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Spring to These Tasty Cold Dessert & Beverage Deals!

Food, Wine, & Dining, Local Steals & Deals, Seasonal & Current Events

By Published: March 17 2014

LongIsland.com

Spring arrives this week! Get ready to dash on over to some tasty cold dessert and beverage deals.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Start your week off with deals to tasty desserts and beverages that come right in time for spring! The upcoming warmer weather will have you wanting Italian ice, ice cream cake and some ice cold coffee. Check out the offers in this week’s edition of Local Steals & Deals!

  • Carvel Ice Cream: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and the coming of spring with some of its green-themed ice cream treats. There’s the green Cookie Puss cake, seasonal mint flavored soft serve ice cream, sundae dasher and Oreo with mint flavored ice cream. Use this coupon to save $2 off any cake. The coupon expires on March 31, 2014.
     
  • Rita’s Italian Ice: To celebrate the first day of spring, participating locations are offering free Italian Ice on March 20th. It’s been a tradition of Rita’s for over 20 years. Head over between noon to 9 p.m. to catch yours.
     
  • Starbucks: How’s a year of free coffee and other Starbucks drinks sound? Join the Spring Star Dash for your chance to win the sweepstake. From now through March 25th, earn 8 Stars to enter the sweepstake. Also, if you earn 6 Stars by March 25th, you’ll get 10 Bonus Stars. Opt in to the Spring Dash promotion today with your Starbucks account.

Let’s welcome the arrival of spring with tasty cold treats!

Come back each week for updates on new sales, deals as well as coupon offers available on Long Island that will help keep more money in your wallet.

Also, if you know of any great deals on Long Island you want to share, please let us know.