Pop-Tarts vs. Toaster Strudel?

The Toaster Strudel is far superior, but the Pop Tart being shelf stable and not needing to be toasted gives it some advantages over Toaster Strudels.

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kcracker1987@reddit

This °. So much this.

My immediate thought was...

If it's getting heated, Toaster Strudel ALL DAY!

If I'm eating it right out of the foil, the Pop Tarts for the win.

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ToddPundley@reddit

Or the secret shameful option - just warm up the Toaster Strudel splooge icing packet in the microwave and have it commando.

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Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit

And not making mom cranky about less freezer room.

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WingZombie@reddit

Rich people stuff. You weren’t finding any of that in our home.

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jrob321@reddit

Brown Sugar Cinnamon toasted until the frosting is burnt and caramelized in some spots.

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jockfist5000@reddit

Still have callouses in my mouth from that delicious molten lava.

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PracticalConcept260@reddit (OP)

Never mind a pepperoni Tombstone straight outta the restaurant/bar gawd awful pizza oven. Still probably have ptsd. Like time used to stand still. Grease/thermal coefficient.

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thatstwatshesays@reddit

Reminds me of the dreaded pizza roll mix. Let’s play a game: Is it still frozen? Or is it molten?

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Setsuna00XN@reddit

It's both. Always both. And in the e same roll.

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rink_raptor@reddit

Pop tarts. Strawberry with frosting. Cold. Seemed to be the snack of choice for us wrestlers.

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eastbayted@reddit

Brought to you by Flintstones vitamins.

10 million strong a growing!

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Away_Ad_5390@reddit

Last time I had a pop tart, they added the filling with a paintbrush!

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Blue_Henri@reddit

Toaster strudel was the shit when it came out! My mom would never let us eat junk food for breakfast and we snuck this past her for a few weeks. Fun was up when she found the icing packet.

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Melodic_Caramel1777@reddit

I don’t eat either anymore, but back in the day toaster strudel was by far the better choice.

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LayerNo3634@reddit

Toaster Strudel is good, but PopTarts can be eaten anytime, anywhere. You don't take the 1st on a camping or road trip.

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Popular_Race9750@reddit

20 years ago, it was pop tarts, but they went to shit. Toaster Strudels are king.

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Alewort@reddit

Toaster Strudel and it's not even close.

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Toaster Strudel and its not close. In a weird irony Im more likely to buy pop tarts for the kids as I can see a pop tart in the pantry and let it be but if I open the freezer and see a delicious toaster strudel the only debate is whether Ill eat the frosting while it's in the toaster or have the self control to spread it before I eat a whole box of them.

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PracticalConcept260@reddit (OP)

Mmmmm! 🫠

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shuanm@reddit

You fancy kids, and your strudels. Throw a pop tart in the toaster, and get on the bus.

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PracticalConcept260@reddit (OP)

You can't even toast an OG pop-tart. No! Gotta raw dog that goodness! Don't pretend... not even like you could get back into the house to use the kitchen in the day? Strudel's (correct spelling) were only a luxury discovered in college for me.. True story. Thank you PEL Grant system. Paid for a case or two of RWB and about three semesters of dorm life as well! Books were overrated in '91.

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smokythejoker@reddit

It’s all about brown sugar and cinnamon pop tarts. I don’t know why they even make other flavors…

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denvergardener@reddit

I still buy those from time to time as a guilty pleasure.

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CommunicationNew3745@reddit

Boom!💥This. Though, I must admit, the ~~Oreo~~ Cookies & Cream ones are a very close second . . .

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ShinyWolverine@reddit

I lived on Toaster Strudel in college!

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Flat_6_Theory@reddit

Pop tarts toasted with butter on them.

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ThermoMother@reddit

I’ve always been team strudel but recently discovered buttered pop tarts and it’s glorious

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NihilsitcTruth@reddit

As much as I loved apple cinnamon pop tarts, strudel is just so much better.

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somewherein72@reddit

Toaster strudel, that glaze pouch that came with it sets it far above Pop-Tarts. The filling was tasty and that crust was flaky. There wasn't the excessive variety of pop tarts like we have here in the future and I'm not even sure they were frosted. I do recall that the old PopTarts were good, the crust parts were so much better. Not chalky at all like today.

