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Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day is returning this week

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Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Ben & Jerry's

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What’s better than ice cream? Free ice cream.

On Tuesday, Ben & Jerry’s scoop shops will dish out chunky, swirl-filled, and, most importantly, free scoops of ice cream between noon and 8 p.m. for Free Cone Day.

The Vermont-based company has upheld the tradition since 1979, and hands out more than one million scoops worldwide each April to say “thank you” to its customers, according to a press release.

Four Boston-area scoop shops — in the Seaport, on Newbury Street, in Harvard Square, and in the Prudential Center — will serve up the creamy goods. Find more Massachusetts shops near you here.

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