We’ve all been there: the candy aisle at the nearest convenience store, either the day before or the day of Halloween. We’ve paid ridiculous prices for candy, maybe not even the “good” candy since we waited so long to buy any.
This year, I’ve already got my “candy” tucked away at the top of my pantry, ready to go. And my “candy” isn’t actually candy at all. But it sure is sweet! Here’s what I’m handing out this year:
Magic Milk Straws
Have you seen these in the stores, yet? My mother actually introduced them to us, and since that time, I got connected with the folks over at Magic Straws (which I just call milk straws) to learn more about their products. They sent me several flavors to test out (tough job, but someone’s got to do it!), and that’s when it hit me that these would be a VERY cool alternative to Halloween candy this year.
Magic Straws was already thinking about that very same idea, and that’s why they are offering a 48 count Halloween Value Tube this year! The straws in the value tube will be individually wrapped, which makes them perfect!
Ok, Tiffany, but what the heck are Magic Straws? Well, my friend, they are straws that when used, will turn milk (any kind!) into a flavor party! The milk becomes flavored with the cool little beads inside the straw while you sip it. When the beads run out, the flavor is gone. I’ve found the straws to last through a decent sized glass of milk. Darah often still has some beads left over in her straw by the time her milk is gone, which usually prompts the request for, “more milk, please!”
Magic Straws contain NONE of the following:
- high fructose corn syrup
- artificial colors
- lactose
- fat
- cholesterol
- gluten
- preservatives
- allergens
- mess(!)
They come in an awesome variety of flavors, too. They have a Dippin’ Dots line that has birthday cake and s’mores flavors (we handed some of those out at Darah’s birthday party as favors!). Their Got Milk line includes chocolate, strawberry, vanilla milkshake and cookies & cream. And they have a limited edition flavor line that will really blow you away! It includes strawberry/banana, orange cream, wild berry, banana cream, cinnamon roll, neapolitan, cotton candy and chocolate candy cane!
If you aren’t ready to go big, you certainly can purchase Magic Straws in packages of 5, 6 or 24. And they are sold all over the place! Find your nearest retailer online with just a few simple clicks.
What will you be handing out at your front door this Halloween?
Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win a Halloween 48 pack of Magic Straws, just in time for trick-or-treating!
Tara C says
The chocolate sounds the best, definitely!
Allison says
Cookies and cream sounds amazing!
mary renshaw says
I would LOVE to try the strawberry!
Crystal Rose says
Chocolate sounds good.
Michelle Tucker says
I’d like to try the strawberry flavor.
Gina P says
The neopolitan flavor looks interesting!
Anna H. says
Cookies and cream would be my favorite!
Buddy Garrett says
Chocolate sounds delicious.
Sue J. says
Good old chocolate!
Melanie Johnson says
The Smores Dippin Dots sound yummers!
Amy Lee says
My nephews would love the cookies n cream!
Michelle says
Strawberry
Barbara Butler says
Neapolitan
tina reynolds says
The cookies and cream sounds really good
Jaclyn Reynolds says
Chocolate would be so delicious!
susan smoaks says
i would like the s’mores straws
Barbara S says
The strawberry sounds the best we all love strawberry milk!
JenniferB says
I think wild berry would taste good
lisa lo says
Neapolitan would be good :o)
Sky Kory says
Chocolate sounds so delicious!
Caitlin McClure says
I’d like chocolate
wendy b says
Mmmm….cinnamon roll sounds like the tastiest to me.
Holly Storm-Burge says
Chocolate Candy Cane?!?! YUM!
Darlene Owen says
My favorite would be chocolate.
Amanda Hoffman says
cookies and cream
Mihaela Day says
I love the cookies and cream ones 🙂
Tracy Jones says
It has to be the cookies and cream
Laura says
I’d love to try the chocolate candy cane flavor, that sounds really good!
Karen Gonyea says
Cookies and Creme sounds great 🙂
Kelly Grant says
the strawberry
Christian Alejandro says
I would love to try the Cookie’s and Creme!
K.Pugh says
Cookies and Cream sounds best tome.
Thanks for the chance.
Amber L. says
I want to try the s’mores flavor! My kiddos would probably love the Strawberry the most.
Diane Cooper says
The chocolate sounds the very best to me.
Diana Hatch says
CHocolate!
Virginia Rowell says
The Strawberry/Banana would be our favorite.
Teresa Thompson says
Cookies & Cream.
