Dairy Queen Blizzard Menu (2026): Flavors, Sizes & Prices
Every current Blizzard flavor on one page: 22 treats with an honest benchmark price, the observed price range, and official calories for each of the Dairy Queen Blizzard sizes — Mini, Small, Medium and Large. Prices and menu verified October 2026.
Jump to Your Flavor
Short on time? Pick a flavor and jump straight to its card — photo, price, calories in every size and allergen flags included. Or keep scrolling: the master price and calorie table for the full Dairy Queen Blizzard menu is right below, and it is the table most rival sites never give you, because it shows all four sizes instead of just the Small.
Every Blizzard Flavor: Prices & Calories in All Four Sizes
This is the complete Dairy Queen Blizzards menu as checked in October 2026: the year-round classics, the premium Royal line with its filled center, the fall seasonals and the limited-time cups. The price column shows our benchmark “About” price for each flavor with the range we actually observed across franchise menus and delivery listings. Dairy Queen stores are independently owned, so your store sets its own prices — treat the range, not a single number, as the honest answer to “how much is a Blizzard at Dairy Queen.”
Calories are Dairy Queen’s official figures for each size wherever the official listing confirms them. Five flavors are marked “check official listing” because DQ’s published listing could not be confirmed for them when this page was compiled — rival sites print numbers for these flavors anyway, and their numbers disagree with each other, so we would rather send you to the source than guess. For full fat, sugar and protein figures on every flavor, use the official listing linked in the allergen section, our DQ nutrition guide, or the nutrition calculator.
Prices and menu verified October 2026| Blizzard Flavor | About Price (observed range) | Mini Cal | Small Cal | Medium Cal | Large Cal | Good to Know |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OREO Cookie | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 330 | 600 | 820 | 1,050 | Fan favorite; best-seller since 1985 |
| REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 360 | 610 | 820 | 1,080 | Fan favorite; contains peanut |
| Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 410 | 710 | 1,030 | 1,370 | Fan favorite; heaviest Large on the board |
| BUTTERFINGER | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 350 | 590 | 800 | 1,060 | Contains peanut |
| Mint OREO | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 360 | 640 | 880 | 1,140 | Cool mint twist on the classic |
| Choco Brownie Extreme | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 420 | 740 | 980 | 1,330 | Most chocolate-loaded classic |
| HEATH | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 360 | 640 | 880 | 1,190 | Toffee crunch; contains almond |
| M&M’S Chocolate Candies | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 370 | 660 | 880 | 1,160 | Kid favorite; candy shell crunch |
| Turtle Pecan Cluster | About $6.19 ($5.16–$6.59) | 430 | 680 | 1,020 | 1,370 | Contains pecan (tree nut) |
| Snickers | About $6.19 (varies by size/store) | 350 | 610 | 800 | 1,060 | Contains peanut; size range varies by store |
| Mocha Brownie Mudslide | About $6.19 (varies) | 370 | 650 | 900 | 1,170 | Coffee + brownie; newer addition |
| Royal New York Cheesecake | About $6.35 ($6.08–$7.09) | 450 | 750 | 1,040 | 1,320 | Royal: filled center, premium price |
| Royal Ultimate Choco Brownie | About $6.35 ($6.08–$7.09) | 480 | 770 | 1,040 | 1,340 | Royal: filled center, premium price |
| Brown Sugar Cookie Dough | About $5.48+ (single listing) | 420 | 650 | 940 | 1,260 | Seasonal |
| Caramel Apple Cheesecake | About $5.48+ (single listing) | 340 | 600 | 840 | 1,130 | Seasonal (fall) |
| Pumpkin Pie | About $5.48+ (check local menu) | 360 | 560 | 720 | 940 | Seasonal (fall); lightest Small |
| Enchanted OREO | Location quote (no comparable sample) | 440 | 770 | 1,050 | 1,380 | Limited-time; highest Large calories |
| S’mores | About $5.89 (benchmark menu) | Check official listing | Summer return; 85th-birthday lineup | |||
| Cotton Candy | About $5.89 (benchmark menu) | Check official listing | Summer return; 85th-birthday lineup | |||
| Choco Dipped Strawberry | About $6.19 (benchmark menu) | Check official listing | Chocolate-dipped strawberry topping | |||
| Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake | About $6.19 (benchmark menu) | Check official listing | Summer; 85th-birthday lineup | |||
| Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party | About $6.19 (benchmark menu) | Check official listing | Contains peanut | |||
Prices are US benchmark observations compiled in October 2026, not official nationwide prices. Every DQ restaurant is independently owned and operated and sets its own menu prices, so expect your store to land somewhere inside (occasionally outside) the observed range. Calories: Dairy Queen official nutrition listing for the named size; “check official listing” means the figure could not be confirmed from DQ’s published listing at compile time.