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GuitarCD@reddit

Eaten hot for breakfast? Toaster Strudel! Eaten cold from a vending machine at work at 10:45pm? Pop-Tarts!!

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LaceyBloomers@reddit

None of those. My mom didn’t want us eating those kinds of things and we didn’t need vitamins because she fed us well nutritionally. Mom was awesome.

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mhoner@reddit

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LaceyBloomers@reddit

Bruce Campbell/Autolycus can call me Fancy Pants anytime. 💕

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Z-man1973@reddit

I guess you are just better than everyone else here then…

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LaceyBloomers@reddit

Ok, if that’s the way you want to interpret it. I was very lucky to have the parents I did.

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seattlemh@reddit

My mom was like your's. It completely backfired. So, I pick pop tarts.

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Impossible_Disk8374@reddit

🙄

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ThoughtCharming8917@reddit

Toaster strudels hot and with every last drop of the sugar frosting squeezed out of the plastic sleeve. Pop tarts cold for the win!

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STFUisright@reddit

Omg I want one so bad now

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afternever@reddit

Got any of them Dinos?

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Desperate-Chip1819@reddit

I see these as two different things. Toaster Strudel is meant to be eaten warm. Pop Tarts are meant to be eaten right out of the box. They both hold their places equally.

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jfrorie@reddit

Agreed, let's not get tribal over too wonderful forms of love.

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Youronlyhope@reddit

Toaster Strudel all the way! Flaky, warm, icing drizzled, are you kidding me?

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CanMoo@reddit

Team Pop Tart-Brown sugar Cinnamon!

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Fun-Championship7330@reddit

Still eat them and they are still my favorite.

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MaximumJones@reddit

That apple strudel goodness could not be matched.

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Road_Dog65@reddit

I was so mad when they quit making the Vanilla Creme pop-tarts. I'd have gone to my grave eating them... or because of them ;)

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catespice@reddit

Never seen these before in my life. I swear this sub is 95% American nostalgia.

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mhoner@reddit

Well I guess that makes sense with Reddit being mainly an American forum with a majority of Redditors being from the good old U.S. of A.

I would also argue the stereotype of Gen X is American because it’s based out of American Culture. Not saying it’s exclusive but Gen X from Eastern Europe is going to look vastly different from Gen X from the US or Brazil.

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catespice@reddit

You’re right. Maybe we need a “GenXNonAmerican” subreddit.

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mangolamplight@reddit

Stop talking shit dude

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RainbowsandCoffee966@reddit

Toaster strudel! My grandmother and i would have them for breakfast.

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Sad-Corner-9972@reddit

Pop tarts for the mindless simplicity. Some of us are not morning people.

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Buzzbait_PocketKnife@reddit

That toaster strudel was the shit!!!!

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automata@reddit

Strudel all day

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PixelMonkeyArt@reddit

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WaterwingsDavid@reddit

Toaster Strudel! It's flaky and has icing. Ive lost interest in eating certain things as an adult and Pop Tarts is one of them.

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Capable-Instance-672@reddit

Toaster strudel was delicious!!

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PracticalConcept260@reddit (OP)

I agree. Both were yummy, the Strudel was the shit overall, but if you had to raw dog one, Pop-tarts were the ticket. Now they both seem to be about the same culinary delight as the cardboard a Tombstone pizza comes packaged on. Know it's not my aging pallet either... And don't even get me started on a McD's #1?!?

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Z-man1973@reddit

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/palate-pallet-palette-difference-usage

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PracticalConcept260@reddit (OP)

Well fuck my autocorrect (hope that's correct, not spaced or hyphenated.) Please note my correct use of mechanix within parentheses. You are truly what's wrong with this platform. Please find new hobbies.

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Z-man1973@reddit

Wow, try to kindly correct your “autocorrect” issue and you have to bash me in return. Classy

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Brilliant-Pie5207@reddit

Pop tarts, specifically frosted cherry, have my undying loyalty. That said, toaster strudel was pretty tasty especially if you wanted something hot. (I do not heat pop tarts)

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TheJokersChild@reddit

I mean, Toaster Strudel is "the one kids want to eat." That flaky crust and the little icing packets you can doodle on them with? No contest.

