pop tart's toaster treats

@max1950 (2306)
United States
August 1, 2010 10:02am CST
ok so i had my first pop tart last night and was told to put it in the toaster, can someone tell me why the icing doesn't melt ? whats in that stuff ? nuclear waste ?
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
2 Aug 10
nice discussion Max, that is just one of lifes mysteries like why hot dogs and twinkies wont biodegrade for years.
@laglen (19759)
• United States
2 Aug 10
i am good, been crazy busy with work and all but doing good. How is your summer? can you still fish down there?
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
2 Aug 10
oo i dont do twinkies, i dont think ive ever been that hungry. but i love my dogs. lags how are ye ?
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@max1950 (2306)
• United States
2 Aug 10
Enriched Wheat Flour (enriched with ferrous sulfate (iron), B vitamins (niacin, thiamine mononitrate [B1], riboflavin [B2] and folic acid)) Sugar Corn syrup Water High fructose corn syrup Vegetable and/or animal shortening (containing one or more of partially hydrogenated soybean, cottonseed or canola oil, and beef fat) Dextrose Whole eggs 2% or less of: Modified corn starch Cellulose gum Whey Leavenings (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate) Salt Cornstarch Corn flour Corn syrup solids Mono and diglycerides Soy lecithin Polysorbate 60 Dextrin Calcium caseinate Sodium stearol lactylate Wheat gluten Calcium sulfate Natural and artificial flavors Caramel color Sorbic acid (to retain freshness) Artificial color (yellow 5, red 40) twinkie ingreedients, food for thought. the fishin is good, no oil on shore, and the glades are still packed with gators trying to take my fish before i get them in the boat.
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@mentalward (14690)
• United States
1 Aug 10
Gee, thanks. Now I'M going to be wondering why that frosting doesn't melt! I think I've eaten my last Pop Tart until I find the answer to that question. Just why DOESN'T that frosting melt? Okay, I'm off to do some research. If I find the answer, I'll get back to you. It may just be a very unpleasant surprise! If you get the answer first, PLEASE let me know, okay?
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
1 Aug 10
FOUND IT!!! "The frosting of a poptarts is mostly refined sugar. "Dry" sugar melts at a higher temperature than "wet" sugar (wet like regular cake frosting with water and fat mixed in). Poptarts frosting is more likely to burn before melting, but it will eventually melt given enough heat and enough time." This came from WikiAnswers: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_doesn't_the_frosting_melt_off_of_a_pop-tart_when_it's_in_the_toaster
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
1 Aug 10
thanks, i feel the glow fading already, but that was my last one, 1 in 60 years was enough for me, i'll blame it on the munchies.
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
1 Aug 10
Just about anything will do when the munchies hit, huh?
• United States
2 Aug 10
My granddaughter (15) eats these everymorning. Untoasted. She breaks off the outer edge all the way around and throws it away, she says it is "nasty"!!!!! I have never liked poptarts. I would prefer a real jelly (rasphberry) donut!!!!!! I have tried the 'toaster strudels' but didn't like them in the toaster, they were still frozen! So I wrap them in foil and bake them. Then I looked at the calorie count and haven't bought anymore of them either!!!!!
• United States
2 Aug 10
Oh yes, they are[b][/b]MUCH better then the Pop Tarts! I still prefer them in the oven and yes I do like them but they are on the diet page of 'DO NOT EAT!' that my Dr gave me and every time I go in she says "are you sticking to your diet?" really it is more like "the diet is sticking to me!" Once upon a time, before 40, more like 17, yep I liked that cold pizza for breakfast too. Now I don't even like left over pizza and the only real pizza that I like is the homemade that I make! Wow have I gotten picky after 50!!!!
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
2 Aug 10
i kind of like the toaster strudel, except to get them toasted the right way they usually burn a little, but thats ok i just dump some more icing on them. but u must admit they are better than pop tarts. thats ok my daughter just turned 40 and she eats cold pizza for breakfast, NOW thats nasty.
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
10 Aug 10
That made me really laugh. I guess I have never really thought about it, but you are right it does not melt. I honestly don't know how they made it so that it doesn't melt, I guess because it is kind of hard to begin with, I don't really know. I just know I really enjoy them when they are toasted. They taste really good that way, but they are not exactly healthy so I don't eat them very often.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
14 Mar 11
Hi. max1950. I would think that the icing is somehow preserved onto the pop tart of why it does not melt off. And, it is firm on the dough. I am glad that the icing does not melt off of my pop tart. That is what makes it so yummy. I say, keep the icing!
@nmedanich (103)
• United States
1 Aug 10
No its not nuclear waste lol. its a pop TART. the tart frosting is not supposed to melt. The only thing thats supposed to melt is the inside of it.
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
1 Aug 10
i understand all that but "why" doesnt the icing melt in the toaster thats some scary stuff right there i tell ya, and i think im starting to glow in the dark.
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
1 Aug 10
neer thought of that I eat them cold daughter toastes them
@goldeneagle (6745)
• United States
2 Aug 10
I like pop tarts, but I prefer not to heat them. I like them right out of the pack...
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Aug 10
max1950 oh yes that stuff is just not good for you at all, really. Might not be nuclear waste but its got a zillion kinds of sugars in it and I have no doubt it might well kill a diabetic like myself with sugar overload. I hate the things and kids with sweet tooths love the crap. They will soon be having to see the dentist for sugarcavities.lol lol lol.The fact that that icing does not melt intrigues me too as just what is really in that icing?
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 Aug 10
i sure hope not. i used to eat them quite often. back when they first started making them they seemed much better. but now they are thinner and are like everything else sold today, just not the same. like they've cut back on good ingredients