Dairy Queen Milkshake Menu (2026): Flavors & Prices
Does Dairy Queen have milkshakes? Yes — and here is every one of them. All 10 DQ shakes on the current board, from the classic chocolate to the seasonal Maple Cookie, each with an honest average price, the range we actually saw, and Dairy Queen’s official calories, fat, sugar and protein in Small, Medium and Large. Malts, smoothies and Misty drinks are covered too. Prices and menu verified October 2026.
Jump to Your Flavor
Short on time? Pick a flavor and jump straight to the numbers. Or keep scrolling — the master table below puts every Dairy Queen milkshake flavor side by side, which is the table most rival sites never give you, because it shows all three sizes and the full macros instead of calories alone.
A Dairy Queen milkshake is not a scoop-and-blend shortcut. It starts as DQ’s signature vanilla soft serve, gets blended with milk and a flavor syrup or topping, and is crowned with whipped topping at most stores. That soft-serve base is why a DQ shake tastes richer than the fast-food average — and also why the calories run higher than most people guess. The dairy queen shake flavors on the standard board are chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, hot fudge, caramel, peanut butter and banana, and most stores will happily build you a malt version of any of them.
One honest note before the tables. Every Dairy Queen is independently owned, so there is no single national price for a shake. The “About” price in our tables is the average of the franchise listings we checked in October 2026, and where a listing scan produced a spread, we print the range too. Your store’s board is the final word — but you will not find a surprise bigger than a dollar either way.
The Full DQ Shakes Lineup: Flavors, Prices & Nutrition
Prices and menu verified October 2026Here is the complete dairy queen milkshake flavors list as it stands in fall 2026: seven year-round classics, one fall seasonal, one limited-time flavor and one newer addition. Nutrition is Dairy Queen’s official published figure for the named size — calories, total fat, sugars and protein, in that order, Small / Medium / Large. Prices are our October 2026 benchmark averages with the franchise-variance note that applies to every table on this page.
| Flavor | Sizes | Price (avg) | Calories S/M/L | Fat (g) S/M/L | Sugar (g) S/M/L | Protein (g) S/M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate | S / M / L | About $5.63 seen $4.93–$6.90 | 530 / 710 / 920 | 19 / 23 / 28 | 67 / 96 / 128 | 13 / 16 / 21 |
| Vanilla | S / M / L | About $5.63 | 520 / 660 / 860 | 19 / 23 / 29 | 65 / 85 / 112 | 13 / 16 / 22 |
| Strawberry | S / M / L | About $5.63 | 490 / 630 / 800 | 19 / 23 / 27 | 59 / 80 / 105 | 13 / 16 / 21 |
| Hot Fudge | S / M / L | About $5.63 | 550 / 750 / 990 | 22 / 30 / 38 | 61 / 85 / 112 | 13 / 17 / 23 |
| Caramel | S / M / L | About $5.63 | 550 / 750 / 980 | 20 / 25 / 31 | 65 / 93 / 124 | 13 / 17 / 22 |
| Peanut Butter | S / M / L | About $5.63 | 640 / 930 / 1,250 | 34 / 53 / 72 | 54 / 69 / 89 | 16 / 22 / 30 |
| Banana | S / M / L | About $5.63 | 470 / 590 / 750 | 19 / 22 / 27 | 53 / 68 / 88 | 13 / 16 / 21 |
| Maple CookieSeasonal | S / M | About $6.89 seasonal | 590 / 770 / — | 29 / 37 / — | 59 / 76 / — | 12 / 15 / — |
| Mint ChipLimited time | S / M / L | About $5.63 limited time | 550 / 700 / 1,010 | 24 / 30 / 47 | 61 / 80 / 110 | 12 / 15 / 21 |
| Orange CreamNewer flavor | S / M / L | About $5.63 | 640 (one size listed) | check official listing | check official listing | check official listing |
Nutrition: Dairy Queen official nutrition listing (current September 2026). Orange Cream is a newer flavor many stores pour; DQ lists it at 640 calories, but its full macro split is not in the current published table, so we mark it rather than guess. The Mint Chip figures come from DQ’s official limited-time listing. Prices: benchmark “About” averages from franchise listings observed October 2026 — every DQ is independently owned and prices vary by location.
