# How do you like your Pop Tarts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519 "2010-06-09T08:57:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/1 "2010-06-09T08:57:51Z")
After noshing on some delicious Brown Sugar and Cinnamon straight out of the package while reading in bed late last night I got to wondering if _anyone_ actually toasts these things. And thus a SDMB poll was born. If you have some bizarre casserole that you make with them which wasn’t included as a poll option I do hope you’ll share with the class. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/2 "2010-06-09T12:46:24Z")
I toast 'em when I want a dessert-like item, cold and straight out of the box when I just want a quick snack on the go. BS&C, of course. Also, my kids like 'em toasted in the morning with a little butter spread over the top of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/3 "2010-06-09T13:40:46Z")
I like them in the microwave better. They get softer. Brown sugar cinnamon is my favorite, but I cannot have these things in the house or I will eat every single one in a day’s time. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/4 "2010-06-09T13:46:23Z")
You forgot to include UNFROSTED. I was sure that was going to be the question when I clicked on this thread. It is almost impossible to find unfrosted brown sugar cinnamon Poptarts these days. My children cry each morning. “Why, daddy, why?” they ask me and I have no answer. And I would never let my children have a cold Poptart - they need a hot meal in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/5 "2010-06-09T13:49:45Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > You forgot to include UNFROSTED. I was sure that was going to be the question when I clicked on this thread. It is almost impossible to find unfrosted brown sugar cinnamon Poptarts these days. My children cry each morning. “Why, daddy, why?” they ask me and I have no answer. And I would never let my children have a cold Poptart - they need a hot meal in the morning. Really? My local grocery store always has a giant shelf of unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon and Strawberry. Me, I prefer the Wild Berry, untoasted. But Chocolate Chip, FROZEN, is good too. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/6 "2010-06-09T13:50:02Z")
I just broke down and got some PTs for the first time in years. WHERE ARE THE RASPBERRY ONES??? I had to settle for frosted blueberry. Microwave. Heats 'em up yet keeps 'em soft. In the toaster you risk the edges drying out. Cold just isn’t right. It’s just not. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/7 "2010-06-09T13:53:00Z")
I went with cold \*\*most \*\*of the time…I usually take them on camping trips. Toasting them on a camp stove isn’t impossible, but it’s not really worth the extra effort. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/8 "2010-06-09T13:56:27Z")
You know who else liked his Pop Tarts cold? Yeah, you know who I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/9 "2010-06-09T14:17:12Z")
You forgot the option that I prefer best: served to me in bed by a nubile wench slathered in lime marmalade. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/10 "2010-06-09T14:22:40Z")
I like the blueberry frosted. I _have_ toasted/microwaved them in my life, but those times a few and far between. I eat 'em right out of the box. Sometimes in the car on the way home from the grocery store. I can’t buy them often; I have no self-control. ---
**Author:** ![Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d9b06d/32.png) [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/11 "2010-06-09T14:43:10Z")
I use to eat them raw. I haven’t had any in a long time (so much sugar!). ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/12 "2010-06-09T15:13:30Z")
I only get them when I go camping so I will heat them a bit on the fire. That IMHO is the only way to go.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Teacake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/13 "2010-06-09T17:46:39Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > You forgot the option that I prefer best: served to me in bed by a nubile wench slathered in lime marmalade. The wench or the pop tart? Or you? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/14 "2010-06-09T17:51:51Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > You forgot the option that I prefer best: served to me in bed by a nubile wench slathered in lime marmalade. > [@Teacake](#): > > The wench or the pop tart? Or you? After a while it’s all three…if it’s done right. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/15 "2010-06-09T17:54:02Z")
I have never eaten them cold. I know there are some that are meant to be eaten cold…but the kind where you can toast them…it never occurred to me that anyone would. Eeeew, cold pop tarts? Nasty! ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/16 "2010-06-09T17:57:58Z")
I never eat them cold. Yuck! But they’re so good warm. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/17 "2010-06-09T19:02:24Z")
If someone has the grill going, use that instead of the toaster. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/18 "2010-06-09T19:10:57Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I can’t buy them often; I have no self-control. I used to love working for a company that had the individual packs in a vending machine in the cafeteria. I got my pop-tart fix without eating 8 of them, which is normally what happens when I buy a box of pop-tarts. All these pop-tart threads are _this close_ to making me put on pants and go to the store right now. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/19 "2010-06-09T22:43:33Z")
Usually straight from the box, but if I’m actually eating them as a breakfast instead of a late night indulgence, then I will toast them. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519/20 "2010-06-09T22:49:38Z")
Strawberry, non-frosted, straight out of the toaster. Or ‘raw’ for trail food on backpacking trips. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-pop-tarts/542519.md?page=2)