One major trend on TikTok for the past few weeks has been Grimace videos following McDonald’s debut of the Grimace purple milkshake.
The milkshake is being sold as part of the Grimace Birthday Meal, which was made available on June 12. The only way to buy a milkshake is to get the full meal, which includes a Big Mac or Chicken Nuggets, plus fries.
So, what exactly is the trend? And what does McDonald’s think?
Keep reading to find out more…
People on TikTok have been creating their own short horror films inspired by the Grimace milkshake. After people take a sip of the purple drink, videos cut to them laying on the ground and playing dead with the shake coming out of their mouth.
Why this trend? Grimace has been described as evil and a “shake stealer” in old ads for the company. So it appears people have taken the evil concept even further!
The #GrimaceShake hashtag has over 881 million views at the time of this posting and now McDonald’s is finally responding to all of the buzz.
The official Instagram account for the fast food chain posted a photo of Grimace with the caption, “mee pretending I don’t see the grimace shake trendd.”
Watch some of the videos below!
@katiana.kay he gave me his big grimmy 😢 #grimace #grimaceshake #grimacechallenge ♬ The Attic – Colin Stetson
@haleyybaylee Idk why you wanted me to try this… but here we go. Trying the Grimace Shake from McDonalds… HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRIMACE 💕🫶🏻🎈🎂 @Max Goodrich #grimaceshake #happybirthdaygrimace #grimace ♬ original sound – haleyybaylee
@tonylopez HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRIMACE #grimaceshake #grimacesbirthday #grimace ♬ original sound – Tony Lopez
@samanthayve trying the grimace shake to see what happens 🤭 #grimaceshake #grimace ♬ original sound – samantha eve 🤠