Comments on: homemade pop tarts

By: Erika

Erika — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:40:24 +0000

Totally agree with you on the size thing. The first time I made them to “true” pop-tart size was also my last time. I since have been making them in small rectangles and even used a circle pastry cutter. I feel like the large sized versions of these takes away from the delicate pastry by making them feel visually heavy. Seriously, homemade pop-tarts are ahhhhmazing!

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:47:48 +0000

Wow these seems to be surprisingly popular considering you could just go to your local grocery and buy a box for less than $5…which would take all of ten minutes. But then maybe I just think this is a lot of effort for a Poptart.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:47:45 +0000

Hm, odd question: if I were to freeze the dough by itself, how long would it last do you think? I’m thinking at least a month or two, right? I think my plan (I don’t have a whole family to feed, just my lonesome self) that I’ll make a batch and slice up the pastry into the right size… then freeze and decide on my fillings later! Our toasteroven should handle the baking just fine in my opinion.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:46:06 +0000

Hi there,
My 6 year old only likes junk food. I am trying to find more wholesome options than what she normally prefers. Though, I realize pop tarts in any form are probably not the best choice. Anyway, would love the cinnamon icing recipe when you get a chance!!!! And, I am thinking a mushroom strudel filling might be yummy!!! Thanks!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:04:14 +0000

Wow, lots of comments! Just wanted to encourage those who, like me, had trouble with the dough (I made the whole wheat and strawberry jam variation). I got fed up with my tough-and-falling-apart dough and just threw them in the oven…butter was leaking out everywhere, looked like one big blob). They finally cooled down and even though I could barely pick them up, I took a bite…and MELTED. Wow are they good! buttery and delish! So even if your tarts come out ugly (like mine), they’ll taste good! Definitely gives me some motivation to try again!

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:39:22 +0000

Mine are quite ugly, and I only got 6 out of the recipe ’cause I got sick of dealing with the pastry dough :-P Next time I think I’ll just roll one large dough instead of trying to make two. They’re cooling off now, but I can’t wait to try one :-) I will make these many more times and mix up the flavors (I did orange strawberry this time).

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:35:27 +0000

I’ve actually never had poptarts before because they have gelatin in them and I can’t eat that. But this is just awesome and I can’t wait to make them! Definitely at the top of my list of things to bake :)

By: Christina Smith

Christina Smith — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:35:14 +0000

I just made up a batch of these. This is great! To buy pop tarts in France it costs over 8 euros from the Import grocery stores. You can’t buy them anywhere else and that’s just the small boxes that are sold for $1.50 at Wal-Mart.

So great that I can make my own very fast now and they taste better. I tried marshmallow in mine but I think I’ll use fluff next time if I can find that ;-)

By: Chrissy

Chrissy — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:36:56 +0000

Cannot wait to make these over winter break! They will go so good with a cup of coffee and a quiet morning.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:17:16 +0000

I can’t wait to try these. i have been looking for homemade pop-tarts as the store-bought ones have soy in them and I am allergic to soy. I can’t wait to make them and try them