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Friday Fun: Do you use a straw to consume a milkshake?

Barbara Szczesniak

I don't know about you, but I miss Friday Fun, so I thought I'd post something for this first Friday of 2025.

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Today is National Drinking Straw Day (the paper drinking straw was patented on January 3, 1888). You now have a new useless fact for National Trivia Day tomorrow. 😁

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So, the big question is, do you use a straw with a milkshake? (maybe your favorite shake is so thick that you cannot get it through the straw)

Comments

Amanda Barber

Love this topic, @Barbara Szczesniak! I definitely use a straw for a milkshake to avoid the milk mustache, haha! My favorite shake is definitely chocolate banana. Here in Wisconsin, most of our ice cream is actually custard so shakes from our local shops tend to be extra creamy and rich.

Colleen Gotling

I use a straw AND dip my fries in the shake. Yum! My favorite is chocolate and vanilla mixed together. Whip Cream you ask? of course!!

Tomislav Tobijas

I think I only drink milkshakes when I go to McDonald's. Milkshakes aren't really a big thing here, but during these winter days, hot chocolate 🍫 is definitely a favorite. At local coffeehouses, it’s usually served with a straw as a standard. I personally prefer mine without whipped cream, but sometimes I go for it—just to mix things up and keep it interesting 😅

Tomislav Tobijas

@Colleen Gotling sweet and salty combo?! I'm a huge fan of those but never tried milkshake fries. 👀

Daria Kulikova_GitProtect.io

Wonderful topic @Barbara Szczesniak , I always use a straw for a milkshake, what's more, I even use one when I take a coffee-to-go As for my favorite milkshake flavor, it's probably chocolate.

Huwen Arnone [Deiser/Devoteam]

I don't see my life working properly by having a milkshake without a straw. C'mon, @Barbara Szczesniak, behave! I cannot imagine life like this. xD

The same goes for boba tea.

Huwen Arnone [Deiser/Devoteam]

@Colleen Gotling @Tomislav Tobijas This is a life changer move. Fries with milkshake or ice cream is a classic hack that takes it to another level

Barbara Szczesniak

Well, sometimes the shake is so thick that your lips end up sucked into the straw, rather than the milkshake coming up the straw. 😁 If you want to enjoy it before it melts enough to thin out, you need a 🥄

Huwen Arnone [Deiser/Devoteam]

@Barbara Szczesniak, I think McDonald's has a really great spoon/straw. It's amazing. But you're right LOL, it can suck you back to the milkshake!!

And please don't get me starting with paper straws T.T I mean, I get it but, it's paper, and it still has plastic. No one wins.

Amanda Barber

A Wendy's frosty with fries was my first foray into this tasty combo. Yum!

Stephen.Lugton

I don't drink milkshakes, but a couple of Christmas's ago I was given a bamboo straw in a pouch that now lives in my day bag and when I need a straw I use and wash that

Kristin Lyons

I don't think I've really explored the option of NOT using a straw for a milkshake But now I might have to give it a go. I've always just used one!

ABR

Hey Barbara,

A very late Happy New Year to everyone on Friday Fun!
I don't like milkshakes but I prefer straws for any drinks I take, it's just more fun!😉😊