Slurpee
It's from 1966, before you were born.
- Maker
- 7-Eleven
- Type
- Frozen drink
- Debuted
- 1966
- Note
- free on 7-Eleven Day (July 11)
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About
As of 2026, it's 60 years old.
The Slurpee is 7-Eleven's frozen masterpiece, a drink-slash-dessert engineered to be sipped, slurped, and occasionally to give you an instant, blinding brain freeze that is somehow part of the fun. Mixing flavors at the machine is a personal art form with no wrong answers.
Around since 1966, it cemented its legend with free Slurpee Day every July 11 (7/11, naturally), a holiday invented entirely so people would come stand in line for frozen sugar.
Cold, colorful, and reliably headache-inducing, the Slurpee turned a stop at the convenience store into a small, icy event.
Slurpee through the years
Named by 7-Eleven
The chain licenses a frozen drink machine and coins the name Slurpee.
Free Slurpee Day begins
Every July 11 (7/11) brings a free-Slurpee giveaway.
