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Twenty-five years of blizzards.
And I don't mean a snowstorm, although here in Iowa
I am sure we have had at least one blizzard a year for the last twenty-five years.
I mean the Dairy Queen Blizzard, which is celebrating it's 25th birthday.
Today my seamstresses are here proofing patterns - a tedious job that we really dislike.
It was decided that a Mini Blizzard would really make the task seem less tedious.
Today Dairy Queen will donate $1.00 to the Childrens' Miracle Network for every Blizzard sold- another reason to have a blizzard.
My favorite Blizzard flavor is Pecan Cluster.
Sandy and Lori opted for Butterfinger.
What is your favorite flavor?
Isn't this just adorable.
And half the calories - you gotta love it.
Tell me your favorite flavor in a comment.
All comments with a favorite flavor will be put in a drawing.
The winner will win an Awesome Charm Pack™ and an Acorn Alley pattern.
I grew up in Jackson Minnesota.
Coming into town from the south there was a tiny little Dairy Queen.
Sadly I could not find a picture of the old Jackson Dairy Queen
but it looked kind of like this.
My sister Brenda could never figure out
how the people got into the Dairy Queen…
Did they really crawl through the tiny little order window?
She was sure they did for there was no door - at least not one that she could see.
It was such a treat to stop at the Dairy Queen.
At that time you could buy a cone for a nickel.
One of my favorite treats as a child
was the Buster Bar - oooh I loved that chocolate fudge middle.
Sometimes I would get brain freeze.
Once a year our school bus would stop
at the Dairy Queen on our way out of town.
I am sure that would not be permitted these days.
Sure glad I grew up in the day were a school bus stopping
at a Dairy Queen was okay.
Now go treat yourself to a Mini Blizzard - Childrens' Miracle Network will appreciate it.
From my heart,
Sandy
Sandy
149 comments:
Nice ice cream pictures. My favorite is BUTTERFINGER!!
Love the fabric.
Paula
My favorite is M&M. Great giveaway!
Kathy
Love the Oreo blizzards...I had no idea blizzards were 25 years old. I have fond memories of riding in the back of my parents truck to get to the closest Dairy Queen which was about 5 miles away...I always got chocolate dipped cones...and my Dad always got Dilly Bars!
Blizzards were very popular around here when my kids were younger and they opened a brand new Dairy Queen in a shopping center near us. I always opted for the Butterfinger one!
Stopping at the Dairy Queen on a bus, now there's a great childhood remembrance! How lucky you did not have to get in through the order window :)
We don't have Dairy Queen's around here anymore. But recently we were in Witchita and of course we had to visit a Dairy Queen. Hubby got the Golden Oreo Blizzard and I got the Chocolate Covered Strawberry Blizzard. Boy was that yummy! Wish I can go back and get another one!
Linnea
I don't have a favorite, I really like to try the seasonal offerings. My four year old LOVES the M&M's blizzard. She thinks it's so magical that she can have ice cream AND M&M's at once (forbidden at home!)
here in MT, the DQ's close for the season around November, open for Valentines Day and if the weather is good it stays open, if it's still cold it will close again until Easter
Reeses is my favorite!! I can't believe they are 25 years old! We had Dairy Queen a lot when I was a kid. Our family loved the chocolate dipped ice cream cones...yum yum!!
My fav is an oreo blizzard but my son is allergic to peanuts so we never go there...so the last one I had was a Quilt MN shop hop a few years ago!
I had the Strawberry Cheesequake blizzard tonight. I took my hubby and his mom for blizzards to celebrate Miracle treat day. Love supporting CMN!
As a little girl I use to get "Dilly Bars" with my family at the DQ. I haven't had a blizzard in years, until 2 nights ago. My sis and I got their mini Blizzards - the perfect size. I wanted my favorite (Resee's Peanut Butter Cup) but they were out! Can you believe that!?! So my next choice was Heath. Yummy!
