Free Ice Cream Cone for Free Cone Day

Free Ice Cream Cone for Free Cone Day – Score a free vanilla ice cream cone on this day. Dairy Queen is allowing people to also make a donation to help support Children’s Miracle Network. #FreeConeDay #FreeCone #DairyQueen #HappyTastesGood

Free Ice Cream Cone for Free Cone Day

Most of all of us love ice cream cones! How about a free ice cream cone? Usually, each year on the First Day of Spring Dairy Queen gives away a free vanilla ice cream cone. They do this to help raise money for Children’s Miracle Network.

Free Ice Cream Cone for Free Cone Day - Score a free vanilla ice cream cone on this day. Dairy Queen is allowing people to also make a donation to help support Children's Miracle Network. #FreeConeDay #FreeCone #DairyQueen

Free Cone Day is only at participating non-mall locations.

Did you know in 2020, there was no cone day due to COVID.

March 19, 2024! Which is the 8th annual event.

The Famous Curl!

The famous cone with the iconic curl on top takes center stage on free cone day as the Dairy Queen® system offers up a celebratory sweet giveaway.

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First Day of Spring

Participating non-mall Dairy Queen and DQ Grill & Chill® locations across the U.S. with a Free Cone Day on March 19, 2024, the day after the first day of spring. Fans will enjoy a free small vanilla soft serve cone with the signature curl on top (limit one per customer while supplies last). At the same time, participating locations also will collect donations for local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®.

“Since 2015, Free Cone Day marks the official kickoff to spring at DQ and is a special tradition for our fans. Warmer weather is on the horizon, and DQ is ready to celebrate the season with everyone’s favorite treat, a free vanilla cone,” said Maria Hokanson, executive vice president, marketing at ADQ. 

Life’s Simple Pleasures

“Silky smooth DQ® soft serve is truly one of life’s simple pleasures. Our cone with the curl on top is one of the most recognized treats in the world and that signature curl is a DQ quality test we take tremendous pride in,” said Maria Hokanson, Executive Vice President of Marketing for American Dairy Queen Corporation (ADQ). “There’s a reason DQ soft serve tastes so delicious and special. From cow to cone, dairy farmers and local operators take tremendous pride in bringing smiles to millions of fans’ faces through our creamy DQ soft serve.”

More than $130 Million Raised

For more than 30 years, the Dairy Queen system of independently owned restaurants franchised by ADQ, a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A and BRK.B) company, has raised more than $130 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in local communities.

One year, the Dairy Queen system of fans and franchisees contributed nearly $300,000 in one day for local hospitals.

For more information about the Dairy Queen system, visit DairyQueen.com. Connect with the DQ system on Twitter using #LOVEmyDQ and at twitter.com/dairyqueen. Visit the DQ Facebook fan page, which has more than 11 million friends and become a friend at facebook.com/dairyqueen.

DQ Fun Facts:

  • Our dairy comes from American dairy farmers and their hardworking families.
  • We’re big fans of our dairy farmers because they make every curl possible.
  • The curl of the cone and the flip of the Blizzard are more than just theatrics at DQ, they are DQ quality signs that we take pride in.
  • A perfect curl and a flipped Blizzard mean the thickest, creamiest DQ soft serve you can’t get anywhere else.

About IDQ:

International Dairy Queen Inc., (IDQ), based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the parent company of American Dairy Queen Corporation. Through its subsidiaries, IDQ develops, licenses and services a system of more than 6,800 locations in the United States, Canada and more than 25 other countries. IDQ is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire) which is led by Warren Buffet, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire. For more information visit DairyQueen.com.

About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity’s Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children’s hospitals need community support, identify your member hospital and learn how you can Put Your Money Where the Miracles Are, at CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals.

I got mine!

I went and got my free cone at the Dairy Queen in Morristown, TN in 2018. It wasn’t too busy, but the guy at the registered said they have been busy all day.

I got my free cone at Dairy Queen in Morristown, TN on Free Cone Day #FreeConeDay
2018: I got my free cone at Dairy Queen in Morristown, TN on Free Cone Day. | Photo Credit Heather Patterson

Press Release Compliments of Dairy Queen & Business Wire | First published March 19, 2018. Last updated or republished March 7, 2024.

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