There is a product at Dairy Queen known as the Crunch Cone. It is a simple soft serve ice cream cone covered in a topping known as Crunch Coat. Crunch Coat is made up of sprinkles, crushed peanuts, and magic crunchy things that can’t be explained. It is a fantastic treat and rare find.
You see, if a Dairy Queen franchise does offer the Crunch Cone, it usually can’t be found on the menu. You need to special order it, like you’re a celebrity. And the majority of Dairy Queens don’t even carry Crunch Coat any longer.
So, my mission is clear. To find the Dairy Queens across the Twin Cities metro area that carry the Crunch Cone. Calling and asking if they have the Crunch Cone is cheating. I will go there, ask, purchase, and take a picture with this magnificent and little known dessert.
If you have found a Dairy Queen that carries the Crunch Cone, feel free to take your own picture and add it to the Flickr group. I’ll spread the word.
Let’s get to work, people. Summer is winding down!
[Photo by Ben Spark]
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Just had one tonight – Show Low AZ has had them my whole life (33 years) – and I have always enjoyed them.
Denver Colorado DQ Crunch Cone Location. THEY HAVE THE CRUNCH CONE!
Leetsdale & Quebec 7150 Leetsdale Drive #412 Denver CO 80224 303-322-7254
LeetsdaleDQ@comcast.net
Not listed on the menu you have to ask for the holy grail.
Not a DQ, but have a small soft serve shop in west cntral Illinois and we serve crunch cote.
Crunch Cone Topping Located!
I am a fellow crunch cone nut – pun intended – and have been missing this since they discontinued it YEARS ago and freaked out when I got a tip that it was still available.
I got a 6 lb box. They recommend freezing it because it’s a nut product, which I did. It has lasted me a long time.
I had a relative get it for me from the following. This is a wholesale supplier, so they don’t normally sell to the public.
The official product is Sprinkle King Almond 42394 – 6 lb box:
Farner Co Inc
Address: 600 E Norfolk Ave
Norfolk, NE,
68701-5512
Phone: 402-371-2662
Fax: 402-371-8610
Products:
Wholesales Confectionery Vending Machine Operator Piece and part vending machines, Prepared to order food vending machines, Service and ticket vending machines, Currency vending machines, Vending machines, Liquid vending machines, Confectionary products, Chocolate or chocolate substitute candy.
Good luck! Also google Sprinkle King and see what you get.
Michelle
I had a large vanilla crunch cone last night is Lima, OH at the DQ! Both Lima locations carry crunch cones!! I recommend the vanilla over the chocolate. Delicious!
The DQ on 66th in Edina
The crunch cone is my absolute favorite. I grew up in NW IN and until we moved to TX in the 80′s, I was not aware this was not available everywhere. I go to IN to visit about every two years and the first place I stop is DQ in Schererville to satisfy my crunch cone fix. I smile as I write this because my family and I are flying out tomorrow morning and I will have my crunch cone by mid-afternoon. It has been 2 years!!!!!
Had one Mesa, AZ on main st. near the Mesa Arts Theatre….flooding me with memories of my childhood, I too have joined the search …and I am contacting my local dairy queen with my desperate request, per the advice of Dairy Queen corporate offices, satting that each are independently owned, and have to make theat choice to order and serve on their menu…..
Peoria DQ by the new HyVee has crunch coat
NEENAH WISCONSIN!! they have the crunch cone. yuummm. (:
Lincoln NE has it at the 38th & South location. But they won’t sell it. My sister that is going thru chemo treatments is craving it…so I wanted to buy her a big jar of it…let me know if you find anyone that sells it!! They don’t have it in Texas where she lives.
I just fly home to Michigan from California and went to the only place I have ever known to always have crunch cote, and THEY DON’T CARRY IT ANYMORE! I didn’t want to do it, but I am going to order some for myself from a wholesaler and just keep it at home.
The question is, if so many people like it this much, why not carry it???
I just had a Krunch Kreamer today. There is a small, local place called The Cone Barn, in Roxana, IL. I grew up there and now live about 15 miles away. They have never stopped selling the Krunch coating (yes, they have always spelled it with a K). They now have an item called the Krunchy Kreamer, which is either chocolate or vanilla ice cream with LOTS of Krunch mixed in. So sort of like a blizzard. Oh, it is SOOOO good. When I worked at Dairy Queen in 1986, I would fix my own Blizzard before I left and I always used vanilla ice cream (we only had vanilla then) chocolate sauce, lots of Krunch and a small amount of malt. So good! I’m going to try the address that was given above for Sprinkle King Almond product. I hope it works.
