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    Dairy Queen – Non-Dairy Dilly Bars and a Full Dairy-Free Menu

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    By Alisa Fleming on February 15, 2022 Fast Food Restaurants

    Updated April 2022! Dairy Queen is most known for ice cream, but they also offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner fare. In the past, their dairy-free menu items were limited, but now they have quite a few options for non-dairy diners of all ages. In fact, they even have dairy-free ice cream bars! Their non-dairy Dilly Bars are made with vegan chocolate and coconut ice cream. We have the ingredients below, as well as a dairy-free guide to DQ’s entire menu.

    Dairy Queen (DQ) Dairy-Free Menu Guide with Custom Order and Vegan Options

    Dairy Queen (DQ) Dairy-Free Menu Guide with Vegan Options

    Be aware of special order requirements in parentheses () next to the menu items, and see the Heads Up notes to help fill in the blanks. Please note that this guide is for the U.S. locations. Options may vary in other countries.

    Fryer Note: Dairy Queen uses soybean oil for frying. All fried items (like the fries and chicken strips) might be cooked in shared fryers with items that contain milk. Be sure to verify at your location.

    Other Allergen & Dietary Notes: All of the listed non-dairy items are made without peanut or tree nuts unless specified. Most of the following items are egg-free or can be ordered without eggs if you omit mayo or any mayo-based sauce or dressing. Dairy Queen does not currently offer any vegan burgers or sandwiches. For vegan options, see the Vegan Menu Guide at the bottom of this post.

    Frozen Treats

    • Misty Slush
    • Starkiss Popsicles
    • Non-Dairy Dilly Bars (available as singles or by the box; see below for ingredients)

    DQ Non-Dairy Dilly Bar Ingredients: Frozen dessert (water, sugar, corn syrup, maltodextrin, coconut oil, coconut cream, contains 2% or less of vanilla extract, xanthan gum, guar gum, carrageenan, carob bean gum, mono & diglycerides); Coating (coconut oil, sugar, cocoa processed with alkali, corn starch, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavors).

    Heads Up! The Mistry Freezes and all Dairy Queen smoothies do contain milk.

    Sweet Toppings (but no dairy-free ice cream yet!)

    • Brownie Pieces
    • Chocolate Topping (not Fudge)
    • OREO Cookie Pieces
    • Peanut Butter Topping
    • Pineapple Topping
    • Strawberry Topping
    • Vanilla Syrup (for coffee)

    Burgers (see Allergen Notes)

    • Hamburger
    • Original Signature Stackburger (no cheese)
    • Deluxe Signature Stackburger (no cheese)
    • Bacon Deluxe Signature Stackburger (no cheese)
    • Flamethrower Deluxe Signature Stackburger (no cheese)
    • Loaded A1 Deluxe Signature Stackburger (no cheese, no onion rings)

    Chicken

    • Chicken Strips
    • Honey BBQ Sauced Chicken Strips
    • Rotisserie Style Chicken Bites
    • Grilled Chicken Sandwich
    • Crispy Chicken Sandwich
    • Chicken Strip Basket (no buttery oil on toast)
    • Honey BBQ Sauced Chicken Strip Basket (no buttery oil on toast)

    Heads Up! Dairy Queen customer service let us know that the Texas Toast could be made dairy-free without the “butter.” But it would be a special request and up to the location if they could accommodate.

    Hot Dogs

    • Hot Dog
    • Chili Dog (no cheese)

    Local Favorites

    • BBQ Sandwich
    • Wild Alaskan Fish Sandwich

    Salads

    • Rotisserie-Style Chicken Bites Salad Bowl (no cheese)
    • Crispy Chicken Strips Salad (no cheese)
    • Side Salad

    Dairy-Free Salad Dressings (all Marzetti brand): Balsamic Vinaigrette, Dijon Honey Mustard, Fat Free California French Style, Honey French, Light Italian, Thousand Island

    Kids’ Meals

    • Chicken Strips
    • Hamburger
    • Hot Dog
    • Kids’ Fries
    • Applesauce
    • Banana

    Sides

    • Fries
    • Lays Potato Chips in Original or BBQ
    • Oven Baked Lays Original Potato Crisps
    • Side Salad
    • Pretzel Rods (no queso, no buttery oil)

    Heads Up! The Onion Rings at Dairy Queen do contain milk. Dairy Queen customer service said the buttery oil used on the Pretzel Rods does contain milk, but some locations might be willing to accommodate requests for “no buttery oil.”

    Dipping Sauces

    • BBQ
    • Honey Mustard
    • Wild Buffalo

    Heads Up! Ranch, which contains milk, is the default dipping sauce at Dairy Queen. Be sure to request a dairy-free dipping sauce when ordering.

