The shops will give out a scoop of free ice cream in a sugar cone between those hours. No purchase is required. While shops will give out one scoop of ice cream per transaction, and customers are welcome to “get back in line as many times as they’d like,” reports USA TODAY.

Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's is giving away free ice cream Tuesday — Free Cone Day — a tradition since 1979, a year after the company was established. "During the much-loved tradition, Ben & Jerry’s aims to spread some joy across the globe, one ice cream-filled cone at a time," Ben & Jerry's said a March news release.

Ben & Jerry’s is treating its fans to free scoops of ice cream. On Tuesday, April 8, the Vermont-based company said it plans to give away more than a million scoops of ice cream as part of its annual free cone day event.