Flavor by Flavor: All 22 Blizzard Treats
Tables are for comparing; cards are for deciding. Here is every flavor on the current board with its photo, what actually goes into the cup, the price picture and the calories in all four sizes. Allergen flags are ingredient-based summaries — every Blizzard contains milk from the soft serve, and the full warning is in the allergen section below.
OREO Cookie BlizzardFan Favorite
The one that started it all in 1985 and still the best-seller on the Dairy Queen menu. Blizzards do not get simpler or better balanced than this: vanilla soft serve blended edge to edge with real OREO cookie pieces, so the last spoonful tastes like the first. It is also the lightest classic in a Mini, at 330 calories — the benchmark every other flavor is judged against.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, wheat, soy
REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups BlizzardFan Favorite
Chopped REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups folded through vanilla soft serve — salty peanut butter, milk chocolate and sweet cream in every bite. It feels like the most indulgent candy blend on the board, yet a Small lands at 610 calories, middle of the pack. If peanut is your love language, this is the default order; if peanut is your allergy, skip to the allergen section before anything else.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, peanut, soy
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough BlizzardFan Favorite
Chewy chunks of chocolate chip cookie dough in vanilla soft serve — the texture flavor, because you never know which spoonful hides the next dough pocket. It is also a heavyweight: at 1,370 calories, the Large ties for the biggest number among the year-round classics. Cookie dough fans rarely switch; calorie counters should reach for the Mini at 410 and enjoy every bite.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, wheat, egg, soy
BUTTERFINGER Blizzard
BUTTERFINGER candy holds its crunch longer than almost any other mix-in, so this cup stays interesting to the bottom: crisp, flaky peanut butter candy shards coated in chocolate, blended through soft serve. A Small is 590 calories — the lightest Small among the year-round candy classics — which makes it the quiet value pick for peanut butter fans who are watching the total.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, peanut, soy
Mint OREO Blizzard
The classic OREO blend with a cool mint running through it — same cookie crunch, fresher finish. Mint splits the crowd: fans call it the most refreshing cup on the board, purists stick with the original. Calories track a touch above the plain OREO at every size, from 360 in a Mini to 1,140 in a Large. A smart pick after a heavy meal, when chocolate-mint settles better than straight chocolate.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, wheat, soy
Choco Brownie Extreme Blizzard
Built for the person who reads a dessert menu looking for the word “extreme”: chewy brownie pieces, chocolate chunks and cocoa fudge all blended into soft serve at once. It is the most chocolate-forward classic DQ makes, and the numbers agree — 740 calories in a Small, 1,330 in a Large. Order it when chocolate is the entire point of the trip; split a Large and it becomes reasonable.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, wheat, egg, soy
HEATH Blizzard
Buttery English toffee under a milk chocolate coat, broken into the blend so you get sweet crunch without the chew of caramel. HEATH is the grown-up candy pick — rich but not heavy — and its numbers sit mid-board: 640 calories in a Small, 1,190 in a Large. Note the almond inside the toffee bar: this is a tree-nut flavor even though it does not taste like one.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, tree nut (almond), soy
M&M’S Chocolate Candies Blizzard
The most colorful cup on the board and a permanent kid favorite: whole and crushed M&M’S whose shells keep their snap longer than baked mix-ins do. Grown-ups underrate it — the shell crunch against soft serve is genuinely the best texture contrast in the lineup. Calories run 370 in a Mini to 1,160 in a Large, right in the middle of the classic range at every size.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, soy; may contain peanut, wheat
Turtle Pecan Cluster Blizzard
Pecan pieces, caramel and chocolate — the turtle candy formula, and the most adult flavor profile among the classics. It is also one of the richest: 680 calories in a Small and 1,370 in a Large, tied at the top of the classic chart. The pecans make it a tree-nut flavor through and through. If you like your dessert nutty and caramel-heavy, nothing else on the board competes.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Observed range $5.16–$6.59 · Allergens: milk, tree nut (pecan), soy
Snickers Blizzard
Chopped Snickers bars bring four textures at once — nougat chew, caramel pull, peanut crunch, chocolate — which is why this cup tastes more complex than most candy blends. A Small is 610 calories and a Large 1,060, both surprisingly moderate for what is in the cup. One quirk from our research: Snickers size availability varied by store more than any other classic, so check the board or the app before you promise it to the car.