Two patterns jump out of the table. First, the lightest full-size shake is banana: 470 calories in a small, because the fruit does some of the sweetening work. Second, peanut butter is in a league of its own — a large runs 1,250 calories and 72 grams of fat, more than many full meals. And a word on rival numbers: at least one competing guide lists a small chocolate shake at 580 calories. Dairy Queen’s own current figure is 530. We publish the official number everywhere on this page and flag it whenever a rival disagrees.
Allergens: every DQ shake contains milk and soy. The peanut butter shake adds peanut and may contain tree nuts; the Maple Cookie shake contains wheat. Shakes are blended on shared equipment, so cross-contact is always possible — tell the crew about any allergy before you order.
Shake Flavor Cards: The Ones People Actually Order
The table above is the whole board. These six cards are the flavors that do most of the selling — plus the malt, which deserves a card of its own before its own section below.
Chocolate Shake
The best-selling dairy queen shake, full stop. Deep cocoa flavor, thick enough to need the wide straw, and the benchmark every other flavor is judged against.
Small / Medium / Large
Caramel Shake
Buttery caramel blended through the whole cup, not just drizzled on top. Sweeter than the chocolate, and the most-ordered second flavor at most counters.
Small / Medium / Large
Hot Fudge Shake
The sundae-shop classic turned into a drink: real hot fudge folded into soft serve. The richest of the chocolate family, with 990 calories in a large.
Small / Medium / Large
Banana Shake
The lightest real shake on the board: 470 calories in a small, with genuine banana flavor instead of candy sweetness. Availability varies by store.
Small / Medium / Large
Maple Cookie Shake Seasonal
The fall seasonal: maple sweetness with cookie pieces in the blend. Only poured in Small and Medium, and only while the season lasts.
Small / Medium
The Classic Malt
Any shake above, rebuilt as a malt with malted milk powder. Toasty, old-fashioned, and only about a dollar over the shake benchmark. Full story below.
Small / Medium / Large
Don’t see your flavor?
Because shakes are built to order, almost any sundae topping can become a shake — ask for the topping blended “as a shake” and most crews will do it. However you found this page — searching dairy queen milkshake prices, dq shake flavors, or even a typo like “dairy wueen” — the answer is the same: if the topping is on the sundae station, it can probably be in your cup.
Malts: The Old-Fashioned Upgrade
Does Dairy Queen have malts? Yes — real ones, made the soda-fountain way. A malt is simply a milkshake with malted milk powder blended in. That powder is made from malted barley, wheat flour and milk, dried and ground, and it has been the secret behind old-fashioned “malteds” for a hundred years.
What does it actually change? Three things. The flavor turns toasty and slightly nutty, like the inside of a malted milk ball, and the shake tastes less sharply sweet even though it carries a little more sugar. The texture firms up a touch, so a malt drinks a shade thicker than the same flavor as a shake. And the calorie count rises by a fixed amount that Dairy Queen publishes on its own nutrition sheet: making it a malt adds 60 calories to a small, 80 to a medium and 110 to a large. There is no separate malt menu board — you order any shake flavor and say “make it a malt.” Chocolate is the traditional pick, and the chocolate malt is the single most old-fashioned thing you can still order at a modern drive-thru.
The table below is built the honest way: DQ’s official shake figures plus DQ’s official “Make It A Malt” additions, for the five flavors people malt most often. Prices use our malt benchmark average.
