The longest day of the year just got a little sweeter.
For the first day of summer Thursday, several businesses are offering frosty freebies and delicious deals.
June 21 also is National Smoothie Day, National Selfie Day and a host of other made-up holidays — all good excuses for getting free treats and discounts.
The deals
The following are available June 21 at participating locations unless otherwise noted. Offers may vary. To be on the safe side, contact your closest location.
Now through July 1, get a free order of lasagne when you dine in and order off the “Carrabba’s Today, Carrabba’s Tomorrow” menu. The menu includes three signature dishes — Chicken Bryan, Chicken Marsala or Pollo Rosa Maria.
With the purchase of any baked good Thursday, get a free 10-ounce cold brew iced coffee, available in vanilla or cinnamon roll. This deal is only available at participating mall locations.
For a limited time, download the Dairy Queen app and register for an account and get a free small Blizzard treat at participating locations. Limit one offer per person per visit. There also be weekly exclusives through the app.
Participating locations nationwide will give away 3.5-ounce samples of the brand’s new Frozen Lemonade from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, while supplies last.
Participating locations nationwide will give away 3.5-ounce samples of the brand’s new Frozen Lemonade from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, while supplies last. Also in Manhattan Thursday, there will be “free bottle service” at Union Square and Bryant Park where street teams will deliver Dunkin‘ Donuts Iced Coffee in a bottle to anyone who hits the “emergency” button. For those outside New York, get a coupon for a free bottle Thursday at www.dunkinbottleservice.com.
For National Smoothie Day Thursday, 16-ounce smoothies are 99 cents.
Thursday through June 28, upsize any medium smoothie order to a large at no additional charge. Plus, the first fans to comment on any of the brand’s 100 Twitter and Instagram posts Thursday will win a Jamba Juice gift card and every comment made on the National Smoothie Day posts is an entry for the chance to win a summer supply of smoothies.
With the purchase of a Quarter Pounder or Double Quarter Pound Thursday, get a free "Frylus" selfie-photo accessory plus bonus phone stand at more than 2,000 participating locations nationwide. Find locations at www.frylus.com.
Regular-size Italian ices are $2 and gelatis are $3 all-day Thursday.
Text SIP to 91681 Thursday and get a special buy-one-get-one offer. The code is only valid June 21.
Wawa: Now through Aug. 5, it's Siptopia time at Florida locations with 16-ounce made-to-order drinks on sale for $1.99 each. This includes handcrafted hot beverages, iced beverages, frozen beverages, milkshakes and Flurricanes, which are ordered at Wawa kiosks and on the Wawa smartphone app.
Thursday is the chain's Free Shake Day. From 10:30 a.m. until close, get a free 12-ounce Black & White Milkshake, while supplies last at participating locations. No purchase is necessary and there's a limit of one per customer.
Kelly Tyko is a consumer columnist and retail reporter for Treasure Coast Newspapers and TCPalm.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK. Read her Bargainista tips at TCPalm.com/Bargainista, follow her on Twitter @KellyTyko and sign up for her weekly newsletter at www.tcpalm.com/featured-newsletter/bargainistabest. She can be reached at kelly.tyko@tcpalm.com.