# Make Your Own Pop Tart… **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597 "2026-07-11T17:51:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/1 "2026-07-11T17:51:08Z")
Stumbled across this NYT recipe for Pop Tarts. If you could make your own, what filling and frosting would you choose? > **[Homemade Pop-Tarts  Recipe • 4★](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025162-homemade-pop-tarts?smid=share-url)** > > These adorable D.I. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/2 "2026-07-11T18:06:40Z")
No frosting! Hm, filling. Lemon! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/3 "2026-07-11T18:13:32Z")
I’d go savory. Taco beef. Sun dried tomato on outside. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/4 "2026-07-11T18:42:20Z")
We’ve done this. We like apple butter. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/5 "2026-07-11T19:15:17Z")
Bon Appetit magazine has a video series in which a pastry chef attempts to make home-made versions of various candies and other commercial products. In one, she tried to make strawberry Pop Tarts. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jYqRiKu7gY0/maxresdefault.jpg "Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Pop-Tarts | Gourmet Makes | Bon Appétit") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYqRiKu7gY0) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/6 "2026-07-11T20:15:47Z")
I’ve made quickie pop-tarts at home, but cheated by using pre-made puff pastry sheets! Though I’ve done homemade tart crusts as a base as well. My favorite fillings - 1. Plain pumpkin puree sweetened and flavored at home: add the smallest dash of cassia, ground cloves, and a lot of fresh-ground nutmeg, a bit of salt, and some dark brown sugar or Molasses. 2. Fruit filling, made with fresh (or frozen) peaches and dried apricots, simmered in pot with a touch of simple syrup and Blackstrap Rum, topped with a sprinkle of cardamon and salt. 3. Homemade Almond Paste (you can do store-bought, I won’t judge) - almonds (use coarse almond flour if you don’t have a good food processor!), amaretto, sugar, egg white, salt. If I’m fancy, some orange blossom water or lemon extract for a citrus note. There is a good reason I have to work on losing weight, I only have myself to blame! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/7 "2026-07-11T20:23:16Z")
Peanut butter or peanut butter and banana should be the filling. Or maybe peanut butter and chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/8 "2026-07-11T23:28:22Z")
Stripes of chocolate and cherry. Real cherry or artificial cherry flavor, either one: I like both. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/9 "2026-07-12T00:05:01Z")
Jalapenos and cream cheese. A Jalapeno Popper Tart, if you will. mmm ---
**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:** [July 12, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/10 "2026-07-12T00:48:16Z")
At the risk of appearing to lack any imagination, I would be happy with brown sugar cinnamon, but with about 5x as much filling as the current excuses for toaster pastries have. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/11 "2026-07-12T00:49:19Z")
They have extra stuffed ones! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/12 "2026-07-12T04:58:52Z")
Black raspberry (aka Marionberry.) No frosting for me, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/13 "2026-07-12T05:39:28Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Jalapenos and cream cheese. I like the way you think. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/14 "2026-07-12T19:19:09Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Taco beef. Sun dried tomato on outside. Or with Jamaican beef patty filling. That’d be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/15 "2026-07-12T21:32:11Z")
Hm, I was thinking sweet flavors, but yeah, a Popper Tart would also be good. Hm… Maybe something with cream cheese, something savory, and a tangy jelly? A Tart Rangoon? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/16 "2026-07-12T21:36:07Z")
Buttercream filling, raspberry frosting. Vanilla filling, coffee-flavored frosting Lemon filling, strawberry frosting Apple filling, cranberry frosting ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/17 "2026-07-12T21:52:48Z")
Now I want a Pop Tart. Damn you!😄 ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/18 "2026-07-12T22:00:21Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > At the risk of appearing to lack any imagination, I would be happy with brown sugar cinnamon, but with about 5x as much filling as the current excuses for toaster pastries have. Yeah, that’s always been my beef with pop tarts when I was a kid- there’s like a tenth of a millimeter of filling sandwiched between some cardboard-like pastry. Now, Hostess Fruit Pies— a flaky, sugar-glazed crust filled with plenty of sugary fruit filling? Yeah, that was my jam, as a kid. A thousand times better than Pop-Tarts. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/19 "2026-07-12T22:42:24Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > Jalapenos and cream cheese. > > I like the way you think. My family gets together once or twice a year to make a big batch of pierogi. We always try a non-traditional filling\* in addition to the usual suspects. Several years ago I proposed a cream cheese and jalapeno filling, and it has been in the regular rotation ever since. \*Corned beef & kraut, peanut butter & jelly, turkey, mashed potatoes, & stuffing, mac & cheese, for example. mmm ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-your-own-pop-tart/1031597/20 "2026-07-12T22:44:10Z")
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