My favorite flavor is a new one. Chocolate Extreme. Congrats Dairy Queen. Thank you for the wonderful give-away. Take care and God bless, Cory
There is no DQ near us! But I think I would like a butterfinger one. =)
It's hard to pick a favorite. I like the chocolate covered strawberry and the M&M blizzards. They are all great!
Ohhh you really should try the snickers with extra stuff of heath. it's soo yummy.
I am just a straight oreo blizzard lover! Funny that you talk about this on your blog. I had a patient from England yesterday that mentioned he was going to Wendy's or Dairy Queen after his appt. because they don't have that in England. We are fortunate here ;)
Would you believe I've never had a Blizzard? Must rectify that. However, my choice in ice cream is always vanilla...with chocolate sauce if I throw caution to the wind.
I haven't had a Blizzard in ages - thanks for putting that thought in my head! I love the fresh tastes of a Hawaiian blizzard, although the Chocolate Extreme often calls out to me. Thanks for sharing your memories and thinking up a "cool" give-away.
My favorite is the Hawaiian Blizzard!
My kids roll their eyes when I mention
DQ! Thank you for the chance to win.
Christina D
what a fun post!!! Butterfinger for sure!!!
I'll take the ice cream Blizzard any day over the snowy kind! LOL My favorite is Oreo! Thanks! :0)
My favorite is Reece's Peanut Butter Cup. Nice pics1
Nancy E
Snickers!!! My favorite! Just about as good as your new line called 'Giddy'. I know I am going to love that line!!! Great give away.
Marsha
My favorite flavor is Oreo! My mom loves Buster Bars. Every year before the Dairy Queen closes--about November in small town Wyoming--the owner brings my mom over about a dozen Buster Bars to put in her freezer to last her until the spring when it reopens!
Pecan Cluster. I grew up in Marshall, not so far from Jackson, and we had a DQ that looked much like the picture you included. Our big decision was what kind of Dilly Bar we were going to get..chocolate, butterscotch, or strawberry.
Any of the chocolate flavors!
Love anything with chocolate. Sometimes I order the banana cream pie blizzard made with chocolate ice cream. Love Blizzards.
Okay, order me up a Mini Blizzard - make mine Cookie Dough - my ALL-TIME favorite.
I think I might just have to drive into town to our little local DQ and order one for hubby too.
I think EVERYONE in the US knows what one means when they say "DQ". LOL
Oh gosh, I can't get past Georgia Mud Fudge Blizzard on the menu-so, so good! Thanks for a chance to win!! What a super pattern. Love it!!
My favorite would be Oreo. Great Giveaway!
Oreos were my favorite 'store bought' cookie and my favorite Blizzard. Can you believe there are no Dairy Queens where I live now? Growing up, I loved the Dilly Bars. Do they still make them? Kathie L in Allentown
My favorite Blizzard flavor is Oreo. Thanks for the fun giveaway! Can't wait to see your new stuff. Enjoy the day!
I'm embarrassed...we had Tastee Freeze where I grew up and I've rarely gone to DQ as an adult so have never had a Blizzard. I've had a few Buster Bars though which are quite tasty. I think a butterfinger mini sounds like it would hit the spot today!
Oh! My favorite Blizzard is
M & M!!!
But i haven't had one in FOREVER!
I may just have to go get me a mini now.
Oh, you're terrible for reminding me of them!
But thank you so much for the chance at this give-away!
=-)
When I was a kid I lived so close I could walk to one of those little old Dairy Queens and buy a malt for 35 cents! My friend and I would scrub our huge kitchen floor for my mom (on our hands and knees, of course!)to earn the money to go.
Think my favorite Blizzard flavor has to be German chocolate.
Oh, my. I have to admit that I am addicted to the Georgia Mud Fudge Blizzard. so good. Thanks for the chance to win.
Favorite? I have to have just one? Can't. I tried. I just can't.
My favorite is Reese's PB Cup. Yum!
Nice giveaway. Thanks.
