Dairy Queen Chocolate Dipped Cone
A favorite among guests, a Dairy Queen Chocolate Dipped Cone is made with vanilla soft serve frozen dessert covered in a thin chocolatey layer.
A small cone has 320 calories, 15 grams fat, 40 grams carbohydrates, and 6 grams protein.
Read this guide for a complete overview of the nutritional information, calories, ingredients, and allergens in this popular sweet treat from Dairy Queen. Don’t miss the section below on total sugars.
Chocolate Dipped Ice Cream Nutrition Info
Nutritional value, including calories, is presented based on a single serving measured as one chocolate dipped vanilla cone.
Daily Value
Daily value is a measure of how much one nutrient contributes to a daily diet of 2,000 calories.
Use the %DV to help determine if foods have a low, medium, or high amount of specific nutrients.
Review the chart below. The amount of saturated fat exceeds a 20% daily value and is considered high. Likewise, the amount of total carbs is also high if a medium or large cone is ordered.
% Daily Value
Use the %DV to determine if the food contains a low (5% or less) or high (20% or more) level of specific nutrients.|
Small |
Medium |
Large | |
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Saturated Fat |
60% |
85% |
115% |
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Sodium |
4% |
6% |
9% |
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Total Carbs |
15% |
21% |
29% |
%DV based on 2,000 calories
Calories
Calories vary from 200 to 640, depending on size ordered.
Carbohydrates deliver approximately half of the total calories. Dietary fat makes up about 40% of the total, and the remaining 10% is from protein.
Small DQ Chocolate Dipped Cone
% calories from fat, carbs and proteinBased on a small cone
The composition of total calories by macronutrient does change slightly by size since the amount of ice cream and chocolate differs, but the size of the cone remains the same.
Here is a summary of the number of calories by macronutrient in one cone, by size:
Calories by Macronutrient
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Small |
Medium |
Large | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Calories from Fat |
130 |
195 |
270 |
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Calories from Carbohydrates |
165 |
230 |
320 |
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Calories from Protein |
25 |
35 |
50 |
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Total Calories |
320 |
460 |
640 |
The breakout of calories by nutrient is a rounded estimate based on the nutrition facts provided by Dairy Queen fast food restaurant. Calories may vary by location or as a result of how the dessert is prepared.
Here are the nutrition facts for a DQ Chocolate Dipped Cone, by size: small, medium, large.
Nutrition Facts
Amount per serving in 1 Cone (%DV)
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SMALL |
MEDIUM |
LARGE | |
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Calories |
320 |
460 |
640 |
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Total Fat |
15g (19%) |
22g (28%) |
30g (38%) |
|
Saturated Fat |
12g (60%) |
17g (85%) |
23g (115%) |
|
Trans Fat |
0g |
0g |
0g |
|
Cholesterol |
25mg (8%) |
30mg (10%) |
45mg (15%) |
|
Sodium |
95mg (4%) |
140mg (6%) |
200mg (9%) |
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Carbohydrates |
40g (15%) |
58g (21%) |
81g (29%) |
|
Dietary Fiber |
1g (4%) |
1g (4%) |
1g (4%) |
|
Total Sugars |
30g |
43g |
60g |
|
Protein |
6g |
9g |
13g |
%DV based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Calorie needs vary and your %DV may be higher or lower. Provided for informational purposes only. Consult with your physician for dietary or healthcare advice.
Dietary Fats
One small soft serve vanilla ice cream dipped in chocolate has 15 grams of total fat, including 12 grams of saturated fat. That is considered high for a single menu item.
SUMMARY OF FAT PER SMALL CONE
Total Sugars
A small chocolate dipped vanilla ice cream cone has 30 grams of total sugars.
While the FDA does not provide guidance on total sugars, the general recommendation is to limit calories from added sugars to less than 10% of total calories.
Added Sugars
Dairy Queen does not provide a break out of added sugars from total sugars. However, as you can see from the list of ingredients below, sugar is a dominant ingredient.
Sugar is listed in the ice cream, chocolate flavoring, and cake cone. In addition, corn syrup is listed third in the vanilla ice cream.
Both sugar and corn syrup are defined as added sugars.
Chocolate Dipped Cone Ingredients and Allergens
Here are the ingredients in Dairy Queen’s ice cream, chocolate flavored coating, and cake cone.
Ingredients
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Reduced Fat Vanilla Ice Cream |
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Milkfat and Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Whey, Mono- and Diglycerides, Artificial Flavor, Guar Gum, Polysorbate 80, Carrageenan, Vitamin A Palmitate |
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Chocolate Flavored Coating |
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Coconut Oil, Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (coconut, soybean), Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Corn Starch, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural Flavor |
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Cake Cone |
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Enriched Wheat Flour, Tapioca Starch, Sugar, Annatto Extract (color), Canola Oil, Leavening, Natural Flavor, Salt |
Allergens
The DQ Chocolate Dipped Cone is made with milk, soy, and wheat.
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