Is Cream Soda Just Vanilla-Flavored Root Beer? - Chowhound

Tricky_Shark/Shutterstock Cream soda isn't the easiest thing to find at a convenience store compared to regular Coca-Cola or popular diet sodas from big brands, but it's often there, toward the back of the aisle. What exactly is it, though? That's not a simple answer. What complicates things is that the term "cream soda" refers to different sugary concoctions with (mostly) similar flavors but different recipes…