The Discontinued Dairy Queen Blizzard Collab We Wish Would Return

Adults of a certain age will, when summertime rolls in, reminisce about the singular delight of the ice cream truck making its way through the neighborhood. When you ran out to the curb with the wad of dollar bills you begged from Mom, maybe you chose a Drumstick — and, no, this isn't a segue into the mistakes people make when cooking fried chicken. We're talking about those ubiquitous vanilla ice cream cones dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with crushed peanuts. Drumsticks by themselves are pretty darn tasty, but some of us went downright feral in 2020 when Dairy Queen released a Drumstick Blizzard as its June Flavor of the Month.

The OG Drumstick Blizzard featured nuggets of sugar cone enrobed in chocolate, crushed peanuts, and Dairy Queen's quintessential soft-serve (which, due to its ingredients, isn't technically considered real ice cream). The treat returned in summer 2021 and again in 2022, when it was joined by the Caramel Drumstick with Peanuts Blizzard, which had all the same flavors fans loved with a luscious caramel swirl. Alas, no iteration of the Drumstick Blizzard has been seen since then, sending this flavor skyrocketing to the top of the list of discontinued Dairy Queen Blizzards we wish would make a comeback.

According to Dairy Queen employees on Reddit, there is, sadly, no way to doctor up a knockoff Drumstick Blizzard at the drive-thru, owing to the fact that there's no ingredient at hand that's similar to the chocolate-covered cone pieces. The process of making the Blizzards at the time seemed easy enough, as viewed on social media, because Dairy Queen restaurants have a convenient immersion blender that makes swirling toppings into the soft-serve easy-peasy. If you have a hand blender at home, there's no reason you couldn't MacGyver your own Drumstick Blizzard, or at least a close facsimile.

Start with vanilla ice cream that you have let sit in the fridge for 30 minutes to soften to the right consistency. You can crush up peanuts with a meat tenderizer or similar kitchen tool (just watch your fingers!). Grab some boxed sugar cones and chocolate syrup. Add as many toppings to your ice cream as your heart desires, and let your blender do the hard work. It may take some trial and error to get your frozen treat to the right consistency — remember that a Blizzard can be turned upside down as a demonstration of its delectable thickness! But, with some practice, you can be slurping up a sweet Drumstick "Blizzard" this summer ... or any time of year.