Review: Dairy Queen Nutter Butter Blizzard
Author: indianapoliseater | Filed under: Food ReviewsUpdate: Thanks to a reader, I have been informed that Thursday, August 11th is Miracle Treat Day at Dairy Queen. They’ll be donating at least $1 for each Blizzard sold to your local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. So, if you are looking to try this Blizzard (or get any Blizzard for that matter), Thursday is the day to do it! Thanks Indy Grub Review for the heads-up!
Dairy Queen
http://www.dairyqueen.com
You may or may not know this, but Dairy Queen has a Blizzard of the Month that they feature each month. This Blizzard of the Month is one that is not ordinarily on their Blizzard menu and in the past has featured Blizzard flavors such as Girl Scout Tagalong cookie (a personal favorite), Mint Oreo, German Chocolate, Caramel Toffee Cookie, etc. If you are ever curious what the treat for the month is, you can visit Dairy Queen’s website where they have a special page setup for the Blizzard of the Month.
Most months, the Blizzard of the Month doesn’t really interest me because Dairy Queen is not at the top of my frozen treat list. But, when I saw that this month’s Blizzard of the Month was the Nutter Butter Blizzard, I knew I absolutely had to give it a shot because not only do I LOVE Nutter Butter cookies, but I also saw a glowing review of the Blizzard at On Second Scoop‘s website (awesome site, by the way and I would highly recommend it if you are an ice cream lover like me). In my opinion, Nutter Butter cookies are one of the most underrated cookies that exists and they don’t get the publicity or notoriety that they deserve. They aren’t as popular/mainstream as Oreos or Chips Ahoy, but in my mind, they are just as good, if not better.
Dissertation on cookies aside, off I went to Dairy Queen…
What I Got: Nutter Butter Blizzard (medium); $3.69.
Dairy Queen describes this Blizzard as “NUTTER BUTTER® cookies pieces and NUTTER BUTTER® peanut butter crème filling blended with creamy vanilla soft serve.”
Well, as you can see in both of my pictures (especially the close-up), there was definitely vanilla soft serve in there and there were definitely Nutter Butter cookie pieces (a lot of them, actually). As for the peanut butter crème filling, you can clearly see that swirled in as well in both of the pictures.
In terms of taste, this was just as dreamy as I could have expected it would be. It had a strong peanut butter taste and a lot of crunch because of the amount of Nutter Butter cookies that they mixed in there. I could have gotten lucky in how they prepared mine, but if they make them all with this amount of cookies, you are going to be in luck because I had Nutter Butter in every single bite and as a lover of those cookies, I could not have been more delighted. The vanilla soft serve was as you’d expect it would be (and always is), but the strong peanut butter taste of the cookies made this one a big winner.
Would I Buy It Again? Oh yeah, definitely. I’ll be getting it at least one or two more times this month, which is pretty incredible since as I stated earlier, I’m not a frequent Dairy Queen fan. What I’m hoping is that this Blizzard does so well that they decided to keep it on the regular menu, because if they do, I’ll start hitting Dairy Queen a lot more often than I do (probably only about half dozen times a year).
That said, if you don’t like peanut butter and/or Nutter Butter cookies, then you aren’t going to like this Blizzard. Keep that in mind.
FYI, Dairy Queen will also make a Nutter Butter Blizzard cake as well. Does anyone have a birthday coming up where they want to get one of these and invite me to the party? :)
-IndianapolisEater
Tags: blizzard, chips ahoy, cookies, dairy queen, Food, Ice Cream, miracle treat day, nutter butter, oreo, peanut butter, vanilla
Glad you enjoyed it! (and always glad when people agree too). Actually, your blizzard looks even better than mine did… pretty sure that means I have to go back again!
I’m one of those odd people who go to DQ for the food — haven’t had their ice cream in years. That said, I just might have to try this one!
I live an hour from the nearest DQ, and before a few days ago, never had a Nutter Butter cookie. When I heard about this on Second Scoop I immedietly bought some Nutter Butters in the convenience store. I was sold, and I’m already making my plans to break 12 years of going without a blizzard and getting one. BTW, can you get this in mini?
@Adam: I’m sure you can get this in a mini. I don’t see why they’d treat it differently than any other Blizzard that’s currently being offered.
@Mike N.: I love Dairy Queen food too, but I so rarely get fast food, that ice cream is mostly my go-to purchase at Dairy Queen.
@Dubba: You definitely have to go back and if you are apprehensive about how well they mix your Blizzard, just verbally ask them to make sure they do it well. They may give you a funny look, but if you end up with one like I did, you will certainly appreciate your speaking up as you are eating it.
Hey, IndianapolisEater… another thing to mention is that this Thursday, August 11th, DQ is holding Dairy Queen Miracle Treat Day – funds from each Blizzard sold on Thursday will go to support Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. A true win-win!
http://miracletreatday.com/
This should be a permanent addition, if they can have 3 Oreo blizzards – they can surely fit 1 nutter butter
hour long trek for a mini, Adam?
@Roddy,
I’ll borrow a page from your book, but I maybe get once chance to leave the mountain a week, and an Arby’s combo meal will likely be before this
That’s better. Though if choosing, I’d skip the arbys and opt for more nutter butter.
Thumbs up, +1 or whatever you choose to use on that response, Rodzilla!
@Roddy
Sorry buddy, I went with a mini. Still well worth it (GG review coming soon) but a box of Triple Double Oreos at Walmart got in the way of me really throwing down. I am weak, my friend.