When eating Pop-Tarts just isn't enough sweet, frosted, pastry goodness, turn it into a milkshake.
I may have cooled off on my Pop-Tart coverage lately, but that doesn’t mean the jam-filled breakfast pastry has been sleeping. With the new Pop-Tart comedy, Unfrosted, releasing, you can expect to see more of the eye-catching blue box in your life soon. Normally I have inventive ideas for how you can eat Pop-Tarts, like this Pop-Tart pie crust or a perverted Pop-Tart trifle, but I seem to have forgotten the importance of hydrating. Luckily, with this quick Pop-Tart milkshake, you can easily drink your Pop-Tarts too.
Milkshakes are the answer to wanting ice cream without having to pay attention to it at all. Just smash it all in a cup so I don’t have to catch any drips, and give me a straw while you’re at it so I can chug as much as possible in one breath. As if it couldn’t get any better, milkshakes give you the special opportunity to drink normally solid foods. All you need is a regular blender, an immersion blender, or one of those fancy milkshake beater machines.
Pre-softening the Pop-Tarts makes for easier blending, in my experience—specially if you’re using a milkshake maker, which doesn’t use a blade to mix up the shake. To do this, break up two tarts of any flavor into the container of the machine and add the milk. I’m a sucker for the frosted strawberry flavor so I added that and some almond milk to a measuring cup (I used my immersion blender later). Let it sit together for about five minutes.
When your tarts have softened, add the ice cream. I added strawberry ice cream to boost the berry flavor, but if you really want the nuanced Pop-Tart flavors to shine, I recommend using vanilla bean. It can help with blending to soften your ice cream for 10 minutes before scooping, but it depends on how thick and cold you want the mixture to be.
Turn on your appliance of choice and blend the milkshake until the ice cream is soft and smooth and the tarts are obliterated. Pour it into a glass and enjoy immediately.
My strawberry Pop-Tart milkshake came out creamy, sweet, and with plenty of strawberry flavor. My favorite part was that the jammy center broke up into tiny, semi-frozen, jam crumbs that made for some added textural interest. If you don't like strawberry, don't worry. The beauty of making milkshakes with this nostalgic breakfast pastry is that your flavor choices are only limited by your neighborhood grocery aisle. With over 20 flavors (even "Frosted Strawberry Milkshake flavor!"), you’ve got a lot of experimenting ahead of you.
Ingredients:
2 Pop-Tarts
½ pint ice cream
½ cup milk
Sprinkles for garnish
1. Break up the tarts and add them to the blender's container. Add the milk and let it all sit together to soften for about five minutes.
2. Add the ice cream to the container and blend until smooth. Pour the milkshake into a glass and serve with sprinkles on top.
