{"id":20717,"date":"2016-10-17T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=20717"},"modified":"2023-08-12T10:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T20:49:54","slug":"review-limited-edition-frosted-caramel-apple-pop-tarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/17\/review-limited-edition-frosted-caramel-apple-pop-tarts\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Limited Edition Frosted Caramel Apple Pop-Tarts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Anyone else feel like their teeth are going to fall out when they eat a caramel apple?<\/p>\n

The hardened caramel should seriously be considered on the list of dental no-no\u2019s right up there next to chewing ice (I\u2019m guilty). So, for the most part, I avoid caramel apples. But, Frosted Caramel Apple Pop-Tarts bring all the joy of Caramel Apples but in toaster pastry form. <\/p>\n

Sort of. <\/p>\n

Out of the trusty shiny packaging, a corner of the pale toaster pastry tumbled out typical Pop-Tart crumbliness. No immediate artificial\/pungent odor tumbled out with the crumble though, which is always a good sign! I took a closer nose-pection of the goods. It smelled just like Tootsie\u2019s Caramel Apple Pops. <\/p>\n

Luckily, I have a pretty positive association with Apple Pops but it\u2019s a little odd that a toast pastry smells like a candy. The Pop-Tart itself looks like a regular Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tart but with a neon green squiggle down the middle and neon is never a good color for food. <\/p>\n

For a Pop-Tart, the flavor progression is surprisingly complex. The first bite was all apple flavoring. Think Hostess Apple Fruit Pie but with a better crust to filling ratio (aka the filling isn\u2019t gooping everywhere). The apple flavoring was followed by a warm maple, caramel sweetness. This pushed it over the edge of sweetness for me, but right at that point a sour apple tartness emerged. <\/p>\n

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After the first couple of bites, I looked more closely at the filling. It looked like half & half filling with a darker half and a lighter half so I tried each half as separately as I could. The lighter half was the apple part of the filling and tasted pretty standard. The darker half contributed the warmer maple, caramel flavor as well as the tartness. Kellogg\u2019s R&D definitely tried to go above and beyond for this one. <\/p>\n

\"Limited<\/a><\/p>\n

Somewhat dissatisfied, I put these babies in the toaster oven for a quick toast. After warming it up, I found it odd that the edges weren\u2019t a more golden brown color like other warmed pop-tarts. Typically, Pop-Tarts taste best warm, but not this flavor. While the apple, maple and tartness meshed a little better together, the sour apple after-taste became even more prominent and made it taste even more like the lollipop candy. <\/p>\n

These should be renamed Caramel Apple Pops Pop-Tarts. I wouldn\u2019t be disappointed if Kellogg\u2019s did not bring this Limited Edition flavor back. Long live Pumpkin! <\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1 pastry \u2013 200 calories, 5 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 180 milligrams of sodium, 36 grams of carbohydrates, 15 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $2.50
\nSize:<\/b> 12 pastries\/box
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Kroger
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> R&D put in work – tried to replicate a Caramel Apple as closely as possible.
\nCons:<\/b> Tastes just like Caramel Apple Tootsie Pops. Too sweet. Why doesn\u2019t it toast?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone else feel like their teeth are going to fall out when they eat a caramel apple? The hardened caramel should seriously be considered on the list of dental no-no\u2019s right up there next to chewing ice (I\u2019m guilty). So, for the most part, I avoid caramel apples. But, Frosted Caramel Apple Pop-Tarts bring all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1473,1495],"class_list":["post-20717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-kelloggs","tag-pop-tarts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30423,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/27\/quick-review-exclusive-flavor-frosted-chocolatey-salted-caramel-pop-tarts\/","url_meta":{"origin":20717,"position":0},"title":"QUICK REVIEW: Exclusive Flavor Frosted Chocolatey Salted Caramel Pop-Tarts","author":"Meghan","date":"July 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"What is it? 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