Hey there, ice cream aficionados! 🌞🍦 Ready to cool off with some facts and sweet deals? Let’s celebrate National Ice Cream Day 2024 in style!
What is National Ice Cream Month?
You may like to know that July Began as National Ice Cream Month. Yes, that means an entire month dedicated to our favorite frozen treat. Summer is at its peak and haven’t we all just dreamed of eating a scoop (or maybe three) to cool off!
In reality, the average American eats around 20 lbs of ice cream per year! That’s about 4 gallons each! Ice cream is a tradition, so much more than just indulgence Family-owned serving joy for more than 50 years like the other competing traditional ice cream brands.
Moreover, these businesses employ nearly 29,000 and account for long-term economic activity valued at over $13 billion. Just last year, they produced over 1.3 billion gallons of ice cream in the Year 2021 alone! That’s one cone of happiness!
Sweet Deals and Discounts to Enjoy This Sunday
National Ice Cream Day is this Sunday, July 21st, and you do not want to miss the best deals that your favorite ice cream spots are offering to you:
- Wendy’s: Get your free small Frosty through Wendy’s App with any purchase over $5.00. It is a perfect time to try their new triple berry frosty.
- Dairy Queen: Get a free Dilly Bar through the DQ App with any order of $1.00 or more delivered via the DQ App.
- Baskin-Robbins: Make all of the week special by saving $5.00 on your $20.00 order through their App. The code is SEIZETHEYAY. Valid July, 21st through July, 27th.
- Find a Burger King closest to you. Rewards members can get a soft-serve cone for 150 Crowns, and there is a free soft serve with any $1.00 purchase on National Ice Cream Day.
- Go to Carvel through Uber Eats and DoorDash app, DashPass only. Get $6.00 off of $35.00, but hurry, the offer expires on Monday, July 22nd.
- Insomnia Cookies: get your free cup of ice cream with 2 scoops, no purchase required.
Presidential Proclamation
Then, President Ronald Reagan declared July National Ice Cream Month, with the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day back in 1984. He urged that the observances take place “with appropriate ceremonies and activities. That reminisce will have to wait five long years as National Ice Cream Day in 2024 doesn’t fall on Sunday, July 21. Let’s celebrate now!
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So, Let’s Celebrate!
National Ice Cream Month is observed annually thanks to the International Dairy Foods Association, which also hosts a huge event on Capitol Hill in celebration of this. Every year, history repeats itself with thousands of people having attended the celebration as dozens of ice cream vendors supplied the event with countless varieties of ice cream.
Even this year, the IDFA and its members donated more than 200 tubs of ice cream and some 750 novelties for the event to take place. Would you like to participate as well in National Ice Cream Month? Make sure to post on social media your sweet moments with ice cream using @dairyidfa and let other people know about your favorite vanilla cone or your adventurous bacon ice cream.
Unique Flavors and Traditions
Have you ever tasted bacon ice cream? Or, maybe, rolled ice cream from Sweet Charlie’s and traditional Bouza from Syria? All sorts of weird and wonderful flavors and types demonstrate how varied and surprising ice cream is.
Milwaukee is famous for its frozen custard shops and the city is filled with true ice cream lovers who take the greatest pleasure in eating frozen custard. Not to mention gelato, Italy’s smoother, healthier alternative. It is so interesting how different countries and parts of the world adapted this sweet delicacy.
Conclusion
National Ice Cream Day gives us free rein to eat our favorite goodies and even try some new ones. Surely, you have already decided where you will have a cup or cone, prepare a delicious sundae for your family, and take advantage of some best offers from your favorite chains. Ice cream knows no limit today, and it does not break any law as well. So, what is your plan for National Ice Cream Day? Tell us about your sweet sensations, and we will celebrate them together!
Remember that every scoop really matters! 🍨🍧🍦
Happy National Ice Cream Day!