Dairy Queen Oreo Blizzard is a classic ice cream treat that has been around for years. The combination of soft-serve vanilla ice cream and Oreos is a match made in heaven. You can recreate this ice cream treat at home.
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Over 100 million DQ Blizzards sold
This ice cream treat was first created in 1985. Other chains have tried to put their own spin on this frosty treat, but it was the DQ that first originated this sublime dessert. The DQ Blizzard is the pinnacle of creamy vanilla soft serve ice cream. Everyone looks forward to the Blizzard of the month. They also serve some flavors that are limited-edition Blizzards and available for a limited time. It’s really hard to beat a blizzard treat.
These soft-serve ice cream treats are so thick that they are turned upside down just to show you how thick your Blizzard is! Favorite flavors are Reeses Pieces, Butterfinger, Oreo, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, and M&M’s.
What goes in a Blizzard ice cream?
You are going to find lots of different ingredients in a Blizzard. When I worked at a local Dairy Queen in Texas when I was in high school we offered about 30 different blizzards.
Blizzards are combinations of creamy DQ vanilla soft serve, Sundae toppings, and candies, and so much more. The possibilities are endless!! One thing that should not go into a Blizzard is any milk. This confection is ice cream and toppings only!
Oreo Blizzard Ingredients
There are two simple ingredients in an Oreo Blizzard.
- Vanilla ice cream
- Oreo cookies
If you have these on hand, you can make this tasty treat anytime.
Variations on Dairy Queen Blizzards
- Chocolate Chip Blizzard – Add two tablespoons Magic Shell ice cream topping
- M&M Blizzard – Add two tablespoons of M&M’s and a teaspoon or two of chocolate syrup
- Butterfinger – Add two tablespoons of Butterfinger, and 1/2 a tablespoon of hot fudge
- Reese’s Peanut Butter cup – Add a couple of Reese’s peanut butter cups instead of Oreo cookies
- Use Mint Oreos – This would make a Mint Oreo Blizzard this one has the refreshing taste of cool mint flavor! Add a little food coloring and you have a world-famous DQ Blizzard for St. Patrick’s day
How to make a Blizzard at home
- Allow the ice cream to soften at room temperature until it just begins to melt.
- Place ice cream into a blender.
- Blend until the ice cream becomes soft and looks like pudding, you want to see creamy vanilla ice cream in the blender.
- Add half of the crumbled Oreo pieces and pulse once or twice.
- Pour the blended ice cream into a glass.
- Sprinkle the remaining cookie crumbs on the top of the Blizzard.
Yes, you can make the changes as you need. Simply let the frozen yogurt or non-dairy ice cream melt and become soft before you use it.
Unless you need to make Blizzards for the whole family I don’t recommend a stand mixer. It shouldn’t be necessary to bring out the stand mixer. I would suggest that you also avoid the food processor, it would pulverize the mix-ins too much.
I hope you give this classic DQ Blizzard a try! You can make one of these any time of year! The possibilities for mix-ins are limited by only your imagination. You may want to try mixing in chocolate chip cookies, frosted animal cookies, chewy brownie pieces, the candy bar of your choice.You really can make DQ’s blizzards at home! Share in the comments your favorite flavor combination!
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Dairy Queen Oreo Cookie Blizzard
Ingredients
- 3 cups vanilla ice cream softened
- 6 Oreo cookies crushed
Instructions
- Allow the ice cream to soften at room temperature until it just begins to melt.
- Place ice cream into a blender.
- Blend until the ice cream becomes liquefied.
- Add half of the crushed Oreo cookies and pulse once or twice.
- Pour the blended ice cream into a glass.
- Sprinkle the remaining cookie crumbs on the top of the Blizzard.
Regina
Does Dairy Queen really use vanilla ice cream? This may seem like an ignorant question, but I normally do not like vanilla ice cream at least by itself. I figured it was vanilla but maybe they added some things to it as it tastes more like milk or cream:
Stephanie
I believe what they serve is not legally defined as ice cream. You can checkout this article at delish. .
christina
This was SO easy and I am only nine!!!! I did not even need a adult
Stephanie
That’s pretty awesome!
Francis
I didn’t know these were so easy to make! I like them better when I make them.
Evelyn Lynn
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MarkD
Thanks for sharing this. There is not a DQ near me.
MarkD
This was so good. I liked how thick it was.