Dairy Queen opens two windows every weekday, one before the lunch rush and one after it. Dairy Queen happy hour drops the drink figure at participating restaurants for those hours only. Franchise owners run it, so the exact window shifts from one town to the next.
Dairy Queen drinks carry the whole offer. Soft Drinks come down to a single flat figure, while shakes, MooLatte, smoothies and frozen slush drop to half. The Dairy Queen board keeps food at its printed figure, apart from the separate lunch bundle that runs across the middle of the day.
The short answer
Dairy Queen happy hour runs Monday to Friday, from seven until ten in the morning and from two until five in the afternoon. Any soft drink comes down to a flat figure, and shakes, MooLatte, smoothies and slush drop to half price.
Dairy Queen happy hour at a glance
$1.89
any soft drink
7:00 AM
morning window opens
10:00 AM
morning window closes
2:00 PM
afternoon window opens
5:00 PM
afternoon window closes
$5.00
lunch deal ticket
Dairy Queen Happy Hour Menu with Prices
Dairy Queen franchisees set their own clock, so the safest move is to check the restaurant nearest you before setting out. Everything below reflects the windows and the figures the offer is published under. Weekends sit outside it entirely. Nothing here needs a code, a coupon or an app screen.
Ordering inside the window is enough at a restaurant that runs the offer. Regulars use the morning window for coffee and smoothies and the afternoon one for shakes. Sizes stay exactly as they are on the printed Dairy Queen menu, so a large lands where a small does on the soft drinks.
Dairy Queen Happy Hour Times
Mornings open early enough to catch a commute, and the afternoon window lands between lunch and the evening rush. Dairy Queen happy hour runs Monday to Friday at participating restaurants. Neither window opens on a Saturday or a Sunday, which makes this a weekday habit rather than a weekend one.
| Session | Starts | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning, Monday to Friday | 7:00 AM | 10:00 AM |
| Afternoon, Monday to Friday | 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM |
Dairy Queen Happy Hour Drink Prices
Soft Drinks are the part with a fixed figure rather than a percentage off. Diet Coca-Cola, Sprite and Coca-Cola all reach the same one. Cup size does not change it, which is what makes the offer worth using on a large rather than a small.
| Item | Happy Hour Price |
|---|---|
| Coca-Cola | $1.89 |
| Diet Coca-Cola | $1.89 |
| Sprite | $1.89 |
Dairy Queen Half-Price Happy Hour Drinks
Premium Fruit Smoothies come down alongside the shakes and the MooLatte. Seven Shake flavours qualify, four MooLatte builds and five smoothies. Arctic Rush frozen slush adds another five, running from cherry through strawberry kiwi. Half price applies to the blended side as a whole rather than to a named list of sizes.
| Drink | Flavours in the deal |
|---|---|
| Shakes and Malts | Chocolate, Hot Fudge, Peanut Butter, Caramel, Strawberry, Banana, Vanilla |
| MooLatte | Mocha, Caramel, Cappuccino, Vanilla |
| Premium Fruit Smoothies | Strawberry Banana, Mango Pineapple, Pina Colada, Orange, Tripleberry |
| Arctic Rush | Cherry, Grape, Lemon-Lime, Blue Raspberry, Strawberry Kiwi |
Dairy Queen Lunch Deal Prices
The lunch bundle sits outside the drink windows and runs a longer stretch of the middle of the day. One Dairy Queen ticket covers an entree, fries, a drink and a sundae. Lunch runs from late morning until the middle of the afternoon, so it overlaps the second Dairy Queen happy hour window. Three entrees qualify, and the figure stays the same whichever one is chosen.
| Entree | What comes with it | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cheeseburger | Fries, a drink and a sundae | $5.00 |
| Chicken Wrap | Fries, a drink and a sundae | $5.00 |
| 3-Piece Chicken Strips | Fries, a drink and a sundae | $5.00 |
Dairy Queen Happy Hour Questions
About the author
Sophia W. Steadham writes MenuQuill. She is a food blogger and restaurant review expert who has spent years eating her way through American chain menus, from small-town drive-thrus to national roll-outs.