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.

March 20 On March 20, anyone who stops by a DQ can get a free small vanilla soft-serve cone. The free cone will obviously come with the familiar DQ curl on top, and requires no minimum purchase or any bells and whistles.

A Word From Verywell. Dairy Queen's menu of traditional fast food favorites and its classic ice cream treats contains many high-calorie, high-fat, high-carb items with a lot of sugar. However, if you pay attention to portion size, it's possible to enjoy a lower-calorie snack or dessert.

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.

Order Online. A cool and refreshing slushy drink blended with world-famous soft serve available in Cherry, Grape, Lemon Lime, Blue Raspberry and Strawberry Kiwi.

How to get a free ice cone from Dairy Queen? All you have to do is visit a participating Dairy Queen location and order the free ice cream cone, according to Taste of Home. The promotion may not be available at every Dairy Queen location, so it's important to check with your local franchise before you order it.

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.

For more than 70 years, the DQ® system's recipe for success has been simple. It's been a combination of hardworking people who own and operate restaurants, and great-tasting food and tempting treats served in our establishments.

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.

Freezing. When a liquid is cooled, the average energy of the molecules decreases. At some point, the amount of heat removed is great enough that the attractive forces between molecules draw the molecules close together, and the liquid freezes to a solid.

In case you're wondering how it all started, in the spring of 1979, co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield kickstarted Free Cone Day to honor their first year in business.