I Tried Dairy Queen's Fall 2026 Menu, And This Is the One Treat You Must Order

• What It Is: soft serve blended with cold brew and ice, served in a cup drizzled with cocoa fudge sauce and topped with whipped topping and cocoa fudge
• Price (small): $4

Instead of a milkshake, DQ went the blended coffee route this year—with a very s'mores-esque twist. Chocoholics will love the strong mocha flavor in this drink, especially the fudge sauce that's drizzled (or "cupscaped," per the brand) along the inside of the cup. While the drink calls for cold brew blended with soft serve and ice, the ice has the strongest impact on its consistency. It had more of a slightly crunchy, icy consistency than a creamy one, more akin to a Frappuccino or Coolatta than, say, a shake.

The chocolatey flavor is arguably the strongest note here, giving way to a sweetened coffee ice cream and light marshmallow notes. As much as I love chocolate, I wanted a bit more toasted marshmallow from this one.

• What It Is: soft serve blended with pumpkin pie pieces, topped with whipped topping and nutmeg
• Price (small): $6

Honestly, my former colleague, Taryn Pire, sums this one up perfectly: "If you’re like me, Blizzards are all about the mix-ins, so let me start by saying that the pie crust pieces are plentiful," she says. "They’re shockingly crisp for being studded in vanilla soft serve. Their texture, along with the warm spices on top and in the pumpkin base, reminds me of Golden Grahams—a definite plus."

That said, the soft serve overpowers the pumpkin flavor, so you get more of the cinnamon and nutmeg and vanilla notes than anything else. Still, that makes it pretty mellow and easy to devour in mere minutes.

• What It Is: soft serve blended with brown sugar topping and brown sugar cookie dough pieces
• Price (small): $6

This treat may not have the cupscaping or whipped cream flourish of Dairy Queen's other fall desserts, but what it lacks in presentation it more than makes up for in flavor. This takes a classic cookie dough-studded Blizzard to the next level; the brown sugar topping swirled throughout adds caramel notes that give this frozen treat an almost cozy vibe.

When I split this with my assistant (aka my 7-year-old daughter), her only note was that she wished it had even more cookie dough pieces...because why have one in every other bite when your dessert could be 50 percent cookie dough, I suppose? For me, it was just the right amount, though next time, I'd try it with a chocolate soft serve base. Or see if they'd drizzle the chiller's cocoa fudge sauce on top.