Pop-Tarts, Not Just For Breakfast
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Kellogg’s® Pop-Tarts® Toaster Pastries.*
When my oldest son was about 5 years old he saw a commercial for Pop-Tarts on television. It was a commercial where the Pop-Tarts were toasting in a pop up toaster and when they were done the pop-tarts flew out of the top of the toaster and onto a plate or the children’s hands, I can’t remember the details now.
What I do remember with absolute clarity, however, is that from that moment on my son wanted a pop up toaster and Pop-Tarts for Christmas. We had a toaster oven, but that was wholly unacceptable for the toasting of Pop-Tarts.
That year as my son sat on Santa’s lap he loudly told him exactly what he wanted– a white pop-up toaster and a package of Pop-Tarts. Santa looked over at me with a quizzical look. I shrugged back at him. He probably thought the poor child was deprived.
My son is now 15 and he still tallks about how excited he was that Christmas morning.
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I had never really thought about using Pop-Tarts for anything other than what they were. But BlogHer approached me with the opportunity to make a fun recipe which uses Pop-Tarts and then make up a recipe of my own. Always up for a challenge, I said sure why not. I mean, who doesn’t love Pop-Tarts?
And that is how I found myself making this recipe with a half gallon of Neopolitan ice cream, strawberry Pop-Tarts, and sprinkles.
Step One: Remove Pop-Tarts from packaging and set frosting side down.
Step Two: Spread softened ice cream onto the back of one Pop-Tart.
Step Three: Place second Pop-Tart on top.
Step Four: Roll the edges of the ice cream in the sprinkles.
Step Five: Place your newly created Pop-Tart ice cream sandwiches in the freezer for at least 2 hours.
You might be tempted to skip this step. I know I was. Or more accurately I was not up to listening to the whining of children who wanted to eat them riiiiiiiiiiighht noooooow. So I let them eat them without refreezing.
Learn from me, people. It was a melty mess. One they enjoyed, but still.
A delicious melty mess.
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No WAY! Oh! Those look darling!
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:18 pmMy son is known as ‘The Pop Tart Master’ @ school ;o)
I want one! But what I also want are Brown Sugar Cinnamon pop tarts without frosting — they made them that way when I was a kid and I only see frosted ones these days.
April 2nd, 2010 at 3:55 pmWe love cereal or oatmeal, but sometimes grab a granola bar if we’re running out the door.
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:05 pmWell, anything with sprinkles has gotta be good!
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:09 pmThese look awesome! I don’t know if we could wait 2 hours while they freeze back up either! LOL!
We’re definitely a Pop Tart family. Strawberry and S’mores are a staple. We like cereal, toast, fruit salad and eggs, too- but it’s nice to have something on hand to grab and go when the morning’s just not going as planned!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!!
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:17 pmThe kids I sit for were disappointed when they opened the Trix yogurt they begged for and the room didn’t change colors, and a bunny didn’t pop out of nowhere. Ah, advertising.
My favorite breakfast is from a local place in town, and it is called the 18 wheeler. It kind of makes me sad to think that I eat as much as a trucker, but it gives you French toast, eggs, hashbrowns, and ham, which are all the best breakfast foods!
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:49 pmBreakfast? 99% of the time my kids want cereal. Cold cereal with milk. Even if I make Irish oat meal they want cereal.
April 2nd, 2010 at 5:52 pmThats breakfast.
Weekday breakfasts tend to be more cereals and granola bars, with the occasional poptart thrown in. Strangely enough my SO eats poptarts as a snack or with his lunch at work all the time, but not for breakfast.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:22 pmIt’s just me now - 2 cups of coffee, shower & get dressed, 2 more cups of coffee, a piece of fruit & toast with peanut butter.
I didn’t know you could eat pop tarts raw.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:49 pmAs a kid, I usually got pretzels or carrot sticks as a snack. On special days, my mom packed pop tarts for my snack at school. AWESOMENESS! Also, now that I’m in college, pop tarts area breakfast necessity. My mom wimpers in pain thinking about that as she eats her granola.
April 2nd, 2010 at 6:51 pmBreakfast at my house is cereal with fruit.
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:02 pmSomething that might seem yucky to a lot of people, but my sisters and I have always eaten. We call it “pan-cito” which is basically coffee and milk in a bowl and pieces of bread with butter in it at the bottom. Just think how people dip cookies, etc. on their coffee, but taken to the extreme.
The bread gets all soggy, it doesn’t look pretty but tastes so good! So that is a typical breakfast in our house. 
