Buttered Pop-Tarts

May 23, 2007 8:04 PM

Who butters Pop-Tarts? I like to melt some butter onto my toasted Pop-Tart. mmmmmm. Some people call me crazy. Am I? (well, we know I am, but here we are just talking Pop-Tarts) In my advanced years I have had to embrace healthy food. Yet, sometimes I like to re-live my youth of Pop-Tarts with butter and Special-K with half-and-half. Am I alone here? There is an argument to be settled, but mostly I just want to know if I am alone or in good unhealthy company.
posted by caddis to Food & Drink (18 answers total)

yes.
posted by bigmusic at 8:07 PM on May 23, 2007

I'm not even sure how to flag this.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 8:10 PM on May 23, 2007

You're alone, and you'll die alone, like everyone will. Such is life.
posted by cmonkey at 8:10 PM on May 23, 2007

My dad used to do this (on the un-iced Pop Tarts, usually plain strawberry flavored). I thought he was nuts, though.
posted by lunalaguna at 8:11 PM on May 23, 2007

CitrusFreak, I went with "breaks the guidelines."
posted by boomchicka at 8:11 PM on May 23, 2007

Unbuttered Pop-Tarts are too dry in my opinion, but put some butter on one... mmmmmm
posted by blm at 8:12 PM on May 23, 2007

Hrm. That's a good choice, boomchicka. I went with my usual catch all choice of "noise."
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 8:12 PM on May 23, 2007

I flagged this over a minute ago and it hasn't been deleted yet. Should I make a MeTa thread about it?
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 8:13 PM on May 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

For the record, I butter the ones without frosting. You are not alone, but I can't speak for the crazy. IANAHS. (I am not a head-shrinker)
posted by ktrey at 8:14 PM on May 23, 2007

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to eat two plain toasted bluebery pop-tarts with butter.
posted by longsleeves at 8:15 PM on May 23, 2007

I have a friend who butters her pop-tarts, and I used to think she was crazy, but now I see you're both crazy. Enjoy!
posted by Zephyrial at 8:16 PM on May 23, 2007

Best answer: Buttering a frosted pop-tart is a fool's errand. The butter/oleo just melts and runs off. Besides, it's better to butter the 'bottom' of a pop-tart and hold it upside down; you get butter on the outer non-filled crust. Don't ask me how I know this.
posted by wendell at 8:17 PM on May 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

I flagged this over a minute ago and it hasn't been deleted yet. Should I make a MeTa thread about it?

Yes please, but just for kicks, write it all in pig latin.
posted by cmonkey at 8:19 PM on May 23, 2007

Occasional butter on non-frosted varieties, butter on frosted cinnaYUM, no butter on other frosted varieties. A very light coating of butter on frosted cinnamon is heavenly.

But given 'Pop-Tarts', the concept of healthy no longer applies, you're in the realm of "whatever tastes good" because there is no way that they are "healthy" in the fist place.
posted by zengargoyle at 8:19 PM on May 23, 2007

Answer to what is best in life. - Conan

(To hear the lamentations of the women: love it or leave it)
posted by longsleeves at 8:21 PM on May 23, 2007

You're a complete and total freak of nature.
posted by ottereroticist at 8:22 PM on May 23, 2007

dude, is ask me changing color?
posted by grobstein at 8:25 PM on May 23, 2007

Special-K and half-and-half? You mean people use that for things other than coffee?

noise indeed
posted by JaredSeth at 8:26 PM on May 23, 2007