Prices and menu verified October 2026| Malt | Price (avg) | Calories S/M/L | Fat (g) S/M/L | Sugar (g) S/M/L | Protein (g) S/M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate Malt | About $6.59 | 590 / 790 / 1,030 | 19.5 / 24 / 29 | 75 / 108 / 144 | 14 / 17 / 23 |
| Vanilla Malt | About $6.59 | 580 / 740 / 970 | 19.5 / 24 / 30 | 73 / 97 / 128 | 14 / 17 / 24 |
| Strawberry Malt | About $6.59 | 550 / 710 / 910 | 19.5 / 24 / 28 | 67 / 92 / 121 | 14 / 17 / 23 |
| Caramel Malt | About $6.59 | 610 / 830 / 1,090 | 20.5 / 26 / 32 | 73 / 105 / 140 | 14 / 18 / 24 |
| Hot Fudge Malt | About $6.59 | 610 / 830 / 1,100 | 22.5 / 31 / 39 | 69 / 97 / 128 | 14 / 18 / 25 |
Malt nutrition = DQ’s official shake figure + DQ’s official malt addition (+60/+80/+110 cal, +0.5/1/1g fat, +8/12/16g sugar, +1/1/2g protein by size). Malted milk powder contains wheat and milk, so a malt is never the gluten-free choice. Prices vary by location; some stores price a malt the same as the shake, others add a small upcharge.
Smoothies, Misty Drinks and the Lighter Side of the Menu
Not every DQ drink is a dessert in a cup. The dairy queen smoothie line and the Misty family cover the lighter end of the drinks menu, and for calorie-counters they are the most useful part of it: real fruit smoothies with zero fat, and slushes that start at 200 calories.
Premium Fruit Smoothies
DQ’s Premium Fruit Smoothies come in three flavors — Strawberry Banana, Mango Pineapple and Tripleberry — blended from fruit with a smooth, sorbet-like finish. They are sold at most locations, frequently through the Orange Julius counter that shares space inside many DQ stores. What makes them remarkable is what is missing: 0 grams of fat in every size, on DQ’s official sheet.
Prices and menu verified October 2026| Smoothie | Calories S/M/L | Fat (g) S/M/L | Sugar (g) S/M/L | Protein (g) S/M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Banana | 260 / 350 / 440 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 56 / 75 / 93 | 4 / 6 / 8 |
| Mango Pineapple | 250 / 330 / 420 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 56 / 74 / 92 | 4 / 6 / 8 |
| Tripleberry | 280 / 370 / 460 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 65 / 84 / 104 | 4 / 6 / 8 |
Nutrition: Dairy Queen official listing. An Extra Large (620 / 590 / 660 calories respectively) is poured at some stores. Prices: smoothies benchmark around $5.29 on our October 2026 scan, with observed listings from $3.99 in-store to $6.59 and up on delivery apps — your store sets the real price. All three smoothies list milk as an allergen.
Misty Slush & Misty Freeze
A Misty Slush is DQ’s flavored-ice slush: cherry, blue raspberry, lemon-lime, grape and mango are the standard pours, at 200 calories for a small and zero fat. A Misty Freeze takes that same slush and blends it with vanilla soft serve, which turns it creamy and raises a small to 360 calories. Our roster benchmarks the Slush at about $3.89 and the Freeze at about $6.09 — either way, the Slush is one of the cheapest cold drinks on the whole menu.
| Misty Drink | Price (avg) | Calories S/M/L | Fat (g) S/M/L | Sugar (g) S/M/L | Protein (g) S/M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misty Slush | About $3.89 | 200 / 260 / 340 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 50 / 64 / 85 | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| Mango Misty Slush | About $3.89 | 230 / 290 / 390 | 0 / 0 / 0 | 55 / 71 / 95 | 0 / 0 / 0 |
| Misty Freeze | About $6.09 | 360 / 450 / 590 | 10 / 12 / 15 | 55 / 68 / 90 | 8 / 10 / 12 |
| Mango Misty Freeze | About $6.09 | 390 / 490 / 640 | 10 / 12 / 15 | 60 / 75 / 101 | 8 / 10 / 12 |
Nutrition: Dairy Queen official listing for the classic Misty line and the mango line; an Extra Large mango pour runs 550 calories as a Slush and 890 as a Freeze. Misty Slush is fat-free and dairy-free by recipe; the Freeze contains milk. Prices vary by location.
