# Who eats Pop-Tarts with butter? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 29, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121 "2005-08-29T17:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/1 "2005-08-29T17:16:44Z")
A friend of mine does, which surprised me when I first learned of it. She’s from Maryland and thinks it might be a regional thing. If you eat your Pop-Tarts with butter, where did you learn to do so? ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/2 "2005-08-29T17:34:01Z")
> [@William V.](#): > > A friend of mine does, which surprised me when I first learned of it. She’s from Maryland and thinks it might be a regional thing. If you eat your Pop-Tarts with butter, where did you learn to do so? Yep…butter or peanut butter. Where does one “learn” to eat anything? It sounded good, so I tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/3 "2005-08-29T17:41:58Z")
Yup, butter on the backs. I saw a friend of mine butter the frosting side once and, of course, decried her as the heathen she was. ---
**Author:** ![Stillwell\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Stillwell\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stillwell_Angel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/4 "2005-08-29T17:55:34Z")
Slathered in butter. I have to have the un-frosted kind though. I hate that cement frosting they put on pop-tarts. My son thinks I’m insane. But then again, he eats the cement frosting kind so what does he know. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/5 "2005-08-29T18:09:44Z")
Once, when I was a kid, my grandmother asked if I wanted butter on the pop-tart she was making me. I hooted and derided her until my throat was sore. Although I now regret that uncouth behaviour, I have never once, from that time to this, desired to put butter on a pop-tart. By the way, some say the worst way to have a pop-tart is stapled to your heart, or fired directly into your face from a shotgun. Others claim “through the eyes” is the worst way. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/6 "2005-08-29T18:30:03Z")
I’m in Maryland also (but not born here) and I put butter on the unfrosted kind. I prefer the brown-sugar cinnamon flavor best. My husband is a born-and-bred Marylander and he puts butter on the frosted blueberry kind. He’s a heathen, IMO. (Obviously, we’re talking **toasted** Pop-Tarts, of course, right? No one puts butter on cold Pop-Tarts. :eek: ) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/7 "2005-08-29T18:53:30Z")
Not me. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/8 "2005-08-29T19:21:53Z")
Butter? Never. Doesn’t even sound good. Peanut butter, on the other hand, makes God’s Own Poptart. Mmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/9 "2005-08-29T19:29:32Z")
Butter… on a poptart? :eek: Sorry, but that’s one conocotion (sp?) I’m not too eager to try. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/10 "2005-08-29T19:44:19Z")
My dad did it. So I do it, too. But only the unfrosted ones. We only ever had the unfrosted ones when I was growing up. I can’t remember the last time I had a PopTart. Wow, I really miss them. May have to put them on my shopping list for this week. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/11 "2005-08-29T20:32:01Z")
Yikes! Butter on a pop tart? Is there any particular flavor that is better when buttered? I love the vanilla filled ones, myself. But plain, thanks. Not only does it sound less tasty, but have you looked at how much fat is in there to begin with? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/12 "2005-08-29T20:35:49Z")
Sickos…the criminally insane…people who kick puppies…Michael Jackson…the list goes on and on. ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/13 "2005-08-29T20:42:07Z")
Butter with poptarts? I’ve never heard of this. Then again, people have different tastes, so to speak. I mean, some people have eaten pickles with peanut butter. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/14 "2005-08-29T21:16:05Z")
I’ve never, ever heard of such a thing. It sounds like something one would do when attempting a very unorthodox weight-gain regimen. Christ, I think I might walk an extra mile tonight just for having _read_ this thread. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/15 "2005-08-29T22:14:21Z")
Butter dipped into sugar ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/16 "2005-08-30T00:31:51Z")
MMMMMmmmmmm, butter on Pop-Tarts! It’s best on the Chocolate Fudge PT’s, makes them taste like brownies. It’s gotta be _real_ butter, tho. None of that spread or margarine stuff. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/17 "2005-08-30T00:41:42Z")
You guys are sick! I can’t stand poptarts anymore, and the thought of butter just ruined my morning. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/18 "2005-08-30T00:45:07Z")
> [@Hentor the Barbarian](#): > > Yikes! Butter on a pop tart? Is there any particular flavor that is better when buttered? I love the vanilla filled ones, myself. But plain, thanks. > > Not only does it sound less tasty, but have you looked at how much fat is in there to begin with? Brown-sugar cinnamon with butter are the best… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/19 "2005-08-30T00:53:59Z")
I thought for sure this was a Homer Simpson Thread. Dr. Nick: Instead of making sandwiches with bread, use pop tarts. Instead of chewing gum, chew bacon. Bart: You could brush your teeth with milkshakes. Dr. Nick: Hey, did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too? I had a friend that use to take 2 pop tart and spread [Nutella](http://www.nutellausa.com/) between them. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121/20 "2005-08-30T01:09:22Z")
…butter? Erg. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-eats-pop-tarts-with-butter/319121.md?page=2)