7Up Drop Biscuits Recipe
These easy 7Up Drop Biscuits are made with just four simple ingredients. Lightly sweet with a soft, fluffy interior and golden-brown tops, they’re a quick and delicious take on classic Southern biscuits. With minimal prep and no rolling required, this easy biscuit recipe is perfect when you’re craving warm, homemade biscuits, one more way to enjoy the beloved house bread of the South.
Easy 7Up Drop Biscuits Recipe
This easy 7Up biscuit recipe has been floating around home kitchens for years, and it’s easy to see why. The famous recipe even appears on the official 7Up brand website, which helped make these light, fluffy biscuits a favorite among home cooks looking for a quick homemade biscuit recipe.
The classic version calls for rolling out the dough and cutting the biscuits, but I like to keep things simple by making them drop biscuits instead. Skipping the rolling and cutting saves time and eliminates extra cleanup, which is especially helpful on busy days when you still want warm, homemade biscuits on the table.
Even with this shortcut, the biscuits turn out tender, buttery, and delicious. The addition of 7Up gives them a subtle lift that helps create their signature light and fluffy texture. Whether you’re serving them with breakfast or alongside dinner these simple drop biscuits come together quickly and deliver classic homemade flavor with minimal effort.
Key ingredients to make quick 7Up Drop Biscuits: (Scroll down for full printable recipe card).
- Soda – 7Up gives these biscuits and light and airy texture. The lemon-lime soda adds just a hint of sweetness.
- Flour – Buttermilk biscuit mix i.e. Bisquick or a similar store brand forms the base of the dough.
- Sour Cream – Sour cream gives the biscuit dough a tangy flavor.
- Butter – Salted butter or unsalted butter for richness.
Do You Have To Have A Cast Iron Skillet To Make 7Up Drop Biscuits?
You can bake these Bisquick biscuits in any size similar oven safe pan. I’m particularly partial to baking biscuits in a cast iron skillet for the golden crust that it gives to the biscuits. Plus, that’s how I learned to make biscuit since my family bakes biscuits in cast iron for the preferred baking method. If you don’t have a cast iron skillet they can be baked in any similar-size baking dish.
How to Make the 7Up Drop Biscuits Recipe
- Combine Biscuit Mix and Sour Cream – This recipe utilizes a biscuit mix such as Bisquick or a similar brand. Pour it into a bowl adding sour cream. Use 2 forks or a pastry blender to cut it into the biscuit mix.
- Add 7Up – Once the sour cream has been cut into the biscuit mix, add the 7Up. Mix until fully moistened and a dough has formed. You can do this by hand with a large spoon or nonstick silicone spatula.
- Melt Butter – Pour melted butter into the bottom of a 10-inch cast iron skillet or similar. Swirl to coat the sides or brush sides with a pastry brush. Set aside.
- Divide the Biscuit Dough – Use a regular size 4 ounce ice cream scoop to divide the dough dropping side by side in the buttered skillet.
- Oven – Brush the tops with reserved melted butter. Bake per the baking time in the recipe until golden brown.
- Serve immediately with butter and jam or smothered with sausage gravy.
Kitchen Equipment You’ll Need to Make 7Up Biscuits
- Large bowl.
- Measuring cups.
- Medium ice cream scoop.
- Rubber spatula or spoon for stirring everything together.
- Cast iron skillet or similar size baking pan.
Recipe Variations, Tips and Substitutions
- Biscuit and Baking Mix – You can use a well known brand of biscuit mix such as Bisquick or a private label store brand that you enjoy.
- Sour Cream – You can use full fat sour cream or light sour cream in these biscuits. You could also use plain Greek yogurt, instead.
- Cheese – You could add 1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese to the biscuit mix prior to adding the wet ingredients and mixing together.
- Herbs and Seasonings – You can add 1 teaspoon garlic powder and fresh chives to the biscuit mix.
