Root Beer Float Spoons

When I first got my own place, I started my quest for my own set of root beer float spoons (if you read this blog, you understand my love of root beer).  I had grown up with them and used them often.  However every kitchen store employee I asked about if they had any root beer float spoons in stock made all sorts of confused and funny faces and maybe checked if a security guard was nearby to haul me away to a sanitarium.  I discussed my quest with my friend Kim last year and she kindly explained to me with only a little bit of teasing that these were more commonly known as iced tea spoons.  Color me uninformed (I have had two sips of iced tea in my life.  The first one was disgusting and the second was to confirm that yes, it was full of yuck.).  Kim made it her mission now to find me root beer float spoons and amazingly found not only the iced tea spoons (which are now ALSO being marketed as ice cream spoons on Amazon - take that kitchen store employees!) but old time root beer float spoons.  These are a slightly concave round piece of metal attached to a metal straw.  SO PERFECT.   I think the metal in the straw somehow enhances the root beer flavor (A&W being the one of choice for root beer floats).  You should come over sometime and float with me.  

Two types of root beer float spoons.

YUM!  Root Beer Float!