New Product Review:

Caramel Chocolate Pop-Tarts

Reviewed by Mr Breakfast on 2/25/2005

I get hundreds of emails each month from hundreds of wonderful people. And every so often I get an email from a bad apple. Recently I was sent an email that said, "Mr Breakfast, how can you promote Pop-Tarts for breakfast? It's unforgivable!!!"

My official stance is that Pop-Tart style products are candy bars... some of the best candy bars on the market. Given the billions of options we have for breakfast, I don't recommend chucking a Pop-Tart in your mouth and calling it breakfast. But I also have to admit that I'm as guilty as the next guy for grabbing a donut or a Pop-Tart for breakfast when time is a consideration or if I have an insatiable urge to be decedent. I'll state for the record... mothers don't feed your children Pop-Tarts. Visit our healthy breakfast section and raise a healthy child.

But Pop-Tarts are a permanent part of our American breakfast landscape, so I'll continue to review them and enjoy them when they taste good. So before a jerk like Sherry Sykes of Albany, New York sends me an email saying what a disgrace I am for promoting Pop-Tarts, I hope they'll explore the site first. Sherry Sykes of Albany, New York... I think it's "unforgivable" that you write complaint emails without being informed.

With that nastiness behind us, let's start talking about the very tasty new Caramel Chocolate Pop-Tart, instead of that dopey jerk Sherry Sykes of Albany, New York. The second you take this pastry out of its silver sheathing, it smells like a delicious brownie. When toasted, you get a distinct, but not overpowering flavor of caramel. The inside is a gooey treat. The chocolate flavor is similar to Kellogg's other chocolate pastries, but the caramel gives it a new and interesting twist. You might expect it to be too sweet. It's not.

For those of you that opt for un-toasted Pop-Tarts as an afternoon snack, this one isn't so great. It takes toasting to merge the chocolate and caramel flavors. "Fruit" filled Pop-Tarts are always better un-toasted options.

A woman I'd just had sex with tried a toasted Caramel Chocolate Pop-Tart and said, "This is really, really good. I don't think they can make a better Pop-Tart." I liked it a lot, but not quite that much.

"Mr Breakfast, did you just say what I thought you did?" I did and you'd be validated in writing a complaint letter. "Was Sherry Sykes of Albany, New York the woman you had sex with?" No way, man.

A one pastry serving contains 200 calories and 1.5 grams of saturated fat. Trans fat information is not listed.

The price we paid: $2.50