Celebrate National Ice Cream Day 2025 (July 20) with these freebies and deals. Deals and freebies are subject to change.
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Sunday, July 20, 2025 is National Ice Cream Day. Yup, there’s a day for everything it seems. But this one will make ice cream lovers rejoice because there are a bunch of ice cream shops that with have free treats on Sunday.
To help you out, we put together this list of the best National Ice Cream Day Freebies and Deals.
Just a little history on this holiday. The month of July is National Ice Cream month, and National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of July every year. So, the date of National Ice Cream Day varies, but the day of it stays the same. Then President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation declaring National Ice Cream Day in 1984, and Americans have been celebrating it ever since.
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National Ice Cream Day Freebies & Deals
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We only added shops and stores if they were a national chain or a large regional chain. Your local store may be having its own National Ice Cream Day deals, but this list would get too overwhelming if we included all of those.
Baskin-Robbins
Rewards members can get $5 off an order of $20 or more with the coupon in the mobile app. This is valid from July 20 to 26.
Burger King
Royal Perks members can get a soft serve cup or cone with any purchase of $1+.
Circle K
Inner Circle members will have an offer in their apps to get two Nestle Drumstick King Cones for $5. The coupon is valid until July 25.
Dairy Queen
Get a free Dilly Bar with any $1 purchase if you have the Dairy Queen app. This will be valid every day from June 14 to 20.
Dippin’ Dots
Get a free mini cup of Dippin’ Dots during a two-hour window. It seems like that window is shop specific, so be sure to check with your local Dippin’ Dots locations to find out their participating times.
Plus, the first 100 guests in line will get a souvenir take home cup.
Friendly’s
Rewards members can get a free scoop of ice cream.
If you’re not a member, you can get a scoop for $.90.
Goldbelly
Save up to 40% off ice cream deliveries when you shop through the ice cream shop page here.
Graeter’s
Kids who complete a coloring page can get a free scoop of ice cream.
Adults (or, I guess, kids who don’t feel like coloring) can get a single dip cone for just $1.55 from July 18 to 20.
Great American Cookies
The brand is celebrating National Ice Cream month this year with a new surprise in the mobile app every Sunday.
Jeni’s Ice Cream
Customers can add Sundae Fudge Sauce to any order for free
Handel’s Ice Cream
The ice cream shop is turning 80 and it’s celebrating anyone older. If you’re 80 or older, you can get a free scoop of ice cream.
Insomnia Cookies
In store, you can get a free scoop of ice cream with any $5 purchase from July 18 to 21.
Plus, get $2 off any ice cream menu item when you use the promo code NOCONE at checkout all July.
Marble Slab Creamery
Every Sunday in July, loyalty members are getting a new reward.
For the week of July 20, it should be an offer for a free small ice cream.
Wendy’s
Rewards member can get a free Frosty (including the new Frosty Fusions) with any purchase when they use the coupon in the mobile app.
Yogurtland
Rewards members will get double points on all orders placed on National Ice Cream Day.
National Ice Cream Day Giveaways:
Coldstone Creamery
The ice cream shop is going to be hosting a giveaway on its Instagram page.
Keebler
The brand is going to be hosting a giveaway for ice cream cones on its Instagram page. You can enter from July 18 to 26.
Kilwins
The ice cream shop is hosting a giveaway on its Instagram page for a chance to win ice cream for a year.
Kind Bars
Enter for a chance to win a year’s worth of Kind frozen treat bar on the Kind Bar Instagram page.
Halo Top
If your name (first, middle, or last) matches one of the famous ice cream brand name (like, your name is Ben Dover like Ben & Jerry or Carole Baskin, like Baskin-Robbins), you can get a free pint of Halo Top ice cream here (if you’re one of the first 8,000 to claim it).
Mother’s Cookies & Carvel
From July 18 to 26, you can enter for a chance to win a Carvel gift card — which you can use for ice cream topped with Mother’s Chocolatey Dynamite Dinosaurs (which are delicious and so much better than I expected, BTW).
The giveaway is on Instagram here.
MyMochi
The ice cream brand is hosting a giveaway on its Instagram page every week in July. You can enter for a chance to win summer chill packs here.
National Ice Cream Day: Frequently Asked Questions
National Ice Cream Day 2025 is Sunday, July 20.
In 1984, President Reagan declared the third Sunday in July would always be known as National Ice Cream Day.
In fact, he declared all of July to be National Ice Cream Month (although ice cream shops seem to only celebrate today and this week, not the whole month).
Celebrate by eating vanilla ice cream on July 23. Yes, vanilla ice cream has its own national day on July 23. Ice cream shops generally don’t celebrate this specific holiday, probably because it happens so soon after National Ice Cream Day.
Which of these sweet deals are you celebrating National Ice Cream Day with this year? Be sure to let us know in the comments.