Darlis
Gotta be the Reese's! Chocolate and peanut butter, nothing better! LOL!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I've never had a Blizzard, but you did remind me of my favorite ice cream treat as a child. I grew up in a little town called Belleville, Michigan, back in the 50's. My grandparents used to take me to the Rexall drugstore on Main Street, where they had a lunch counter. I always ordered a dish of butter pecan ice cream! All the other kids got chocolate or vanilla and thought I was an odd ball for choosing butter pecan. I just loved those nuts!
Dairy Queen had a big place in my life growing up, too. My family usually ordered the same thing every time. When I rarely ordered a blizzard, my favorite flavor would be either Mocha Chip or M & M or if they had flavor of the month Mint Oreo. But my very favorite thing from Dairy Queen is a vanilla cone dipped in chocolate. My mother always used to get a Peanut Buster Parfait. She was born in the depression, was very frugal, so a Peanut Buster Parfait was a big splurge for her. Growing up we had miniature dachsunds. On their birthdays we would take them to Dairy Queen for a vanilla cone. Fortunately their birthdays were in the summer - Bastille Day (July 14) for one and August 8 for the other. Thanks, Sandy for bringing back these great memories and also helping DQ help CMN.
My favorite flavor are the oreo ones! And growing up we had a dairy queen like that too!
Yum - that looks so good! My favorite would be any of them! I love ice cream. I guess I would have to pick Oreo....cookie dough....M&Mmmmmmmmm. Now I want a Blizzard! Thanks for sharing.
Butterfinger used to be my flavor of choice. Then we learned of my daughter's nut allergy so that was the end of us eating nuts. So now it is Oreo.
I love the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, Oreo and Butterfinger (sorry, couldn't choose just one). Thank goodness I don't pass by one that often. Thanks for the chance.
Chocolate Extreme...it's all about the chocolate. Blizzards are my husbands and my special treat. Thanks for offering a giveaway. So very nice of you to share!
French Silk Pie and Heath Bar.. can't choose just one!
We're so sad that there is no Dairy Queen in our new city! But if there were, Mr. Squash and I would both go for a Butterfinger Blizzard!
Cheers!
Sadly, our town lost its' Dairy Queen...I love blizzards...I love Georgia Mudd Blizzards....They make me really happy. Enjoy yours for me :(
Mary
I haven't had a Blizzard in years but reading your blog has my taste buds begging for one. I think I'd like to try the cappuccino heath.....ice cream, coffee flavor, chocolate and toffee?! What a dream come true!!!
We used to have a walk up DQ and I would always get Buster Bars! My favorite Blizzard flavor is Reese Cup!
After reading you blog, I feel I have been deprived, there are no Dairy Queens in Ireland!
My favorite is butterfinger too!! Lucky you. Our DQ closed a few years ago. I really miss them.
As soon as I found out there are mini blizzards I had to have one. My favourite flavour is Chocolate Extreme.
Sandy,
I think I would choose pecan cluster too- I don't like Oreo cookies so that would not be my flavor.
I love Dairy Queen ice cream cones the best although I am a fan of Buster bars.
We do have a Dairy Queen close by that we visit occasionally.
Thanks for the chance to win your pattern and charm pack.
Regards,
Anna
Since I read your blog this morning, I had to go at lunchtime to get a mini blizzard for myself. My favorite is still Snickers....
Well, since reading your blog this morning, I had to get myself a Mini Blizzard at lunchtime today. Boy my Snicker's Blizzard tasted so yummy, it's still my favorite flavor...
Jackson Minnesota! Another Minnesota girl who is one of my quilting idols!
My favorite Blizzard is a Heath Bar blizzard where they also add chocolate sauce. Yum!
My favorite is Pecan Cluster too!! And now I want one this minute....power of suggestion. Gotta run!
My favorite is the mint m & m's. Love the acorn fabric.
Bobbie
Buster Bars were a rare treat-yum As for Blizzards, my flavorite is Butterfinger.
Glad I found your blog! My favorite Blizzard is Oreo - but I would not turna down any flavor!
riamccabe@gmail.com
Mmmmm...I love a good blizzard. My favorite has to be the Snickers. Although nowadays it seems they have so many more flavors than they did when I was little.
