I had high hopes for this pop-tart since Therese said it was one of the best. So the next morning I popped one in the toaster and left the other one cool, hoping to enjoy the sweet sensation of another great pop-tart.
Whoa now...unlike Therese, I did not like the pop-tart cold at all. It was chewy and the icing tasted hard and funky. However, it did turn my milk pink which was kinda cool.
As far as toasted goes...YUMMY! This wild strawberry pop-tart has the strawberry zing I wanted to taste so much in the original strawberry. Needless to say, I think this pop-tart is a better choice over regular strawberry. Its really good.
And here's why...
Once toasted, everything kind of just melts together. The jelly tends to get really hot so I had to let mind cool for a bit, but the outside gets crispier and the inside gets softer. I don't even know if the pop-tart company realized they were doing this, but its amazing. Pop-tarts just generally taste better toasted.
Soo...
Crust? still kinda powdery, but good nonetheless
Icing? Make sure its toasted, but SO GOOD. (your milk will turn pink and its fabulous)
Filling? 100% better than original strawberry
Milk? Great for dunking!
Toasted? There ain't no other way, child
Cold? BLEH
Overall score: 7
Can't wait to hear what you guys think!
Good luck and may the odds be ever in your flavor.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Announcing Wildlicious® Wild! Strawberry
Hold the phone! How is it that I have never tried this flavor before? Wildlicious® Wild! Strawberry has recently rocked my pop-tart-eating world. It's very much like Strawberry, but even better.
Un-toasted, it was delicious!
Toasted, it was even better!
Plus...it turns your milk pink!!!
I won't reveal where this one ranks in my pop-tart rankings until the very end, but it's definitely a contender.
The only real drawback to the Wildlicious® Wild! Strawberry pop-tart is that it's almost too sweet at the end.
Anyway, if you haven't tried it. Do.
Un-toasted, it was delicious!
Toasted, it was even better!
Plus...it turns your milk pink!!!
I won't reveal where this one ranks in my pop-tart rankings until the very end, but it's definitely a contender.
The only real drawback to the Wildlicious® Wild! Strawberry pop-tart is that it's almost too sweet at the end.
Anyway, if you haven't tried it. Do.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Pop-Tart Priming | Kelly
Hi, guys :)
I'm Kelly. A friend of Therese and Clare The Pop-Tart Queen and a fellow Pop-Tart enthusiast.
I'm excited to take this journey with you while discovering and highlighting the true, commendable art of the Pop-Tart.
While the fact that this is a sugary and quick form of breakfast is already enough for me, I am überly (not a word but YOLO) pumped to finally figure out once and for all which flavor is my #1 Top Favorite of All Time in the History of Pop-Tarts. That's an actual thing. Look it up. (Actually, don't..)
I am excited to go classic with Strawberry.
I am excited to go campside with S'mores.
I am excited to go wild with Wild Berry.
I am excited to party it up with Confetti Cake.
I am excited to do it all.
And how lucky am I that I get to try them all with you!?
There is one question I feel like I should answer for all of you who are on the fence about Pop-Tarts:
Are Pop-Tarts really breakfast?
Nay. They are the only breakfast.
See you guys soon. ;) Kelly
Friday, April 12, 2013
My Take on Strawberry
Well, folks, I know you've all been dying to know what I think about the strawberry pop-tart.
I've always been a fan of strawberry. Like BSC, it's a classic. I must admit that my opinion of strawberry has been pretty firmly fixed for some time. That said, I'll give it a proper review.
First off, I am inclined to agree with Clare, strawberry is not at its best toasted. I don't think it's because of the jelly - there are many jelly-filled pop-tarts that I enjoy toasted - but I'm not of the opinion that it works out well with strawberry.
However, strawberry makes a splendid snack un-toasted. I like to eat strawberry with or without milk. Strawberry pop-tarts have gotten me through many an all-nighter and many a rushed morning. Plus, I always feel a bit sentimental about strawberries because strawberry is my older sister's favorite flavor in many snacks.
I still prefer BSC, but if it can't be toasted, my next choice is often Strawberry.
What do you think?
I've always been a fan of strawberry. Like BSC, it's a classic. I must admit that my opinion of strawberry has been pretty firmly fixed for some time. That said, I'll give it a proper review.
