Comments on: Homemade Pop-Tarts

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:58:48 +0000

My husband wanted some “homemade” pop-tarts. We used this recipe on the 3rd batch and so far it’s the best flavor! I still have a problem with the them “bursting” in the oven even with pricking the top.

By: Kelly C

Kelly C — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:12:58 +0000

I made these this weekend and they were wonderful. The pastry was so forgiving. I had a few pieces I tore when I made the top part and it cooked up quite nicely anyway. The pastry is wonderful and flaky. I think I will use it for a pie next week.

By: Alysha@ShesOnTheRun.com

Alysha@ShesOnTheRun.com — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:25:33 +0000

Awesome post! I’m making homemade pop tarts today and doing a bit of research. I wish I could cut the rectangles as perfectly as you–dough is pretty tricky for me.

Alysha

By: Barefoot Pregnant And In The Kitchen

Barefoot Pregnant And In The Kitchen — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:39:45 +0000

This makes me so happy I can’t wait to make them… I’m going blueberry picking today and think that we will make a homemade blueberry jam and make this recipe with the boys this week. They recently just discovered pop tarts… thanks to a dear friend. I however refuse to buy any process foods like that. So every trip to the grocery store the past 2 weeks has had me with 2 whining boys who wanted a box of pop tarts…

By: Ileana Keltz

Ileana Keltz — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:06:44 +0000

I grew up eating pop tarts. I loved them as a kid, and I’m ashamed to admit that I ate them well into my 20′s and 30′s. I love to bake, and HOMEMADE is the rule of thumb at our house, so these are definitely going to be on my to bake list! Thanks for posting this. I didn’t realize there were so many people out there who grew up deprived of pop tarts.

By: Tarane Pearson

Tarane Pearson — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 05:39:39 +0000

I just made these. They came out Great. And were delicious.!

By: jenny eats nutella from a spoon

jenny eats nutella from a spoon — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:15:23 +0000

This looks divine, thank you for the recipe

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:56:05 +0000

I’ve got these in the oven right now- but mine look no where as neat as yours do. I need more practice rolling out dough I guess!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:53:17 +0000

You are welcome! And I love the savory version with ham and cheese! Will definitely have to give that a try!

By: Bakermom3

Bakermom3 — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:51:07 +0000

I just made this recipe but I used strawberry cake filling and another with ham and cheese for my family and they are so in love! They think I’m the greatest! HeeHee…so I wanted to send you a THANK YOU for showing me how to make these pop tarts.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:15:50 +0000

Hi Vickie, You could definitely use puff pastry in a pinch!

And yes, you are definitely creating fond memories for your grandkids Enjoy!

By: Vickie

Vickie — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:18:09 +0000

Hmm, wondering if you could use puff pastry in a pinch? bet ya can.
It’s great to hear all the fun comments about staying at “grandparents” house and getting to eat “fun stuff”, my grandkids LOVE to eat Lucky Charms at my house-no matter what else is there or made they want Lucky Charms-didn’t realize I was creating memories as I was stuffing them full of sugar.

By: sharon

sharon — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:31:45 +0000

By the way, cajeta is a common and delicious Mexican sweet. Goat or cow milk is cooked very slowly with sugar to create a beautifully complex, thick syrup, much like caramel.

By: sharon

sharon — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:13:35 +0000

How can I make these with “cajeta” fillling? Cajeta is a little bit thicker than condensed milk. What should I add to the cajeta so it won’t just run over the pop tarts? Thanks.

By: PRH

PRH — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:41:17 +0000

You have inspired me!
I’ve never tried peanut butter on my brown sugar and cinnamon poptarts (my fave)! That was delicious! Best, easiest, fastest, recipe to make poptarts taste more than just dry ever!
I’ll have to try the other recipe too.

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:52:22 +0000

Has anyone tried freezing these & re-heating them in the toaster?

By: Maggy@ThreeManyCooks

Maggy@ThreeManyCooks — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:43:21 +0000

I loved pop-tarts when I was a kid! Love this grown-up version

By: bridget {bake at 350}

bridget {bake at 350} — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:44:05 +0000

These look fantastic!!!

My parents were the same way…they actually bought BRAN BUDS cereal! I remember my friend Kelly’s mom let them eat Pop Tarts AND Count Chocula…spending the night at HER house was the BEST!

By: Jen @ How To: Simplify

Jen @ How To: Simplify — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:44:09 +0000

I have always wanted to make homemade pop-tarts. What a great recipe!

By: jenn

jenn — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:54:51 +0000

homemade poptarts, are you kidding me??
I’m going to make these and see if my boyfriend proposes.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:40:08 +0000

I made these on Sunday and they turned out perfect! I prefer the brown sugar and cinnamon to the jam, but we didn’t have good jam in the house. I also tried peanut butter and Nutella and those were superb! Next time I’ll follow the previous commenters advice and spread it versus glop it on. The dough was a bit fragile, but that’s the challenge of pastry, right?! I think my kids will be requesting these all the time now.

By: Jessie -- The Messie Kitchen

Jessie -- The Messie Kitchen — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:52:56 +0000

I’ve seen these a few times now but they still never fail to amaze me!!!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:47:45 +0000

Well I need these last night in the wee hours of the morning when it was finally cool enough to think about baking.I used some strawberry jam from our CSA. Due to my complete and utter inability to roll any sort of dough out, I managed to make 1 monster pop-tart and 4 half-sized ones. They were delicious though, very buttery and sweet. I think I should have refrigerated them halfway through rolling out the dough though, because they were not very flaky. I think all the heat melted the butter faster than I expected.

By: Lisa { AuthenticSuburbanGourmet }

Lisa { AuthenticSuburbanGourmet } — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:00:22 +0000

My husband LOVES pop tarts. I will have to make these for him. Thanks for sharing!

By: Natasha Kay

Natasha Kay — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:58:44 +0000

I made these this morning and they were quite yummy. I used half white/half wholewheat flour and next time, would add another tbsp of sugar because the pastry dough wasn’t very sweet (although it did taste just like the real thing with the amount of sugar you have in this recipe now).

I used both fillers but for the jam, spread some cold cream cheese on to the top piece of dough (don’t glob it because it won’t melt and spread out like the jam will). So yummy! Found the brown sugar filling to be too dry and would probably add some cold butter to the mix next time.

Thanks for posting these!