New Product Review:

Mint Chocolate Chip Pop-Tarts

Reviewed by Mr Breakfast on 9/23/2006

Funny story: I actually bought this box of Pop-Tarts at an Asian grocery store that had very few American products. I was gleaming because I thought I'd found a rare Pop-Tart. I mean, Chocolate Mint... surely Kellogg's wouldn't try to put that in America's toasters for breakfast. It was weird. It's a flavor that has never been associated with American breakfast. Certainly, this was a Pop-Tart from the Orient... exotic and strange. Two weeks later, I saw them with the Blueberry Pop-Tarts at my local All-American Ralph's Grocery Store.

I stand by my initial impression. Chocolate Mint for breakfast is weird. And I love those flavors... Thin Mints from the Girl Scouts, Junior Mints... I love 'em. But when you try to cram those flavors into a Pop-Tart, the result isn't nearly as good... not by a long shot. This product doesn't taste like a delightful cookie. It tastes like the "artificial flavors" it admits to on the box.

Believe me, I was ready to add chocolate mint to the pantheon of breakfast flavors. I could see chocolate mint pancake syrup... Chocolate Mint Cheerios... but a few nibbles of these Pop-Tarts put those dreams to rest right away.

While this review leans toward the negative, I would advise people to give this product a try. It's a novelty Pop-Tart that I'll be very surprised to see on my store's shelves two years from now. Get them while you can. And please post your thoughts. I'd love to hear some different opinions.

Sayonara.

The price we paid: $2.29