Beat the heat with a free frozen treat at Dunkin’ Donuts today

Craving a frozen treat? Dunkin’ Donuts is giving away free frozen coffees until 2 p.m. Friday.

Customers will receive a 3.5-ounce sample of the new menu item at participating locations.

But the frozen drink samples are only part of the promotion.

According to a news release from Dunkin’ Donuts, the chain is also giving away prize packs that include $1,000 cash to 16 lucky customers nationwide.

The “Freeze the Day with $1K” prize pack also includes a “summer’s supply of Frozen Dunkin’ Coffee.”

So far, Dunkin’ says they’ve surprised a special education teacher from New Hampshire, a recent college graduate in New York and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran in Connecticut with the prize money.

The promotion ends at 5 p.m., or whenever all prize packs have been given out.

Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants are located on Hilton Head Island and in Beaufort, Bluffton and Hardeeville.

This story was originally published May 19, 2017 at 10:41 AM with the headline "Beat the heat with a free frozen treat at Dunkin’ Donuts today."