If you ask a crowd to name one Blizzard, most people name this one. The Dairy Queen Blizzard OREO is the best-selling Blizzard flavor of all time, and it has held that spot for decades. It is just vanilla soft serve and crushed OREO cookie pieces, mixed all the way through the cup. Simple idea, perfect mix.

Short answer: A Small OREO Blizzard has 600 calories. That is the most-asked question about this treat on the whole internet, and the official answer is 600. The full range runs from 330 calories for a Mini to 1,050 for a Large. Prices run about $3.49 to $6.99 by size, and each store sets its own.

Quick facts before the details. The Blizzard launched in 1985, and OREO was one of the first flavors. More than 100 million Blizzards sold in that first year. A Small cup also carries 70 grams of sugar and 13 grams of protein. And there are two special versions fans hunt for: Mint OREO, which comes back in spring, and Enchanted OREO, the purple October special for 2026.

On this page: what is in it · sizes and calories · the full nutrition picture · the variants (Mint, Enchanted, Cookie Jar) · OREO cake and Cupfection · the best combos · what it costs · OREO Blizzard vs McFlurry · a short history · FAQs · final thoughts.

What Is in an OREO Blizzard?

Two things: vanilla soft serve and OREO cookie pieces. That is the whole recipe. The cookie pieces are crushed, not chopped fine, so you get real chunks in most spoons. Some chunks stay crisp for a bit. Some soak up the soft serve and turn soft and cakey. Fans fight about which bite is better.

The soft serve is DQ’s own mix at 5 percent milkfat. It is lighter than hard ice cream, which is part of why the cup is thick but not heavy. The mix gets blended through the whole cup, top to bottom. That is the Blizzard rule, and it is why the cup can be flipped upside down at the counter and nothing falls out.

One thing to know: the cookie pieces are the sugar and crunch team. The soft serve on its own is mild. Almost all of the cookie taste, and most of the 70 grams of sugar in a Small, comes from the OREO pieces and how many of them land in your cup.

How is it different from a plain cookies and cream shake?

A shake is thin and you drink it through a straw. A Blizzard is thick and you eat it with a spoon. The mix-ins in a shake sit in a drink. The mix-ins here are folded into soft serve that holds its shape, thick enough to flip.

OREO Blizzard Sizes and Calories

Calories by Size, Side by Side

The Mini is about 6 ounces of treat. The Small is about 12, the Medium about 16, and the Large about 21. Each step up adds close to 200 calories, so size is the one choice that matters most with this cup.

Which size is worth it? Fans who talk about this online land in one place: the Mini or the Small next to a meal, and the Large only when the Blizzard IS the meal, or when two people share it. A Small at 600 calories is a full dessert. A Large at 1,050 is close to half a day of food for some people, so share it or plan around it.

One fun note for the hunters: a few stores will build an extra-large cup of about 32 ounces if you ask nicely. It is not on the menu and not every store does it. The Large is the biggest size you can count on.

The Full Nutrition Picture

Here is the Small cup in full, from DQ’s official table. It has 600 calories, 70 grams of sugar, 22 grams of fat, 89 grams of carbs, 280 mg of sodium and 13 grams of protein.

Read it this way. The sugar is the big number, as with every Blizzard. The protein is a small bonus for a treat, about the same as a glass and a half of milk. The sodium is low, because treats are the low-salt side of this menu. Food like the chicken baskets is where the salt lives.

If you want the lighter road, the Mini keeps the same cookie taste at 330 calories. If you want the full chart for every flavor and size, the Dairy Queen Calories page has it, and the Dairy Queen Nutrition page breaks down sugar, salt and protein across the menu.

The OREO Variants: Mint, Enchanted and Cookie Jar

The classic cup never leaves the menu. But DQ dresses it up from time to time, and fans track the dress-ups like holidays.

Mint OREO Blizzard

The spring star. Cool mint is mixed through the cup with the OREO pieces, and fans put it in the top tier of all flavors in their rankings. It came back as the Blizzard of the Month in March 2026. It tends to show up as the weather warms. It is not on the year-round menu, so DQ does not post year-round calories for it. Treat it as close to the classic cup. Order the Mini if you are counting.

Enchanted OREO Blizzard

The October 2026 special, part of the Spellbound Series. This one swaps the base for a purple ube soft serve with a soft shimmer. Then it folds in the same OREO pieces. Fans who tried it say it tastes like a classic OREO Blizzard with a sweet, mild twist. Most of them loved it. It is a limited run tied to the Halloween series, which ends on 1 November 2026. If you are reading this after that date, it has gone back into the vault with the other specials.

Cookie Jar Blizzard

The mash-up. This cup folds OREO pieces and cookie dough bites into the same soft serve, so every spoon is a small cookie jar raid. It rotates on and off menus and is not always in stock. When your store has it, it is the pick for people who can never choose between the OREO cup and the Cookie Dough cup.

More Ways to Get Your OREO Fix

The cup is not the only home for this flavor.

The OREO Blizzard Cake takes the same idea and makes it a party cake: OREO Blizzard soft serve with a fudge and crunch center, built like the other Blizzard Cakes. Blizzard Cakes run about $28.99 to $35.99, and one slice is about 445 to 560 calories. Order it a day or two ahead if you can, because cake freezers hold only a few at a time.

