However you keep time, the DQ $5 Buck Lunch is now available all day every day.

Technically, our soft serve does not qualify to be called ice cream. To be categorized as ice cream, the minimum butterfat content must be ten percent, and our soft serve has only five percent butterfat content.

Spring will begin on March 20, and Dairy Queen is planning to mark the arrival of everyone's favorite season by celebrating a Free Cone Day. “We like to think of Free Cone Day as the beginning of our favorite season – treat season!

Where did the name “Dairy Queen®” come from? "Grandpa McCullough", the man who was the driving force behind the creation of Dairy Queen® soft serve, dubbed the store "Dairy Queen®" because he believed his soft serve was a "queen" among dairy products, the epitome of freshness and wholesomeness.

Technically, our soft serve does not qualify to be called ice cream. To be categorized as ice cream, the minimum butterfat content must be ten percent, and our soft serve has only five percent butterfat content.

Every Dairy Queen customer gets one free vanilla soft-serve cone to help usher in warmer weather. “We like to think of Free Cone Day as the beginning of our favorite season - treat season!

The soft serve is also kept at a different temperature when compared to regular ice cream, and contains emulsifiers to keep all the ingredients together. These differences are also why DQ Blizzards don't fall out of the cup! Can't get enough of DQ's soft serve?

The ice creamery became a popular hangout for teenagers in the '80s, especially after the introduction of the Blizzard. The soft serve treat made with mix-in toppings sparked a national craze and the chain sold over 175 million of them that year.

Dairy Queen is known for a lot of things, but right at the top of the list is definitely their famous soft serve. The delicious treat has always been a staple for the chain, and it's the key to the super popular Dairy Queen Blizzard.

You're not actually eating ice cream when you order a cone "To be categorized as ice cream, the minimum butterfat content must be 10 percent, and our soft-serve has only 5 percent butterfat," DQ writes. It's not ice cream, but it is delicious.

While our soft serve product used to be categorized as “ice milk,” the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) eliminated this category of product to allow companies the ability to market frozen dairy products as “reduced-fat,” “light,” and “low-fat” ice cream.

International Dairy Queen, Inc. (DQ) is an American multinational fast food chain founded in 1940. It is currently headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States.