Poptarts

4 June 2010, 06:44


I’ve always had a fascination with American snacks. Too much teevee means seeing characters regularly eat stuff like Twinkies, Animal Crackers, Hershey’s Kisses but most of all Pop Tarts! For my birthday some super awesome food bloggers scored me several boxes of the famed sugary toaster pastries think they were bought from SugarFix?


I have a thing for layers…


My flavours: Brown Sugar Cinnamon, Hot Fudge Sundae, Chocolate Fudge, S’mores, Chocolate Chip. The thing I found most amusing with the packaging was the bright yellow bubble exclaiming ‘good source of 7 vitamins and minerals!’ In case you were wondering they contain Vitamin A, Vitamin B6, Iron, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin and Folic Acid. A look at the nutrition panel on the back reveals each pastry contains a whopping 32g of sugar! Almost a whole can of Coke (40g)! But anywhos let’s not dwell.


As soon as I heard the words brown sugar and cinnamon I knew it would be awesome. Not as sweet as the other flavours, the smell of cinnamon fills the air.


The Hot Fudge Sundae Pop Tart was the most colourful looking of my collection with the chocolate crust just fudgey enough with a smooth vanilla filling and a smattering of rainbow coloured sprinkles. All that was missing was a shiny red cherry on top.


The Chocolate Fudge is my second fav with a super chocolatey crust and rich chocolatey fudgey innards


I didn’t like the S’mores pop tart because it had a weird tasting marshmallow filling that was a bit too artificial for my liking. Yes I can see the irony. Don’t judge.


The Chocolate Chip is not as sweet as the Chocolate Fudge which isn’t a bad thing as by now I’ve gone into a sugar coma.


I only ate half of each Pop Tart but wheee sugar rush!

 

 

  1. America is definitely the promised land of sugary snacks! They have such a huge variety of soft drinks and cereal it makes me want to cry…

    — Maria    Jun 4, 07:35 AM    #

  2. oh my – these look most indulgent!!! :)

    — Lisa (bakebikeblog)    Jun 4, 08:57 AM    #

  3. hehe I like the colourful sprinkles! if you’re going to eat 5 poptarts a day I don’t think they’re going to last very long =P awesome photos :)

    — Jacq    Jun 4, 12:27 PM    #

  4. Hehehe I love the photos of them all stacked together! So much sugar evil goodness. Oh man I’m craving a pop tart now. Should have bought a box for myself!

    — Steph    Jun 4, 12:38 PM    #

  5. I saw these pop tarts at sugar fix and didnt know why it is so popular. Now I know!!! Like how you stack them up!

    — Ellie (Almost Bourdain)    Jun 4, 02:57 PM    #

  6. Are these not sold here anymore in the supermarkets? I remember them but of course not as many flavours. I used to have the strawberry and chocolate ones at one stage during high school…until I realised how much sugar was in them! Definitely not as healthy as, say, aubergine =p

    — mademoiselle delicieuse    Jun 4, 03:01 PM    #

  7. how awesome are your blogger friends?
    I love love love pop tarts, when i was in USA back in ’07 before i lost all my weight & became healthy, I ate these a lot. I high recommend putting them in the toaster & devouring these babies all warm & gooey!

    I love the poptart stack, did you attempt to bite through them all at once?
    (anybody reading this is going to think i’m a HUGE PIGLET, trust me being healthy is about balance!)

    — Laura    Jun 4, 03:05 PM    #

  8. I brought back a massive care package of these and peanut butter cups from the US on my last trip as my girlfriend over there bough a truck load for me! My fave are the brown sugar ones. Love the stacking, awesome.

    — sara (Belly Rumbles)    Jun 4, 03:22 PM    #

  9. WHOAHHH damnn they have changed so much ever since the classic poptarts they were sold normally like 7 years ago!! I really want to try them now hahha much better flavours!

    — FFichiban    Jun 4, 03:39 PM    #

  10. Love the pics!! They make poptarts look sexy! I really want a cinnamon & brown sugar one now! I wish they still sold them in normal supermarkets :(

    — Betty @ The Hungry Girl    Jun 4, 04:02 PM    #

  11. Devil woman of much sugar

    — The Ninja    Jun 4, 04:17 PM    #

  12. YAY!! Poptarts! I remember them being around 15 years ago (maybe), I never was able to have them though. Maybe I need to stock up on some.. HAHA Keep an eye out for me on Board of Security :P

    — Phuoc'n Delicious    Jun 4, 04:20 PM    #

  13. i haven’t had one of these in ages! like the fact that they come in so many flavours :)

    — panda    Jun 4, 06:26 PM    #

  14. I remember back in the 90s when they sold these through Kelloggs or Sanitarium or something. They came in the awesome strawberry jam flavour, not like the fake s’berry in the US ones. Shame, so many of my fave childhood foods have been wiped out :( :(

    But so glad you like our present :P Wonder how long it’ll take you to get through it hehe

    — Karen | C&C    Jun 4, 06:34 PM    #

  15. had the brown sugar & cinnamon ones, sooo sweeeettt >__<

    — monica    Jun 4, 10:18 PM    #

  16. Ahh, pop tarts bring back childhood memories! There’s so many more flavours now

    — Karen (missklicious)    Jun 5, 12:13 PM    #

  17. Okay I’m heading off to Sugar Fix now, bye! :)

    — tangerine eats    Jun 5, 01:38 PM    #

  18. !! SO THESE TASTE GOOD THEN :D ? They sell these at uni and I always wanted to try one (but they are so expensive!) because I’ve seen them a lot of in American movies and etc xD

    I THINK I’M GOING TO GO BUY ONE NOW !!! (yay..broke uni student :|)

    — Melody    Jun 5, 05:28 PM    #

  19. omg poptarts goodness galore!

    — Julie    Jun 5, 07:36 PM    #

  20. Whoah, that’s one craaazzyyyy sugar hit right there – I remember them from the 90s too..

    Happy belated birthday Suze!!!

    — Lulu    Jun 5, 08:48 PM    #

  21. I have a thing for American sweets too. Especially the cool baking bits. Pop tart are great as an on the run breakky. So full of vitamins bahahahaha.

    — Katherine    Jun 6, 04:21 AM    #

  22. Oh I had no idea there were so many flavours. I have only had these once when I was a kid. I think it is time I throw some in the shopping trolley.

    — Mark @ Cafe Campana    Jun 6, 04:34 PM    #

  23. oohhh i really miss these!! is there anywhere in Sydney to buy these sweet delicious pieces of heaven?

    — Linzi    Jun 7, 09:37 AM    #

  24. My husband loves these. I just saw an awesome post on making these into icecream sandwiches.

    — Linda V    Jun 9, 07:23 AM    #

  25. Wow, amazing! Thanks for sharing! that's pretty beautiful and yummy! I'd like to have a meal ! — linda    Jun 28, 05:20 PM    #

  26. You can get an apple and cinnamon flavour as well. I remember eating these as a kid.
    Probably explains why I had to get root canel a few months ago!

    — April    Jul 5, 04:37 PM    #

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  28. God rewards the diligent.

    — Sara.he    Aug 24, 08:03 PM    #

  29. I remember back in the 90s when they sold these through Kelloggs or Sanitarium or something. They came in the awesome strawberry jam flavour, not like the fake s’berry in the US ones. Shame

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    — Parker    Oct 28, 05:55 PM    #

  31. remember back in the 90s whe

    — akkuneu    Apr 28, 07:29 PM    #

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