you’re looking for a light and refreshing drink, it’s easy to sip. It’s very citrussy, but also creamy from the dessert base.

12. Frosted Caffeine Free Barq’s® Root Beer

Frosted Caffeine Free Barq’s® Root Beer offers up the taste of a root beer float, with no caffeine.

It’s made with Icedream and Caffeine Free Barq’s Root Beer, which has carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, sodium benzoate, citric acid, artificial and natural flavors, and acacia.

This is a good choice if you like root beer but don’t want the caffeine. The carbs are a bit higher than a few of the other options at 62g, but the protein and fat are the same as the others.

13. Frosted Mello Yello®

Frosted Mello Yello® offers a frosty citrus soda with a creamy taste. It’s less like cola and more like a lemon-lime than a soda.

The Mello Yello base contains carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, orange juice from concentrate, citric acid, natural flavors, sodium benzoate and EDTA, potassium citrate, caffeine, Yellow 5, carob bean gum and dimethylpolysiloxane.

If you like a little kick in your citrus soda, try this taste. It’s sweeter and stronger than Sprite.

14. Frosted Fanta® Orange

Frosted Fanta® Orange is like a creamy orange soda ice-cream. It’s sweet, fruity and versatile.

It is a combination of Icedream and Fanta Orange, which contains carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, potassium benzoate, modified food starch, glycerol ester of wood rosin, natural flavors, Yellow 6, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, Red 40, sodium benzoate, and ascorbic acid for Vitamin C.

If you like orange cream flavours this one will be a good fit. It’s sweeter than Frosted Sprite with a more dessert-like taste.

15. Frosted Fanta® Strawberry

Frosted Fanta® Strawberry adds a berry-like sweetness to the milkshake. It is fruity, colorful and likely to be one of the sweetest.

Fanta Strawberry is made with carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate and Red 40.

If you love strawberry sodas or berry milkshakes, it offers you a sweet treat. I would recommend it if you’re looking for a more dessert-like taste.

16. Frosted Barq’s® Red Flash

Frosted Barq’s® Red Flash is a sweet and fruity red soda slushy.

It is made from Icedream and Red Flash, which contains carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, artificial and natural flavors, potassium benzoate, citric acid, coffee, and Red 40.

This is great if you want a soda other than cola, root beer or citruses. It’s a rich colour and a sweet shop soda taste.

17. Frosted Powerade® Mountain Berry Blast

Frosted Powerade® Mountain Berry Blast is the lowest-calorie (290 calories) option on this list that is not a diet beverage. This product offers a berry taste with a creamy touch.

This is a combination of Icedream and Powerade that uses water, high fructose corn syrup, less than 0.5% of natural flavors, citric acid, salt, potassium citrate, potassium benzoate, potassium sorbate, modified food starch, medium chain triglycerides, potassium phosphate, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, Vitamin B3, Blue 1, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12.

You might enjoy this if you’re a fan of berry sports drinks, but prefer something creamier and more whimsical. It has lower carbs than most soda versions (53g).

Which Frosted Soda Should I Pick?

It’s a matter of personal preference. I would pick one based on taste then narrow it down by nutrition.

If you want the most calorie-free, the diet soda choices have the least calories, with only 260. If you want the most authentic float experience, choose one of the root beer options. If you want something more fun and fruity, go for more flavor with the Hi-C, Fanta, Red Flash and Powerade choices.

Best Food Pairings

Frosted Sodas go best with salty, savory or spicy Chick-fil-A foods. The milkshake consistency will cool you down and the soda taste provides a hint of sweetness.

My favourite would be waffle fries and Frosted Barq’s Root Beer or Frosted Coke. For a more fruit-forward meal pairing, Frosted Hi-C Orange or Frosted Fanta Strawberry would be more fun.

Final Thoughts

Chick-fil-A Frosted Sodas are a great way to transform a fountain drink into a frosty milkshake-like treat. They all feature Icedream, so you’re guaranteed a creamy milk-based beverage, but the soda you choose makes a difference.

The diet soda and diet Dr Pepper varieties have 260 calories and most other soda options have 320 calories. All of them have 7g of fat and 7g of protein and contain milk.

If you want a traditional soda, try Frosted Coke or Frosted Barq’s Root Beer. If you want a diet soda, go for one of the diet soda varieties. If you want something fruity, try Hi-C, Fanta, Red Flash or Powerade Mountain Berry Blast.

Whatever you choose, you will get a creamy soda that is old-fashioned, refreshing and perfect for the person who wants more than just a fountain soda.