Also worth knowing: many stores pour Orange Julius Originals alongside the smoothies — the frothy orange classic is 200 calories in a small, and the Strawberry Banana Julius is 330. DQ’s own Lemonade Sparkler (180 calories, small) and the soft-serve Lemonade Cooler round out the fruit side of the dairy queen drinks menu.
Dairy Queen Shake Sizes: The Value Math
The dairy queen shake sizes are simple — Small, Medium, Large — but the value is not equal. Using the cup sizes the drinks are poured in (about 12, 16 and 21 ounces) and the prices from our October 2026 scan, here is what each size really costs you, per ounce and per calorie. This is the dairy queen milkshake prices question answered properly: not just what a shake costs, but which cup gives you the most shake for the money.
| Size | Cup (about) | Typical Price (Oct 2026) | Price per oz | Calories (range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 12 oz | $4.93 | $0.41 | 470–640 |
| Medium | 16 oz | $5.63 | $0.35 | 590–930 |
| Large | 21 oz | $6.90 | $0.33 | 750–1,250 |
How to read this: smalls cluster near the bottom of the $4.93–$6.90 range we observed across franchise listings in October 2026, larges near the top, and the medium sits on our $5.63 benchmark average. Cup ounces are approximate pour sizes. Your store’s prices will vary — but the shape of the math holds everywhere.
The verdict: the Large is the value buy at about 33 cents an ounce, roughly 20 percent cheaper per ounce than the Small. The Small is the calorie-control buy — it keeps even the peanut butter shake at 640. The Medium is the compromise most people land on, and at the benchmark price it is fairly priced between the two. If a store prices its malt the same as its shake, the malt is the best upgrade on the menu: a bigger flavor change than a size step, for zero extra dollars.
Shake or Blizzard?
Same soft serve, different delivery. A shake is that soft serve thinned with milk into a drink; a Blizzard is the soft serve itself, thickened with mix-ins and eaten with a spoon. If you are deciding, browse the Blizzard menu for the spoonable side, or the wider ice cream menu for cones, sundaes and everything between. And the full Dairy Queen menu with prices pulls every category together on one page.
The Healthiest Drinks at DQ, Ranked
“Healthy” at a Dairy Queen is a relative term, but the ranking is real. By Dairy Queen’s official figures, these are the five lowest-calorie drinks on the menu — and notice that not one of them is a shake. The full breakdown behind this table lives on our DQ nutrition page, and our healthy options guide ranks the food side of the menu the same way.
| Rank | Drink (Small) | Calories | Fat (g) | Sugar (g) | Protein (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Misty Slush | 200 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| 2 | Orange Julius Original | 200 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| 3 | Mango Misty Slush | 230 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| 4 | Mango Pineapple Smoothie | 250 | 0 | 56 | 4 |
| 5 | Strawberry Banana Smoothie | 260 | 0 | 56 | 4 |
If it has to be a shake, make it a small banana (470 calories) or a small strawberry (490) — the only two shakes under 500. Ask for no whipped topping and you trim a little more. Everything else on the shake board is a dessert first and a drink second, and there is nothing wrong with that — just order it with open eyes.
Dairy Queen Milkshake FAQs
Does Dairy Queen have milkshakes?
Yes. Dairy Queen serves hand-spun milkshakes at nearly every location, built from its signature vanilla soft serve blended with milk and flavor syrup. The standard board lists seven flavors — chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, hot fudge, caramel, peanut butter and banana — plus seasonal pours like Maple Cookie. Any of them can also be made as a malt, and this page lists all 10 current flavors with prices and official nutrition.
What milkshake flavors does DQ have?
The year-round dairy queen shake flavors are chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, hot fudge, caramel, peanut butter and banana. On top of those, DQ rotates seasonal and limited-time shakes: Maple Cookie for fall, Mint Chip as a limited-time listing, and the newer Orange Cream at many stores. Because shakes are built to order, many crews will also blend a sundae topping — pineapple, marshmallow, even OREO pieces — into a custom shake if you ask.
Does Dairy Queen have malts?
