Hot Dr. Pepper
By Amber
@AmbiePam (93787)
United States
December 18, 2024 2:21pm CST
I was watching the local morning news yesterday morning, and on the segment, “What Caught Our Eye”, one of the news anchors mentioned an online video she saw of a woman making Hot Dr. Pepper, a drink her family made every Christmas season.
Fast forward to today, and a lot of viewers wrote in that their families did the same thing. Back in the 1960s, Dr. Pepper had marketed their soda as a classic hot holiday drink. You put Dr. Pepper in a slow cooker, cut up lemon slices in it, squeeze in some of that fresh lemon juice, and then let it “cook”. The hosts made it this morning, and they weren’t crazy about it.
Did you ever hear about that? Would you try it? I don’t think I would.
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12 responses
@much2say (55910)
• Los Angeles, California
6h
Oh oh oh! So maybe about the mid 90s, I microwaved a mug of Dr. Pepper to drink it hot . . . I don't know where I came up with that. I liked it better than cold - and I wasn't even a soda drinker nor a Dr. Pepper fan 
. Interesting about the lemon. When I was a kid, my mom would pack me fresh lemonade for my Saturday lunch and my friend got a can of Pepsi. We'd share by mixing them together . . . we loved our drink concoction 
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. Interesting about the lemon. When I was a kid, my mom would pack me fresh lemonade for my Saturday lunch and my friend got a can of Pepsi. We'd share by mixing them together . . . we loved our drink concoction .3 people like this
@thislittlepennyearns (62922)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6h
@AmbiePam They used to make Lemon Pepsi. I think. I know there was Lemon Coke or Lime Coke or something
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@snowy22315 (181997)
• United States
6h
They had Pepsi light for awhile which was Pepsi mixed with lemon.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62922)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6h
You know I'm up for trying most things just once. But hot Dr pepper with lemon doesn't sound remotely interesting enough for me to try. It just sounds gross.
I don't even like the flavors they offer for Dr pepper now.
Ew.
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@AmbiePam (93787)
• United States
6h
@thislittlepennyearns Oh, okay thank you.
They did have a Strawberries and Cream Dr. Pepper that was tasty if you never tried it. I got some on accident once, and it was really tasty.
@thislittlepennyearns (62922)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
6h
@AmbiePam That's what I said, Amazon says your goodies will be there Saturday now. They must of gotten lost along the way lol
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@RasmaSandra (80659)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4h
I have not heard about this and I think it sounds awful, I like my Dr Pepper Zero cold. BTW I did try once in Latvia to cook with Coke. They say your pot roast will be really tender, We cooked it and cooked it and then could still kill someone with it if bashed on the head, Never again,
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@MarieCoyle (38571)
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6h
My aunt that I mention so often (the one I was named after) introduced our family to hot Dr. Pepper when I was really young, like maybe 2nd grade? I remember my sister and I trying it, and absolutely loving it--probably part of our love of it was that the adults liked it, so of course we felt grown up to get to have what they were having. It was also a big treat, as drinking soda was not nearly as big of a thing for most people as it is now.
If you've never tried it, you should--once, anyway. You know I am no lover of sodas, but I do have good memories of having this treat. Thanks for the reminder, it made me smile! 
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@MarieCoyle (38571)
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5h
@AmbiePam
The lemon is importantly to it, it makes it taste special. Ah, memories!
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@GardenGerty (160909)
• United States
1h
I think I have had this minus the lemon, Just Dr. P straight. Warmed. It would seem to me that it would kill the fizz and that is part of what I drink a soda for anyway. When I worked at a Mexican Restaurant in Midwest City their orange soda tasted nasty in my opinion. So I would mix it with Sprite and put lemon wedges around the rim. Was Zamudios' restaurant before your time?
@kaylachan (71583)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6h
Regular Dr. Peper has an after taste I can't stand. Cooking it down would only make it sweeter and much worse.
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@wolfgirl569 (107932)
• Marion, Ohio
4h
Never heard of it and don't like Dr pepper anyways.
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@Deepizzaguy (103991)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4h
The first time I have of the making of hot Dr. Pepper. I would not a hot Dr. Pepper drink like the method that was mentioned at all.
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@LooeyVille (64)
• United States
6h
Now that you mention it I may have heard about this once before in the past. I've never tried it. Don't think I want to.
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