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:10 pmMy 3 sons love Pop Tarts! I save them for a treat for summer breakfasts!
April 2nd, 2010 at 8:31 pmI am glad my girls have gotten big enough to fix their own breakfast.
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:00 pmThose look delicious!
The kiddo loves pop tarts, bacon, eggs, and cereal.
I’m pretty fond of chickfila myself! I love bacon and eggs, too!
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:00 pmBreakfast on school mornings is always rushed but on weekends we take our time and make pancakes, omelettes and bacon.
April 2nd, 2010 at 9:04 pmtvollowitz at aol dot com
Mornings here are often rushed. Manys the time I’ve blessed the Kellogg’s people.
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:15 pmThough they need to remove the HFCS from the plain corn flakes, srsly.
breakfast at my house varies by day- most of the time its sit down and talk and relax for a moment just to let the kiddos and say I love you- now there are days where the poptarts get pulled out in the car and eaten fast- no joke- yep there is a box in the car at all times- not just for breakfast but to curb the hungries and not have a snacktime at a fast food restaurant
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:26 pmholy cow - the sugar rush! i think my husband would eat these all of the time since he is a Pop-Tart junkie! On most mornings, I drop the three or four boxes of cereal on the table. However, each morning ritual also includes one spill of milk, one spill of juice and today, something new - a peeled banana launched between brothers. The best breakfast? The hot & cheesy breakfast sandwiches from the local convenience store we eat in the car @ 7am on our way to a swim meet.
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 pmBreakfast is usually some sort of hot or cold cereal during the week. Weekends are when we do something special.
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:55 pmBreakfast is a great time of the day for us. We sit down together and talk about what are plans are. I love it.
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:16 pmOh my! My kids would go bonkers for these. Breakfast at our house during the week is a little crazy since they have to get ready for school. Weekend breakfast is wonderful, though. Sometimes I make a big breakfast with eggs, bacon, biscuits, and gravy and we sit around the table chatting and leisurely enjoying the good food.
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:25 pmljatwood at gmail dot com
Oh my gravy those are too cute. I wonder if you could do a whipped cream inner for a not as messy treat.
Anyway, breakfast at our house is wonderful. Well at least on the weekends. My hubby gets up before all of us and goes down stairs to prepare the breakfast feast. It isn’t long before we all start trickling down the stair to the wonderful wafting scents from the kitchen. He prepare everything under the sun. We all stuff ourselves silly because it usually has to last all day long as we are a very busy family working on our mini ranch.
April 3rd, 2010 at 12:40 amMy breakfast usually consists of oatmeal or granola and coffee. But if there’s cake in the house, its definitely considered a breakfast food.
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:41 am[...] of Notes From The Trenches, said- “my son wanted a pop up toaster and Pop-Tarts for [...]
April 3rd, 2010 at 1:55 amBreakfast at our house is usually instant oatmeal - since it is quick and filling.
April 3rd, 2010 at 8:05 amBreakfast at our house is eggs eggs and more eggs I fix and serve eggs every morning. On sunday i cook bacon with those eggs. Today is the day before easter and i have 6 dozen eggs. 4 hard boiled and two waiting to hit the pan this week.
Pick me i need the extra cash to buy the pop tarts
Happy EASTER
April 3rd, 2010 at 11:28 amEven as an adult, I still love poptarts now and again! Since I don’t have kids yet breakfast in my house does not always happen, but if it does, leftovers from dinner are a favorite along with the occasional piece of fruit, cereal, or breakfast bar.
April 3rd, 2010 at 11:37 amBreakfast at my house is usually grabbing something going out the door. But I try to have fruit, bran muffins, and of course PopTarts on hand always.
April 3rd, 2010 at 3:08 pmWe love oatmeals, cereal and croissant for breakfast!
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April 4th, 2010 at 1:28 amBreakfast is pretty simple on the weekdays. Cereal, Granola Bars, fruit, poptarts, etc.
April 4th, 2010 at 10:24 amOn the weekend when my husband is home, we usually have a big breakfast; eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, fresh fruit, etc.
Those look yummy! I will have to try this.
April 4th, 2010 at 2:06 pmjennette696@msn.com
We have several varieties of Pop-Tarts at our house, but they are for snacks not breakfast. My girls love to eat good ol’ cereal for breakfast, and french toast sticks.
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April 4th, 2010 at 4:24 pmWe are oatmeal eaters..
