# Questions about Pop-Tarts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 31, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409 "2023-12-31T15:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/41 "2024-01-01T02:50:38Z")
Unfrosted strawberry, toasted until the edges turn brown and crispy, then slathered with butter. šŸ˜‹ ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/42 "2024-01-01T02:59:47Z")
Toasted until practically burned. I **like** the toasted crust. Frosted. Strawberry and cherry were my favorites. Sometimes I broke it in half. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/43 "2024-01-01T09:57:28Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Toasted or un-toasted? Untoasted. > [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Whatā€™s your favorite Pop-Tart? Unfrosted brown sugar cinnamon > [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Do you break it in half before eating? Nope. Just take a bite and keep eating. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/44 "2024-01-01T10:08:00Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > When I used to eat them: since my gastric bypass surgery, they have way too much sugar/literally make me sick. Hubby never had gastric bypass surgery, but he has developed sensitivity to HFCS and can no longer eat American pop-tarts. UK poptarts contain glucose syrup and that doesnā€™t disturb his gut. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/45 "2024-01-01T13:02:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Havenā€™t eaten one in decades. Somewhere around 30 years for me. Never saw the attraction. I can see making something vaguely similar from scratch, but thereā€™d be more filling at it would be freshly made. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/46 "2024-01-01T13:07:06Z")
63 years old - donā€™t believe Iā€™ve ever eaten one. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/47 "2024-01-01T13:18:55Z")
Havenā€™t eaten one in years, and doubt I would like them now, but as a kid I would take a 1 or 2 straight from the box, no toasting, along with me when I went for walks in the enormous suburban cemetery behind our house (which sort of doubled as a park/recreation area). So they have a certain nostalgia value to me. Blueberry or strawberry flavor - nibbled the edges off first in order to enjoy the fruitier center last. Didnā€™t care one way or the other about frosting. One thing Iā€™ve always been curious about is why there donā€™t seem to be banana flavored Pop Tarts. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/48 "2024-01-01T14:01:33Z")
> [@HotDogWater](#): > > Brown sugar cinnamon. Nuke to warm, then spread with butter like itā€™s a piece of toast. Oh, My. [Is this _you_?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hlsFgDjyePc) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/49 "2024-01-01T15:37:39Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Never saw the attraction. I can see making something vaguely similar from scratch, but thereā€™d be more filling at it would be freshly made. To see the attraction, I think you have to be either a kid, or an adult who was once a kid and considered them a treat. The point of Pop-Tarts is that itā€™s the closest you can get to a fresh-baked, warm-from-the-oven pastry with an absolute minimum of effort. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/50 "2024-01-01T16:57:13Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > To see the attraction, I think you have to be either a kid, or an adult who was once a kid and considered them a treat. Unfortunately (?) I was a foodie from my youngest days I remember. As a kid I have fond memories of friendsā€™ moms serving homemade Jewish cookies with apricot filling. Telling me to ā€œhave another, youā€™re too skinnyā€. They were delicious. A pop tart couldnā€™t hold a candleā€¦ā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/51 "2024-01-01T21:14:47Z")
Hamentaschen (sp)? Yeah, Iā€™d had good pastry before I was ever exposed to a Pop-Tart, so they held no appeal for me as a child. And not now either. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/52 "2024-01-01T21:28:43Z")
