{"id":149691,"date":"2026-03-02T14:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/149691\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:43:27","slug":"dairy-queen-announces-free-cone-day-2026-how-to-get-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/149691\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Queen Announces Free Cone Day 2026. How to Get Yours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dairy Queen’s annual Free Cone Day is right around the corner.<\/p>\n

Each year, the chain kicks off spring by giving away free ice cream for one day only. <\/p>\n

Per a press release, Dairy Queen has given away 38 million free cones since the first Free Cone Day in 2015.<\/p>\n

As the countdown to this year’s event continues, we’re sharing everything you need to know to scoop up a piece of the action.<\/p>\n

Free Cone Day Will Take Place on March 19 <\/p>\n

Dairy Queen’s Free Cone Day often falls on the first day of spring.<\/a> This year, the event takes place one day earlier: Thursday, March 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

What Can You Get on Free Cone Day?<\/p>\n

Customers who make any purchase at Dairy Queen on March 19 will walk away with a free small vanilla cone. <\/p>\n

The single-use offer is valid all day at participating non-mall locations in the U.S. while supplies last. The offer excludes delivery and mobile orders.<\/p>\n

\"DairyCustomers who make any purchase at Dairy Queen on March 19 will walk away with a free small vanilla cone. Dairy Queen Is Running a Free Cone Day Sweepstakes<\/p>\n

Just in time for Free Cone Day, Dairy Queen is running a sweepstakes that offers rewards members the opportunity to earn free cones for a year. <\/p>\n

Between March 5 – 19, customers who download the Dairy Queen app and sign up for a rewards account will be entered. Existing rewards members can sign up for the sweepstakes in the app.<\/p>\n

Dairy Queen Recently Introduced 3 New Menu Items<\/p>\n

After a long winter, Dairy Queen is looking forward to brighter days with a few new menu items.<\/p>\n

The chain has teamed up with the Savannah Bananas baseball team to celebrate the upcoming baseball season and release a new Savannah Bananas Split Shake.<\/p>\n

Available at participating locations nationwide, the shake is made with soft-serve ice cream, real milk, bananas, strawberries, chocolate shavings and whipped topping.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Dairy Queen also added a new Mint Crunchin\u2019 Dipped Cone and Mint Oreo Blizzard to its menu on Feb. 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dairy Queen’s annual Free Cone Day is right around the corner. Each year, the chain kicks off spring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-149691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}