But something about the gentleness of the song and heart-breaking lyrics appealed to me. I’m not a country music fan and Randy listens only occasionally for the weird stories. We passed homes still aglow in holiday lights while a country tune played on KCHK 95.5 FM out of New Prague. Once cash was exchanged for treats, I clutched the two plastic encased parfaits and Randy aimed the Chevy back home.
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I counted out dollar bills and change, $4.28, to cover the $1.99 plus tax parfaits. We arrived at a good time, on a cold evening past the dinner hour, to find only one vehicle ahead of us. © Copyright 2022 Audrey Kletscher Helbling TELL ME: What’s your favorite Dairy Queen treat? How often do you go to DQ? Or do you have another favorite ice cream source? Even as remnants of snow still bank the ground. And in March, the move from winter toward spring. In October, the move from fall to winter. Around 200 for two-thirds of a cup versus 710 for that Peanut Buster Parfait. That yields nine servings with a lot fewer calories. I can purchase a 1.5 quart container of ice cream from my local grocery store for around $3. I realize DQ is in the business of making money, but that price point exceeds my cost comfort level. I also struggle with the regular price of $4.99 (I wouldn’t pay that price) for a single parfait. It’s a good thing we treat ourselves to DQ only twice a year. As we waited, I noted the calorie count of 710 on a sign.
Yum.īut the treat is also loaded with calories. The closing special was the same as the opening special-those bargain parfaits loaded with peanuts and oozing layers of rich chocolate fudge over soft serve ice cream.
The drive-up (walk-up was closed) DQ opened on February 18 after a seasonal closure on October 29, 2021. Our mission: To order the five-day opening special, a Peanut Buster Parfait for $1.99. Late Sunday afternoon we joined the line of vehicles snaking around the small Dairy Queen along Lyndale Avenue. (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted file photo)įOR RANDY AND ME, and likely others in the Faribault area, the opening of “the Little DQ” signals the shift to spring in Minnesota. © Copyright 2023 Audrey Kletscher HelblingĭQ Peanut Buster Parfait. My thoughts remain deeply entrenched in this winter of deep snow. And so, I reason, this is why I missed opening weekend at The Little Dairy Queen of Faribault. Even if the calendar shows that spring is only officially 17 days distant, nothing feels or looks remotely like spring here. Perhaps this winter of too much snow distracted me. I’d been anticipating the taste of sweet and salty-hot fudge and peanuts atop that sweet, snow white soft-serve ice cream.Īnd now here it is, March 3, and I missed opening weekend with the $2.49/each Peanut Buster Parfait three-day special. Disappointed doesn’t quite describe my emotion in that let-down moment. Last October we pulled up to the drive-up window only to learn that they’d just run out of ice cream and there would be no more with the shop temporarily closing.
Typically, we wait in line behind a long string of vehicles for the coveted treat. When the DQ closes for the season at the end of October, we’re there, too, for the discounted parfaits. Traditionally, Randy and I stop by during this late February opening of the walk-up/drive-up DQ for the bargain Peanut Buster Parfaits. THE LITTLE DAIRY QUEEN OF FARIBAULT opened a week ago, marking the unofficial start of spring in my southern Minnesota community, and we missed it. A DQ Peanut Buster Parfait (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyrighted file photo)
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