Melissa B. says
Strawberry Banana sounds best to me.
kathy pease says
id love the banana cream
Angela Ash says
Chocolate for sure. A true classic.
Shelia S says
The orange creamsicle sounds good to me.
melina r says
I like the strawberry flavor straw.
Linda Bradshaw says
I would love to try the strawberry or the cookies and cream. These sound awesome!
Gianna says
Cookies & Cream.
Wanda Clark says
My family is a big fan of cookies & cream
krystal wethington says
strawberry
Renee G says
The cookies and cream flavor sounds good.
Michelle Hoherrz says
My son would love to try them all !
Kayla says
Birthday Cake looks great!!!
Michele C. says
chocolate candy cane sounds delicious.
Melinda Stephens says
Cinnamon roll sounds really interesting. i want to try that.
Melissa C. says
MMM…orange cream sounds amazing. Thanks!
Angela W says
I want to try the chocolate candy cane
liz says
Cookies & Cream
Liz W. says
Cookies and Cream!
Suzanne says
You can’t go wrong with straight chocolate! 🙂
Ed Nemmers says
The Cookies & Cream style intrigues me!
Melanie Montgomery says
The smores one sounds so good
Sarah Hall says
Orange Cream sounds the best to me. It would make the milk taste like a creamscicle.
robyn donnelly says
The straws are cute.
Samantha Daleo says
The Cookie’s and Cream sounds pretty amazing!
Jen S says
I’ve only had their chocolate, but see Candy Corn is a seasonal flavor. Would love to give that a try!
Erica C. says
Birthday Cake Dippin Dots is good.
Lisa Garner says
I like the Strawberry Banana flavor is my favorite.
Gennie Lancaster says
I want to try the Cookies and Cream flavor.
Brandy Davis says
Chocolate for us.
Linda G. says
chocolate would be our choice
Jennifer Reed says
I think my kids would enjoy the Cookies & Cream, although I think the orange cream would be great too.
Debra Hall says
the cookies and cream sounds yummy
Rebecca Peters says
I like the chocolate kind
Amy Lumley says
orange cream!
molly u says
neapolitan
rochelle johnson says
the strawberry
Karen Drake says
I think the cookies and cream would be good.
Daphne Burks says
Cookies and cream
Dianna Thomas says
great idea–I think chocolate or cotton candy would be awesome
Ashley Pichon says
Cookies and cream! Yummmm
Claire says
Dipin Dots S’mores, yum! 🙂
Sarah Harding says
id like to try the dippin dots birthday cake flavor
Jill Myrick says
I would love to try the Chocolate Milkshake flavor.
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Sacha Schroeder says
Strawberry sounds the best to me!
Tanya B says
cookies n cream
T.h.Ransom says
Birthday Cake Dippin Dots flavor sounds really good!
Michelle S says
Strawberry!
David says
My favorite is the cookies and cream, but I also like the dippin dots varieities.
Stephanie Galbraith says
Dipin Dots S’mores, yum! 🙂
Cody Anderson says
I would like to try the Strawberry flavor.
Mairah says
I want to try the Cookies and Cream
patricia says
mmmm, I want to try the chocolate candy cane
Stephanie Larison says
The cinnamon roll sounds awesome to me!
Racheal says
I want to try the Cookies & Cream!
Jennifer Paige says
I would want to try chocolate candy cane. Yummo.
Jen says
cookies and cream omg.
Debbie Welchert says
I would like to try the Strawberry flavor.
Suzanne Denys says
Cookies n cream
christina barnes says
cookies and cream
Anne T says
s’mores sounds great!
Natalie yeoman says
I like the vanilla milkshake
jessica edwards says
chocolate
JR Frugalmom says
The chocolate ones sounds best to me – my kids just tried these for the first time yesterday and they loved them.
Shelly Sawicki Lash Neuhouser says
CHOCOLATE
Patricia Wojnar Crowley says
Chocolate sounds good to me.
emily l says
I am sure that my son would LOVE the chocolate!
Jennifer M says
Cotton candy sounds dreamy!
Melissa P says
I’ve been tempted to buy these!
cyndi br says
cookies and cream
Cori Westphal says
Mmmm cookies and cream sounds awesome! Yum!
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Jen C. says
I would like to try the cinnamon roll!
Rebecca Parsons says
I think the cookie’s & cream would be one of the best flavors of the Magic Straws.
Emory Brooks says
My favorite would be chocolate… Sounds great
renee says
yummy smores flavor!
Teresa says
Strawberry sounds goooood. These would be so much better than the typical boring candy.
