Good ‘Ole Pop Tarts. They have been around for over 50 years, and still sell about 2 billion a year! I haven’t thought that much about them…other than picking up a box of 12 Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon for Alex at the grocery store each week. I used to buy quite a few when my boys were younger and still at home. Let’s see…Frosted Strawberry with sprinkles….Plain Blueberry, and Brown Sugar Cinnamon…Frosted. Those were always on my list! And, not just for breakfast…they ate lots of them for an after school snack. I figured, they must be healthy…they have fruit in them!!! 🙂
Pop Tarts are really not very exciting or worthy of much excitement. But in the last few weeks, they have been in the news several times.
1. The LA Times (LA…Los Angeles, not Lower Alabama) reports that W*lM*rt shipped huge quantities to Florida during a recent hurricane. Could you imagine Frosted Strawberry Pop Tarts being the food you’d go to in a weather catastrophe? I would at least have thought it would be the chocolate or brown sugar cinnamon! But, the people in Florida were sending out an SOS for more Pop Tarts!
Picture from NY Times From the Pop Tarts web site, the yummy description…….
Choc-o-Lantern Chocolate Fudge
Chocolatey deliciousness all dressed up for Halloween – chocolate crust, fudgy filling, orange icing, and bat- and ghost-shaped sprinkles.
Happy snacking!
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I don't know if I've ever even BOUGHT Pop Tarts—it just wasn't an item on the list.
I DID taste some in the last couple of years—relatives come to visit, and the Grandson would not eat ANYTHING except cereal, Pop Tarts and steak. That child wouldn't even touch Mashed Potatoes!
The minute they arrived, he and his Pappaw would go for a stroll down to the grocery store, coming back with sacks of the things, plus Quik and several cereals. So when they left, I think we tried them one morning, but they weren't memorable enough to buy some.
He's otherwise a kind, mannerly young man, and his dietary habits don't seem to have hurt him any—he's now about 6"4" and still in High School.
When Russell and I married, he was getting up every morning and cooking a 3 course breakfast for our two youngest. I distinctly remember saying "Have you people ever heard of Pop Tarts?" Started them down the road to healthy eating the second day of their lives with me! 🙂 True Story…….I'm not a morning person!
Wow. Who could imagine so many flavors?!? Brown Sugar Cinnamon are actually the only ones I like. 🙂 (However, I have probably only tried 3 or 4 other flavors!)
I have to confess that I have never tried a Pop Tart, but that picture of the strawberry tart made my mouth water. I think I would have to pass on the sushi one, though!
I keep a box of the plain blueberry (no frosting) in my pantry. About once a week I like to have one toasted with melted butter on top. Yummy! Great with a cold glass of milk.
Hugs,
Kat
They were never a regular part of our cupboard stock, but I've gotten them occasionally, especially when I had a houseful of hungry teenage boys who didn't care one bit about good nutrition. Isn't there an apple cinnamon flavor? I think I liked it because it tasted a little bit like warm apple pie when microwaved a bit. I think I'm hungry now.
I like strawberry, no frosting please. I don't buy them but I would get a pack out of the vending machine at work once in a while during a stressful day. It helped!
Wow, I had no idea. I haven't bought any in years but I must say that the Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon was always my favorite too!