    Breakfast Items (select locations)

    • Bacon
    • Chicken Strips
    • Ham
    • Hashbrowns
    • Sausages
    • Steak Fingers

    Dairy Queen Vegan Menu Guide

    • Non-Dairy Dilly Bars
    • Misty Slush
    • Starkiss Popsicles
    • Chocolate Topping (not Fudge)
    • OREO Cookie Pieces
    • Peanut Butter Topping
    • Pineapple Topping
    • Strawberry Topping
    • Vanilla Syrup (for coffee)
    • Hashbrowns
    • Fries
    • Pretzel Rods (no queso, no buttery oil)
    • BBQ Dipping Sauce
    • Wild Buffalo Dipping Sauce
    • Side Salad
    • Balsamic Vinaigrette
    • Fat Free California French Style Dressing
    • Light Italian Dressing
    • Lays Potato Chips in Original or BBQ
    • Oven Baked Lays Original Potato Crisps
    • Applesauce
    • Banana

    This Post is for Informational Purposes Only

    Menus, ingredients, kitchen procedures, management, food sourcing, and restaurant protocols are subject to change at any time. Always read the menu and discuss your dietary needs with the staff before ordering. Make sure they can accommodate your situation. This post is for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as advice.

    There is always a risk for potential cross-contamination of allergens in any commercial kitchen. If cross-contamination is an issue for you, always speak with the manager to ensure that your meal can be safely prepared. Listings here do not guarantee that a restaurant is safe enough for your individual needs. Only you can make that decision.

    Each location of a chain restaurant has different management and staff, and some might have different owners. This means differences in processes, ingredients used, menu options, and food sourcing can occur. Always verify the safety of your order for your needs at your current location.

    Dairy Queen (DQ) Dairy-Free Menu Guide with Vegan Options

    Where to Find Dairy Queen (DQ)

    There are around 6000 DQ locations worldwide, and around 4500 in the U.S. alone. See their website below for addresses and hours. Online ordering works best via their app.

    Website: www.dairyqueen.com

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    Love that you do dairy free but

    Rated 4 out of 5
    May 15, 2022

    My daughter 3 can’t have dairy but she loves the dilly bars. Problem is she is starting to realize we have ice cream blizzards while she has one on a stick. She knows she cam have ice cream from cups and bowls bc there r coconut milk verison we buy from stores but why not when we do our special treats out? Hoping yall get a flavor or two out there.

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    Victoria

    Fee Dilly Bar

    Rated 5 out of 5
    September 27, 2021

    Excellent customer service! Great store hours!

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    William Halpin

    Good but

    Rated 4 out of 5
    July 25, 2021

    I love your dairy free dilly bars but other options like dairy free ice cream for dip cones and blizzards

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    River King

    Dairy free options

    Rated 1 out of 5
    July 3, 2021

    Can Dairy Queen please come up with more dairy-free options! Your shakes are the only places in a decent radius that has treats like yours but with dairy it’s not a great option for us lactose intolerant people. Thanks for reading this!

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    Chelsea

    dairy sensitivity

    Rated 5 out of 5
    June 12, 2021

    non dairy dilly bars is so good very very good i like it a lot i love it so much i could not stop eating it they are so delicious i couldn’t get enough of that so good

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    Georgia Lawson

    AMAZING

    Rated 4 out of 5
    April 27, 2021

    This is the fastest Service for ice cream.

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    Emma

    Bring non dairy back!

    Rated 5 out of 5
    September 21, 2020

    I was so excited to find out Dairy Queen carried a non dairy option! After 33 years of not being able to enjoy going anymore, I could go back! I could take my grandson and enjoy a treat myself! Now, last week I go in to purchase another box just to have the Manager tell me they won’t be able to order anymore! Why???? Non-dairy lives matter!

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    Tracy L Foraker

    Article helps but husband really wants soft serve non dairy ice cream

    Rated 4 out of 5
    September 8, 2020

    Would love it if you could come up with one that works

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    Beth

    Response from Go Dairy Free

    You can contact Dairy Queen to request this. It’s all about demand! There are also many other places that offer dairy-free soft serve locally. See our restaurant guide – we’re currently in the process of revamping it -> https://www.godairyfree.org/eating-out/restaurants

    Vegan Gluten-Free Dilly Bar YUM!

    Rated 5 out of 5
    August 6, 2020

    I crave DQ’s dairy free dilly bar. It’s so delicious!!!

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    Ruth

    Great Resource!

    Rated 5 out of 5
    August 5, 2020

    Thank you for this article, it is such a great resource to have on hand! I had no idea there were so many options, and I appreciate the extensive information you have given. Really takes out the guesswork!

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    Response from Go Dairy Free

    Happy to help!

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    32 Comments

    1. Sue Talbott on September 11, 2019 5:51 am

      Are any breakfast items gluten free?

      • Alisa Fleming on September 11, 2019 10:55 am

        See the link provided above to check for other allergens.

    2. Jane Biggers on March 17, 2019 7:49 am

      Does the Ice cream contain eggs? I am allergic to eggs.

      • Alisa Fleming on March 18, 2019 9:29 am

        I don’t know – we don’t dig further on products that contain dairy, and this ice cream is dairy-based.