April 4th, 2010 at 5:11 pmBreakfast around our place is pretty simple: cereal or granola bars and milk.
April 4th, 2010 at 6:25 pmBreakfast is usually a quick bite on the go at our house-four people here and NONE of us are morning people. Hooray for Pop Tarts or we would starve till lunch.
April 4th, 2010 at 8:46 pmits just me and my 6yr old grandson here for breakfast each morning before i get him to school by then everyone eles had left for work 35 miles away, so he likes a varity of choices during the week like peach flavored oatmeal, pop tarts with butter on them or pancakes, thanks we will be making this yummy dessert together very soon for an after school treat
April 4th, 2010 at 8:48 pmsewitupjulie at gmail dot com
Breakfast varies…..cereal some mornings, muffin, yogart -but ALWAYS something fast and easy. Pop Tarts are a staple in our cabinet. They are for a special treat. My son’s favorite is STRAWBERRY!!! Mmmmm, there is nothing that smells better than a PopTart heating in the toaster!
April 4th, 2010 at 11:14 pmBreakfast at my house is usually just plain cereal with milk - I’m not a morning person!
April 5th, 2010 at 8:17 amThanks!
If it weren’t for quick breakfast options like Pop Tarts and granola bars- we’d all go without breakfast during the school/work week!
April 5th, 2010 at 8:51 amI copied this recipe and saved it in my box, It looks wonderful!! I can’t wait to try it. Thanks! Breakfast at our house is hodge podge. Somedays it’s eggs and toast or cereal, or pancakes, or Pop Tarts, or Cream of Wheat (Maple & Brown Sugar. Then there are the times when breakfast is last nights dinner!! That’s what they want and as long as their eating something so be it. You have to pick your battles and what they eat for breakfast is NOT going to be one of mine!
April 5th, 2010 at 8:52 amBreakfast at our house on the weekdays is self service. It ranges from granola bars, cereal, or pop tarts. On the weekend I try to make an effort so it is waffles, french toast, etc.
April 5th, 2010 at 9:48 amWhen people come to visit, my kids open up the pantry doors to show them our PopTart supply. Let’s just say that if we were unable to leave our house for some reason, we could probably stay holed up here for 6 months or so!
My son LIVES on PopTarts, and my daughter and husband eat them frequently. On weekends, we have pancakes or waffles, but PopTarts are great for school days.
April 5th, 2010 at 11:41 amOk, those Pop Tart/ice cream/sprinkles treats look absolutely amazing!
Breakfast has always been very important to me, and I attribute this to my own mother. She worked part-time as a nurse and had to be out the door by 8, but every morning before school, even all through high school, she would make my dad, my sister and I a hearty breakfast. She made all varieties of pancakes, omelettes (I call them “mom-lettes”), muffins, and would throw in something else to go with the “main” item, such as fresh fruit, bacon, sausage, toast, etc. We would have orange juice and sometimes hot tea to drink. It was totally worth it to wake up a little earlier and eat so I could unwind a little before getting ready. I especially enjoyed the time the four of us were able to spend together on these mornings. I feel it energized me for the day and kept me motivated to do well in classes, extracurriculars, etc. I got married last year, and when my husband and I and my sister come home for the weekend and stay with our parents, Mom insists on making us a good breakfast. We always look forward to it.
Even now I feel like my day has not started off right unless I’ve had a good, healthy breakfast. I like Cream of Wheat, oatmeal, yogurt, granola (we make our own - a little expensive to do that but it is yummy!), eggs, orange juice. When we have kids it is so important to me to provide them with a “power” breakfast just like I had growing up.
April 5th, 2010 at 12:08 pmEveryone in my house could do with pancakes every single day for breakfast…it’s our favorite!!
April 5th, 2010 at 1:30 pmoften times breakfast for us is on-the-go…a bagel w/ cream cheese, juice box and some fruit.
April 5th, 2010 at 1:54 pmMy children like variety, so it’s yogurt and muffins one day, cereal another, oatmeal and raisins, toast, bagels and sometimes my son just wants brown rice with butter. So basically, it’s a free for all.
April 5th, 2010 at 1:59 pmMy kids get cereal, I’m that kind of mom, LOL!!!
April 5th, 2010 at 2:20 pmM-F breakfast is eaten at work; be it cereal or oatmeal. But on the weekends we fry up omelets or make homemade biscuits. That’s another reason to love the weekends.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:40 pmbreakfast is usually cereal
April 5th, 2010 at 6:04 pmWe never miss breakfast at our house. On school days, cereal and toast are a must but on week-ends, I make crepes, pancakes or waffles.