My favorite blizzard is an oreo blizzard-especially if they leave the oreos in big chunks. Mmmmmmmmm
Reese's Peanut Butter cup blizzard is the only real blizzard!
I LOVE the AWESOME fabric line!!!
Thanks a lot! Now I want a blizzard and DQ closes in 5 minutes. What kind, you ask? A Buster Bar Blizzard. Love the peanuts!
I don't like Blizzards, but I loved the Buster Bar! I guess if I did order a Blizzard, it would probably be a Reese's Peanut Butter one.
Leslie S. in MN
esclante[at]comcast[dot]net
I guess it would be oreo, But give me a vanilla choc dipped cone anyday
Definitely Snickers blizzard. I used to work with a radiologist who was addicted to DQ blizzards. When the weekend rotation schedule had this Dr. on the schedule, you knew it was going to be a good weekend. I would bring him a Blizzard for breakfast every Sunday morning he was on the schedule. We (the staff) all really appreciated him.
How about Heath Bar? Ask them to make it with "cold fudge"...can you say DELICIOUS?
I've also had the Brownie with pecans and that was mighty fine, too!
Any of the chocolate flavors!
I'm with you on the pecans, but I love the Turtle Pecan Cluster. My daughter just told me about the mini ones, I may have to make the drive.
Cookies & Cream......mmmmmm!!!
We, also had one of those tiny DQs, then they moved across town in a strip mall.....I guess it was a lot easier than crawling thru the tiny windows!!! LOL
Linda P in GA
(Google doesnt remember me)
Mocha is my favorite. Any blizzard with coffee and chocolate is what I get. THank you for the chaNCE.
My favorite is mint chocolate chip. My son likes chocolate Xtreme
My favorite has always been the one with the brownie bits in it!
I love the Oreo Bizzard best!!!
I used to only ever get cookie dough blizzards, always on the way home after playing tennis. But recently someone mentioned the Hawaiian, and I tried it! It's my new favorite, and healthy for us too with bananas, coconut and pineapple in it! Yummmm I hope your give-a-way isn't over yet! thanks for the pictures too.. they were cute.
My favorite was a "flavor of the month" that they only did ONE time (or at least I only saw it once) and it was incredible!!! The WHOPPER Blizzard!!! You know, chocolate malted milk balls? Mmmm.... oh.... it was soooooooo good!!!!!
Really.
Really good.
Seriously.
Oh, how I'd like one.........
KZK
Jackson! I know the Pengra boys well! I'm waving to you from Mankato! When I splurge I will go for a Pecan Cluster or Heath but I will take a good old Buster Bar any day!
My favorite blizzard is Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Sadly there is no Dairy Queen in my town, so I have to go to the next state to get one. I live in SC just across the Savannah River from Augusta, GA. Sounds like a road trip today. Love the fall pattern & fabric, thanks for doing a giveaway.
Wow, I agree they are great.. haven't had 1 in years... I never rode the bus I knew (lived close to school) I knew there was a reason to be jealous of the school bus kids! Quilty hugs, Evelyn
It is REALLY hard to pick a favorite, I love so many of them, but today I'll say the French Silk pie one. Yum!
What good memories! I love the chocolate cherry one.....mmmm. I can taste it now! LOL. Yvonne.
Peanut butter cup is my favorite. I love the mini's. You can get one and not feel too fat!
OOOOOH my favorite would be oreo mint. When I was much younger and they opened the first Dairy Queen in the town close to me, and Bobbie Curtola was on hand to sing and all the teenage girls drolled. My favorite then was vanilla milk shake. Oh the memories you have brought back to me. think i will drive to the city ofr a blizzard right now. Zoom Zoom I am on my way
We love strawberry cheese quake blizzards. But now I need to try that butterfinger blizzard. Would love to win the thread I have never tried.
My son worked at DQ in high school. My fav is the Reese's Peanut Butter. Yummy.