    3. carol schaedel on June 25, 2018 9:03 am

      Hi…my 92 year old father is lactose intolerant. My granddaughter works at a Dairy Queen and made him an ice cream cone and he gobbled it down! He must have had a craving for something sweet! Well, he never got sick and didn’t have stomach pains after eating.

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    5. Pamela on October 8, 2017 9:38 am

      I went to dairy queen this morning to order eggs. They cook their eggs in butter. So technically not dairy free.

    6. Mary on July 5, 2017 12:08 pm

      Does Dairy Queen have non dairy ice cream…what can I order in non dairy ice cream…my teenager is going there with a group of friend and doesn’t want to get embarrassed…please help.any smoothie, ice cream just trying to help my teenager…please name the items she can order..

      • Alisa Fleming on July 8, 2017 8:13 am

        I don’t believe they do Mary.

    7. Rosemarie Heimann on June 2, 2017 6:05 am

      For health reasons, I am wanting to know if the chocolate in the soft-serve ice cream is real or artificial and does the artificial have caffeine in it.

      • Alisa Fleming on June 2, 2017 9:23 am

        Hi Rosemarie, you’d need to contact Dairy Queen directly with this inquiry.

        • gwen on May 1, 2019 9:37 am

          Curious why hamburgers (minus cheese) aren’t listed as ok. The children’s hamburger is listed. Is it because of the buns? Thanks

          • Alisa Fleming on May 5, 2019 10:02 am

            I’d assume it is the buns. It looks like they use different buns on the “grown up” one.

    8. Mackenzie whiteman on April 19, 2017 6:43 pm

      The breaded mushrooms aren’t dairy free/vegan They contain milk.

    9. Rachelle on February 26, 2017 5:34 pm

      Hot dogs are on the dairy free list. So they don’t have whey in them?

      • Tracy Patrick on January 19, 2019 10:58 am

        Yes they do have milk in them an whey i have an foster son an i have been looking at every thing

    10. keith mishler on February 16, 2017 3:29 pm

      why don’t they use lactaid milk for there shakes more people could drink shakes and other products?

      • Julie Ott on August 11, 2017 2:00 pm

        Lactaid is real milk, which means it has dairy. Those with a dairy allergy cannot have it. All it is is cows milk with the lactose (milk sugar) removed.

    11. Sam on June 27, 2015 6:39 am

      According to the current chart the 3 chicken strips are dairy free. So plain chicken strips are safe taking into account cross-contamination.

    12. Jay on May 25, 2015 11:11 pm

      Vanilla Milk Shake…….Lactose-Free ?

      • Alisa Fleming on May 26, 2015 6:31 am

        I would doubt it. It’s definitely not dairy-free!

    13. Carissa on January 25, 2015 9:21 am

      Does that mean the buns are also dairy free?

      • Christy on July 8, 2019 9:14 pm

        Their starkiss popsicles are also dairy free.

    14. Michael Hansen on June 26, 2014 1:53 pm

      Does Dairy Queen ice cream contain regular dairy reduced fat and nonfat milk or coconut milk ?
      I was under the impression that coconut milk was used in all their ice cream. I have had gut problems recently and was wondering if Dairy Queen changed their recipe to dairy milk.

      • Alisa Fleming on June 26, 2014 2:50 pm

        To the best of my knowledge Michael, Dairy Queen has always been dairy-based ice cream. I’ve not heard of them using coconut milk.

    15. Alice on August 22, 2013 5:43 am

      So the cheese on the Flamethrower Chicken sandwich does not contain dairy?

      • Alisa Fleming on August 22, 2013 3:11 pm

        Alice, see the allergen chart referenced via the link. According to DQ, the Flamethrower Chicken sandwich does not contain dairy/cheese, but this is a “may contain” by location.

    16. Kelley on May 22, 2013 2:36 am

      I am vegan and I came here looking to see if I can get anything anything at dairy queen like I can get daiquiri sorbet at baskin and robbins.I saw on PETA’s website that the StarKiss Bars are supposed to be vegan too yet when I visited the Dairy Queen website and looked at the allergy information for treats (m) for milk is now listed on both of the starkiss bars. I guess maybe now they add milk to them? unless it is a mistake on the allergy information? so be careful with those.Dairy Queen allergy info-http://www.dairyqueen.com/PageFiles/5144/US%20Treat%202013%20Q2.pdf

      • Alisa Fleming on May 22, 2013 7:14 am

        Hi Kelley, see our post above, which states that they “may contain” milk due to cross-contamination, but do not have milk in the ingredients. The (M) on the allergen chart is a “may contain” warning not an actual “contains”. You can see an explanation on the allergen chart that you have also linked to, but which can be accessed via our links above.

      • Theresa gleeson on April 22, 2016 5:21 pm

        I just went to dairy queen and the starkiss bars allergy label says contains milk

    17. Kimberly on May 5, 2013 10:08 am

      DQ has recently changed their frozen drink menu. They now carry light smoothies which are dairy free and come in about twelve diferent flavors.

      • Alisa Fleming on May 6, 2013 12:38 pm

        That’s great! Thanks for the update Kimberly.

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