Guess what? Just found a facebook page for crunch coating. They confirmed that is mostly found in the midwest and is sometimes called Krunch Kote (as I just posted). This is the ORIGINAL guys! I’m ordering some right now!
Just had to have one tonight. For a while I lived in Missouri and they thought I was crazy when I asked for the crunch cone. I love the stuff! The first thing I did when I moved back was treating myself to one. I actually had one tonight. Here are the places that I know have it:
Galesburg, IL and Washington, IL
Good luck!
I live in Florida & my first stop when I go home to Indiana is the DQ in Terre Haute for a massive dose of this elusive yum. Can’t find a DQ in Florida or on the entire trip up that carries it other than Terre Haute & a little further north in Clinton, IN. I personally refuse to give my business to any DQ–even my local one–who does not carry this nostalgic treat. (hmmm….that sounded rather scholarly…)
Anyone know where you can find a fabulous DQ crunch cone in the North Texas area? I used to get these all the time as a kid in Papillion, NE. We were just talking about them tonight and got me thinking… Go search the Web! Thanks
Went to Marshfield Mo. DQ and ordered a crunch cone for myself and my kids. Told them that its the greatest cone ever created. They have never had one and on a whim we went to get some.
Well, sadly they had no idea what i was talking about. Even the manager has never heard of the Crunch Cone.
Sadly we pulled away with chocolate dipped cones. And they were nothing after craving a crunch cone.
Crunch Cones are available at both the Kewanee IL and the Charleston IL Dairy Queens. My sisters used to use a straw to shoot the crunches at each other.
I grew up in Rantoul IL and always got a crunch cone at our local DQ. My parents just visited there last week and bought me a cup full for a quarter. No crunch cones in KY that I have found. Thanks for posting this! Let’s start a campaign . . .
I was ecstatic to discover a DQ in Buffalo ‘Grove, Illinois with it. Wahoo!
DQ in Flora, IL have Crunch cones, sadly I live in TN and don’t believe there are any crunch cones in TN!!!
Michigan City, Indiana on Franklin Street has the crunch cone!
Both Kankakee, IL locations have them! YUM!!
DQ in Bremen, IN, has crunch coat! had it last night in a blizzard with extra stuff – to die for good!
I am equally obsessed with Crunch Coat & here are the DQ’s I have visited that serve the yummy stuff
Robbinsdale
Brooklyn Park
N.Minneapolis
West End/ St.Louis Park
Onamia (Mille Lacs)
Forest Lake
Maple Grove
Coon Rapids
& Anoka
http://crunchcoat.com/
Krunch Kote (sp.?) cones were my favorite in mid-Missouri during the 70′s but I haven’t had one in decades. I now live in Kansas City and would love for someone to share which KC area DQ’s have Crunch Cones at (or any independent ice cream shops).
HEY EVERYONE! I HAVE A GREAT FIND! I, like all the other crunch cone a-holicics out there, was on a mission to find my also favorite ice cream treat from my past. Being from El Reno Oklahoma, I would order a crunch-CUP instead of a cone…guess why…the cup held a lot more of the crunch. I would have them put the crunch in the bottom of the cup first, then a small soft ice cream twist, topped off and filled with the crunch. THE MORE CRUNCH THE BETTER!
http://www.crunchcoat.com is where I found THE STUFF! But the best news is that the chief (also a crunch cone a-holic) mastered replicating it to a flawless tee! Just when I thought it couldn’t get better, it did. There are not the preservatives in his, and it tastes even better. Believe it!!
I am calling my old friend back home in El Reno that owns Sid’s Diner (known for their onion burgers and conies) to let him in on my great find. He could not get the crunch for his cones any longer from his supplier. He will be happy to hear the great news!
Toni
Ronan Montana. I live 8 hours away now and always have to drive to town for a crunch cone when visiting. They were out this last time.
You can all stop your search for the smartest person in the world. I just ordered a Dairy Queen Blizzard with Oreo AND crunch coating.
All Northwest Indiana DQ’s have the Magical Elixir!!!
downtown Chicago DQ has them!