Dairy Queens across the country celebrated the first day of Spring on March 19 with free ice cream cones. On Free Cone Day Dairy Queen customers received one free small vanilla soft-serve cone.
The franchise announced the event on X, and in a press statement by Maria Hokanson, executive director of marketing for Dairy Queen. “Nothing says warmer weather is around the corner quite like Free Cone Day. We’re inviting fans everywhere to grab their friends and families and get their ‘Treat Szn’ started with something sweet – on us!”
“Longer days and budding blooms signal spring’s arrival. We like to think of it, the start of Treat SZN,” Dairy Queen’s official website posted. “Even if you (like us) enjoyed our world-famous DQ® soft serve in the depths of winter, a cone just hits differently when the ground begins to thaw.”
In Two Harbors, spring also marks the re-opening of Dairy Queen, and the end of the winter countdown on their sign on 7th Avenue. Children and families can now be seen on the sidewalk outside the franchise enjoying dairy treats in the slowly warming weather – which was temporarily thwarted this week when the North Shore was served up a blizzard. A sweet treat can be just the boost a day needs, and Dairy Queen’s free cone day makes that free and fun for everyone.
Young ice cream lover Ferran S. said of the free cone day, “I really like that day. But it was pretty cold for ice cream. I got a really tall ice cream and I could eat it all by myself.” His sister Finland added, “I love swirly ice cream on a cone! Our whole family got to get one and then we went swimming!”. Ferran and Finland’s other sister, River, also had something to say. “We got ice cream and it was very cold, but we ate in the truck so we would stop shivering.”
Dairy Queen offers special deals at other times of the year as well, such as the summer Blizzard reveal and deal April 1-14, so keep your eyes out for more dairy deliciousness.
