Frosted Confetti Cake Pop-Tarts Review

A while back, (I'm not sure how far maybe in September?) Publix had a sale on Pop-Tarts they were 3 for $5.00! I got 3 boxes, two of which my roommates ate (stupid roommates). The third box, they didn't touch, I was actually least exited about this box as well.

It was a box of Limited Edition Spider-Man Yum-Azing Vanilla.

I will admit, the only reason I bought those Pop-Tarts is because they had Spider-Man on them ;p I am a sucker for anything and everything Spider-Man themed. Vanilla Pop-Tarts? To be honest they sounded kinda gross to me and I put off eating them for a LONG time about a month and a half. Were they good? ABSOLUTELY! These turned out to be my all time favorite Pop-Tarts and still are. I loved the sweet vanilla flavor. It reminded me of the Cookie Dough Pop-Tarts with out the chocolate chips in the middle or the chocolate frosting.

Unfortunately, by the time I got around to realizing how good these were, the short amount of time they were in production was already over. So I went in search for something similar, I did not find any vanilla flavored Pop-Tarts but I did find these:

Frosted Confetti Cake Pop-Tarts (My box said "New Flavor" not Limed Edition)

Confetti Cake is supposed to taste like vanilla... right? :D For all of you who haven't had Confetti Cake before, it is basically a white cake with rainbow sprinkles in the dry batter mix. When you bake the cake, the sprinkles melt making the white cake spotted with rainbow dots. There is also matching frosting you can buy that is white and comes with rainbow sprinkles for the top.

Looks like this:

(You can see the resemblance of the two products by looking at the boxes)

As for the Pop-Tarts themselves? Do the look like the picture? Eh? Kinda. I would say Kellogg's did a pretty good job making the product look like the picture on the box, but they typically do.

The only thing that I noticed that was kind of off, was the fact that in the picture, the Pop-Tarts filling also has rainbow dots. I could only find one dot in my Pop-Tart even after digging for a bit. Maybe I got a dud, or I didn't dig enough...

You can see the one lonely dot I found after dissecting the Pop-Tart.

I expected these to smell like cake. Instead, they smelled like frosting. Close enough I guess, although it would have been pretty cool if they actually smelled like a fresh cake pulled from the oven (maybe that's not realistic for a toaster pastry).

The first flavor I noticed when I took a bite was SWEET. Is sweet even a flavor? Who knows. After the sweetness the second flavor I tasted was vanilla. A lot like the Spider-Man vanilla. I do not think it was exactly the same as the Spider-Man vanilla but it was definitely close.

If you eat the edges, so that you are only tasting the crust and not the filling, you can also taste that the crust has a more buttery flavor than the normal Pop-Tart crust used in the fruit flavors (and the Spider-Man ones too). I think this was supposed to be the cake part of the Pop-Tart and the filling was supposed to be the frosting.

The texture was the same as any other frosted Pop-Tart that has sprinkles. Chewy outside with a gooey inside. The filling in this Pop-Tart was sticky, unlike the fruit flavors. This makes sense seeing as it is supposed to resemble frosting.

I ate my Pop-Tart raw. I have not tried it frozen or toasted. I think that it may be *different* not necessarily better, if frozen. I do not think these would be appetizing if they were toasted. I am just not a fan of toasted Pop-Tarts in the bakery flavors. I think toasting works better on the fruit flavors and freezing works better on the bakery flavors. These are just assumptions though, there is really no way of knowing without trying it.

So the big question. Does it taste like cake? Nope, not at all. I think it tastes a tiny bit like cupcakes, but that is only because cupcakes have a lot of frosting and are very sweet.

Is it yummy? Indeed it is. Is it as good as the Spider-Man Pop-Tarts? Nope, but I think it is the closest I am going to get to them for the time being.

Overall I would say this is one of the better flavored Pop-Tarts but because of the sweetness, I am only able to eat one per sitting. (Maybe this is a good thing).

Rating: 7 out of 10

Pros: yummy vanilla flavor, pretty rainbow colors, pretty close to Spider-Man Pop-Tarts

Cons: too sweet, weird butter taste, don't actually taste like cake