On National Ice Cream Day 10 Sweet Freebies and Delicious Deals
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Today is a special day for sweet lovers. Everyone will have an excuse Sunday to dig into their favorite flavors of ice cream, as the country celebrates National Ice Cream Day.
July 21 marks National Ice Cream Day, a moment in the year for your inner child to eat all the frosty gosh.
Ice cream is definitely the best way to cheer up a damp Sunday in July. But what’s even better? An ice cream cone or a sundae that’s free!
Big shops and eateries around the country are celebrating National Ice Cream Day (which is Sunday, July 21) in a big way this year — and that means there will be lots of sweet deals for frozen dessert fans.
16 Handles
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 📆 This Sunday, celebrate National Ice Cream Day with 3 oz free from 16 Handles!
At 16 Handles, all customers would get their first 3 ounces free on National Ice Cream Day by scanning a code in the chain’s loyalty app. Just make sure you have the app downloaded on your smartphone before you start whirling.
Carvel
In this Jan. 15, 2007 file photo, Steve Winick, owner of Carvel Ice Cream at 11037 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles serves up ice cream. The two franchises in Los Angeles are popular with East Coasters who grew up with Carvel.
Visitors to Carvel can get a buy-one, get-one cup or cone of soft serve ice cream from all locations nationwide on July 21. This includes all of the chain’s traditional soft-serve ice cream flavors, including chocolate, vanilla, a twist and the limited-edition special: Snickers. Additional flavors may differ by shop, such as mint, pistachio, Oreo cookie and more.
Cold Stone Creamery
National Ice Cream Day is right around the corner and we have a special offer for our My Cold Stone Club® Rewards members!* Be sure to sign up by 07/18 to redeem your offer. Click the link to sign up! https://t.co/jiAhK4ArQI pic.twitter.com/VXLtMACbfS
— Cold Stone Creamery (@ColdStone) July 15, 2019
Cold Stone Creamery will be able to score a buy-one, get-one promotion on Sunday. To get the BOGO deal, guests must join the Rewards program by Thursday, July 18.
Dylan’s Candy Bar
Mention “National Ice Cream Day” at the register this Sunday between 2-4pm for a free scoop of ice cream! #nationalicecreamday pic.twitter.com/LQDp8DYlUQ
— DylansCandyBar 🍭 (@DylansCandyBar) July 15, 2019
Dylan’s Candy Bar will offer a one free scoop of ice cream to customers who mention National Ice Cream Day at the ice cream counter in their New York City, Miami, Los Angeles and East Hampton locations.
Enlightened
This ice cream brand focused on lower-calorie pints is cheering fans to share a happy message with someone who brings them joy through a personalized postcard coupon. Starting July 21, fans can fill out a form on eatenlightened.com to receive a free coupon for a pint (or box of bars) and can then send someone special (your mom, a friend, you name it!) the same coupon with a personalized message.
Godiva
#NationalIceCreamDay is right around the corner! GODIVA Boutiques are celebrating with a special offer on July 21st. Wondering what it is? Hint: It takes two 🍦🍦 pic.twitter.com/mzojZA1qwU
— GODIVA (@GODIVA) July 15, 2019
Godiva boutiques and cafes nationwide will offer a buy-one, get-one 50% off deal on soft serve ice cream and parfaits in stores on July 21.
Halo Top
On July 21, Halo Top is celebrating National Ice Cream Day by giving away thousands of free Halo Top Pops by partnering with the Bumble app. Download the Bumble App and swipe in Bumble Date, Bumble Bizz or Bumble BFF, then swipe right to match for a chance to claim the coupon for a free box of Halo Top Pops starting at 12:00 p.m. on July 21st. For those who don’t download the app, Halo Top is also giving coupons away for a box of pops at halotop.com on National Ice Cream Day, and there will be pop up freezers in Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City.
Nutella Cafe
On July 21, Nutella Café locations in New York and Chicago will give the opportunity to first 50 customers a free frozen Nutella pop. After those first 50 are gone (which will probably happen fast), all other visitors will get a complimentary scoop of gelato.
PetSmart PetsHotel
Even puppies can join in on the fun! PetSmart will offer a weekend of free, dog-friendly ice cream topped with dog biscuit treats at PetSmart PetsHotel locations across North America on Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21.
Publix
The Southeast-based supermarket chain, will be giving out free ice cream tasters of its premium brand Cookie Butter Crème ice cream in stores from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in honor of this sweet celebrating day.
Sensodyne
— Thomas Kilkinney (@kilkinney) July 21, 2019
Love ice cream but teeth a bit too sensitive to the cold? Sensodyne is hosting a giveaway on Twitter on July 21. To participate, tweet #SensodyneforIceCream, plus the ice cream emoji, and score a same-day delivery that includes one pint of ice cream, Sensodyne Rapid Relief, a soft pack cooler and an shielded tumbler (in select cities while supplies last). Participating cities include San Francisco, Chicago Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York City.
So Delicious
Usually, National Ice Cream Day is a celebration that’s hard for dairy-free dessert lovers to take part in, but So Delicious is giving away pints of its dairy-free delights on Instagram to fans who share who they’d most like to #ShareAPint of the frozen dessert with on National Ice Cream Day. The first 500 people will receive a coupon for a free pint of any So Delicious frozen dessert.
Yogurtland
On National Ice Cream Day, will be able to score a buy-one, get-one free deal from Yogurtland. Flavors include the chain’s new dairy-free Key lime pie, and traditional favorites like chocolate, vanilla and more.
