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