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National Ice Cream Day: A Look at the Deals

(WJET/WFXP) — July 21 marks National Ice Cream Day, and many places are offering freebies and deals to celebrate the day.

This day is actually a federally recognized day, as it was officially recognized by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1984. In the proclamation, he officially designated the third Sunday in July as National Ice Cream Day and also declared the entire month of July to be “National Ice Cream Month.”


Enough about history, let’s take a look at some great deals:

Queen Dairy:

On Sundays only, DQ Rewards members will receive a free Dilly Bar with any order of $1 or more on the DQ app. To take advantage of this offer, download the DQ app and sign up for DQ Rewards.

Find Dairy Queen stores here.

Cold Stone Creamery:

My Cold Stone Club Rewards members can enjoy $5 off a purchase of $10 or more, before taxes, through Tuesday, July 23, on any online, in-store or in-app purchase. To redeem this offer, rewards members must text FLOAT24 to LOVEIT (568348) and the reward will be credited to their account.

Find Cold Stone Creamery locations here.

Kind regards:

Through Sunday, you can get an 89-cent cone, a single scoop, at any of the group’s 100 restaurants to celebrate the chain’s 89th anniversary of Founder’s Day and National Ice Cream Day.

Find Friendly points of sale here.

Mate Coffee:

Coffee Mate is launching a limited-time Orange Cream Pop flavored Duo Creamer. It will go on sale Monday, July 22 at 12:00 PM EST, online only, for $2.17.

Cookies against insomnia:

Insomnia Rewards loyalty program members can get a free cup of ice cream with any purchase and double their rewards points all week long.

You can find Insomnia Cookie locations here,

Graeter’s:

If you download the ice cream maker’s app, you can get an offer for a dipping cone for $1.59. If you want to take advantage of this deal, you’ll have to act fast because it’s only good until the end of the day on Sunday.

Find Graeter’s locations here.

GoPuff:

On Sundays only, you can get a free pint of Talenti Gelato with a purchase of $30 or more. All week long, you can also get 30% off select Magmun, Bomb Pop, ICEE and more.

Ice Talents:

Speaking of Talenti, you can mix up your own refreshing cocktail with the free Case of the Mondaes kit, available via DoorDash through Monday, July 22, in Chicago, Dallas, and New York (while supplies last).

Soaking points:

Dippin’s Dots is giving away free mini cups of the delicious pearl ice cream at 120 stores nationwide today. The giveaways will be given out over a two-hour period, so check with your local store to see when the giveaway is happening. Find a store here.

Marble Slab Creamery:

Get a free small ice cream sundae with the purchase of a small or large sundae in store. And all through July, get $5 off ice cream cakes with code CAKE24.

Find Marble Slab Creamery locations here.

Some brands, such as NESCAFÉ, Tropicana Juices, Kind Snacks, and My/Mochi, also run various contests or giveaways that fans can enter for a chance to win ice cream products.