First off, I am inclined to agree with Clare, strawberry is not at its best toasted. I don't think it's because of the jelly - there are many jelly-filled pop-tarts that I enjoy toasted - but I'm not of the opinion that it works out well with strawberry.
However, strawberry makes a splendid snack un-toasted. I like to eat strawberry with or without milk. Strawberry pop-tarts have gotten me through many an all-nighter and many a rushed morning. Plus, I always feel a bit sentimental about strawberries because strawberry is my older sister's favorite flavor in many snacks.
I still prefer BSC, but if it can't be toasted, my next choice is often Strawberry.
What do you think?
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Flavor #2: Strawberry
Just a heads up: I know that some of you are thinking "strawberry is the best", but that's highly debatable seeing as how we've already established that brown cinnamon sugar is pretty popular too. So, I think its a universal agreement that their both pretty fierce competitors. K? Cool?
Anyway...
My mom bought strawberry so that's why its next. (And now that I think about it, its good thing I'm doing this before I go to college because I can't pay for all these pop-tarts myself). I put one in the toaster and left the other one cold just for experimental purposes. I was pretty surprised to find that strawberry actually tastes pretty good cold. In fact, I think I liked it better! Something about the jelly being warm just didn't do it for me. The icing's good and I love strawberry flavored anything, but for some reason this pop-tart didn't really hit the spot.
And here's why: the crust is kinda powdery and the jelly gets waaay hot. But after letting it cool for a bit and taking a quick bath in milk, it was still pretty damn good. I don't really know how I feel about any jelly-filled thing being toasted/warm but it worked out ok. Still not as good as cinnamon (in my professional pop-tart opinion).
However, strawberry tastes really good cold...perhaps better than cinnamon does without the toaster. So if you need a pop-tart on the go, strawberry's a good choice. You'll still want milk though because milk's the bomb and pop-tarts just need milk.
So...
Crust? meh
Icing? Super yum!
Filling? Gooey, but still good
Milk? Where would pop-tarts be without it?
Toasted? its alright
Cold? Magically delicious!
Overall score: 6
Can't wait to hear Therese's controversial response.
(I'm totally kidding. You write whatever you want sis!)
Good luck and may the odds be ever in your flavor.
Anyway...
My mom bought strawberry so that's why its next. (And now that I think about it, its good thing I'm doing this before I go to college because I can't pay for all these pop-tarts myself). I put one in the toaster and left the other one cold just for experimental purposes. I was pretty surprised to find that strawberry actually tastes pretty good cold. In fact, I think I liked it better! Something about the jelly being warm just didn't do it for me. The icing's good and I love strawberry flavored anything, but for some reason this pop-tart didn't really hit the spot.
And here's why: the crust is kinda powdery and the jelly gets waaay hot. But after letting it cool for a bit and taking a quick bath in milk, it was still pretty damn good. I don't really know how I feel about any jelly-filled thing being toasted/warm but it worked out ok. Still not as good as cinnamon (in my professional pop-tart opinion).
However, strawberry tastes really good cold...perhaps better than cinnamon does without the toaster. So if you need a pop-tart on the go, strawberry's a good choice. You'll still want milk though because milk's the bomb and pop-tarts just need milk.
So...
Crust? meh
Icing? Super yum!
Filling? Gooey, but still good
Milk? Where would pop-tarts be without it?
Toasted? its alright
Cold? Magically delicious!
Overall score: 6
Can't wait to hear Therese's controversial response.
(I'm totally kidding. You write whatever you want sis!)
Good luck and may the odds be ever in your flavor.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Brown Sugar Cinnamon - My Review
Sorry for the delay in this review, no such pop-tart saving courtesy was extended to me, so I had to wait for the next box of pop-tarts to appear. Luckily for me, it was brown sugar cinnamon (BSC).
BSC has long since been one of my all time favorite pop-tart flavors. It's a simple classic, like vanilla ice cream. It does, however, have a few drawbacks.
For example, I have always found BSC pop-tarts too dry to eat un-toasted, even with milk. Un-toasted, it doesn't really absorb milk well and with no milk it's super dry. Not a huge plus in my book.
The other draw back for me is that BSC pop-tarts, even toasted, really need milk. It just completes the package.
So, in conclusion, with milk and toasted, BSC are a veritable dream of culinary joy. Without them...meh.
BSC has long since been one of my all time favorite pop-tart flavors. It's a simple classic, like vanilla ice cream. It does, however, have a few drawbacks.
