Orange Milk Is Invading the Dairy Aisle for Spooky Season

Well, folks, it is spooky season once again, and you know what that means: the kiddos are trick-or-treating, the millennials are rewatching Hocus Pocus for the 39^th time, and the grocery stores have decided that it’s time to put orange milk back on the shelves. Yes, this strange phenomenon that took over stores in years past is back in full force as not one, not two, but four (and possibly more) orange milks are returning to dairy section shelves nationwide just in time to put the moooOOOooooo in sp(m)oooOOOoooky season.

What is orange milk? Is it orange flavored? Pumpkin flavored? Is it a trick rather than a treat, and actually carrot flavored?

Well folks, turns out it is not that deep. Orange milk is simply milk that has been dyed orange. Even the color is not that deep, as most orange milks are a light pastel orange, not a rip-roarin’ neon, and thank goodness for that.

That said, different brands do have different takes on the flavors and fat content. For instance, the orange-hued moo juice from Hood that is returning to shelves this year is vanilla-flavored 2% milk. Conversely, the TruMoo take on orange milk is Orange Cream flavored and is whole milk. Kemps is orange cream flavored as well (well, technically it is Orange Scream flavored, which I can only assume is like orange cream but louder) and is skim 1% milk. Schneider’s (mostly sold in Pennsylvania) also has an orange milk returning to stores, and theirs is Orange Cream-sicle flavored and is whole milk. The point is, no matter where you are in the U.S., there is orange milk to be had this month, so take advantage of it while the season’s still spooky!

Sporked contributor Griffin Parker tried the Hocus Pocus-themed orange milk from TruMoo and loved it:

Even if you’re not interested in orange- or orange cream-flavored milk, you could buy a carton simply to freak out your friends by pulling it out of the fridge, commenting on how it must’ve gone bad a long time ago, and then shrugging and chugging the entire container. They’ll think you have a constitution of steel, and they will respect you more, and they will make you the alpha—trust me, I’ve seen it happen.*

Anyway, it’s almost Halloween, so the season for orange milk is happening right now, and we say (orange) milk it for all it’s worth!

*not recommended if you are lactose intolerant…I’ve been burned before.