Sizes: Mini · Small (other sizes vary by store)
Price varies by size and store · Allergens: milk, peanut, soy
Mocha Brownie Mudslide Blizzard
The coffee drinker’s Blizzard: real coffee flavor blended with fudge brownie pieces and chocolate chunks, like a cold brew and a brownie decided to share a cup. It rolled out more recently than the candy classics and has earned a permanent-looking spot. Numbers are honest mid-heavy — 650 in a Small, 1,170 in a Large. If you order MooLattes in the summer, this is your Blizzard.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Price varies by store · Allergens: milk, wheat, egg, soy
Royal New York Cheesecake BlizzardRoyal
Royal Blizzards are the premium tier: the mix-ins blend through the cup and a filled center runs down the middle, so the flavor builds as you eat. This one pairs real cheesecake pieces and graham crust bits with that core — the most dessert-like cup DQ sells. Royals price a step above classics (about $6.35 in our benchmark) and eat richer: 750 calories in a Small.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large (varies by store)
Observed range $6.08–$7.09 · Allergens: milk, wheat, egg, soy
Royal Ultimate Choco Brownie BlizzardRoyal
The Royal treatment applied to maximum chocolate: brownie pieces and cocoa fudge in the blend, a fudge core in the center. Its Small, at 770 calories, is the heaviest Small with a confirmed official figure on this page, and the Large reaches 1,340. This is a special-occasion cup. Order the Mini (480) if you want the experience on a Tuesday.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large (varies by store)
Observed range $6.08–$7.09 · Allergens: milk, wheat, egg, soy
Brown Sugar Cookie Dough BlizzardSeasonal
A warmer take on cookie dough: brown sugar dough pieces that taste like the edge of a fresh-baked cookie, where the sugar caramelizes. It rotates through the seasonal slot, so if it is on your store’s board, order it — it will not be there all year. Our benchmark found a single listing at about $5.48+, below the classic price, with calories from 420 (Mini) to 1,260 (Large).
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Single listing; no cross-store range · Allergens: milk, wheat, egg, soy
Caramel Apple Cheesecake BlizzardSeasonal
Fall in a cup: caramel apple flavor and cheesecake pieces that land somewhere between a county-fair caramel apple and a slice of cheesecake. It is one of the lightest seasonals — its Mini is 340 calories, second-lightest on this entire page — and its Small matches the OREO at 600. Seasonal availability only, benchmarked at about $5.48+ from a single listing.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Single listing; no cross-store range · Allergens: milk, wheat, egg, soy
Pumpkin Pie BlizzardSeasonal
The fall headliner and the most loyal seasonal fanbase in fast food: real pieces of pumpkin pie — crust included — blended into soft serve with nutmeg warmth. It owns two records on this page: the lightest Small of all 22 flavors (560 calories) and the lightest Large (940), which is why calorie counters plan their autumn around it. When it leaves the board, it is gone until next fall.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
Check local menu for price · Allergens: milk, wheat, soy
Enchanted OREO BlizzardLimited-Time
A limited-time OREO twist that showed up in 2026 seasonal listings — the classic cookie blend dressed up for a promotional run. Treat it as a catch-it-while-it-lasts flavor: stores priced it individually in our research (no comparable benchmark sample), and its Large, at 1,380 calories, is the single biggest number on this page. If your store has it and you are an OREO completist, the Mini (440) is the sensible trophy.
Sizes: Mini · Small · Medium · Large
No comparable price sample · Allergens: milk, wheat, soy
S’mores Blizzard TreatSummer
Graham cracker crunch, chocolate chunks and marshmallow — the campfire, blended. S’mores returned for the 85th-birthday summer lineup and remains a warm-weather fixture. One honesty note: DQ’s published nutrition listing could not be confirmed for this flavor when this page was compiled, and rival sites print S’mores calories that disagree with each other — so we show “check official listing” instead of picking a number, and we suggest you do the same before relying on one.
Sizes: Vary by store
Benchmark menu price · Allergens: milk, wheat, soy
Cotton Candy Blizzard TreatSummer
Pink, sweet and unapologetically nostalgic: cotton candy topping and colorful sprinkles folded into soft serve. It came back with the 85th-birthday summer menu and is the flavor kids point at first. Like S’mores, its calories are marked “check official listing” here because DQ’s published figure could not be confirmed at compile time — competitor numbers for this flavor are all over the map.