For example, I have always found BSC pop-tarts too dry to eat un-toasted, even with milk. Un-toasted, it doesn't really absorb milk well and with no milk it's super dry. Not a huge plus in my book.
The other draw back for me is that BSC pop-tarts, even toasted, really need milk. It just completes the package.
So, in conclusion, with milk and toasted, BSC are a veritable dream of culinary joy. Without them...meh.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Flavor #1: Brown Sugar Cinnamon
Brown Sugar Cinnamon is probably the most popular of all pop-tarts, so I felt it was appropriate to start with this one (and because it was already in my house). I mean, I've never met a person who doesn't like them, but I am sure there people like that out here. We should pray for them.
Anway, when I walked downstairs this morning, there was one pack of cinnamon left in the box which I was told was left for me, as my little sister stated, "for your stupid blog". How rude! Anyway, I opened the pack and made sure that the pop-tart had not been broken, because that's just annoying, dropped it in the toaster and waited. (You can eat them without using a toaster, but that kind of takes the "pop" out of the "tart", if you know what I mean.)
After about three minutes, the pop-tarts were ready and they smelled awesome! I laid them gingerly on a paper towel, and said a blessing (cuz that's what I do), then got back up because I forgot to pour myself a glass of milk, then sat back down and started to pray again, but then remembered I already did, and then, finally, I ate.
Now, everyone eats their pop-tarts differently and I have no intention of trying every single way to make my judgement on the flavor. That's just ridicules. So, my way is simply to break a part of the pop-tart and let it soak in the milk for a couple of seconds (I believe this is called "dunking"). When the pop-tart is just soggy enough, I consume it and its perfection.
And here's why: brown sugar cinnamon has really good crust. I mean, the icings great, but the icing with the crust is just so good. Sometimes I wish they just had a plain pop-tart with brown sugar cinnamon's crust (which they probably do). It always taste better soggy since it doesn't have jelly in the middle and is more on the dry side. On top of that, dunking it makes it cool on the outside and warm on the inside. Yum. So if you don't dunk for some lame I-Don't-Want-To-Eat-Messy-'Cus-I-Eat-Like-A-Bird reason then you should try it anyway. Yolo, people.
So, here's what I have to say about Flavor #1:
Toasted? Yes
Milk? Hell yeah!
Icing? Scrumptious!
Crust? LOVE
Filling? Yummy, but dry if you don't have milk
Overall score? 8
Can't wait to hear what flavor the rest of you write about (which is currently just Therese).
Good luck and may the odds be ever in your flavor.
Anway, when I walked downstairs this morning, there was one pack of cinnamon left in the box which I was told was left for me, as my little sister stated, "for your stupid blog". How rude! Anyway, I opened the pack and made sure that the pop-tart had not been broken, because that's just annoying, dropped it in the toaster and waited. (You can eat them without using a toaster, but that kind of takes the "pop" out of the "tart", if you know what I mean.)
After about three minutes, the pop-tarts were ready and they smelled awesome! I laid them gingerly on a paper towel, and said a blessing (cuz that's what I do), then got back up because I forgot to pour myself a glass of milk, then sat back down and started to pray again, but then remembered I already did, and then, finally, I ate.
Now, everyone eats their pop-tarts differently and I have no intention of trying every single way to make my judgement on the flavor. That's just ridicules. So, my way is simply to break a part of the pop-tart and let it soak in the milk for a couple of seconds (I believe this is called "dunking"). When the pop-tart is just soggy enough, I consume it and its perfection.
And here's why: brown sugar cinnamon has really good crust. I mean, the icings great, but the icing with the crust is just so good. Sometimes I wish they just had a plain pop-tart with brown sugar cinnamon's crust (which they probably do). It always taste better soggy since it doesn't have jelly in the middle and is more on the dry side. On top of that, dunking it makes it cool on the outside and warm on the inside. Yum. So if you don't dunk for some lame I-Don't-Want-To-Eat-Messy-'Cus-I-Eat-Like-A-Bird reason then you should try it anyway. Yolo, people.
So, here's what I have to say about Flavor #1:
Toasted? Yes
Milk? Hell yeah!
Icing? Scrumptious!
Crust? LOVE
Filling? Yummy, but dry if you don't have milk
Overall score? 8
Can't wait to hear what flavor the rest of you write about (which is currently just Therese).
Good luck and may the odds be ever in your flavor.
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