The best popping boba for kids is a single-serve pouch of a fruit flavor they already know — strawberry, blue raspberry, watermelon, cotton candy, or an ICEE® flavor — poured into lemonade, juice or sparkling water. One pouch is one drink, so there's no measuring and nothing to store. BobaVida pearls pop instead of needing to be chewed, are made with cane sugar and no corn syrup, and need no cooking.

Five flavors to start with

1. Strawberry — the starter flavor. Lemonade, milk, yogurt.

2. Blue Raspberry — the blue one. Lemonade, lemon-lime soda.

3. ICEE® Red Cherry / Blue Raspberry — the slushie flavors they know, as pearls. Soda, slushies.

4. Watermelon — sparkling water, lemonade.

5. Cotton Candy — birthday drinks, milkshakes.

If you avoid synthetic food dyes, the Dye-Free Assorted 10-pouch box and the Strawberry, Pink Lemonade, Thai Coconut, Watermelon, Mango Passion Fruit, Dark Cherry and Fruit Punch flavors are colored only with plant-based pigments.

Three drinks that take two minutes

• Popping lemonade: lemonade over ice, one pouch, wide straw.
• Fizzy fruit water: sparkling water, a splash of juice, one pouch.
• Boba float: vanilla ice cream, lemon-lime soda, one pouch of ICEE® Blue Raspberry.

What's in it

• Fruit-juice-filled pearls
• Cane sugar — no corn syrup, no high-fructose sweeteners
• No artificial preservatives
• Gluten-free, soy-free, dairy-free
• Made in Mt. Vernon, Missouri, USA
• Shelf-stable 1 year — keep a box in the pantry

What to know

• Age: Popping boba pops; it doesn't need chewing like tapioca pearls. Like any small food, supervise young children and use the wide straw that comes in the box.
• Sugar: It's a treat. One pouch is one serving.
• Mess: The pearls stay in the drink. Snip the pouch over the cup.

Where to start

Pick any five 5-pouch boxes — let each kid choose one → Pick any 5

Party size: Poppin' Party Pack (10 pouches + 3 ICEE® tubs) → Poppin' Party Pack