How to Make Homemade Pop Tarts with Honey Blackberry Filling

I ate pop tarts every single morning as a kid. Cold, never toasted, and with a glass of milk – it was my go-to. Feeling nostalgic,  I decided to re-make my childhood favorite and created these Homemade Pop Tarts with Honey Blackberry Filling. They came together surprisingly easily, and tasted better than my go-to breakfasts of yore.

I took “homemade” very seriously in this recipe and scratch-made everything: the dough, the filling AND the frosting.

Here How I Make My Homemade Pop Tarts

The Ingredients

The best part is that I only used 8 ingredients. Let me share with you!

1. flour
2. salt
3. butter
4. cold water
5. egg
6. blackberries
7. honey
8. powdered sugar

To me, the extra work to scratch-make everything was worth it, and it was a fun weekend activity. Cooking and baking can be pretty relaxing sometimes. Though, if you are in a bind you could also just pick up some store-bought dough and jam (for the filling) and make this a lot easier on yourself.

I was also pretty curious to see what the nutrition looked like for these homemade pop tarts, so I ran the numbers…

Nutrition Breakdown

If you make five pop tarts, the nutrition for one breaks down to about:

• 310 calories
• 15 g total fat
• 40 g carbs
• 20 g sugar
• 4 g protein

Not too bad, but I would categorize these guys as desserts. Definitely not a part of your complete breakfast.

Four Simple Steps to Make

Diving into the process of making these, it’s just four simple steps:

1. Make the dough
2. Prepare the filling
3. Whip up the icing
4. Put the pop tart together

Step 1: Make the dough

Making the dough is really simple. It only has four ingredients (flour, salt, butter and cold water) that get mixed together and then refrigerated before getting rolled out.

Step 2: Prepare the filling

Next, it’s time to make the two-ingredient filling, and it’s even easier than step 1.

Put your blackberries in a sauce pan with honey and simmer until everything comes together, about 10-15 minutes or so.

Step 3: Whip up the icing

Use the leftover blackberry + honey “juice” from your filling and mix that with some powdered sugar and water to make an awesome, vibrant purple icing.

Step 4: Put the pop tart together

Once the dough, filling and icing are ready, you can assemble the homemade pop tarts on the ceramic or stainless steel baking sheets for baking in the oven.

Crimping the edges and cutting slits in the top of the pop tart are both key to make sure the pop tart holds up while baking! While they’re baking, you could clean up, or watch your favorite show, read a book, or go play with your dog… you should probably go play with your dog. Also, if you didn’t get to the blackberry honey icing earlier then you could whip that up now.

After the pop tarts have baked and become golden brown, allow them to cool to room temperature. Then, you can start “decorating” with the homemade icing. Let your art skills shine.

These Homemade Pop Tarts with Blackberry Honey Icing did not last long…

So, How Much Does It Cost?

Let’s get economical with these Homemade Pop Tarts with Honey Blackberry Filling:

• 1 cup all purpose flour – $0.15
• 1/2 tsp salt – $0.01
• 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp butter – $0.38
• 3 tbsp ice cold water – Free
• 1 egg (for egg wash) – $0.25
• 12 oz blackberries (2 packages) – $1.38 (on a great sale – $0.69/6oz pkg)
• 2 tbsp honey – $0.30
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar – $0.16
• 2 tsp water – $0.00
• 2 tsp blackberry & honey mixture from the filling – Free

The grand total is $2.63, or about $0.53 per pop tart. This is more expensive than regular store bought pop tarts, yes, but this is a premium homemade tart. If you are willing to spend the extra dough, it’s worth it.

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I hope you enjoy these Homemade Pop Tarts!