Sizes: Vary by store
Benchmark menu price · Allergens: milk (sprinkle blends vary)
Choco Dipped Strawberry Blizzard
The chocolate-covered strawberry, rebuilt as a Blizzard: strawberry topping and chocolate chunks through soft serve. It is the fruitiest chocolate option on the board and a Valentine’s-season regular that many stores keep beyond it. Calories are listed as “check official listing” for this flavor — DQ’s published listing could not be confirmed for it when this page was compiled, and we do not print unconfirmed numbers.
Sizes: Vary by store
Benchmark menu price · Allergens: milk, soy
Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake BlizzardSummer
The headline act of the 85th-birthday Summer Blizzard Treat Menu: cheesecake pieces, strawberry topping and chocolate chunks in one cup — three desserts arguing, deliciously, about which one you are eating. It headlined summer listings across the sites we track. Calories: “check official listing,” for the same reason as the other summer cups — no confirmed published figure at compile time.
Sizes: Vary by store
Benchmark menu price · Allergens: milk, wheat, soy
Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party Blizzard
Peanut butter cookie dough with a confetti peanut crunch — the party flavor, built for people who read “cookie dough” and “peanut butter” and stopped reading. It is one of the newer names on the board and one of the five whose official calorie listing we could not confirm, so check the official listing (or ask in store) if the number matters to you. Peanut allergen, obviously and proudly.
Sizes: Vary by store
Benchmark menu price · Allergens: milk, peanut, wheat, egg, soy
Dairy Queen Blizzard Sizes Explained: Mini, Small, Medium & Large
The Dairy Queen Blizzard sizes are the same four cups at nearly every store: Mini (about 6 oz), Small (about 12 oz), Medium (about 16 oz) and Large (about 21 oz). Same flavors, same blend — the only decision is how much soft serve stands between you and the bottom of the cup. Here is how to choose like a regular.
Mini (about 6 oz) is the taste-size: a real Blizzard, not a sample, at roughly half the calories of a Small. Across the 17 flavors with confirmed official figures, Minis run 330 to 480 calories. Order it after a meal, for kids, for a first taste of a seasonal flavor you are not sure about, or any time you want the Blizzard experience inside a normal day’s eating. Small (about 12 oz) is the default cup and the size most prices are quoted for: 560 to 770 calories across confirmed flavors. Medium (about 16 oz) is the committed dessert — 720 to 1,050 calories — best when the Blizzard is the meal’s main event. Large (about 21 oz) runs 940 to 1,380 calories and is honestly a two-spoon size for most people; it is also the best per-ounce value on the board.
The value math is simple. Price climbs with size, but slower than the ounces do, so every step up buys soft serve at a lower price per ounce — the Large is the cheapest way to buy Blizzard by volume, and the Mini the most expensive. Calories scale almost perfectly with ounces, though: there is no “lighter size,” only less of the same treat. That is why the Mini is the calorie strategy that actually works — it cuts a Small’s calories by roughly 40 to 45 percent (an OREO drops from 600 to 330) without changing the flavor at all. If you are asking “how much is a mini Blizzard at Dairy Queen” because you want the taste without the commitment, you are asking exactly the right question.
Sizes and calorie spans verified October 2026| Size | Volume | Calories Across Confirmed Flavors | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini | ~6 oz | 330–480 | A taste after a meal; kids; testing a seasonal flavor; calorie control |
| Small | ~12 oz | 560–770 | The standard solo dessert; the size most prices are quoted for |
| Medium | ~16 oz | 720–1,050 | Blizzard as the main event; sharing with a small appetite partner |
| Large | ~21 oz | 940–1,380 | Sharing; best price per ounce; the full celebration cup |
Calorie spans cover the 17 flavors with calories confirmed from Dairy Queen’s official nutrition listing in our October 2026 roster. The five flavors marked “check official listing” in the master table are excluded from these spans.
Blizzard of the Month & the Seasonal Calendar
Alongside the permanent board, DQ runs a rotating spotlight: the Blizzard of the Month. One flavor — sometimes brand-new, sometimes a returning favorite voted back by fans — gets featured placement in stores and in the DQ app for roughly a month, often with app offers attached. When the month turns, the spotlight moves on. Some featured flavors graduate to the permanent menu (the Mocha Brownie Mudslide’s path), some return every year in their season, and some vanish into the archive below. Our Blizzard of the Month tracker follows the rotation month by month, and the DQ app is where featured flavors and their deals show up first — check the deals page before you order.
