Celebrate National Ice Cream Day 2026 (July 19) with these freebies and deals. Deals and freebies are subject to change.
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Sunday, July 19, 2026 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.
National Ice Cream Day is just one of the fun National Days that restaurants and shops celebrate annually. Check out our list of the Top 20+ National Days For Freebies And Deals to make sure you don’t miss any fun days this year.
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.
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar
Get a hand spun milkshake for $5 when you dine in.
Baskin-Robbins
You can get a free baby cone for kids under 40″ tall and free doggie sundaes for dogs.
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream
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.
Burger King
Royal Perks members can get a soft serve cup or cone with any purchase of $1+.
Carvel
Submit a photo of an ice cream disaster for a chance to win one of 500 Carvel gift cards here.
Chuck E. Cheese
Get a free small Dippin’ Dots when you enter your email here (they’ll email you a coupon).
Coldstone Creamery
Text LOVEIT26 to 568348 for a coupon for $5 off $10. You have until July 31 to text for the offer.
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 July 13 to 19.
Del Taco
Del Yeah! rewards members can get BOGO regular shakes with the offer in the app from July 17 to 19.
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit
Get a free ice cream cone with the purchase of any entree.
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.
Friendly’s
Rewards members can get a free scoop of ice cream in shop.
Goldbelly
Save up to 40% off ice cream deliveries when you shop through the ice cream shop page here.
Graeter’s Ice Cream
You can get a single-dip sugar cone for $1.56.
Haagen-Dazs
Rewards members will have an offer for BOGO Sundae Series desserts.
Handel’s Ice Cream
The first 250 customers can get a free hat with an ice cream purchase.
Insomnia Cookies
Get a free ice cream in a cup with any $5 purchase, in store and online, from July 17 to 19.
Plus, Insomnia Rewards members get 2X points on every purchase from July 17 to 19.
Jeni’s Ice Cream
Customers can add Sundae Fudge Sauce or Caramel Sauce to any order for free.
Kilwins
Enter for a chance to win ice cream for a year on its Instagram page. The sweepstakes runs July 19 to 31.
Krystal
Rewards members will have an offer for BOGO shakes.
Marble Slab Creamery
Rewards members will get an offer for a free small ice cream.
Skyzone
The first 50 kids under 18 can get free mini melts at the Fuel Zone.
Stop & Shop
Stop & Shop loyalty members can get a free 1.5-quart container of its brand of ice cream with the offer at the Savings Station kiosks. Add it to your card from July 17 to 23.
United Dairy Farmers
Buy any DipSide Treat and get another free. This includes malts, shakes, sundaes, quakes, and cones.
Plus, all homemade, UDF, and Main Avenue Creamery pints are BOGO.
Yogurtland
Real Rewards members will get double points on all orders placed on 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.