Rhonda Clemens says
S’mores dippin dots…. looks yummy!!
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Maria Kiguthi says
While all the flavors sound good, I would most likely try the S’Mores Dippin Dots.
Jean Fischer says
I would try chocolate, for sure
Candace C says
Would definitely want to try the s’mores flavor!
Serena Powell says
The Vanilla Milkshake sounds yummy
Anna E. says
Cotton Candy sounds really good!
Denise B. says
I want to try the “Dippin’ Dots” flavor.
Jennifer says
I want to try the Vanilla.
Colleen W says
Strawberry for me. Chocolate for the kids. Haha.
Cheryl F. says
Orange cream sounds best to me.
Susan Christy says
I want to try the Chocolate
Crystal says
Birthday cake would be yummy!
Laura says
Um, COOL! What a neat idea. Mom didn’t buy me any! Hmph!
I’d want the chocolate. Always the chocolate.
Jessica says
What a great idea!!
edq143 says
I’d love to win the cookies and cream
Amber Stewart says
We love strawberry too!
Amber Stewart says
My kids love milk straws! What a fun Halloween idea!
Mandy says
They all sound great! My kids love strawberry milk – so that would probably be the biggest hit at our house!
brandy g. says
Cookies and Cream sound really good.
Renee Walters says
I would like to try the chocolate!
Francine Anchondo says
cookies & cream
Randi S. says
Gotta go with my all time favorite…chocolate!
Heather's Hodgepodge says
Call me traditional, but I don’t think anything can beat just plain chocolate milk!
Billie Wilson says
I buy these for my kids all the time, when we get a new flavor I always sneak a taste. They are yummy! When I was in the store last I saw they have a birthday cake flavored one…I want to try that.
Monique Rizzo says
Strawberry sounds great.
Thanks for the chance.
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Ericka E. says
Wondering about the strawberry… I know the others are good 🙂
danielle lima says
chocolate candy cane
jeff rothrock says
strawberry)
Jessica To says
The S’mores flavor sounds good to me.
jeremy mclaughlin says
Cookies and Creme
April Brenay says
would love to try the cookies and cream!
Vicki Wurgler says
the strawberry
Ashley C says
My son loves these straws because he can have a whole bunch of flavors and their dye-free! The banana is his current favorite 🙂
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DEBIJOT says
I would like to try the chocolate
Renee says
Strawberry!!
Carol says
I think I would like the strawberry flavor.
Jackie says
I think the Strawberry sounds good. What a fun idea to hand these out on halloween!
Michelle L says
I think the smores would taste good
augrim says
Orange Creme sounds great as do they all.
Stephen says
Strawberry sounds best to me.
Kim Kihega says
Cookies and Cream looks yummy! I think we’d like that most!
Dorothy Teel says
Chocolate is my favorite I have always loved Chocolate Milk and these would be great, to share with my granddaughters, saves buying chocolate milk to go bad when it is not used fast enough and would only need to buy regular milk, cost saver.
Misty Battle says
We would love the strawberry flavor!
Rebecca Orr says
We have tried the chocolate and the strawberry! My kids think they are the greatest things on earth! Lol I want to try some of the limited edition flavors like the chocolate candy cane and the wild berry!
beth shepherd says
strawberry
McKim says
I think I would like the strawberry flavor.
Vickie Couturier says
chocolate milkshake flavor
Lindsey Petersen says
Oh my gosh. This is an awesome idea. I’m always brainstorming ways to give out better or more creative Halloween treats and this is PERFECT!
Heather D. says
I would like to try the chocolate milkshake flavor of Magic Straws.
Darlene Carbajal says
chocolate flavor 🙂
Kristie says
The S’mores flavor sounds good!
Kristi Cartwright says
Classic chocolate milk sounds great anytime but I would really like to try s’mores!
grace colon says
chocolate
Sarah G says
Neapolitan and Chocolate Candy Cane!
Melissa M says
I would like to try strawberry
Tracie brown says
Strawberry
sylvia says
strawberry
Mindi says
Vanilla milkshake sounds good!
Dana Pugsley says
banana cream sounds delicious!!!
Amy B says
Strawberry!
susan says
The Chocolate sounds delicious!
Debbie Jelinek says
Neapolitan is my favorite! What a great idea!
Rich Morris says
the smores one looks good!
amy deeter says
the smores flavor
Debbystef says
I love the idea of something different to hand out for Hallween rather than candy. The milk straws would be perfect.