Fall is the easiest season to read. October belongs to the pumpkin patch: the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard headlines the board, with Caramel Apple Cheesecake and Brown Sugar Cookie Dough in the seasonal slots. Summer is the celebration season — for DQ’s 85th birthday year, the Summer Blizzard Treat Menu paired two new builds with three returning favorites, and that lineup is the template summer now follows. Winter brings the holiday cups (peppermint and hot-cocoa builds rotate through December), and January has become the “something brand new” slot, when DQ likes to open the year with a fresh creation. One caution we will repeat because rival sites do not: seasonal start and end dates are set by DQ and by each store’s supply, so a flavor on this calendar is a flavor to look for — not a promise it is scooping today.
Seasonal lineup verified October 2026| Season | Featured / Seasonal Flavors | What to Know |
|---|---|---|
| Winter (Dec–Feb) | Holiday rotations (peppermint, hot cocoa builds); a new-year launch flavor | Short runs; January often opens with a brand-new creation |
| Spring (Mar–May) | 85th-birthday summer lineup launches; strawberry cheesecake builds | Summer menu typically debuts in spring |
| Summer (Jun–Aug) | Mixing Bowl Mashup · Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake · S’mores · Confetti Cake · Cotton Candy | The celebration lineup; app deals peak (an 85¢ small Blizzard offer ran for the 85th birthday) |
| Fall (Sep–Nov) | Pumpkin Pie · Caramel Apple Cheesecake · Brown Sugar Cookie Dough | Pumpkin Pie is the headliner — and the lightest Small on the board |
| Year-round | Blizzard of the Month spotlight | One flavor featured monthly; check the tracker and the app |
Seasonal flavors are limited-time offers at participating locations. Availability and dates vary by store and year; when a flavor’s run ends, it leaves the board until (and unless) DQ brings it back.
New & Limited-Edition Blizzards
DQ treats the Blizzard board like a stage: a fixed cast, plus a rotating guest star or two. The newest names in our October 2026 roster are the Enchanted OREO — a limited-time OREO twist spotted in 2026 seasonal listings — the Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party, and the Mocha Brownie Mudslide, the coffee-and-brownie build that has settled in like a permanent flavor. The summer celebration cups (Mixing Bowl Mashup, Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake, S’mores, Confetti Cake, Cotton Candy) round out the current rotation. How the rotation works matters more than any single flavor: DQ announces limited runs through the app and in-store boards, stores scoop them while supplies last, and fan response decides what returns. A flavor with a loud fanbase — S’mores is the textbook case — gets voted back; a quiet one becomes a trivia answer.
That churn leaves an archive of flavors that are not gone so much as benched. Recent-years limited cups that rotate in and out include Brownie Batter, Frosted Animal Cookie, Candy Cane Chill, OREO Hot Cocoa, REESE’S Take 5, Snickers Brownie, Very Cherry, Picnic Peach Cobbler, Royal Rocky Road Trip and Double Fudge Cookie Dough. We list them as archive, never as current — something several rival sites get wrong by leaving expired flavors on their “current” tables all year. If a name you love is in the archive, your best move is the DQ app: returning flavors are announced there first, and the Blizzard of the Month slot is where resurrections happen.
How to Use This Blizzard Guide
Four steps, two minutes, better dessert. Step 1: pick your flavor family. Cookie (OREO, cookie dough), candy bar (REESE’S, Snickers, BUTTERFINGER, HEATH), bakery (cheesecake, brownie, pumpkin pie) or fruit (strawberry builds). The cards above are grouped by taste, and the allergen flags ride along with each one. Step 2: pick your size with the value math. Bigger cups cost less per ounce but scale calories almost perfectly — so choose by appetite and calorie budget, not by price alone; the sizes section shows both numbers side by side. Step 3: check the calories before you commit. Use the master table for a fast read, then the nutrition calculator if you are building a full meal around it. Step 4: check the allergen flags in the allergen section below — every Blizzard contains milk, five flavors carry peanut, two carry tree nuts, and shared blenders mean cross-contact is always on the table.
One last habit of happy regulars: confirm in the app. Prices on this page are honest benchmarks with observed ranges, but your store’s board is the only price that is ever exactly right, and the app shows it — plus whichever Blizzard of the Month is featured and whatever deal is attached to it. (However you found this page — even if you typed “blizard menu” or “dairy wueen” into the search box — you landed in the right place.)
What Is a Blizzard, Exactly?
