50 Years of Slurpees

[Toliver]

Ten years ago Jason Perlow posted this dicussion "40 Years of Slurpees".

Time has flown and 7-Eleven is celebrating 50 Years of Slurpees today. On 7/11/16 (today) you can get a free Slurpee (albeit, a small one) from 11am to 7pm. Brain freeze to go! 

Not much has changed with the Slurpees but now they do offer an app for true fans of the semi-frozen concoction (click and see the bottom of the short article).

Any takers? 

[vloglady]

I remember years ago, maybe 7, they had this promotion.  My friend and I drove around in our neighborhood to all the 7-Elevens. We got a Slurpee at each one, maybe 5 of them. Boy, did we have brain freeze! We still laugh about it to this day.  We had a stack of cups in the car. 

[blue_dolphin]

I've never had a Slurpee and always meant to take advantage of the annual 7/11 freebie sometime.  

I'm away from home at the moment and the website tells me the nearest 7-Eleven is 143 miles away so alas, another 7/11 will pass without a Slurpee for me!

Maybe I will swing by Stewart's for some Adirondack Bear Paw ice cream instead.

[ChocoMom]

Ahhh, the Slurpee.  My brother always takes my kids for them when we go visit.  As a former 7-11 Slurpee junkie kid from Detroit, I miss them sometimes- but not so much that I'd drive back and get one.  (One too many brain-freeze incidents.)

[Thanks for the Crepes]

Slurpees are okay, and I've had my share when I've been in reach of a 7-11. My favorite was the artificial cherry flavor. They really have a lot of air whipped in. There aren't any 7-11's left here, but the one that was here in '86, when I arrived, has been a post office, and I believe it's a dry cleaners now.

 

My most recent experience with a similar frozen drink slurry was over a decade ago. I used to stop occasionally in summer at a convenience store near the house for something I think they called a Slushie on the way home from work. It had much coarser ice crystals and no air. 

 

The store was almost at my house, so I might have a sip or two, but the purpose was to add a good glug of vodka to the mix and enjoy it in the A/C after work at home. It was a very good ending to the work day, especially if I'd had to skip lunch... again. 

[Toliver]

"The New 7-11 Slurpee Is Cap’n Crunch In Drink Form"

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Move over Coca Cola. There's a new Slurpee (or should I say, Cap'n) in town. Now, when you have a hankering for sugary cereal and are feeling a lil' childhood nostalgia, you can head to 7-11 for Cap'n Crunch "Crunch Berries" in drink form. Instagram user JunkFoodMom posted a photo of the new Slurpee, which she says actually tastes like the cereal for the first few slurps "in a frozen, freaky way."

It sounds so bad it might be good....for a few sips.

 

Edited to add: 

Just a reminder that Free Slurpee Day is coming soon (7/11).

 

 

Edited July 3, 2018 by Toliver (log)

[Toliver]

Free Slurpee day (7/11/19) is here once again (click). Enjoy!

[chileheadmike]

I had an article come across my facebook today. It claimed that the Slurpee was invented in Kansas. I grew up in Kansas and the 7-11 closest to me sold Icee's . Two flavors, one rotated and the other was always coke. I'd never heard of a Slurpee growing up. 

[Toliver]

Sad news...

"7-Eleven cancels Free Slurpee Day because of coronavirus, but will still give away free frozen drinks in July"

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Add another event to the long list of coronavirus cancellations: 7-Eleven Day.

The nation’s largest convenience store chain has announced that it's canceling its in-store birthday celebration and Free Slurpee Day because of “the uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Of course, you can still get a free frozen drink but you have to go to their web site and/or download their app and they will send you a coupon for a free one.

Sounds like a marketing gimmick, to me.

[heidih]

7-11 was for Slurpees. The snack stand at Little League was Icees. We banned the dads- ate too much product. What they did at the outdoor hot dog & burger grill - who knows. Those t-shirts did not hide the tummy roundness.