1) They're conveniently sized so as not to ruin dinner. 2) They come in a variety of flavors to please every palate. 3) They're colorful like a circus and spread fun and frivolity wherever they go. 4) Microwaving them for exactly 12 seconds heats them to the perfect temperature and avoids any unnecessary toaster fires.

Pop Tarts are delicious small pastries that you can eat for breakfast or as a snack. Although you can eat Pop Tarts straight out of the package, they taste a little better when they're warmed up. You can use the tools in your kitchen to heat up any flavor of Pop Tart to make them taste great.

Pop-Tarts (stylized as pop. tarts) is a brand of toaster pastries produced and distributed by Kellanova (formerly Kellogg's) since 1964, consisting of a sweet filling sealed inside two layers of thin, rectangular pastry crust. Most varieties are also frosted.

WASHINGTON - The popularity of Pop-Tarts hasn't waned over the years. In fact, as the nation has grown healthier, the iconic breakfast food has seen sales grow. Sales have gone up every year for the past 32 years, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, soybean and palm oil (with TBHQ for freshness), sugar, bleached wheat flour.

There's a word for people who eat untoasted Pop⁠-⁠Tarts®: Renegades. Fully baked & ready to eat! Or heat. Or freeze.

A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savoury, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard.

Bill Post (WWMT) - At 94 years old, Bill Post has a lot to be proud of. He's a dad to two kids, grandpa to four, and great grandpa to 10. Also on his list of accolades: his role in creating the Pop-Tart. “In 1964 I answered the telephone and Kellogg asked if they could come see some of our equipment," Post said.

1963 So he hit up “Doc” Joe Thompson, and his kitchen crew to create an ingenious hack on toast and jam. It was called “Fruit Scone.” But that sounded terrible. So we took inspiration from the Pop Culture movement of the day and renamed it “Pop-Tarts.”

Ingredients: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, soybean and palm oil (with TBHQ for freshness), sugar, bleached wheat flour.

Originally, the Pop-Tarts product was called, "Fruit Scone." It was later changed, and a Kellogg's spokesperson told us that the "Pop-Tarts name was influenced by Andy Warhol's Pop-Art in the 1960s." With that, the pastry's popularity took off.

Bill Post (WWMT) - At 94 years old, Bill Post has a lot to be proud of. He's a dad to two kids, grandpa to four, and great grandpa to 10. Also on his list of accolades: his role in creating the Pop-Tart. “In 1964 I answered the telephone and Kellogg asked if they could come see some of our equipment," Post said.