I pick Cappuccino Heath Bar as a favorite. Tried my first one today
My favorite is the M &M blizzard. When my kids were young we would all go to the Dairy Queen after their ballgames and have Dilly Bars! What fun!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DQ!
MY FAVORITE IS PECAN CLUSTER BLIZZARD.THANKS SANDY FOR SHARING QUILTING NECESSITIES! LOVE,LINDA
jldouglas@wispwest.net
I love DQ's and we have been stopping by the DQ too often lately!! My favorite, at this time, it the Buster Bar Blizzard but the Pecan Pie Blizzard is very good too.
My favorite was the choc chip. Sadly I can't eat them anymore..too much sugar..
BUT...my grandparents owned a Dairy Queen in St Louis and I worked for them one summer. After hours we would make up our own flavors...and eat...
Mint chocolate chip is really my favorite with Heath candy bar a close second. Our school bus always stopped on the last day of school on the way home, the bus driver treated.
My favorite is Banana Split minus the pineapple with extra real banana.
Decisions, decisions! I like the M&M Blizzard, but then again Oreo is good too.
My current favorite blizzard flavor is Banana Split. With so many different fruits in it, it's got to be health, right? LOL
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Oh yum. My favorite is chocolate covered cherry when they have it.
While I have many happy memories of DQ, there was a rootbeer place in our small town that had frozen mugs and homemade rootbeer and I remember that sooooo clearly.
What a wonderful cause.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
My fav thing from DQ has always been the dipped cone. Could be messy but so yummy.
Now my DH LOVES the Banana Split Blizzard!! I may have to try one now in the mini version!
Lola
My favorite is the Buster Bar. I have fond memories of my dad taking me to Dairy Queen.
gotta go with pbutter cups :) YMMMY!
Chocolate chip cookie dough!
Hi! I love Snickers...it's got everything! I wonder if the DQ people heard me say that a smaller Blizzard would be just perfect cos I said it a lot and the mini is here! Yipee!
I just had a Heath blizzard today. I love blizzards but can't believe that they have been around for 25 years. My favorites vary but always include chocolate. Linda
Love both the Butterfinger and the Oreo blizzards!
Grace
Butterfinger!
I love, love, love mint chocolate chip with oreos mashed up in it! Bring on the brain freeze!
Good luck with all the testing. My favorite flavor is the Oreo Cookie.
Ooooohhhh! I'm on a diet now, but I have fond memories of Chocolate Extreme!!!
My absolute fave is the Hawaiian Blizzard!! m-m-m-m-m the pineapple, coconut and bananas go down sooooooooooo smooth! LOVE 'EM!!
I always go for the M&M Blizzard. I think it is part the M&M's and part all the colors mixed in! I'm enjoying your blog, and have bookmarked it so I can come visit often. Thank you!
Oreo mint is the only way to have a blizzard in my opinion!! Love the new minis.
I love snickers with an extra scoop of hot fudge
I love the chocolate mint blizzard......yet have try their specials every once in a while to be open ;-))) and fair....
When we were kids we would take a trip to our not so local Dairy Queen. The whole family would order ice cream and I would order a Mr. Misty. :-)
Is it safe to admit that I'm not a big fan of ice cream? LOL!
My favorite would be Oreo Cookie.
Cynthia
I like strawberry chesecake blizzards. Great giveaway.
I don't have a favourite flavour ... I like to try a new one every time. I love the new mini size - I always found the regular small size too big. Now I can have one more often! Thank you for the giveaway!
Oh my on the previous comment......Snickers and hot fudge........Sounds like something I need to try. My favorite has to be the butterfinger, but anything chocolate is necessary!
I always ask for chocolate fudge with Spanish peanuts. It's yummy!
Sarah in Houston
My favorite is m-n-m! I couldn't have made it through my last pregnancy without the Peanut Buster Parfait! Oh how I love them...
I love Heath bar blizzards!
I loved all of the pictures you posted. As a kid I loved those butterscotch dipped cones!
Mmmmm the new pecan pie blizzard for me!!