- Reserve Butter – After arranging the biscuits in the skillet with the melted butter make a point to reserve some butter to brush the tops before baking. Doing so, will give them that golden color that makes them so appealing.
- Serving Options – Fill these drop biscuits with ham, butter or jam and serve them fresh from the oven at any meal.
- More 7Up Recipes – Other baked goodies you can make with 7Up include this 7Up Pound Cake and fun Cherry Limeade Pound Cake from Recipe Girl.
Storage and Leftovers
- Leftovers – Store baked 7UP Drop Biscuits tightly wrapped in foil for up to 2 days. Reheat in single servings in the microwave.
- Freezer – Freeze leftover 7up biscuits for up to 2 months. Thaw in the fridge and reheat just before serving.
More Southern Biscuit Recipes to Make
You can enjoy biscuits as the complementary bread at any meal. More biscuit recipes you may also like to try:
- Super easy 3 Ingredient Biscuits.
- Ham and Cheese Biscuits are ready to stuff with fried eggs or scrambled eggs.
- Fluffy Southern Buttermilk Biscuits are a fan favorite!
- Angel Biscuits include yeast and are a cross between a dinner roll and a biscuit.
- You’ll love these delicious Mayonnaise Biscuits.
- Country Ham and Cheese Biscuit Bites are a party favorite.
- Cheesy Sausage Biscuit Pinwheels made with homemade biscuit dough.
- You can fill these Thimble Biscuits with your favorite flavor of preserves.
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7Up Drop Biscuits
Ingredients
- 4 1/2 cups buttermilk biscuit mix i.e. Bisquick or similar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup 7UP®
- 1/2 cup butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Pour 2/3 melted butter into the bottom of a 10-inch cast iron skillet or similar. Swirl to coat the sides or brush sides with a pastry brush. Set aside.
- Pour the biscuit mix into a medium size mixing bowl. Using a fork or pastry blender cut the sour cream into the biscuit mix until it resembles peas.
- Make a well in the center and add 7UP. Mix well into the biscuit mix until fully moistened.
- Use a regular size ice cream scoop (4-oz) to divide the dough dropping side by side in the buttered skillet.
- Brush the tops with reserved melted butter. Bake for 22-25 minutes or until golden brown and puffy.
- Serve hot with butter and jam, if desired.
- Rolled Biscuits – Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. (You can use additional baking mix) Turn the dough a few times to coat. Use a floured rolling pin to roll to 1-inch thickness. Dip a 21/2-inch or 3-inch round biscuit cutter in flour. Cut biscuit dough into rounds, placing side by side in skillet. Brush tops with melted butter then bake per the recipe until golden brown.
Notes
- Biscuit and Baking Mix – You can use a well known brand of biscuit mix such as Bisquick or a private label store brand that you enjoy.
- Sour Cream – You can use full fat sour cream or light sour cream in these biscuits. You could also use plain Greek yogurt, instead.
- Cheese – You could add 1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese to the biscuit mix prior to adding the wet ingredients and mixing together.
- Herbs and Seasonings – You can add 1 teaspoon garlic powder and fresh chives to the biscuit mix.
Nutrition
Made these last night but cut the recipe in half and baked in 8X8 glass pan. Will use an 8″ round next time. They were very good and much better than the butter swim biscuits.
That’s so great to hear, thank you!
These are so easy to make. And very delicious.
I’m happy you enjoyed them, thanks!
This is the 3rd time I have made these. The first time,, perfect! 2nd time a disaster, biscuits were extremely dense. My fault I’m sure. Tonight I am trying to do it again to get the same perfection I did the first time.This time I have followed the recipe to a T, but I have noticed that the batter is kinda soupy, I also noticed this in my last disastrous batch that it did the same thing. Can’t figure out why. I put the batter in the fridge hoping it would thicken up, so we will see. Any suggestions? I used the correct amount of Bisquick, the correct amount of sour cream, I cut the sour cream into the Bisquick until it looked like peas, I made a well and added 1 cup of 7up. Stirred it until all combined, but the mixture is soupy. Is this normal? If I can’t make these biscuits work out this time, I guess I’m giving up. Please respond with a suggestion. Thanks
The biscuit dough is more loose than a traditional rolled biscuit, however it should never be soupy. Since you’ve made these once with great success, there has to be a variable in the other batches. Your issue sounds as if the wet to dry ingredients were off. I hope the last batch went better!
