Dairy Queen Is Back With ‘Free Cone Day’ This Month: What To Know

Dairy Queen is celebrating the first day of spring with its annual Free Cone Day. The chain shared on its Instagram announcement, "Is it really the first day of spring if we don’t have Free Cone Day?? Kick off treat szn with a FREE small cone at participating DQ locations on March 19."

"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!" stated Maria Hokanson, executive vice president, of marketing at ADQ.

No other purchase is necessary to claim your free cone. Just go to a DQ location on March 19. The offer is not valid on delivery or mobile orders. The cone being offered is a small vanilla soft-serve cone, featuring the iconic DQ curl on the top.

The free offer is valid at participating U.S. locations, while supplies last. It's worth mentioning that there is a limit of one cone per person, per day. So, you can only get one cone.

DQ's Free Cone Day is a favorite for many. Some people took to the food chain’s Instagram to share in on the excitement. "Yas my moms birthday, the perfect birthday treat/gift," someone said. Another person expressed how bum they are because they have to miss the annual celebration. "So sad [crying emoji] I’ll miss this, I’ll be on my honeymoon [crying emoji]," they shared. One person is all for the spring celebration but wants to take a step further by skipping ahead a season. They wrote, "Perfect day to transition to summer flavors."

ABC reported that the annual Free Cone Day has been a "start-of-spring" tradition at DQ since 2006. In 2022, Free Cone Day made its official return after 2 years of cancellations due to COVID-19.

Visit DairyQueen.com or download the DQ mobile app to find the nearest DQ restaurant.

Since July is National Ice Cream Month, we thought we would find out where Delawareans like to go for their favorite scoop.

We took to Facebook and simply asked, "Where Do You Go In Delaware For Your Favorite Ice Cream?"  The response was pretty good.  So, why not put a list together to let others know where the locals like to go?   We promise we won't tell too many people.  Wink, wink.  Long lines are no fun when you have a hankering for something sweet.

There were plenty of local shops mentioned in the comments.  Delawareans certainly take their Ice Cream seriously, and not just during National Ice Cream Month.

According to National Calendar Day,  July is National Ice Cream Month.  It makes perfect sense.  July is most definitely one of the hottest months of the year across the country.

Some fun ice cream facts:

We definitely have some clear local favorites here in Delaware.  Amongst the many, many responses, these locations were shown some love, so we didn't want to leave them out.   Tre Sorelle Docle, Rita's, Vanderwende Farm Creamery, Wawa, Charcoal Pit, Uncle Mike's Ice Cream and Water Ice, Friendly's and the Creamery at St. George's.

Not listed in any particular order.

Clearly a Delaware favorite.  UDairy is on the campus of the UDel, and their ice cream is made with milk from the cows on the on-campus farm, and flavors are developed, produced and sold by students..  Serving up original flavors like, 1st State Cobbler, peach ice cream with a blueberry swirl and cinnamon crumble pieces and Blue Hen Tracks, vanilla ice cream with peanut butter cups, fudge swirl and blue/yellow sprinkles.

3201 Concord Pike , Wilmington, DE 19803

Sweet Lucy's Ice Cream & Treats is a charming and colorful ice cream parlor that's become a family favorite in Wilmington!

1310 Little Baltimore Road Hockessin, DE 19707

Once named a must try ice cream shop in America. They’ve also been named as Delaware’s Best Ice Cream by Delaware Today.  And they’re serving up some out of the box flavors.  Their menu lists Bacon, Peanut Butter and Jelly and Motor Oil!  Motor Oil?  What’s that?  According to the flavor list, motor oil is Coffee ice cream with a caramel & fudge swirl.  And the caramel is GREEN!

2394 Pulaski Highway in Glasgow

465 West Main St. in Middletown

3616 Kirkwood Highway in Wilmington

 At least 24 ever-changing flavors made fresh in our ice cream shops daily. With over 150 handcrafted flavor recipes in rotation, Bruster’s is a community staple where you can treat yourself.

2 Jay Dr, New Castle, DE 19720

Traditional, locally owned business since 1956. Joy Parker continues her family's love for ice cream.

133 N Dupont Blvd, Smyrna, DE 19977

It's new but was mentioned as a fave by many!

Marmy's Creamery is owned and operated by The McCracken Family of Smyrna, DE.  They put a modern day spin on the classic old-time creamery experience.  Offering a variety of items from the classic sundae (stacker) to ice cream nachos.

https://marmyscreamery.com/

700 Philadelphia Pike, Wilmington, DE 19809

The Ice Cream Shoppe was by far mentioned most when we asked where Delawareans go for ice cream.

Serving Up Plenty of Fun!!!  Along with serving up the best that ice cream has to offer, they also serve up plenty of fun hosting car shows and other events.

3198 Frazer Rd, Newark, DE 19702

Not only do they serve Woodside's Ice Cream, according to a Facebook comment, they have the best salted caramel too.

I mean, I think everyone knows about DQ.  In this case, sometimes you can't beat the classics.

900 East Division Street  Dover, DE  19901

Providing homemade ice creams and hand crafted desserts to friends and local families to become the favorite dessert shop with a personal touch.

204 Christiana Rd #3010, New Castle, DE 19720

 18186 Dairy Farm Rd, Lewes, DE 19958

Hopkins Farm Creamery opened in 2008, and has been creating new flavors of ice cream and selling them to the public ever since.