What is a Dilly Bar?

A Dilly Bar is swirled soft-serve ice cream on a stick dipped in hardened chocolate. It was invented in 1955 at the Moorhead Dairy Queen, which in 2018 erected a 12-foot-tall Dilly Bar to mark the spot.
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Why do they call them Dilly Bars?

A couple of brothers who supplied ice cream mix stopped by, and somebody poured a swirl of ice cream on paper, stuck a stick in it and dipped it into chocolate. “Somebody said that's really a dilly,” and the name stuck, Phyllis said in a 2010 oral history interview for StoryCorps.
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What is a dilly bar made of?

Chocolate Dilly Bar Reduced Fat Ice Cream (Milk Fat and Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Whey, Corn Syrup, Carob Bean Gum, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Mono & Diglycerides, Artificial Flavor, Caramel Color, Vitamin A Palmitate), Coating (Coconut Oil, Sugar, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Corn Starch, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Salt, ...
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Is a Dilly Bar a popsicle?

So, a “Dilly Bar,” for those not in the know, is a frosty ice cream treat sold at Dairy Queen. It is almost like an ice cream popsicle – stick and all – made of vanilla soft-serve ice cream coated in chocolate.
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What is the difference between a Dilly Bar and a Buster Bar?

The Dilly Bar weighs in at 87 grams, with the Buster Bar coming in at a whopping 148 grams. The Buster Bar carries nearly twice as many calories, too — 460 to 240 for the Dilly Bar.
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What is the biggest thing at Dairy Queen?

The world's largest soft-serve dessert was created at a DQ in Massachusetts in 2005. The record-making Blizzard was more than 22 feet tall and weighed over 8,000 pounds—we just want to know how many people it took to eat it!
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Can you buy a box of Dilly Bars at Dairy Queen?

$15.99. Experience the great combination of DQ soft serve dipped in a luscious chocolate flavored coating. Dilly Bars come in a box of 12.
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Are Dilly Bars real ice cream?

So, a “Dilly Bar,” for those not in the know, is a frosty ice cream treat sold at Dairy Queen. It is almost like an ice cream popsicle – stick and all – made of vanilla soft-serve ice cream coated in chocolate.
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Are Dilly Bars healthy?

The No Sugar Added Dilly Bar has 200 calories, 12g fat, 9g saturated fat, 60mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate, 6g sugar, and 3g protein. This low-calories sweet treat is potentially a better option for those avoiding certain allergens.
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Are Dilly Bars smaller than they used to be?

They were much smaller and the flavored coating was paper thin and there was no dip part in the middle.
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Does Dairy Queen make their own Dilly bars?

Some Dilly® bars are made by the staff of DQ® stores and those have a curl. Others are manufactured for those DQ® restaurants that do not have the space or the staff to make their own. Those Dilly® Bars are packaged in clear plastic and do not have a curl.
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How many calories is a Dilly Bar?

Dairy Queen Dilly Bar (1 bar) contains 24g total carbs, 23g net carbs, 15g fat, 4g protein, and 240 calories.
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What flavor Dilly bars are there?

Did you know we make a variety of flavors of dilly bars?! We offer Vanilla dipped in chocolate, cherry, butterscotch, cotton candy, chocolate dipped in chocolate and ordered in are heath and mint! Stop in and grab a box or a single today!
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Is Dairy Queen ice cream actually ice cream?

It's not actually ice cream. Yes, it's cold, creamy, sugary, and delicious. But according to the FDA, ice cream has to have at least 10 percent milk fat. Dairy Queen's soft serve has just 5 percent (via Eat This, Not That!).
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Which Dairy Queen invented the Dilly Bar?

A Dilly Bar is basically swirled soft-serve ice cream on a stick dipped in a candy coating. It was invented at the Moorhead Dairy Queen in 1955. The Moorhead DQ is known as a "rogue" DQ, operating outside of the confines of a traditional franchise store.
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Does Dairy Queen have real ice cream?

Does Dairy Queen use real ice cream? Dairy Queen's soft serve can't legally be called ice cream according to FDA regulations. It sounds silly, but the recipe doesn't include enough milkfat meet the FDA's official qualifications to be deemed as an ice cream.
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What is the healthiest ice cream?

Healthiest low-calorie ice cream options
  • Halo Top. This brand offers 25 flavors, only 70 calories per serving, and lower fat and higher protein contents than regular ice cream. ...
  • So Delicious Dairy Free. ...
  • Yasso. ...
  • Chilly Cow. ...
  • Arctic Zero. ...
  • Cado. ...
  • Enlightened. ...
  • Breyers Delights.
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How unhealthy is DQ?

But since many of the menu items have more than a day's worth of calories, sodium, sugar, and saturated fat, it's best to make your DQ trips an occasional treat. What's worse is that many of their dishes also have artery-clogging trans fats.
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What is the healthiest meal at McDonald's?

The 7 Healthiest Things You Can Eat at McDonald's
  • Fruit & Maple Oatmeal.
  • Hamburger.
  • Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad.
  • Bacon Ranch Grilled Chicken Salad.
  • Egg McMuffin.
  • Artisan Grilled Chicken Sandwich.
  • Fruit 'N Yogurt Parfait.
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What kind of chocolate is on Dilly Bar?

You can use dark chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips, but anything other than dark or semi-sweet will result in a dessert that she thinks is a little too sweet. Also, be sure to have some popsicle sticks handy, as well as a baking dish and parchment paper to lay the dilly bars on.
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What is a Buster Bar at Dairy Queen?

Buster Bar® Treat

Experience layer after layer of chocolatey fudge, peanuts and DQ® soft serve dipped in luscious, chocolatey coating. Available at participating DQ® locations.
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How does Dairy Queen make Dilly Bars?

Dilly Bars are flash-frozen at zero degrees Fahrenheit, then dunked in a chocolate cone coating. The paraffin in the coating makes it stick to the ice milk. They go back in the freezer until lucky you pulls in to the drive-thru. (Regular soft Dairy Queen cones are about 23 degrees.)
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