Made these tonight. Awesome! Even my grown grandson, who is not a fan of bread, loved them. Thanks for the recipe
Thanks so much!
I’ve made these for years. They work with 7-up, ginger ale, my few, soda water, etc. Sometimes I add a little cheese and garlic or sometimes cinnamon and nuts and put some white sugar frosting drizzled on top. Very versatile recipe.
Would this work for gluten free Bisquick?
I haven’t tested it, if you try it let us know how it goes!
Yes they do! My niece was so excited that she could have them! They were JUST AS DELICIOUS!
Do you think these biscuits will work for biscuits and gravy?
Absolutely!
Yes, I do this all the time, like an SOS gravy or even great with pot roast and gravy poured over them tastes great too.
I agree, there’s no wrong time of day for biscuits!
We love these! Do you think they would freeze well? I got 16 biscuits and we are biscuited out at the moment but don’t want to waste them…
Yes, you can freeze these.
Tasteful! Moist! Super easy to make! Need I say more? Try the recipe, you will love it!
We live in central Mexico and there is no Bisquick or other “mix” type stuff. Do you know how I could make this with non-mix items? The recipe looks so yummy!
This recipe is specific to using a biscuit mix. I have many made-from-scratch biscuit recipes in the recipe index here.
Why yes you do have several and thank you!
It’s my pleasure!
Thank you so much for this recipe! Biscuit attempts have always been an epic fail for me but these came out perfect! I’ll never make them any other way again!
Wonderful, thanks so much!
Recipe stated 3 ingredients. You put 4, something from a little cup looking like water. What was it.
Please scroll to the bottom for the recipe. There are 4 ingredients.
I was wondering about how many biscuits does this recipe make?
10-12 biscuits depending on how generous you are when scooping the dough.
I don’t own a cast iron pan…what else could I use to get a good result…tia
Any similar size pan or oven safe skillet will work, no problem.
I made these tonight but substituted the 7up for gingerale as its what I had on hand. These were soooo good and so easy to make !! The sour cream makes them moist and the gingerale makes them light and fluffy best bisquits Ive made in quite a while ! Ty
Ginger ale is a great substitution, I’m so happy you enjoyed these, thanks!
Does diet 7Up work?
It will work in the same amount but, could affect the sweetness a bit as artificial sweeteners don’t generally hold up to heat very well. That said, it’s carbonated and will work.
Hi Melissa, can I use soda water instead of 7up? I’d like to make them more on the savory side.
You can but, these aren’t sweet surprisingly.
yes it does work and I can not tell any difference I’m a diabetic you have to try so save carbs were you can they are delicious
Could Ginger Ale be used in place of the 7-Up or would it not be sweet enough? OR could I just add a little sugar? Thanks. Enjoy your recipes so much!
Hi Carol, that’s interesting. I share your love of ginger ale, and it would work in the same amount, of course. Just be aware the ginger will change the flavor
a bit but, it will work.
I was thinking the same thing.
I can’t see how the ginger flavor would mess with it TOO much. It might actually ADD some flavor!
I always have ginger ale on hand, but rarely buy 7UP (cocktail preferences).
I’ll post if/when I try it.
Are you saying 2/3rd of the 1/2 cup butter or am I not reading this right.
Yes, I’m saying reserve some butter for the tops.
These look wonderful Melissa – a must try for sure 😉
I can not find the recipe for your 7up drop biscuits on your web site, in my email.
If you left a comment on this post, you scrolled past it. It’s on this page.