A Blizzard is Dairy Queen’s signature soft serve blended at high speed with crushed candy, cookies, brownies or fruit until the mix-ins run through every spoonful — no toppings sitting on top, no plain ice cream at the bottom. The blend is so thick that DQ’s famous test applies: the cup is flipped upside down before it is handed to you, and the treat is not supposed to move. That upside-down handoff is not a gimmick layered on later; it is the product’s original proof of quality, still performed in stores today.
The Blizzard launched in 1985 and sold in the hundreds of millions in its first years, turning DQ from a cone shop into a dessert destination and inventing the “candy blended into soft serve” category that every competitor since has chased. The comparison everyone asks about is the McFlurry, McDonald’s answer, which arrived more than a decade later. The honest differences: DQ blends a wider menu of mix-ins (22 flavors on this page, including a premium Royal line with filled centers and a seasonal rotation), serves four sizes including a genuinely large 21 oz cup, and performs the upside-down flip. The McFlurry keeps a shorter flavor list, one standard cup, and a lower typical price. Neither is “better” in the abstract — but if variety, sizes and the flip matter to you, you are in the right restaurant.
| DQ Blizzard Treat | McDonald’s McFlurry | |
|---|---|---|
| Launched | 1985 | 1997 (Canada), later in the US |
| Base | DQ vanilla soft serve, blended through | Vanilla soft serve, mix-in stirred through |
| Flavors | 22 on the current board, plus seasonals and a monthly spotlight | A short rotating list, usually 2–3 at a time |
| Sizes | Mini ~6 oz · Small ~12 oz · Medium ~16 oz · Large ~21 oz | One standard cup (plus a mini in some markets) |
| Signature serve | Flipped upside down at handoff | Served with a hollow mixing spoon (classic design) |
| Price picture | Benchmark about $6.19 a flavor (observed $5.16–$6.59); Royals about $6.35 | Typically a little cheaper per cup, fewer ounces |
Comparison compiled October 2026 from both chains’ public menus. Prices vary by location at both chains.
Healthiest & Unhealthiest Blizzards, Ranked
No Blizzard is a salad, and this page will not pretend otherwise. But the spread between the lightest and heaviest cup on the board is enormous — a Large Enchanted OREO carries more than four times the calories of a Mini OREO — so ranking them honestly is genuinely useful. The tables below rank the flavors with confirmed official figures by their Small size, the size most people order. Two patterns jump out. First, fruit-and-pie flavors (Pumpkin Pie, Caramel Apple Cheesecake) run lighter than candy-and-brownie builds. Second, the Royal line and the brownie-heavy cups own the top of the chart.
The single most effective strategy is not switching flavors — it is switching sizes. Moving any flavor from Small to Mini cuts roughly 40 to 45 percent of the calories while keeping the exact same taste; a Mini OREO at 330 calories is a modest dessert by any standard. Splitting a Large with a second spoon is the other regular’s move: you get the best per-ounce price and half the calories. For the wider picture — how Blizzards fit next to sundaes, cones and the rest of the menu — see our full DQ nutrition guide and the healthy options roundup.
Five Lightest Blizzards (Small, confirmed figures)
| Rank | Flavor | Small Cal | Mini Cal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pumpkin Pie (seasonal) | 560 | 360 |
| 2 | BUTTERFINGER | 590 | 350 |
| 3 | OREO Cookie | 600 | 330 |
| 3 | Caramel Apple Cheesecake (seasonal) | 600 | 340 |
| 5 | REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups | 610 | 360 |
| 5 | Snickers | 610 | 350 |
Five Heaviest Blizzards (Small, confirmed figures)
| Rank | Flavor | Small Cal | Large Cal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Ultimate Choco Brownie | 770 | 1,340 |
| 1 | Enchanted OREO (limited-time) | 770 | 1,380 |
| 3 | Royal New York Cheesecake | 750 | 1,320 |
| 4 | Choco Brownie Extreme | 740 | 1,330 |
| 5 | Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough | 710 | 1,370 |
Rankings compiled October 2026 from Dairy Queen’s official nutrition listing via our roster. The five flavors marked “check official listing” in the master table are not ranked, because their official figures could not be confirmed.
Allergens in Blizzards: Read This Before You Order
Every Blizzard on this page contains milk — the soft serve base guarantees it — and most are made on shared equipment, which is the single most important fact in this section. Blenders and spindles that touch a peanut flavor in the morning touch an OREO in the afternoon. DQ’s official position, and ours, is that anyone with a serious allergy should treat cross-contact as a real risk in every cup, whatever the flavor’s ingredient list says, and confirm with store staff before ordering. The flags below summarize each flavor’s ingredients; they are a starting point, not a safety clearance. The full matrix is on our allergen menu, and DQ publishes its own official nutrition and allergen information on its official nutrition page.