April 5th, 2010 at 7:17 pmEvery Friday we have a big breakfast day–eggs, pancakes and bacon. We look forward to every week! Otherwise it’s usually toast, yogurt, cereal or oatmeal.
April 5th, 2010 at 9:45 pmWe eat waffles almost every day. Sometimes, we are lucky enough to eat Poptarts!
April 6th, 2010 at 12:45 amI like making my kids smoothies for breakfast!
April 6th, 2010 at 12:59 amOh the memories:) Back in my college days I remember taking a package of strawberry sprinkled tarts and a Mt Dew with me to class…..and now as a mom to 2 yr old quadruplets….I have days that I could again use all the sugar and caffeine:)
Jenny B
April 6th, 2010 at 9:07 amWe eat a lot of different things. Sometimes it’s Pop-Tarts. Sometimes English muffins and jam. Sometimes cold cereal. One thing is it’s almost always hectic.
April 6th, 2010 at 11:27 amBreakfast is the best meal of the day…I try to change it up every day(kind of like lunch and dinner, who wants the same thing every morning?). We had pancakes and omelettes this morning.
April 6th, 2010 at 1:02 pmPoptarts and chocolate milk start our day
April 6th, 2010 at 2:28 pmBreakfast? What’s breakfast?
Seriously …when the kids were small, it was normal and traditional. Now, I grab a granola bar and my son does the same. He does, however, love strawberry frosted pop tarts for lunch!
April 6th, 2010 at 6:01 pmWe love breakfast at our house. My son worships bacon, so a lot of our breakfasts have bacon in them: breakfast burritos, BLTs, omelettes, etc. BUT we also love poptarts! LOL
April 7th, 2010 at 4:20 amPop tarts are great! We also bring them with us when we are on the go. Most morning we have cereal.
April 7th, 2010 at 6:31 amOh wow. I am dieting and those look unbelievably delish. We love toaster breakfasts, waffles, etc. Mmmmm. breakfast.
April 7th, 2010 at 11:00 amMy son loves poptarts! At least 2 days a week that is breakfast, with a piece of cheese. He has to have some protein. And of course, a Large glass of milk. No toasting for him, just straight out of the package.
April 7th, 2010 at 11:06 amHighchair + cereal = mess
April 7th, 2010 at 3:03 pmWe’re always in a rush, but I try to get some milk and fruit of some sort in my kids before we head off to work and school. I have to say, poptarts for dessert is something I would definitely try.
Cereal is a mainstay at my house….but my grandkids really like my soft oven cinnamon toast with whatever I give them
April 7th, 2010 at 7:10 pmMy kids love cereal, but prefer warm oatmeal on a cold morning!
April 8th, 2010 at 11:03 amThese look great, I love eggs and toast in the morning!
April 8th, 2010 at 12:10 pmbreakfast is scarce around here. pop in a granola bar or muffin and a HUGE cup of coffee (or OJ for the little one).
April 8th, 2010 at 12:25 pmCereal is the most convenient breakfast in my house
April 9th, 2010 at 7:51 amPoptarts are a snack in our house. We have two with gastroparesis and Poptarts provide easily-handled and yummy extra calories.
April 9th, 2010 at 10:10 amI eat the same thing everyday…instant oatmeal (in maple), a hard boiled egg, and a banana.
April 9th, 2010 at 2:33 pmWe have cold cereal a lot but do mix it up some. Scrambled eggs ang soft oven cinnamon toast is a real favorite with the grandkids
April 10th, 2010 at 12:45 pmBreakfast is usually fast and on the go in our house
April 13th, 2010 at 10:23 amBreakfast at my house is never the same. Some mornings its just a cup of coffee. Others its a fruit smoothie. And still others, especially on the weekends, its Tim Hortons or Burger King! On my lucky days, my hubby makes a big breakfast from scratch! MMMM
April 15th, 2010 at 10:11 amI usually do not eat breakfast thru the week until I get to work. My wonderful partner packs my lunch for me and throws something in the bag for breakfast. Sometimes its Pop Tarts too! LOL Often its fresh fruit and a yogurt cup or granola bar.
April 15th, 2010 at 10:13 amHehe coffee is the breakfast of champions around here.
April 15th, 2010 at 12:13 pmBreakfast at our house is usually, grab a granola bar and we’re out the door.
April 16th, 2010 at 4:17 am