dairy queen came out with the blizzard in 1985.
dairy queen came out with the blizzard in 1985.
when did dairy queen come out with the blizzard?
1985
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. popular flavors include oreo cookies, mint oreo, chocolate chip cookie dough, m&m's, reese's peanut butter cups, heath bar (skor in canada), and butterfinger (crispy crunch in canada). seasonal flavors are also available such as october's pumpkin pie and june's cotton candy. it has been argued that dairy queen drew its inspiration from the "concrete" served by the st. louis-based ted drewes. on july 26, 2010, dairy queen introduced a new "mini" size blizzard, served in 6 oz. cups. during the 25th anniversary of the blizzard, two special flavors were released: strawberry golden oreo blizzard and buster bar blizzard. salted caramel truffle was released in 2015 during the blizzard's 30th anniversary and dairy queen's 75th anniversary, and is still on the menu today.
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since 1940, the chain has used a franchise system to expand its operations globally. in the us, the state with the most dairy queen restaurants is texas. using the 2010 census, the state with the most dairy queen restaurants per person is minnesota.









































international dairy queen, inc. (idq) is the parent company of dairy queen. in the united states, it operates under american dairy queen corp.









































at the end of fiscal year 2014, dairy queen reported over 6,400 stores in more than 25 countries; about 4,500 of its stores (approximately 70%) were located in the united states.
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