Baskin Robbins has two deals for Ice Cream Day including free ice cream-scented kinetic sand. Dairy Queen has an Ice Cream Day deal on dipped cones and Carvel hands out coupons with purchase. National Ice Cream Day 2021 also brings a way to get free pints of ice cream with a purchase. Here's a reason to all scream for ice cream Sunday: free scoops. Businesses nationwide are offering not just free ice cream, but specials, discounts and contests in honor of National Ice Cream Day, celebrated every July 18. Ice Cream Day became an official food holiday in 1984 when President Ronald Reagan declared the third Sunday of July as National Ice Cream Day and the month of July as National Ice Cream Month.