Shirley Temple Recipe (2024)

We ordered them as kids in the 70s in MA and they were made with ginger ale and grenadine and always garnished with a cherry AND an orange slice. A Roy Rodgers is similar, but has co*ke/Pepsi as the soda. Good times!

Grew up on Shirley Temple's in the '70's. We always used ginger ale. This is a much beloved drink in our family, my sister will still order one today as a mocktail if she doesn't want a boozy drink, and our nieces and nephews always clamor for a sip.

This might be a Canadian thing, but Shirley Temples here are made with lemon-lime soda, orange juice and grenadine. Same goes for the Roy Rogers. Sounds gross but I can tell you, I have drank many in my childhood (and my kids less so).

1970s suburban Boston bartenders, from the fancy Chinese restaurants to the family Italian joints, served these up with ginger ale. Always with a cherry and often with a groovy little co*cktail spear.

My grandkids have been enjoying these “ kiddie co*cktails” since were in preschool. When they visit, they would head for the drawer with the “kiddie glasses” and paper co*cktail umbrellas, get out one jar of maraschino cherry and a can of 7 Up and start mixing. Forget the grenadine, the cherry juice worked fine. And 1 cherry on top? Forget it! The more the better. Some of them are now in their early 20s and occasionally will relive their childhood with a kiddie co*cktail.

Still my favorite - at 80 years old.

We make "Juniors" for our daughter (named after the oldest brother on the show Blackish). 1 oz grenadine, a couple of ounces of a fruit juice like Cranberry, and then fill with whatever soda water we have on hand.

Grew up in Michigan with ginger ale as the soda….

My Boston family made them with Ginger Ale and Angostura Bitters with a Cherry

I make it with sparkling apple juice.

My beloved late dad would always make these for the kids when we had company — in the good co*cktail glasses, which always drove my mother wild. Yet no one ever broke a glass and the kids loved being treated like grown-ups. Even though I graduated to Daddy’s excellent gin and tonics once I was old enough (Bombay Sapphire, Canada Dry tonic, fresh lime and mint), I still miss those Shirley Temples in the good glasses.

In 70's CA, Shirley Temples were always made with 7-up and co*ke/Pepsi for a Roy Rogers. It's still a favorite since I don't drink, yet now most restaurants now serve it with Sprite, since they carry co*ke products.

Shirley Temples were always 7-up for me until Sprite came out and carried by most bartenders. I still prefer 7-up. I've had it fancy with real cherry juice and grew up with grenadine, both are great. Just don't scrimp on the grenadine or the cherries. One cherry is never enough!

Still my favorite - at 80 years old.

My kids called them Swirly Temples. And always asked for 3 or 4 cherries from the bartender

Ginger Ale and a dash of bitters was the version I grew up with, the cherry was required, but for fancy A half slice of orange was added as well.

My Boston family made them with Ginger Ale and Angostura Bitters with a Cherry

I grew up in Newark, N.J. in the 50's. My father loved to take the family to Harry's, a bar with a dining room on the side. The waitress always took drink orders first, and my father always ordered a Shirley Temple for me. Ginger ale in a tall glass, lots of ice, a big fat maraschino cherry on top ( a hard decision whether to eat that cherry first, or savor it slowly after all the ginger ale was gone). Today I would be happy to order for myself the same - except I would double the cherry!

1970s suburban Boston bartenders, from the fancy Chinese restaurants to the family Italian joints, served these up with ginger ale. Always with a cherry and often with a groovy little co*cktail spear.

This might be a Canadian thing, but Shirley Temples here are made with lemon-lime soda, orange juice and grenadine. Same goes for the Roy Rogers. Sounds gross but I can tell you, I have drank many in my childhood (and my kids less so).

My grandkids have been enjoying these “ kiddie co*cktails” since were in preschool. When they visit, they would head for the drawer with the “kiddie glasses” and paper co*cktail umbrellas, get out one jar of maraschino cherry and a can of 7 Up and start mixing. Forget the grenadine, the cherry juice worked fine. And 1 cherry on top? Forget it! The more the better. Some of them are now in their early 20s and occasionally will relive their childhood with a kiddie co*cktail.

I loved these as a child, but they are just too unhealthy for today’s health aware parents. My compromise? My twins (now nine) have grown up with Shirley Temples made of flat or sparklingly water (they choose) instead of sprite. Same grenadine, same cherry joy, just a lot less sugar!

Grew up in Michigan with ginger ale as the soda….

We ordered them as kids in the 70s in MA and they were made with ginger ale and grenadine and always garnished with a cherry AND an orange slice. A Roy Rodgers is similar, but has co*ke/Pepsi as the soda. Good times!