Memorial Day on South Padre Island is the unofficial start of the summer that actually counts. The Gulf finally hits seventy-eight degrees. The boardwalk fills back up. Families that have been counting down since spring break finally pile back into the truck. And for sixteen days — May 22 through June 7 — The Sugar Shack is rolling out the biggest bulk candy deal of the year. Three offers, no fine print, no rewards card to scan. Just walk through the front door, fill the bag, and let us do the math at the counter.
The deal that built the trip.
Two pounds of anything off the wall — sour belts, gummy bears, jawbreakers, malted milk balls, chocolate-covered pretzels — and the next half-pound goes in the bag for free. No code. No coupon. The scoop is the receipt. Mix flavors, mix bins, take it to the beach. The kids will be louder than the gulls.
We come down every Memorial Day weekend. The kids beeline for the candy bins before they even drop their bags at the rental. — A Sugar Shack regular · McAllen, TX
Three deals, one sweet weekend.
Stack them all on the same ticket. Memorial Day weekend is when it pops off — but the offer runs the full sixteen days.
Buy 2 lbs · get ½ lb free
Mix any of the open bins. Hit two pounds on the scale and the next half-pound goes in the bag on us. No coupon, no code, just walk in.
Spend $25 · free taffy 4-pack
Hand-pulled saltwater taffy in summer flavors — strawberry lemonade, key lime, watermelon mint, salted caramel. Free with every $25 ticket. Limit one per family, while they last.
Driving home? · free freezer pack
Ask at the counter. Any chocolate purchase over $15 comes with a reusable freezer pack so your gummies, malted milk balls, and Reese's survive the causeway in May.
The first weekend of summer sets the tone for the whole season.
Memorial Day weekend isn't just a holiday on South Padre — it's the opening night of summer. The Gulf is finally warm, the boardwalk is full, the parking is brutal, and the families that show up for it are the same families who'll be back six more times before Labor Day.
We run the Beginning of Summer Sale to thank the regulars who've been here since spring break and to give the first-time-this-year families a reason to make us part of their tradition. Walk in, fill the bag, take the freezer pack, and we'll see you again before the Fourth.
Five ways to win the sale.
We sell the candy. The locals tell you how to play it.
- Hit the scale right at 2 lbs. The free half-pound is added on top — so 2.0 lbs gets you 2.5 lbs in the bag. Going to 2.4 lbs first doesn't help; you still only get a half-pound bonus.
- Add the chocolate last. Build your bulk pound on warm-weather candies first (sour belts, gummies, taffy), then hit the chocolate bins right before checkout — and ask for the freezer pack at $15+. It'll go straight from counter to cooler.
- Bring a separate small bag for the kids. Let the four-year-old fill their own quarter-pound bag while you build the family bag. The memory is them choosing — not you handing it to them.
- Don't sleep on the taffy. The free four-pack at $25 includes our two best summer flavors — strawberry lemonade and watermelon mint — that we only pull during the sale window. Get them while they're here.
- Park north of the shop on Saturday. The lot fills first. The next two side streets north have free street parking and a 90-second walk under the awnings.
Pay by the piece, since 2018.
We're family-run, which means we set the prices and we set the rules. The Beginning of Summer Sale is the biggest one we run all year — bigger than spring break, bigger than the Fourth. No touchscreens. No app. No pre-packaged grab-bags pretending to be gifts. Walk up to the wall of color, scoop until it feels right, set it on the counter, and let us do the math.
A four-dollar bag of candy out-performs a forty-dollar resort activity in memory, every time. — The whole point of the trip
We'll see you before sunset.
We're on Padre Boulevard, open daily 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. through the sale. Buy 2 lbs and get a half-pound free. Spend $25 and take home the taffy. Buy $15 in chocolate and we'll throw in the freezer pack. Sixteen days, three offers, one really good summer.
Plan your Memorial Day stop.
Saturday lines start forming at noon. Come early, come hungry, and come back twice.
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