{"id":133130,"date":"2026-03-09T00:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/133130\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:21:07","slug":"ritas-italian-ice-returns-for-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/133130\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita&#8217;s Italian Ice Returns For New Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 It&#8217;s the annual rite of spring and a sign of warmer days to come.<\/p>\n<p>For many people, spring doesn\u2019t officially begin until a Rita\u2019s Italian Ice is in their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Bensalem-based Rita&#8217;s Italian Ice and Custard is returning for another season to offer a free sweet treat on the first day of spring and spring smiles on people&#8217;s faces through the spring and early fall.<\/p>\n<p> This year, as one of the season\u2019s most iconic first signs of spring, the Peeps Brand joins the fray with a Free Italian Ice giveaway on the First Day of Spring on March 20 and the debut of the new mystery Peeps Italian Ice flavor.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ritasice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rita\u2019s Italian Ice &amp; Frozen Custard<\/a> will celebrate the First Day of Spring with a free 6-ounce Italian Ice giveaway to guests at all 600-plus locations, including many in Montgomery and Bucks counties and the Philadelphia region.<\/p>\n<p>Rita\u2019s expects to serve about 1 million cups of its signature Italian Ice during the annual spring tradition. <\/p>\n<p>Rita\u2019s Italian Ice symbolizes the start of spring for many, but Rita\u2019s franchisees are serving up sweets and smiles even before that special day. <\/p>\n<p>Starting March 1, Rita\u2019s locations nationwide officially opened, inviting guests to kick off the season with freshly made Italian Ice and Frozen Custard.<\/p>\n<p>To make the mystery even more fun, from Friday, March 20, through Sunday, March 29, Rita\u2019s is inviting fans nationwide to put their taste buds to the test with the Mystery PEEPS\u00ae Italian Ice Flavor Guessing Contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Mystery Italian Ice will be served as a white Italian Ice, with its flavor profile kept completely under wraps \u2014 encouraging guests to taste, guess, and join the excitement.<\/p>\n<p> Fans can submit their flavor guess online at <a href=\"https:\/\/ritasice.com\/peeps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ritasice.com\/peeps<\/a> for a chance to win exclusive prizes. All correct entries will be entered for a chance to win, with five winners selected at random to receive:<\/p>\n<p> Free Rita\u2019s Ice for a YearA Rita\u2019s + PEEPS\u00ae Swag Pack <\/p>\n<p>About Rita\u2019s Italian Ice &amp; Frozen Custard<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1984 in Bensalem, Rita\u2019s Italian Ice &amp; Frozen Custard has been spreading \u201cIce, Custard, Happiness!\u201d for more than four decades.<\/p>\n<p> Today, Rita\u2019s is the largest Italian Ice concept in the world, with over 600 locations serving freshly made Italian Ice and signature Frozen Custard. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA \u2014 It&#8217;s the annual rite of spring and a sign of warmer days to come. For many&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-133130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}