Where the Hell did Grape Poptarts go? Not to be found, locally. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/53 "2024-01-01T21:36:54Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > One thing Iā€™ve always been curious about is why there donā€™t seem to be banana flavored Pop Tarts According to the link that @LSLGuy posted, there are now [Banana Bread Pop-Tarts](https://www.poptarts.com/en_US/products/new/pop-tarts-regular-frosted-banana-bread.html) and [Strawberry Banana Pop-Tarts Bites](https://www.poptarts.com/en_US/products/bites-crisps/pop-tart-bites-strawberry-banana.html). Pretty close. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/54 "2024-01-01T22:00:00Z")
Today I visited my local groc store to fulfill the Pop-Tarts nostalgia jonesing triggered by this thread. Of the 23 kinds of Pop-Tarts, only one will fill my square: original unfrosted blueberry. Hah silly person, thereā€™s no way a groc store would carry that boring flavor. They had about a dozen, maybe 15 flavors. Plus a couple flavors of the Bites. But not that one. Nor a shelf tag for it. Some e-research suggests Wal\*Mart carries them, but nobody else does, not even mighty Amazon. Whether theyā€™d be in stock at any of my local stores is another question. I could e-commerce them for a $7 charge on a $5 item. Probably cheaper than driving, but always feels stupid. Sigh. Great gustatory experiences are never easy. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/55 "2024-01-01T22:15:31Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > there are now [Banana Bread Pop-Tarts](https://www.poptarts.com/en_US/products/new/pop-tarts-regular-frosted-banana-bread.html) Yikes. Banana-nut I could understand, but banana _bread_? What next - pie-crust flavored Pop Tarts? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/56 "2024-01-01T22:57:27Z")
Followed by selling Pop-Tart crust prefab pie crusts. Like you can now buy disposable foil pie pans pre-filled with a crumbled graham cracker crust base. But thisā€™ll be crumbled up Pop-Tart crust. Uggh! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/57 "2024-01-01T23:16:09Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Of the 23 kinds of Pop-Tartsā€¦ You have **that** many flavors available in your local grocery store?? Iā€™m dazzled. šŸ¤© ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/58 "2024-01-01T23:22:33Z")
Not quite. I posted Pop-Tartā€™s website upthread (post 33) and counted that they _make_ 23 different flavors. Plus they duplicated 3 of those flavors as ā€œbitesā€: mini pop-tarts. 26 kinds in total. My store had about 12-15 kinds between full-size & bites. Which as you suggest was scary many. Just not the only one I wanted. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/59 "2024-01-01T23:43:26Z")
May we invent some flavors of Pop-Tarts? I might like to try adzuki bean Pop-Tarts. How about peanut butter Pop-Tarts? Use your imagination, the skyā€™s the limit! As additional new flavors, I propose: Sugar (hey, at least itā€™s honest) Blue Slurpee Penuche Caramel Lemon meringue Bubblegum Rocky road (actually I thought that might have existed at one point) **The first savory Pop-Tarts:** Bean taco Chicken pot pie Bacon **For the adult market:** Tequila sunrise Mimosa Merlot I could keep this up for quite some time ā€¦ ---
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409/60 "2024-01-01T23:54:37Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > How about peanut butter Pop-Tarts? [Apparently this product existed at some point](https://www.kroger.com/p/pop-tarts-gone-nutty-breakfast-toaster-pastries-peanut-butter/0003800076615#:~:text=Jump%2Dstart%20your%20day%20with,on%2Dthe%2Dgo%20moments.) but was discontinued ([along with a chocolate peanut butter version](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pop-Tarts-Gone-Nutty-Breakfast-Toaster-Pastries-Frosted-Chocolate-Peanut-Butter-Value-Pack-12-Toaster-Pastries/25875661)) due to low sales. Thereā€™s also [lemon creme pie](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pop-Tarts-Lemon-Creme-Pie-Instant-Breakfast-Toaster-Pastries-Shelf-Stable-Ready-to-Eat-13-5-oz-8-Count-Box/511819249) - not quite lemon meringue, but close. There was apparently a banana creme pie too: [![](https://cdn.foodbeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/banana-pop-tart-res.jpg) ](https://cdn.foodbeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/banana-pop-tart-res.jpg) [Salted caramel pretzel](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pop-Tarts-Pretzel-Salted-Caramel-Drizzle-Breakfast-Toaster-Pastries-27-oz-8-Count/473283452) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-pop-tarts/995409.md?page=4)