Poptarts... where to get them!

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:25 pm 0

Yeah I know they used to be uber-popular a few years back... anyhow I'm heading to Belgium for the weekend over Easter and one of the people I'll be meeting up with has requested if someone can grab some poptarts for her as she's never tried them.

So... are they still on sale here and if so, where can I find them?!

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:29 pm 0

Most of the big supermarkets will have some.

Foul things that they are.

DTB · Post by **DTB** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:36 pm 0

Brittle sugar coated pastry that splits at the bottom and pours lava hot fake filling down your hand giving 3rd degree burns.

As dangerous and vile as the McDonalds apple pie

tentaclesex · Post by **tentaclesex** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:54 pm 0

I had a couple of pop tarts yesterday. Old school strawberry without any of that foul icing on the outside. It was pretty inoffensive, but I did wonder why I liked them so much as a kid.

Jimmy T. @ · Post by **Jimmy T. @** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:58 pm 0

Matt, try Bentalls in Kingston.

They've got those, plus loads of the other US import grub, in the basement level food section.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:00 pm 0

DTB wrote:Brittle sugar coated pastry that splits at the bottom and pours lava hot fake filling down your hand giving 3rd degree burns.

As dangerous and vile as the McDonalds apple pie

They're better cold, anyway.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:10 pm 0

Flabio wrote:Most of the big supermarkets will have some.

Already tried the local huge Sainsburys without luck, hence thought I'd ask...

@ JT @ - cheers mate, I'll see if I can swing by there before Friday and check if they do indeed have any

In the meantine, any more suggestions...

ddraig · Post by **ddraig** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:27 pm 0

aah sweet chemicalised american junk food

I love the blueberry frosting ones myself. That and Fruit Loops & Peanut Butter flavored Cap'n Crunch cereals.

adam · Post by **adam** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:04 pm 0

i think watchdog did an expose on these in the 90's... iirc they can catch fire in british toasters (american ones are designed differently)..

now... that reminds me...

NATURE OF EXPERIMENT: Physical properties of overheated breakfast
pastries within micro-radiant-convective environment; observed social
effects of same.

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this experiment was to place the common
breakfast pastry in a radiant-convective micro-environment of high
temperature, in order to observe ensuing physical manifestations.
Secondary purpose: to determine whether social
effects of overheated pastries.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gmbrown/tart/

Valgalder · Post by **Valgalder** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:40 am 0

I'm a big fan of Pop Tarts.. my favorite being the S'mores ones... I just bought a new one that's Oreo based.. haven't tried it yet..

I guess these are more popular in the states, as I can find them anywhere...

ravuya · Post by **ravuya** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:43 am 0

Do they not have them in the EU? They're in every grocery store and most convenience stores here in Canada.

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:12 am 0

I can buy pop-tarts at the damned gas station.

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:00 am 0

Depends where you are in the country. Some places have all the EU varieties (the smore ones are called something like chocomallow over here), other places have just the strawberry and/or chocolate and other places just don't have call for them or don't realise that there is at least.

Love 'em. They're shit, granted, but I still like 'em.

They haven't been catching fire for some time. The 'crust' is much thicker and better sealed now, but they still suggest not leaving the toaster un attended whilst cooking so you can notice the smoke should anything happen.

adam · Post by **adam** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:49 am 0

a breakfast snack that comes with fire precautions... i love it!

Col · Post by **Col** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:14 am 0

The US has plenty more interesting pop tart flavours than the UK. All we get is a strawberry one, a chocolate one and..err...