Give Your Dr Pepper The Fall Upgrade It Deserves With A Creamy Topping - Tasting Table

"All you need is a frother, maple syrup, heavy cream, sea salt, and Dr Pepper. First you combine 1½ tablespoons of the syrup with 5 tablespoons of the cream and a pinch of salt and froth it into a velvety cloud. Then pour your soda into a glass over ice - about 10 ounces gives you a good soda-to-topping ratio - and crown it with your DIY cold foam. A sprinkle of nutmeg or cinnamon really amplifies all those lovely aromas."

"Baking spices, pumpkin, maple syrup, brown sugar, honey, and apple are all things that come to mind; they're warm, cozy, and sweet in a complex, rounded way. Typically, the way to savor such flavors requires a cocktail, coffee, or tea. But recently, a new option has joined the mix thanks to the explosion of dirty sodas, or sodas topped with cream, syrup, or juice to introduce new flavor and texture."

"This fall-focused Dr Pepper upgrade is a fun way to explore not only the dirty soda trend but the flavored cold foam trend, too, something usually only available to coffee drinkers. While the true flavor of Dr Pepper remains a relative mystery, its unique bouquet of spice and fruit notes makes it the best soda for reinventing with autumnal additions."

Salted maple whipped Dr Pepper combines Dr Pepper with a maple-flavored cold foam made from heavy cream, maple syrup, and sea salt. Combine 1½ tablespoons maple syrup with 5 tablespoons heavy cream and a pinch of salt, then froth into a velvety cloud and crown about 10 ounces of Dr Pepper over ice with the foam. A sprinkle of nutmeg or cinnamon and an optional cinnamon-sugar rim amplify autumnal aromas. Variations include using pumpkin spice syrup for a pumpkin pie flavor. Cream soda, cherry, and original Dr Pepper varieties pair especially well for fall riffs.

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