The Brownie OREO Cupfection is the warm one: a warm brownie under OREO soft serve with marshmallow and fudge on top, at 720 calories. It is the richest OREO item in the store. Split it.

The Best OREO Combos and Order Tricks

Fans have had 40 years to play with this cup. These are the moves that come up again and again.

Extra OREO. The most famous ask of all. One famous answer online sums up the whole order in six words: “Dairy Queen Blizzard! Oreo Cookie, extra oreo.” The store adds a bigger scoop of cookie pieces for a small extra charge, usually under a dollar. If your last cup felt light on cookie, this is the fix.

OREO and Butterfinger. The crunch combo. Butterfinger bits add a peanut-butter crunch that plays well with the cookie. Fans rank it as the top two-flavor mix.

OREO and Reese’s. The OREO Reese’s Blizzard mix is so loved that people search for it by name. Peanut butter cups plus cookie pieces, sweet on sweet, best in a Small.

Made with chocolate soft serve. Some stores run chocolate soft serve, mostly in summer. Ask for your OREO cup built on it and the whole thing turns into a deep, dark cookie cup. Not every store has it, and no Blizzard is built on it by default, so you have to ask.

What Does an OREO Blizzard Cost?

Prices for the Dairy Queen Blizzard OREO sit in the normal Blizzard range: about $3.49 to $3.99 for a Mini, $4.49 to $4.99 for a Small, $5.29 to $5.99 for a Medium, and $5.99 to $6.99 for a Large.

Each DQ store has its own owner, and each owner sets prices. That is why your friend pays one price and you pay a bit more across town. Big cities and highway stops tend to sit at the top of the range. The one thing to watch: extra toppings cost extra, so the “extra OREO” cup lands a little above the base price. It is still the cheapest upgrade in the store for the joy it adds.

OREO Blizzard vs McFlurry

People mix these two up because both cups wear the OREO name. They are built in two different ways.

A Blizzard is blended through the whole cup. Every spoon, from top to bottom, has about the same amount of cookie. It is thick enough to be flipped upside down at the counter, and the flip is the test it has to pass.

A McFlurry is mixed less. The topping is folded in near the top, so the first spoons are loaded and the last spoons are mostly plain soft serve. It is a good cup, but it is not the same cup.

People who have worked at both chains say the same thing: if you want the mix in every bite, order the Blizzard. If you like the plain soft serve at the end, the McFlurry is your cup.

A Short History of the OREO Blizzard

The Blizzard was born in 1985. A St. Louis store owner had the idea of mixing candy and cookie pieces into soft serve. The idea took off at once. More than 100 million Blizzards sold in the first year.

OREO was one of the flavors there at the start, next to candy-bar mixes like Heath and Snickers. Fans on Quora still ask if OREO was the very first Blizzard flavor. The fair answer is that it was in the first group, and it became the leader of that group fast. It has been the best-selling Blizzard flavor for decades, and it is the flavor DQ reaches for when it wants a special: the mint one in spring, the purple one this October, the cake on birthdays. Forty years on, the king is still the king.

FAQs

How many calories are in a Small OREO Blizzard?

600 calories. The full set is 330 for a Mini, 600 for a Small, 820 for a Medium and 1,050 for a Large, from Dairy Queen’s official nutrition table.

Is the OREO Blizzard discontinued?

No. The Dairy Queen Blizzard OREO is a core flavor that never leaves the menu, and it is the best-selling Blizzard. The versions that come and go are the specials built on it, like Mint OREO in spring and the Enchanted OREO in October 2026.

What is in an OREO Blizzard?

Vanilla soft serve and crushed OREO cookie pieces, blended through the whole cup. Two parts, nothing hidden. The soft serve is DQ’s 5 percent milkfat mix.

Is there a Mint OREO Blizzard?

Yes, as a seasonal guest. It mixes cool mint through the cup with the cookie pieces, it came back as the Blizzard of the Month in March 2026, and fans rank it near the top of all flavors. It is not sold all year.

What is the biggest OREO Blizzard I can order?

The Large, at about 21 ounces and 1,050 calories. A few stores will build an extra-large cup of about 32 ounces if you ask, but it is not on the menu and not every store does it.

Does extra OREO cost more?

Yes, a small charge, usually under a dollar. Extra toppings are priced per scoop at most stores. It is the most asked-for upgrade on this cup.

If they do not flip my Blizzard, is it free?

At some stores, yes. The flip-or-free promise runs at participating stores only, and the free one is often a coupon for your next visit. If your store does not flip and does not offer, they may not be part of the promise. It never hurts to ask with a smile.

OREO Blizzard or McFlurry: which has cookie in every bite?

The Blizzard. It is blended top to bottom and has to pass the upside-down flip test. In a McFlurry the topping is mixed near the top, so the last spoons run plain.

Final Thoughts

The Dairy Queen Blizzard OREO is not the wildest cup on the board. It is the cup the board is built around. Two parts, mixed all the way through, the same in 1985 and the same today. Order the Small if it is dessert, the Mini if it rides with a meal, and say “extra OREO” if you want the full cookie hit. And if mint or purple ube shows up on the board, try the guest star while it lasts. The king will still be here when it leaves.

Every other flavor lives on the Blizzard Flavors page. Every size and calorie count lives on the Dairy Queen Calories page. And the full money picture for the whole menu lives on Menu with Prices.