Tee Gentry

A Diary Queen Blizzard. No, this isn’t an ad, just a public service. I love Blizzards, and if you’re having a bad day, get one and sit in the parking lot and slowly (very important) enjoy it. One small spoon at a time. Top 5 DQ Blizzard Flavors.

I discovered the Peanut Butter Puppy Chow Blizzard a few months ago, and my friends are tired of me talking about how good it is, but they’ll get over it.

According to Mashed.com, the Blizzard wasn’t invented in some high-rise board room or fast food think tank but by a Dairy Queen franchise holder in Missouri. Samuel Temperato was one of the company’s most successful franchisees and owned 67 of the restaurants in the St. Louis area at the time of the Blizzard’s creation. He would eventually expand his ice cream empire to 81 Dairy Queens.

Although Temperato took credit for bringing the Blizzard to Dairy Queen’s senior executives and held a patent on the Blizzard machine, he somewhat disagreed with DQ officials dubbing him the Blizzard’s inventor. Temperato made sure to give credit where credit was due and as far back as 1986, he wanted to make sure the public knew that the spark for creating what would become the Blizzard actually came from a Dairy Queen competitor.

Temperato wanted credit for the dessert to go to Ted Drewes Jr., a local business owner who ran the popular Ted Drewes Frozen Custard stands, which are still in business today. Drewes’ popular item that helped them compete with Dairy Queen was his Concrete frozen custard. At the time, Drewes said that he “didn’t see the value” in adding candy to his custard, but of course, Temerato did and thus, the Blizzard was born.

Great story! Now you know the history of the Dairy Queen Blizzard. What’s your favorite? Top 5 DQ Blizzard Flavors.

Check out my Top 5 below! Enjoy your Blizzard! I’ll be the guy in the parking lot having a medium Peanut Butter Puppy Chow!

  • Peanut Butter Puppy Chow Blizzard

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  • Oreo Blizzard

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  • Smore Blizzard

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  • Reese's Peanut Butter Blizzard

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  • Cookie Dough Blizzard

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