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Feel the love in February!

Blizz Prez — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:43:12 +0000

There’s a reason February’s sticking around an extra day this year. Scratch that––two reasons. Travel with me, if you will, to a land called “America,” where creamy vanilla soft serve is lovingly blended with sweet cherries and choco chunks, a land where “love” is more than just a word found in a greeting card. It’s also a word found within the name of their February Blizzard^® of the Month: the Choco Cherry Love Blizzard Treat!

Then we travel north, where double fudge brownie batter and real fudge brownie pieces blend harmoniously with creamy vanilla soft serve. It’s a land called “Canada,” a land filled with 29 days of equal opportunity for all to taste the Brownie Batter Blizzard Treat!

Happy Groundhog Day

Beth Carlson — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:41 +0000

Well, unless you just don’t really care whether or not a rodent wakes up from his slumber to make an appearance determining whether or not YOU have to deal with six more weeks of winter or only six weeks until spring…

…Wait a second. Six more weeks of winter or only six weeks until spring? Well, that’s the same thing! Are you trying to tell me that Groundhog Day is made up and doesn’t really mean anything?! I suppose next you’re going to tell me there isn’t an Easter Bunny…
All of this being said, I’m sure someone, somewhere down the line, decided it’d be fun to make up a holiday to signify the coming of spring. Personally I wouldn’t have included aforementioned rodent but, that’s neither here nor there. When I first started dating my husband he told me we had to go to dinner at his parents’ house for “Kids’ Day.” I asked him just exactly what THAT was. He told me it is a holiday on his maternal grandfather’s birthday that his mom made up because his grandpa loved kids. Right.

Not one to turn down a free meal and candy, I was more than happy to partake in Kids’ Day. And thus, the tradition continues.

Do you have any special occasions in your family that, while real to you, are made up to the rest of us? And how do you celebrate?

Today is Backward Day.

Blizz Prez — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:45:47 +0000

January 31^st is Backward Day. But you already knew that. You’ve been looking backward to it for some time now. So, buttons to the rear, tag in front and dessert before dinner. That’s right. Forget what your mother told: the Blizzard^®Treat’s got first dibs on your taste buds. It’s quite possible that this could turn out to be my favorite holiday of the year––well, right after Everybody Buy the Blizz Prez a Blizzard Treat Day. But that’s not until May.

The Blizzard® Treat smackdown

Blizz Prez — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:45:02 +0000

Hey fans! I thought we’d have a friendly showdown this week between two classics. Of course, it’s impossible to choose to just one, but, let’s just say you had to… Cookie Dough Blizzard Treat or OREO^® Blizzard Treat? It’s cookie vs. cookie. Who will emerge the victor?

A Friday the 13th tale.

Blizz Prez — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:40:38 +0000

It was summer. I was gardening. It was hot. I took a sip of soda and felt something sharp on my lip. Thinking I had cut myself on the soda can somehow, I quickly pulled it away to discover I still felt the sting… of a bee… attached to my lower lip. I shooed it off and in a matter of minutes my kisser grew twice its size. My appearance didn’t dissuade me from heading to the mall, however, in order to nurse my wound with an OREO Blizzard^® Treat. And I survived. Oh yeah, did I mention that I also managed to fall off a roof that day as well? Survived that too. Landed on my feet. NBD. But maybe you can top it. What’s your freaky Friday story?

Some weather, eh?

Blizz Prez — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:43:28 +0000

Winter builds character––at least that’s what I’ve heard. This winter, however, has been unseasonably mild in my neck of the woods (just a figure of speech—I don’t, um, actually live in the woods). So naturally, I’m a little torn. On the one hand, I’m missing out on the opportunity to somehow become a better person by shoveling snow and scraping ice, but on the other, my commute to the local DQ Grill & Chill^® has been that much shorter. Come to think of it, there’s plenty of shoveling and scraping involved when I’m finishing off a Blizzard^® Treat. Okay, I’m sold. Best of both worlds it is!

Happy Birthday!

Lisa C — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:27:56 +0000

I have become the official DQ^® Cake purchaser for family members’ birthdays. Recently I was asked to bring one to a party where we were celebrating the birthdays of one of my sisters and my two nephews. My goal was to get a DQ Blizzard^® Cake that would appeal to all 14 party goers and not be decorated either too feminine or too masculine. I called my local DQ restaurant for assistance. It didn’t take more than a minute to decide on a 10-inch Heath Bar^® Blizzard Cake with “Happy Birthday” and all three names on it. It was as simple as can be.

When I stopped by the restaurant a few days later to pick up the cake, it looked perfect. I arrived at the birthday party and was soon considered to be the hero of the day, just for bringing a DQ Blizzard Cake. People could not stop talking about it. The process to choose and purchase the cake was so easy, but the way everyone at the party raved about it, you would have thought I spent hours making and decorating the cake myself.

Next time you need to bring a dessert to an occasion, consider a DQ Cake. Everyone will thank you for the special treat!

Your January Blizzard® of the Month!

Blizz Prez — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:15:47 +0000

It’s the third day of a new year and things are already looking up. I’m seeing things I’ve never seen before. Like, you ever notice how much a strawberry looks like a heart? Must be that they’re grown to be loved. And what better way to demonstrate that love than by blending them together with real chunks of rich cheesecake and creamy vanilla soft serve: the Strawberry CheeseQuake^® Blizzard Treat! Nostalgia is a thing of the past. I’m completely prepared to live in the moment… all 31 days of it.

Throwback Thursday – Mr. Misty® Style

Andrea Buckner — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:44:03 +0000

So the last Thursday of every month we are going to deem “Throwback Thursday”. Maybe we’ll share an old product, perhaps nostalgic merchandise or vintage photos, anything in our archives or from our fans is fair game. This week I’m paying respect to the Mr. Misty®. As a child of the 80′s and 90′s, I spent many summer nights sipping a grape flavored Mr. Misty… usually adding vanilla soft-serve and making a Mr. Misty float (the BEST!). I came across this old product poster and it sent me right back to my younger days. Does this look familiar to anyone else?!?

DQ® Mr. Misty Poster - 90's

Blizzard® Treat management 101

Blizz Prez — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:00:01 +0000

If you’re like me, you’re still trying to figure out how to spend all those DQ^® gift cards you received from your friends, family and postal workers over the weekend (surely, you exchange gifts with your postal worker). Might I suggest the following Blizzard Treat tasting schedule?

MONDAY: something with coffee
TUESDAY: something fruity
WEDNESDAY: something nutty
THURSDAY: something with cookies
FRIDAY: something chocolaty
SATURDAY: something with a candy bar
SUNDAY: ask an employee to surprise you

Happy New Year, everybody!
May your 2012 have you doing cartwheels!