This sour-sweet combo is a must-try.
But for many Southerners, this new-found obsession with this sour-and-sweet combo is in fact nothing new.
What Exactly Is a Pickle Dr Pepper?
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Memaw insists on not including any pickle juice in the drink, and well follow her lead.
Add ingredients to a tall glass, and stir.
For an extra sour punch, add one tablespoon of dill pickle juice.
While Memaw keeps it simple with dill pickles, theres plenty of room for customization.
Make it sweeter with bread-and-butter pickles, or add an extra kick with jalapeno ones.
The Southern Connection
Why the virality, especially in the South?
Perhaps because the two ingredients are Southern staples.
Dr Pepper is aquintessential Southernsoda, first created in Texas in the last 19th century.
Alcoholic beverages have incorporated pickles to balance flavors, as seen in popular drinks like thepickletinior even apickle margarita.
After actually trying it, it oddly works.
The acidity of the pickle juice mellows out the inherent sweetness in the Dr Pepper."
