{"id":50579,"date":"2022-03-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=50579"},"modified":"2022-03-21T16:05:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T02:05:13","slug":"banner-butter-x-pop-tarts-limited-edition-kit-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2022\/03\/21\/banner-butter-x-pop-tarts-limited-edition-kit-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Banner Butter x Pop-Tarts Limited Edition Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Buttertarts1<\/p>\n

What is the Banner Butter x Pop-Tarts Limited Edition Kit?<\/h3>\n

Apparently, slathering butter on your freshly-toasted Pop-Tarts is a thing<\/a>? I had no idea. As the person who believed for 20+ years that I had invented dipping Wendy\u2019s fries into Frostys, I really should have known.<\/p>\n

\"Buttertarts2<\/p>\n

Atlanta-based Banner Butter teamed up with Kellogg\u2019s to make a combo kit of Pop-Tarts\u2019 most iconic flavors and two small pats each of six Banner\u2019s flavored butters. The packaging had suggested pairings, which is what I tried (with a couple of additional twists).<\/p>\n

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How are they?<\/h3>\n

First up – Strawberry Pop-Tart with Sea Salt Butter. This was the basic proof-of-concept. And yeah, it was delicious. The butter gave the commercially-bland Pop-Tarts\u2019 pastry the flavor of real, laminated pastry dough. (But did we need that?)<\/p>\n

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Next, Strawberry Pop-Tart with Balsamic Fig and Caramelized Onion Butter. This was my favorite of all the butters – a nice sweet\/savory combo. It gave the Pop-Tart a flavor complexity it usually lacks.<\/p>\n

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Then, Chocolate Fudge PTs with Cinnamon, Cardamom & Ginger butter and Honey Habanero butter. The Cinnamon\/Cardamom\/Ginger butter was great, but the chocolate overwhelmed it a bit. The Honey Habanero butter gave the chocolate a dark intensity and a little heat – similar to a chili-tinged Mexican hot chocolate.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, the Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts with Strawberry butter and Dark Chocolate butter. These were both meh. The strawberry got lost in the cinnamon, and the dark chocolate just tasted like added cocoa powder.<\/p>\n

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Brown Sugar Cinnamon PTs are one of my favorites, so I also tried them with the Balsamic Fig & Caramelized Onion butter and the Cinnamon, Cardamom & Ginger butter. They both worked way better than the suggested pairing. Balsamic Fig brought the same complexity as it did to the strawberry PTs. The Cinnamon, Cardamom & Ginger butter added an \u201cadult\u201d feeling. Both great butters.<\/p>\n

Overall, I really liked some of the flavors here, but wasn\u2019t sure about the \u201cupgrading\u201d of PTs. I love Pop-Tarts in all their naked, untoasted glory. If I wanted something that tasted like a fine French pastry, I\u2019d just go buy the real thing. Give me my pasty pastry in a foil bag. That being said, Kellogg\u2019s, why aren\u2019t you just doing this yourselves? Cinnamon Cardamom & Ginger Pop-Tarts? Spicy Chocolate Pop-Tarts for winter? C\u2019mon.<\/p>\n

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Anything else you need to know?<\/h3>\n

This kit sold out a while ago, but you can get the same experience ordering Banner Butter and purchasing Pop-Tarts at the store. Or buy other butters. Or make your own compound butter – just soften some butter, mix in the good stuff, and let it sit in the fridge.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/h3>\n

If you\u2019re a Buttered-Pop-Tarts stan, this fancy-butter-combo is definitely for you. If you\u2019re just hearing about it, give it a whirl with whatever you have on hand. If you like your Pop-Tarts lowbrow like I do, try it for fun, but don\u2019t expect it to become your regular thing.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $25.00
\nSize:<\/strong> (3) 13.5oz \/ 8-pastry boxes of Pop-Tarts, (12) 2 tbsp. pats of butter
\nPurchased at:<\/strong> bannerbutter.com
\nRating:<\/strong> 7 out of 10 (although the Balsamic Fig and Cinnamon Butters alone are 9 out of 10!)
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> (For butters – 2 tbsp or \u00bd of a pat) Sea Salt<\/strong> – 100 calories, 11 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 30 milligrams of cholesterol, 90 milligrams of sodium, 0 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 0 grams of sugar, including 0 grams of added sugars, and 0 grams of protein. Balsamic Fig & Caramelized Onion<\/strong> – 110 calories, 11 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 75 milligrams of sodium, 2 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 2 grams of sugar, including less than 1 gram of added sugars, and 1 gram of protein. Cinnamon, Cardamom & Ginger<\/strong> – 110 calories, 11 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 15 milligrams of sodium, 2 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 2 grams of sugar, including less than 1 gram of added sugars, and 1 gram of protein. Honey Habanero<\/strong> – 110 calories, 11 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 50 milligrams of sodium, less than 1 gram of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, less than 1 gram of sugar, including 0 grams of added sugars, and 1 gram of protein. Strawberry<\/strong> – 110 calories, 11 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 15 milligrams of sodium, 2 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 2 grams of sugar, including 0 grams of added sugars, and 1 gram of protein. Dark Chocolate<\/strong> – 110 calories, 12 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 35 milligrams of cholesterol, 15 milligrams of sodium, 2 grams of carbohydrates, less than 1 gram of dietary fiber, 2 grams of sugar, including less than 1 gram of added sugars, and 1 gram of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the Banner Butter x Pop-Tarts Limited Edition Kit? Apparently, slathering butter on your freshly-toasted Pop-Tarts is a thing? I had no idea. As the person who believed for 20+ years that I had invented dipping Wendy\u2019s fries into Frostys, I really should have known. Atlanta-based Banner Butter teamed up with Kellogg\u2019s to make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[1495],"class_list":["post-50579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-pop-tarts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16990,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/06\/spotted-on-shelves-kelloggs-flavor-flashback-milk-chocolate-graham-pop-tarts\/","url_meta":{"origin":50579,"position":0},"title":"SPOTTED ON SHELVES – Kellogg’s Flavor Flashback Milk Chocolate Graham Pop-Tarts","author":"Marvo","date":"June 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm not sure when the original Chocolate Graham Cracker Pop-Tarts were available, but I wonder why they were discontinued because they look awesome. 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