If you’ve never participated in Free Cone Day, it’s exactly what it sounds like: all guests get a free small vanilla soft-serve cone. It’s a glorious day, bringing together friend and foe alike with a common goal: free DQ, baby.

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As chains cancel their annual promotions to avoid attracting crowds, Free Cone Day is the latest casualty (last summer, we lost 7-Eleven’s Free Slurpee Day, which was cancelled amid pandemic concerns). Fortunately, DQ concluded its post with a promise: a promise to bring back Free Cone Day in 2022 and “[celebrate] our fans in a sweet way.” With COVID cases dropping and new vaccination prospects on the horizon, it looks like there may be a light at the end of the dark, dank freebie-less tunnel. A light shaped like a free vanilla cone.