But Pop Tarts do come in some pretty interesting flavors these days.

Then again, isn't Breakfast Strudel still a thing with the sausage and eggs inside?

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8Deer-JaguarClaw@reddit

Pop Tarts for portability, but Toaster Strudels wins in every other category.

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TheJokersChild@reddit

But you really need the case for Pop Tarts. They don't always travel well when they're only in the foil.

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tidayo1370@reddit

Does anyone remember the bacon, egg, and cheese Toaster Strudel? Those were the best portable breakfast ever!

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troisarbres@reddit

Both? I loved them both. I still see Pop-Tarts but I never see Toaster Strudels anymore.

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Z-man1973@reddit

They are still readily available at every grocery store I go to.

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somePig_buckeye@reddit

They are right beside the Eggos.

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AppleFan1994@reddit

Toaster Strudel was so dang good. I ate a whole box one night. And drank Jolt at the same time. I was a bit jittery.

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sickboy6_5@reddit

pop tarts 100%

but my mom liked toaster strudel, but she always got mad when i opened the topping packets and sucked out the sugar... some people, sheesh.

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NoraClavicle@reddit

Yeah, but Danish-Go-Rounds though.

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SomePeopleCallMeJJ@reddit

That is the correct answer.

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AgentLead_TTV@reddit

toaster strudel for me all the way no question.

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kramwest1@reddit

I ate whatever mom had available, but Toaster Strudels were the best—Unless we’re talking Entenmann’s Raspberry Danish.

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WayPowerful484@reddit

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markov-271828@reddit

I’ve eaten so many frosted strawberry Pop Tarts. Back in the day of course.

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KingSolomonsFrog@reddit

Toaster Strudels are so fetch.

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Mediocre-Proposal686@reddit

I don’t think my father, the inventor of Toaster Strudel, would be too pleased to hear about this!!

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Beret_of_Poodle@reddit

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charliefoxtrot9@reddit

That's not even fucking close. Toaster Strudel could send its frosting packet to that fight and still win on that alone.

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Lightnenseed@reddit

Hell yeah! That icing is delicious!

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suburbanplankton@reddit

Pop Tarts. Strawberry, unfrosted.

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MrBrawn@reddit

Unfrosted? Heathen.

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PracticalConcept260@reddit (OP)

Right? God damn savage!

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FawnLeib0witz@reddit

There’s no reason to eat unfrosted pop tarts.

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gravitydefiant@reddit

Frosted pop tarts contain gelatin, so they're out of bounds for strict Muslims, Jews, and vegetarians. That's a reason. Although I might argue that this problem is better solved by just not eating pop tarts.

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Empty_Divide153@reddit

…with a bit butter melted on…yes, I’m a weirdo

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Numerous_Bad1961@reddit

Brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tarts still to this day.

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2nd2lastdragon@reddit

Toaster Strudel > chalky hardtack

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kramwest1@reddit

This

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Fluid_Change_9647@reddit

I loved toaster strudels and would only heat them up about halfway so the filling would still be a little cold. They were superior to most pop tarts except for blueberry, s’mores, and cherry imo.

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midwest-distrest@reddit

Bruh… Toaster Strudels were for rich kids. You have a Nintendo AND Toaster Strudels?! You bet your ass I wanna sleepover!

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Jocks_Strapped@reddit

yeah I was lucky if I got cheese toast much less PopTarts

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terry1381@reddit

I mean pot tarts are easy to keep around the other is probably better

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Altruistic-Cut9795@reddit

I was always a fan of pop tarts as a kid. When Toaster Strudel came out , it definitely was a game changer.

Toaster Strudel FTW

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fuckyoulahey@reddit

Toaster strudels have gone to complete shit...

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Affectionate_Bid5042@reddit

For real. I bought a box to introduce them to my grandkids. They wouldn't eat them, so I tried one. I wouldn't eat them either so we ended up throwing the whole box out. Super disappointing, I remembered them so fondly.

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