7 Up Biscuits

These 7 Up Biscuits are the easiest biscuits you’ll ever make and they turn out perfect every time, with just 4 ingredients!

It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for a good biscuit.

Has to be buttery. Has to be soft in the center with just the tiniest hint of crisp edges. Has to melt in my mouth.

These 7 Up Biscuits are hands down the easiest way to get biscuit perfection.

You all know my dad’s homemade biscuits – they’re one of the most popular recipes on my website. They’re absolutely divine and they’re what we make for a breakfast to serve with sausage gravy.

These 7 Up biscuits are easier to make with less ingredients than my dad’s biscuits and I’d honestly have a really hard time choosing which one I like best…except for that my dad’s biscuits are my dad’s biscuits so they have to win by default. 😉

We think this 7 Up Biscuit recipe produces a similar biscuit to KFC – at least, back when KFC biscuits were soft and they melted in your mouth.

????‍????Ingredient Notes:

Biscuit Mix – We’ll keep things simple and use an easy store bought biscuit mix like Bisquick. We haven’t tested this with Carbquick, but if you try it, please let us know how it goes.

Sour Cream – This makes the biscuits so soft and moist! You won’t taste sour cream in the finished product.

Soda – Our secret ingredient! Well maybe not so secret, since it’s in the title. 7 Up is the brand we’re using but Sprite would work too if that’s what you’ve got. Why use 7 Up? Because it works as a leavening agent, just like baking soda! You won’t taste lemon and lime in these biscuits, though.

????How to Make 7 Up Biscuits:

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Mix: Add all but a half cup of the Bisquick to a bowl with the 7 Up soda and the sour cream. Mix it all up until it is just combined! It’ll be a mess still at this point – don’t worry about it.

Dough: Sprinkle your countertop with half of the remaining Bisquick, dump the biscuit dough onto the floured counter, and then sprinkle the rest over the top.

Use your hands to mix the Bisquick in with the dough. You’re going for a very soft dough that just holds together. If you need to you can add additional Bisquick – sometimes you need more and sometimes you don’t.

Pat the dough out until it is about a 1/2 inch thick and use a biscuit cutter to cut out 9 biscuits. Rework the dough as needed.

Butter: Melt the butter and dump it into an 8×8 baking dish and plop the biscuits right into the pool of melted butter. Can I be a 7 Up biscuit in my next life, please? Just floating around in a pool of butter…

Bake: Once ready you can pop the baking dish into the oven and bake these easy 7 Up biscuits in about 12 to 15 minutes or until they’ve turned a nice golden brown color and are cooked through!

We like to brush a little extra butter on top before serving, but this step is completely optional.

????Serving Suggestions:

These biscuits are honestly good enough to be eaten straight from the pan. They really do melt in your mouth and they’re already nice and buttery.

But, it’s always fun to doctor things up…

Keep it simple with raspberry jelly or whip up a batch of our cinnamon honey butter.

Serve these up for breakfast and drown them in our chocolate gravy! A true Southern classic, right up there with sausage gravy!

Go the savory route and serve these next to our crockpot chicken and gravy or fill them with pimento cheese or our cheese spread.

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This post was originally published in 2012. Photos updated February 2022.