Heath Bar Blizzard....yummy. However, at one time they had a rocky road blizzard with the marshmallows like you get in cereals covered in hard chocolate, and chocolate covered nuts.....that was the best...I just wish they still sold it!
Pecan Cluster Blizzard! I too remember Dilly Bars, Buster bars and the favorite chocolate dip cone! Fond memories!
Oh, it has to be the Reese's PB Cup - Now I just HAVE to have one!
I like a choclate blizzard with heath added. I don't know if it has a special name, though. Yum!
I've been a loyal Banana Split Blizzard until I tried the Peanut Buster Parfait Blizzard, now it's a toss up between the two.
My husband always gets the cookie dough Blizzard.
It was always the Banana Split Blizzard for me until I tried the Peanut Buster Parfait Blizzard. Now it's a toss up between the two.
My husband always gets Cookie Dough.
I love the Penut Butter Cup. That DQ looks like the one I went to in S.W. Iowa. Does any one remember checking your Dilly Bar stick to see if you got a free one?
I haven't had a DQ Blizzard in years but I think I remember a Reese's PB Cup Blizzard. Love PB Cups! Also, the picture of the DQ looks exactly like the one in Beaverton, OR before it was torn down to make room for a DQ restaurant. Ahhh, memories.
k.castanette@hotmail.com
Reece's PB Cup with Chocolate ice cream. Wow! Delicious.
Choclate covered cherries!! It don't get any better than that!!
believe it or not, I have never had a blizzard! My loss.
I too have never had a Blizzard, but if I were to have one your Pecan Cluster sounds great. Everytime I go to the DQ, I always want a plain vanilla cone -- I love vanilla DQ ice cream!! DQ vanilla has been around a long time and I'm glad!!
Do I really have to have a favorite? I like many flavors. The DQ is definitely bad news for me. I am glad it is not open all year.
Sharon
I love the butterfinger, too. 35 years ago when I married my husband he was going to college at Murray State University in KY and they had a DQ just like the one in your picture. I would order a chocolate chip malt. They streamed the hot chocolate that they dipped the cones in into the malt and the chocolate turned into little hard pieces. It was the BEST thing in the world. 30 years later we went back to visit and the DQ was still there and they still made the chocolate chip malt the same way. I ordered one and it tasted EXACTLY as I had remembered. It was SOOOOOO good. I can almost taste it. Unfortunately, there is no DQ near us now so I'll have to wait until I go on a trip to get a blizzard. Thanks for the post.
Happy proofreading! Loved the pictue of the bus, so cute. My favorite flavor is oreo!
Oreo brownie earthquake blizzard --winner hands down!
Definietly Oreo blizzards! Loved the drawing of the bus, so cute. Hummm, haven't had a blizzard in a while, it is a 100 degrees here...think I'll get one soon. :) p.s. I commented yesterday and for some reason it didn't save, so here I am again..:)
Cookies and cream! Yum
I love the butterfinger flavor. I crave these, especially when I am pregnant!
I love any blizzard that has chunks of brownie. Chocolate truffle was absolutely sinful!
I really enjoyed this post! I too love the Dairy Queen! Butterfinger is my fav!
I love your post and the Dairy Queen! Butterfinger is my fav! But I might like others...I just stick with Butterfinger!
I love the Dairy Queen blizzards. My favorite is the chocolate cherry blizzard. Thanks for the fun giveaway and childhood memories. Thank You, Karen
Oreo blizzards were a favorite everytime my little neice(now 21) came to my house in the summer. I'm going to see her next week and guess what we'll be doing!! I love the acorn pattern.
I have to say cookie dough. Mmmm! On our way home from childbirth classes my husband and I would stop for Blizzards. They're still a treat though.
My favorite flavor is "Heath Bar".
I don't have a favourite as I can no longer have dairy........boohoo! However my family's favourite for all 3 of them is Cookie Dough. Great giveaway......love the fabric and the pattern!
Love the oreo blizzard and your blog ~thanks for letting me scroll through the 17 magazines with you.
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