| Happy Birthday, Dairy Queen Blizzard! Did you know | | | | years more than 75 flavors of Blizzard have been |
| that the Dairy Queen Blizzard is now 25 years old? I | | | | released. Some of them are extremely popular staples |
| can remember the day that the DQ Frozen Blizzard | | | | like Oreo Cookie, M&Ms, and Butterfinger; and others |
| Treat was released to the public. That makes me feel | | | | are seasonal, like a pumpkin flavor released around |
| a bit old! But I have great memories from those days, | | | | Halloween time; and others are innovative and |
| and I remember the excitement everyone felt when | | | | experimental and whether they become permanent |
| they were on their way to buy their first DQ Blizzard. | | | | fixtures depends on how popular they are with |
| The week the Blizzard debuted, some parents brought | | | | customers. |
| Blizzards to school for their kids at lunch time while the | | | | This year, to keep that tradition of variety alive in |
| rest of us looked on with envy and disappointment | | | | celebration of the Blizzard's silver anniversary, a menu |
| that our parents hadn't brought us Blizzards. Today in | | | | of "25 Flavor For 25 Years" has been released. That |
| 2010 it is difficult to imagine the hype surrounding the | | | | means that every Dairy Queen will be equipped with |
| Blizzard in 1985, but perhaps the sales figures will put | | | | 25 flavors to choose from. These twenty five |
| things into perspective: in 1985 Dairy Queen sold 100 | | | | represent the most popular of the 75 flavors that have |
| million Blizzard Treats. That's right, 100 million. | | | | been released. 2010 is your big chance to experience |
| The Blizzard is the greatest success in the history of | | | | all of the classic flavors that have resurfaced for the |
| Dairy Queen. What makes it such a success? Well, it | | | | Blizzard's birthday celebration. I plan to try a couple |
| was the first treat to blend soft serve ice cream with | | | | flavors each month, and by the end of the year I will |
| crushed candies or chocolate bars, cookies, nuts, or | | | | have sampled them all. I won't eat more than a couple |
| fruit. Nowadays every fast-food chain has some kind | | | | per month because I don't enjoy getting fat, but once |
| of copycat version of the Blizzard, but in 1985 those | | | | or twice a month is no problem. So if you love frozen |
| did not exist. Dairy Queen was the innovator. Another | | | | treats, why set a fun goal for yourself of trying all the |
| reason is that Dairy Queen always works hard to | | | | flavors by the end of the year? I dare you! |
| make a wide variety of flavors available. Over the | | | | |