Dairy Queen Seasonal Blizzard Calendar: What Is Year-Round and What Rotates

Dairy Queen keeps 14 Blizzard flavors on the menu all year (Oreo, Cookie Dough, Reese’s and the Royal Blizzards among them) and rotates the rest by season: fruity and campfire flavors in summer, Pumpkin Pie in fall, and peppermint and sugar cookie flavors around the winter holidays. Seasonal Blizzards usually cost a little more, and each store picks its own start and end dates. Below is every flavor we track, sorted by when you can expect it, with typical Small prices and calories.

Every Blizzard by season: price and calories

This table lists each Blizzard we track with its availability as shown on its page here, plus the typical price and calories for a Small. Prices are typical and vary by location.

Mini, Medium and Large prices for every flavor are on our Dairy Queen Blizzard menu. Seasonal flavors rotate, so you will never see all of them on the board at once.

The year-round core lineup

Ten classic flavors and four Royal Blizzards are on the menu all year, so you can count on them in any month. These are the safe picks when the seasonal flavor of the moment is not for you.

• Classic, about $4.49 for a Small: Oreo Cookie (600 calories), Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Reese’s, M&M’s, Butterfinger, Heath and Snickers.
• Premium, about $4.79 for a Small: Choco Brownie Extreme, Brownie Batter and Turtle Pecan Cluster.
• Royal, about $4.99 for a Small: Royal Oreo, Royal Reese’s, Royal New York Cheesecake and Royal Rocky Road Trip. Each has a filled center, such as hot fudge or peanut butter.

Two more sit in between. The Mint Oreo Blizzard and the Strawberry Cheesequake are on the menu all year at some stores and only part of the year at others. If one of them is your regular order, check the app before you drive over.

Wondering which of the core flavors is best? Our Blizzard flavors ranked post puts Oreo first, followed by Cookie Dough and Turtle Pecan Cluster.

Summer Blizzards

Summer has the most seasonal Blizzards: six flavors, all about $5.29 for a Small. That is 80 cents more than a Small Oreo, and a summer Mini (about $4.49) costs a full dollar more than an Oreo Mini (about $3.49). Here is what to expect:

• S’mores (500 calories): graham pieces, marshmallow and chocolate. One of the most-requested summer flavors.
• Cotton Candy (460 calories): very sweet and very bright, a kid favorite.
• Confetti Cake (490 calories): cake pieces and rainbow sprinkles, the other kid favorite.
• Mixing Bowl Mashup (520 calories): cookie dough, chocolate cookie pieces, peanut butter cups and fudge in one cup.
• Swicy Pineapple with Tajín (430 calories): pineapple with a mild chili-lime kick. It is the lightest summer flavor.
• Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake (540 calories): strawberry cheesecake pieces with chocolate.

Not every store runs every summer flavor at the same time, so the DQ summer Blizzard menu in your town may only show a few of these. If you are counting calories, Swicy Pineapple and Cotton Candy are the lighter picks. For the most mix-ins per cup, Mixing Bowl Mashup packs four of them.

Fall Blizzards

Fall belongs to the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard, which usually runs around September through November. It is DQ’s best-known fall flavor: pumpkin pie pieces and pie crust blended into vanilla soft serve, with whipped topping on top.

• Price: about $4.49 Mini, $5.29 Small, $6.09 Medium and $6.79 Large.
• Calories: about 560 for a Small and about 940 for a Large.

If you are asking when the Pumpkin Pie Blizzard comes back, the short answer is each fall, but stores set their own dates. Some start earlier and some keep it later, and once the holiday season starts, Peppermint Bark usually takes its place. Open the DQ app, pick your store and look at the Blizzard list to confirm before you go.

Winter and holiday Blizzards

Winter brings three flavors, each about $4.79 for a Small: two peppermint Blizzards and a sugar cookie one. They cost 30 cents more than a Small Oreo, so they are the cheapest of the seasonal flavors.

• Peppermint Bark (500 calories): chocolate and peppermint candy pieces. This is the one most people mean when they search for the peppermint Blizzard at Dairy Queen.
• Peppermint Hot Cocoa (480 calories): cocoa fudge pieces with peppermint candy. It is cold like any Blizzard; the name describes the flavor.
• Frosted Sugar Cookie (510 calories): sugar cookie pieces, icing and sprinkles. Look for it around the winter holidays.

Holiday 2026: Dairy Queen’s lineup this year is the new Peanut Butter Blossom Blizzard (Hershey’s Mini Kisses, cookie pieces and peanut butter topping) and the returning Peppermint Bark, both from November 2, 2026 to January 3, 2027. Peppermint Hot Cocoa and Frosted Sugar Cookie aren’t in DQ’s announcement. Details are in our Dairy Queen holiday menu 2026 guide.

Pick Peppermint Bark for more candy and Peppermint Hot Cocoa for more chocolate. Both cost the same at every size. If you are sharing a Large, Peppermint Bark is the lighter of the two (about 950 calories vs. about 990).

Limited-time flavors and the Blizzard of the Month

Some Blizzards are not tied to a season at all. The Banana Cream Pie Blizzard (about $4.79 and 540 calories for a Small) is a limited-time flavor that comes and goes, and it is rarely on the menu at the same time as Pumpkin Pie.

Many stores also promote a Blizzard of the Month. We do not publish a fixed Blizzard of the Month schedule, because the featured flavor changes and can differ from store to store. The quickest way to see your store’s current pick is the DQ app. Our DQ app rewards guide explains how to find those deals.

Year-round swaps when your flavor is gone

When a seasonal flavor leaves, a year-round Blizzard can usually get you close. These are the nearest matches on the regular menu:

• S’mores: Royal Rocky Road Trip has marshmallow and chocolate, about $4.99 and 530 calories for a Small.
• Dipped Strawberry Cheesecake: Royal New York Cheesecake, about $4.99 and 750 calories for a Small.
• Peppermint Hot Cocoa: Choco Brownie Extreme for pure chocolate, same price at about $4.79 for a Small.
• Peppermint Bark: Mint Oreo, where your store carries it, about $4.49 and 640 calories for a Small.

Tips for catching seasonal Blizzards

The best tip is simple: check the DQ app for your exact store before you go. It shows what is on that store’s menu right now, which is more reliable than any calendar. A few more tips:

1. Try a Mini first. A new seasonal flavor is a gamble, and a Mini costs less while you decide.
2. Ask for a retired flavor by its parts. Staff cannot ring up a flavor that is off the menu, but they can often blend its ingredients into a Vanilla Blizzard. For S’mores, ask for a Small Vanilla Blizzard with graham pieces, marshmallow topping and chocolate pieces. Our DQ secret menu guide has more builds and explains how to order them politely.
3. Plan cakes around the season. Blizzard cake flavors vary by store and season, and many stores sell heart-shaped cakes around Valentine’s Day plus Christmas and Halloween designs. Popular holiday designs sell out, so call ahead or check the app about a week before. Prices and sizes are on our DQ cake menu.
4. Go when it is quiet. Custom builds are easier mid-afternoon than during the lunch or dinner rush.

Prices on this site are typical and vary by location. Seasonal dates are set by each store, so treat this calendar as a guide to what usually rotates in each season, not a promise of exact start and end dates.

Frequently asked questions

Looking for a specific item? See the full Dairy Queen menu with prices for every Blizzard, burger, basket and cake.

Sources: Dairy Queen U.S. nutrition and allergen information, in-store menu boards and the DQ app. Prices are typical U.S. prices and vary by location. Last checked October 2026.