{"id":154982,"date":"2026-03-06T04:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154982\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:24:17","slug":"dairy-queen-announces-free-cone-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/154982\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Queen Announces Free Cone Date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"177\">I hope you\u2019ll read about my love affair with Dairy Queen. Spoiler alert: the story ends with free cream for everyone. \ud83c\udf66<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"372\">I was a teenage Dairy Queen cook. Everything I did and everything I bought when I was 18 \u2014 including loads of concert tickets \u2014 was thanks to Dairy Queen. Even better, I actually loved the job.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"374\" data-end=\"708\">Dairy Queen always felt a little different from other fast-food spots. Things seemed fresher and a bit more homemade. We even made the onion rings from scratch right there in the kitchen. For a kid who wasn\u2019t getting much to eat at home, Dairy Queen also filled the stomach of one very hungry teenage boy on more than a few occasions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"1069\">About six years after I left D.Q., the company introduced the Blizzard, and it changed the ice-cream game completely. Suddenly you had this thick, perfectly blended mix of soft serve and candy that was so dense they could turn the cup upside down to prove it wouldn\u2019t fall out. There\u2019s still nothing quite like a Dairy Queen Blizzard.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1360\">But even the Blizzard wouldn\u2019t work without a great foundation. Those treats are only as good as the base that holds them together \u2014 Dairy Queen\u2019s famous soft serve. And honestly, I don\u2019t know the last time you just grabbed a plain old Dairy Queen cone, but chances are it\u2019s been too long.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1394\" data-end=\"1616\">Dairy Queen is celebrating Free Cone Day on March 19, which just happens to be the first day of spring. Walk in and you can grab a free small vanilla cone \u2014 no purchase required. 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Vodka, freshly squeezed lemon juice, soda water, and salt combine together to make a cocktail as electric as a West Texas thunderstorm. Here are some bars and restaurants to try this Lubbock original.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Renee Raven<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I hope you\u2019ll read about my love affair with Dairy Queen. 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