Yes. Any DQ shake can be made as a malt by blending in malted milk powder, the old soda-fountain way. DQ publishes the exact addition on its nutrition sheet: making it a malt adds 60 calories to a small, 80 to a medium and 110 to a large. Our benchmark malt price is about $6.59, though some stores charge the same as the shake and others add a small upcharge. The chocolate malt is the classic order.
How much is a DQ milkshake?
There is no single national price, because every Dairy Queen is independently owned. In our October 2026 scan of franchise listings, a classic shake carried a benchmark average of about $5.63, with observed listings running from $4.93 to $6.90 depending on size and store. Malts benchmark around $6.59 and the seasonal Maple Cookie around $6.89. Your store’s menu board or the DQ app always shows the exact price before you order.
What sizes are DQ shakes?
DQ shakes come in three sizes: Small (about 12 oz), Medium (about 16 oz) and Large (about 21 oz). There is no Mini or kids’ shake size on the standard board, unlike Blizzards. The large pours roughly 75 percent more than the small but typically costs only about 40 percent more, which is why the large is the best value per ounce — the full math is in the sizes section above.
How many calories in a DQ shake?
It depends heavily on flavor and size. By Dairy Queen’s official figures, the lightest shake is a small banana at 470 calories and the heaviest is a large peanut butter at 1,250. A medium chocolate — the most common order — is 710 calories, with 23 grams of fat, 96 grams of sugar and 16 grams of protein. Every flavor’s full calorie, fat, sugar and protein figures, in all three sizes, are in the master table on this page.
What is the healthiest drink at DQ?
The lightest drinks at Dairy Queen are the Misty Slush and the Orange Julius Original, both 200 calories in a small with zero fat. Premium fruit smoothies follow at 250 to 280 calories for a small, also with 0 grams of fat. If you want an actual shake, the small banana at 470 calories is the lightest on the board. Our ranked table of the five lowest-calorie drinks is in the healthiest section above.
What is a Misty drink?
Misty is Dairy Queen’s frozen slush line. A Misty Slush is flavored ice — cherry, blue raspberry, lemon-lime, grape and mango are the usual pours — at 200 calories for a small. A Misty Freeze is that same slush blended with vanilla soft serve, which makes it creamy and pushes a small to 360 calories. Think of the Slush as a snow-cone drink and the Freeze as its milkshake-adjacent cousin. Both are among the cheapest drinks on the menu.
Does DQ have smoothies?
Yes. DQ’s Premium Fruit Smoothies come in three flavors — Strawberry Banana, Mango Pineapple and Tripleberry — and they are the leanest creamy drinks on the menu, with 0 grams of fat and 250 to 280 calories in a small. They are sold at most locations, often through the Orange Julius counter inside the store. Sizes run Small, Medium and Large, with an Extra Large at some stores. Full smoothie nutrition is in the table on this page.
What is the difference between a shake and a malt?
One ingredient: malted milk powder, made from malted barley, wheat flour and milk. Blended into a shake, it adds a toasty, slightly nutty flavor — the taste of a malted milk ball — and makes the drink a shade thicker and less sharply sweet. It also adds a few calories: 60 in a small, 80 in a medium, 110 in a large, per DQ’s official sheet. Everything else — the soft serve, the milk, the flavor — stays exactly the same.
Shake or Blizzard — which should I get?
Get the shake if you want to drink your dessert through a straw on the move; get the Blizzard if you want to spoon it and taste the mix-ins. They are closer in calories than most people think: a medium chocolate shake is 710 calories, while a small OREO Blizzard is 600 — the shake is not automatically the lighter choice. The full Blizzard lineup is on our Blizzard menu page, and both drinks start from the same soft serve.
Are DQ shakes vegan or gluten-free?
No DQ shake is vegan: the base is milk and soft serve, so every flavor contains dairy. On gluten, most classic shakes list only milk and soy as allergens, but the Maple Cookie shake contains wheat, malted milk powder contains wheat, and everything is blended on shared equipment, so cross-contact is possible. Celiac and allergy orders should always be flagged to the crew — our allergen menu page breaks down the full matrix.
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.