Peanut appears in five flavors: REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups, BUTTERFINGER, Snickers, Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party, and (as a may-contain flag) M&M’S. Tree nuts appear in two: Turtle Pecan Cluster (pecan) and HEATH (almond, inside the toffee). Wheat — and therefore gluten — appears in every cookie, brownie, cake and graham-based flavor, which is most of the board: both OREO flavors, cookie dough flavors, brownie flavors, the Royals, S’mores and the cheesecake builds. Egg rides along with the dough, brownie and cheesecake blends. The closest things to gluten-free-by-ingredient are the candy blends without baked pieces — Snickers, Turtle Pecan Cluster and Cotton Candy — but “by ingredient” is doing heavy lifting in that sentence: shared equipment means DQ does not label Blizzards gluten-free, and neither do we. If you live with celiac disease or a nut allergy, the app and the counter staff have fresher information than any website, including this one.
| Allergen | Flavors That Contain It (by ingredient) |
|---|---|
| Milk | All 22 flavors (soft serve base) |
| Peanut | REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups · BUTTERFINGER · Snickers · Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party (M&M’S: may contain) |
| Tree nut | Turtle Pecan Cluster (pecan) · HEATH (almond) |
| Wheat / gluten | OREO Cookie · Mint OREO · Enchanted OREO · Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough · Brown Sugar Cookie Dough · Choco Brownie Extreme · Mocha Brownie Mudslide · Royal New York Cheesecake · Royal Ultimate Choco Brownie · Caramel Apple Cheesecake · Pumpkin Pie · S’mores · Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake · Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party |
| Egg | Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough · Brown Sugar Cookie Dough · Choco Brownie Extreme · Mocha Brownie Mudslide · Royal New York Cheesecake · Royal Ultimate Choco Brownie · Caramel Apple Cheesecake · Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party |
| Soy | Most flavors (in candy, cookie and chocolate ingredients) |
Ingredient-based summary compiled October 2026 and cross-checked against competitor allergen tables. Recipes change and cross-contact is always possible on shared equipment — Dairy Queen’s official allergen listing and your store’s staff are the final word.
Copycat Blizzard Recipes at Home
The home version is easier than the flip makes it look. A Blizzard is, at heart, good vanilla ice cream (softened, not melted) worked at high speed with crushed mix-ins until the texture turns dense and spoon-standing. A stand mixer or a sturdy blender, ice cream at the edge of soft, and mix-ins crushed smaller than you think — that is genuinely most of the technique. The OREO is the place to start: two cups of vanilla, a handful of crushed cookies, ninety seconds of blending, and you are within shouting distance of the drive-thru. Cookie dough and REESE’S versions follow the same ratio, and the Mini is the right size to practice on.
Where home versions usually fail is texture: over-blending melts the base into a shake, and under-crushing leaves boulders instead of blend-ins. Our step-by-step copycat Blizzard recipes post walks through the ratios, the freeze-ahead trick for mix-ins, and flavor-by-flavor builds for the classics — including how to fake the Royal filled center. Make those when the seasonal flavor you love leaves the board; order out when Pumpkin Pie comes back.
Dairy Queen Blizzard FAQs
What sizes do Dairy Queen Blizzards come in?
Four sizes at nearly every store: Mini (about 6 oz), Small (about 12 oz), Medium (about 16 oz) and Large (about 21 oz). Every flavor on the board is blended in the same four cups, and calories scale with size — from 330 to 480 in a Mini up to 940 to 1,380 in a Large, across the flavors with confirmed official figures.
How much is a small Blizzard at Dairy Queen?
There is no single national price, because every DQ is independently owned. In our October 2026 benchmark, classic flavors carried an About price of $6.19 with an observed range of $5.16–$6.59 across sizes and stores, and a Small typically lands inside that band. Royal Blizzards run a little more: about $6.35, observed $6.08–$7.09. Your store’s board or the DQ app gives the exact figure.
How much is a medium Blizzard at Dairy Queen?
A Medium is priced above a Small at every store, so budget toward the upper part of each flavor’s observed range: classic flavors benchmarked at about $6.19 (observed $5.16–$6.59 across the menus and listings we checked), and Royals at about $6.35 (observed $6.08–$7.09). At roughly 16 oz, the Medium is also better value per ounce than the Small.
How much is a large Blizzard at Dairy Queen?
