Frozen Root Beer Float On A Stick Pretty Tasty

Frozen desserts on a stick are like Lifesavers; they can please even the pickiest of eaters.

That’s what we learned from our Reader Food Panel when we served up “artificially flavored vanilla low-fat ice milk coated with quiescently frozen confection.”

In other words, a fake root beer float on a stick.

None of our tasters rushed over to ask for a second helping (though we think a few were tempted). But the silence that filled the air and the empty sticks we saw left behind led us to believe that the overall consensus was “Hey, they’re not bad.”

No, Shamrock Farms’ Root Beer Float can’t possibly compete with a scoop or two of gourmet vanilla ice cream in a frosty mug fizzing with draft root beer. But for a root beer-flavored “sicle” filled with ice milk - costing a mere 60 cents - how can you complain?

And, you can rest easy knowing that each bar has only 1 gram of fat and fewer calories than a can of regular soda.

Shamrock Farms Root Beer Floats

Price: $2.39 for 6 bars.

Serving size: 1 bar.

Nutrition information per serving: 90 calories, 1 gram fat (10 percent fat calories) and 35 milligrams sodium.

Taste: ***

Value: ***

Comments: “Unique idea. Needs to be creamier to give it an authentic float taste. Good, though.” - Ann Finke

“Good! Very tasty for low-fat; flavor can compete with regular products that are not low in fat.” - Larry Inman