A popular Dairy Queen item is the Blizzard, which is soft-serve mechanically blended with mix-in ingredients such as sundae toppings and/or pieces of cookies, brownies, or candy. It has been a staple on the menu since its introduction in 1985, a year in which Dairy Queen sold more than 100 million Blizzards.

Choco dipped peanut butter bites and chocolate topping blended with creamy DQ vanilla soft serve. A chunky chocolaty peanut butter taste explosion!

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1985 1985: Blizzard® Treats are introduced.

Dairy Queen® Sweet Treats: Blizzards & Classic Treats.

Each candy provides something unique, so it is up to you to decide which one you want. The last year-round category that DQ offers is its Royal category, which is the normal Blizzard with a fudge or strawberry center inserted into it.

The Jurassic Smash Blizzard Treat was a promotional menu item at the national fast food restaurant chain Dairy Queen. It was composed of peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookie dough, peanut butter, and chocolate chunks blended with vanilla soft serve ice cream.

Blizzards technically aren't ice cream According to the FDA, a product must contain at least 10 percent butterfat or milkfat to be called ice cream, and DQ's soft serve only has 5 percent - hence why it's always referred to as a Blizzard “treat.”

Blizzards technically aren't ice cream That's because they can't! According to the FDA, a product must contain at least 10 percent butterfat or milkfat to be called ice cream, and DQ's soft serve only has 5 percent - hence why it's always referred to as a Blizzard “treat.”

The hack is simple and all you need is two ingredients: vanilla ice cream and Oreos. This is of course if you're making the Oreo Cookie Blizzard like me, but the beauty is that you can swap the Oreos for other candies like Reeses, or marshmallows and graham crackers to make their S'mores Blizzard.

The Blizzard was invented by a franchise owner Samuel Temperato, who owned a whopping 67 DQ locations, came up with the concept after seeing a competitor's ice cream shop selling frozen custard.

1940 1940. The first Dairy Queen® store opens in Joliet, Illinois. Menu items were limited to soft serve cones, pints, quarts, and sundaes.