The Large (about 21 oz) is the top of each flavor’s price ladder: classic flavors observed up to $6.59 in our October 2026 benchmark, Royals up to $7.09, with busy urban stores sometimes above the range. It is the best price per ounce on the board and, at 940 to 1,380 calories, honestly a two-spoon dessert for most people.
What is the cheapest Blizzard flavor?
The flavor matters less than the size: a Mini of any classic flavor is the cheapest Blizzard on the board. Observed prices for classic flavors started at $5.16 in our benchmark, and seasonal flavors like Brown Sugar Cookie Dough were listed from about $5.48. Skip the Royal line (about $6.35) if the budget is the point, and check the app for Blizzard of the Month offers.
What is the lowest-calorie Blizzard?
By Dairy Queen’s official figures, the lowest-calorie Blizzard is the Mini OREO Cookie at 330 calories, with the Mini Caramel Apple Cheesecake (340) and Mini BUTTERFINGER (350) close behind. If you want a full-size cup, the Small Pumpkin Pie is the lightest Small on the board at 560 calories — one more reason the fall seasonal has such a loyal following.
Why does Dairy Queen flip the Blizzard upside down?
To prove the blend. A properly made Blizzard is thick enough to defy gravity, so the cup is flipped upside down at handoff — a quality test DQ has performed since the Blizzard launched in 1985. If the treat stays put, it passes. The flip has become the brand’s signature move, and some stores still honor the old tradition around it, so it is worth watching for.
What is the Blizzard of the Month?
It is DQ’s rotating spotlight: one flavor — brand-new or a returning fan favorite — is featured in stores and in the app for about a month, sometimes with app offers attached. When the month turns, the spotlight moves on; popular picks return or join the permanent menu. Our Blizzard of the Month tracker follows each rotation, and the DQ app announces new features first.
Can you mix two Blizzard flavors?
Usually, yes. Most stores will happily blend two flavors together or add an extra mix-in to a standard build — half OREO, half cookie dough is a regular’s classic. Extra mix-ins may carry a small add-on charge, and not every crew will build elaborate off-menu combinations at busy times. Ask politely at the counter or check the app’s customization options for your store.
Which Blizzard has the most calories?
The biggest confirmed number on the board is the Large Enchanted OREO at 1,380 calories — a limited-time flavor. Among the year-round classics, the Large Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Large Turtle Pecan Cluster tie at 1,370, and the Royal Ultimate Choco Brownie Large reaches 1,340. In a Small, the heaviest confirmed cups are the Royal Ultimate Choco Brownie and Enchanted OREO at 770.
Do Blizzards contain peanuts?
Some do. Five flavors on the current board contain peanut by ingredient: REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups, BUTTERFINGER, Snickers, Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Party, and M&M’S as a may-contain. More importantly, every Blizzard is made on shared blending equipment, so cross-contact is possible in any cup. With a peanut allergy, check DQ’s official allergen listing and talk to store staff before ordering.
Are Dairy Queen Blizzards gluten-free?
DQ does not label Blizzards gluten-free. Most flavors contain wheat — every cookie, brownie, cake and graham build — and all are made on shared equipment. A few candy blends (Snickers, Turtle Pecan Cluster, Cotton Candy) have no wheat in their ingredients, but cross-contact risk remains. For celiac disease, rely on DQ’s official allergen listing and store staff, not any website’s summary, including ours.
What is the difference between a Blizzard and a McFlurry?
Both blend candy into vanilla soft serve, but the Blizzard is the original (1985, versus the McFlurry’s 1997 debut) and the bigger production: 22 flavors including a premium Royal line and seasonal rotations, four sizes up to about 21 oz, and the signature upside-down flip at handoff. The McFlurry keeps a shorter flavor list and one standard cup, usually at a slightly lower price.
Which Blizzard flavors are seasonal?
Fall brings Pumpkin Pie, Caramel Apple Cheesecake and Brown Sugar Cookie Dough. Summer’s celebration lineup features Mixing Bowl Mashup, Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake, S’mores, Confetti Cake and Cotton Candy. The Enchanted OREO is a limited-time run, and holiday builds (peppermint, hot cocoa) rotate through winter. Seasonal flavors are while-supplies-last at participating stores, so the app is the surest way to confirm one is scooping near you.
DairyQueenMenuz.us is an independent, unofficial fan guide. We are not Dairy Queen, not affiliated with International Dairy Queen, Inc., and not endorsed by the company. “Dairy Queen,” “DQ,” “Blizzard,” “Dilly Bar” and related names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used here for identification only. Menu data verified October 2026; availability varies by location — when in doubt, your local store is the final word.