Having recently watched the Pop-Tarts Bowl where many people were shown eating Pop-Tarts, I have some random questions.
Toasted or un-toasted?
What’s your favorite Pop-Tart?
Do you break it in half before eating?
My answers:
Preferably toasted but only lightly.
Strawberry with frosting.
Of course you break it. Starting off with a bite of mostly crust spoils the whole occasion.
Haven’t eaten one in decades. But back when I did:
Toasted, but more warmed than crisped.
Blueberry uber alles! The rest: meh. The frosted ones: pure heresy.
Of course you break it. As you say, that’s the only way.
I’m going to the groc store later today and thanks to you now I have an idea. They’re not exactly low-carb friendly, but neither is the whole holiday season.
Is there any truth to the legend that Pop-Tarts were invented when a child wanted toast for breakfast but the only things in the house were two sheets of drywall and a thimbleful of jam?
Chocolate/marshmallow (s’mores?), cold, broken of course.
Actually, I’m not sure I’ve ever eaten a WARMED pop tart, they were always an emergency something-to-eat while rushing somewhere in a car thing for us.
That’s crazy talk. I want to get that bite of mostly crust out of the way first (while it’s still warm from the toaster) so I can go on to enjoy the rest of the Pop-Tart.
I suspect the 1970s poptarts were double-filled compared to the current ones.
Am I married to you?
Cook it to nearly burnt then let it cool to room temp then eat it. She doesn’t do that with everything, but enough things that I can only shake my head in wonderment. But she likes her meat medium rare then cooled.
Good point.
But for us here now, we’re talking nostalgia value not nutritional or culinary value. As food they suck, they always sucked, but food nostalgia is always both sweet and savory regardless.