The Fast Food News this week is all about summer beverages and frozen treats. All the major players are getting into the act, including Dairy Queen, Baskin-Robbins, Hagen-Daaz, Dunkin’s and Starbucks. And there are even a few Mother’s Day specials to tempt your palate…
Baskin-Robbins Sundae Shakes for summer…
DQ débuts Dipped Cones deal…
Dairy Queen gas started floating its traditional summertime specials. This month, it’s two Dipped Sfot Serve Cones for $4.00 after 8:00 p.m., at participating locations. And, pf course, for a limited time, only. But it sounds like a great, affordable date-night-treat-for-two, to me!
…Launches summer Blizzard menu
There are six new Blizzards on DQ’s ‘First Ever Summer Blizzard Treat’ menu, including: Summer Berry Cheesecake, Jurassic Chomp, and Twix Blizzards, and returning favourites S’mores and Cotton Candy. They should be here all summer.
Hagen-Daaz shops feature free cones next week
That’s this coming Monday, only, so hustle in! This traditional spring deal is extremely limited, actually, available at participating stores only, and only from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. But you can request your free single scoop in either a Sugar Cone, a Cake Cone or a Cup.
Baskin-Robbins launches new Sundae Shakes…
Available at all locations, the specials consist of a shake of your choice topped with a scoop of your choice, plus classic Sundae toppings of your choice including Whipped Cream, Chopped Nuts and Maraschino Cherries.
…Announces Mother’s Day Specials
There’s a new B-R Ice Cream Cake for Mother’s Day, a pink-striped affair decorated with rosettes. As with all B-R cakes, you get to choose the flavours of your ‘Ice Cream’ and ‘Cake’ Layers.
B-R is also offering ‘Mother’s Baking Cookies’ as its May flavour of the month. The perennial favourites: Brown Sugar-flavored Ice Cream with Chocolate Chip Cookie pieces, Chocolaty Chips, and a Cookie Dough batter-flavored swirl.
Starbuck’s expands Frappuccino menu
The new flavours are Triple Mocha and Ultra Caramel, and both are slated to be on the menu indefinitely. The Mocha has sweet Cold Brew flavoured Whipped Cream on the bottom, topped with Mocha Sauce. Then comes Frappuccino Roast Coffee, Milk and Ice. Toppings include more Bold Brew Whipped Cream and a Mocha Sauce Drizzle. The Caramel version is layered similarly, but with Caramel Sauce. What an indulgence!
Dunkin’s blasts out Cosmic seasonal bevs, bites
Dunkin’s is introducing new ‘spacy’ frozen drinks and a new space-themed doughnut – for how long, they don’t say. The Cosmic Coolattas are layered beverages featuring one flavor of Coolatta layered atop another. Cosmic Pineapple is Pineapple with layered with Blue Raspberry, and Cosmic Cotton Candy features a new Cotton Candy Coolatta flavour layered with Blue Raspberry.
To kick off the launch, the chain offers a limited-time deal where you can buy any small-sized Coolatta drink for $2.
The coordinating Comet Candy Donut is a yeast ring doughnut with white icing and new pink, blue, and purple cotton candy-flavored Popping Candy.
And that’s skinny…
…On what’s making us fat this week! Enjoy your summer coolers while they last!
~ Maggie J.