Target has been offering up a wealth of holiday food oddities this year. On the same trip that I purchased all of those Andes Baking Chips, I also came across these Gingerbread Pop-Tarts. Now I like a Pop-Tart from time to time, but they have to be of the frosted variety. I’m also more inclined to eat one if it’s the brown sugar and cinnamon kind. So I admit it. I was more than a little excited to get these home and into the toaster.
Admittedly, The packaging is pretty cute. Each tart is wrapped in the traditional silver cellophane, and a red ribbon is superimposed on the top with a little “to” and “from” tag. The pop-tarts themselves are all printed with different images of gingerbread people doing wintry things in a limited number of ink colors (red, green, blue, and black).
The outside of the Gingerbread Pop-Tart is sprinkled with sugar and the inside is filled with icing. I want to like these, but unfortuately they’re just so-so. The flavor of the spices is really unbalanced so after eating one I feel like I’ve just had a clove and nutmeg sandwich. The thing is, kids will love them. They’ll feel like they’re eating the walls of a gingerbread house for breakfast. So even though I’m a little grossed out, your 8-year-old will think he’s been given the keys to the cookie breakfast kingdom. On the upside they do make your whole kitchen smell like a gingerbread cookie candle. These special pop-tarts are a limited edition just for the holidays so find them while you can.
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I would guess the flavor would be a bit cloying… *ick* But those printed Gingerbread Men are kinda freakin’ me out, too. I know it’s supposed to be a shovel but um… Gingerbread Axe Murderer, anyone?
Cute. If you want a good gingerbread-for-breakfast experience without all the calories, you must try the limited edition Celestial Seasonings’ Gingerbread Spice holiday tea. It’s delicious, especially with some cream mixed in.
I agree that the gingerbread men are sinister. Even if they don’t taste great, they certainly have entertainment value!
Man it’s been a long time since I’ve had a Pop Tart! They tend to be Tahoe car-trip type of fare…. I might have to grab these. I wonder if they’ll taste as cloying when hungover?
I lurrrve the brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts!
have you tried the gingerbread coffee from trader joes? it has chunks of ginger and whole cloves mixed in with the beans!
I laughed out loud at this “a clove and nutmeg sandwich”
I alos adore brown sugar pop tarts. YUM.
These are so cute!
I am TOTALLY with you on the brown sugar and cinnamon Pop-Tarts! They are my favorite. And no matter what kind of Pop-Tart I eat, they MUST have a frosting. PTs are so dry that even dried icing makes them better. That totally makes no sense, but whatever. 🙂
And did you notice that those creepy gingerbread men on the PTs kinda look like pumpkin heads?
the ginger bread poptarts were the best ones they had they tasted amazing