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Feb 16, 2017

McDonald's Comes Up with New Multi-Holed Straw for the Chocolate Shamrock Shake

Tongue firmly in cheek, McDonald's hired engineering firms to create a limited-edition special straw to (ideally) suck up 50% chocolate and 50% mint in each sip of the new, dual-layered Chocolate Shamrock Shake.

The result was a snorkel-like, multi-holed straw that the chain deemed " a spectacularly unnecessary product" but still made 2,000 of them that they'll be handing out at a few select locations starting February 24, 2017. They call it the "STRAW," which is an acronym for "Suction Tube for Reverse Axial Withdrawal."

Here's a video explaining the idea behind the STRAW and how they created it:


If you're hoping to luck out and get one of the straws, you can get one with the purchase of a Chocolate Shamrock Shake, while the extremely limited supply lasts, starting on the following dates and times at the following locations:

February 24, 2017


Alabama
1208 6th Avenue, SE, Decatur, AL at 10:45 AM

California
8660 Sierra College Boulevard, Roseville, CA at 6:00 PM
410 Grand Ave, Arroyo Grande, CA at 12:00 PM

Georgia
101 South Westover, Albany, GA at 11:00 AM
1105 Northside Drive, Atlanta, GA at 3:00 PM

Idaho
1375 Broadway Ave. Boise, ID

Minnesota
2322 7th Street West, St. Paul, MN at 11:30 AM

New Jersey
326 S. Washington Ave. Bergenfield, NJ at 12:00 PM

New York
160 Broadway (Wall Street) New York, NY at 12:00 PM
1510 Deer Park Ave. North Babylon, NY at 12:00 PM

South Carolina
1533 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mount Pleasant, SC at 11:00 AM

Tennessee
4608 Hwy. 58, Chattanooga, TN at 9:05 AM

Texas
4439 Lemmon Ave., Dallas, TX at 12:00 PM
1302 Westheimer, Houston, TX at 11:00 AM
4717 US Highway 83, Laredo, TX at 4:00 PM
1610 South Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, TX at 4:00 PM
4590 Southmost Road, Brownsville, TX at 4:00 PM

Utah
3550 N. Digital Drive, Lehi, UT at 10:45 AM

March 1, 2017


Pennsylvania
80 Old Valley School Rd, Danville, PA at 5:00 AM

The chain will also be giving away a few STRAWs via their Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Of course, you can also just forgo the STRAW, and stir the two layers of the Chocolate Shamrock Shake together with a regular straw.

Photo via McDonald's.

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