Most of the kratom world comes in three formats: powder, capsules, and liquid shots. Honey stix are the outlier — single-serve straws of real honey blended with kratom extract, portioned at 25mg per stix. After 12 years of curating our catalog, they remain one of the most frequently asked-about formats in our lineup, usually with the same two questions: what do they taste like, and how much is in one? This guide answers both, across every honey stix variety we carry.
What Exactly Is a Kratom Honey Stix?
A honey stix is a sealed straw filled with honey that has been blended with a measured amount of kratom extract — in our case, 25mg per stix. The format borrows from the classic honey straws you’ve seen at farmers markets, with the same tear-and-pour simplicity: snip the end, and the contents go into tea, onto a spoon, or wherever you’d use honey.
Two things define the format. First, portioning: each stix contains the same measured 25mg, printed right on the pack — no scale, no scoop, no measuring. Second, flavor: honey is doing real work here. Kratom powder has an earthy, bitter, green-tea-gone-serious taste that some people never get used to. Honey stix lead with sweetness instead.
Like everything in our catalog, our honey stix are lab tested. If you’re new to evaluating kratom quality, our guide on how to know if it’s good kratom walks through the sourcing and lab-testing signals worth checking before you buy.
The Three Flavors, Compared
Original — the honey purist’s pick
Kratom Honey Stix Original is the baseline: clean, floral honey sweetness with the earthy undertone of kratom extract sitting quietly behind it. If you want to taste the honey itself — and understand why this format exists — start here. 25mg per stix, available as single stix, 5-packs, and 50-packs.
Root Beer — the nostalgia option
Kratom Honey Stix Root Beer 25mg 5 pack is the sleeper favorite. Sassafras-style root beer flavor over a honey base reads like a liquid root beer barrel candy, and it does the most thorough job in the lineup of covering kratom’s natural bitterness. Five stix per pack, 25mg each.
Peppermint — crisp and clean
Kratom Extract Honey Stix Pepper Mint 25mg 5 pack pairs cool mint with honey sweetness — the combination you know from mint-honey tea. It’s the crispest finish of the three, and the one we’d point you to if sweet-on-sweet flavors aren’t your thing. Five stix per pack, 25mg each.
How Honey Stix Fit Alongside Other Formats
Honey stix occupy a specific slot in the catalog: more portable than powder, more flavor-forward than capsules, and smaller in serving size than a full kratom shot. If you prefer the traditional loose-leaf format, browse our kratom powder collection — honey stix are simply the option for people who want single-serve portioning with a taste-first format. For the broader concentrated lineup beyond honey formats, browse our full kratom extracts collection.
A few practical notes:
- Storage: Honey is shelf-stable, but stix keep best somewhere cool — left in a hot car, the honey thins and the straw gets messy to open.
- Serving flexibility: One stix stirs cleanly into hot tea. The honey dissolves; no gritty sediment like powder.
- Travel: Sealed, spill-proof, and TSA-friendlier than a bag of loose green powder.
Ordering From NuWave
Every honey stix pack ships from the same GMP-qualified operation as the rest of our catalog, with lab testing behind every batch. We comply with all applicable state and local laws; orders to restricted areas are not fulfilled, so check your local regulations before ordering. Questions about an order? Reach us at orders@nuwavebotanicals.com.