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MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)

8. I grew up in Milwaukee and we

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 07:47 PM

Oct 2022

called them Chocolate Ice Cream Sodas. Would walk to Gimbel's after high school and have one in their restaurant. Had one at Marshall Fields with a friend in my twenties. It was chocolate syrup with seltzer and 1 or 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream. I have loved them from the start. Sounds like the NY Egg Creams were just missing the ice cream. I would have one either way! Thanks for the delicious post.