Pop-Tarts...wtf?!

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  • ErinGiam
    ErinGiam Posts: 396 Member
    My husband eats them everyday and when I found out they made a chocolate chip cookie dough one I almost died as I am a HUGE fan of cookie dough ice cream! I reasoned with myself though that 3 bucks just wasn't worth the possibility of me gaining weight..damn them!!! lol
  • hesse_v
    hesse_v Posts: 31 Member
    Vienna sauseges! Great example! In one can, it is 2.5 servings! now why would they do that? When i open a can, I eat the WHOLE thing!
  • RMX82
    RMX82 Posts: 172
    I love those little *kitten*, haha.
  • karenjoy
    karenjoy Posts: 1,840 Member
    Do people actually feed these to their chidren? They don't even resemble food,I am surprised that they only have 200 calories to be honest. But then all the most crap stuff tastes the best sadly, it's packed full of stuff that once we have a taste for, we crave in a similar way to nicotine.
  • Raina0512
    Raina0512 Posts: 216
    I only buy the UNFROSTED STRAWBERRY ones (we toast them then put light margerine on top, like toast) - They're AMAZING but definately still fattening! :(
  • SraArroz
    SraArroz Posts: 238
    My favorites are the chocolate fudge ones.... when you toast them, the whole house smells like brownies baking in the oven... omg! What did I have to read this topic??? :sad: Now I want some! .... they're bad for me.... they're bad for me... (repeat with me).... they're bad for me! :wink:
  • bikinibrooke123
    bikinibrooke123 Posts: 104
    A unfrosted pop tart had 200 cal each!
    A Low Fat pop tart has 180 calories each. Better bit still no nutrition..
  • recipe4success
    recipe4success Posts: 469 Member
    wow that is crazy!

    i never ate many pop tarts (i think i've eaten perhaps 10 in my life) but i enjoyed them!

    much like i enjoyed pizza pops...i can't imagine how many calories those must have!
  • Stewie316
    Stewie316 Posts: 266 Member
    I can't keep them in my house. I would go through them so fast. My favorite use to be the one's with the apple filling and frosting. They stopped making them when I was a kid. I can still remember how good they tasted. :happy:
  • StacySkinny
    StacySkinny Posts: 984 Member
    I find it amazing how many products are made for kids that have such crazy high calorie and sugar content. You're right, it's no wonder our nation has such an obesity problem with our children. When I was a kid Pop Tarts where advertised as a breakfast food, lately they have "cleaned up there act" a little bit by advertising it as a desert or snack type of item. I also remember when I was a kid (this wasn't all that long ago as I'm only 31) they used to have something called "Malt-o-Meal" which was a chocolate oatmeal type of food that was advertised for breakfast. That stuff was a calorie nightmare, but I'm happy to report I've not seen it on the shelf for a few years, so maybe they stopped making it.

    But some of the stuff they still make for kids for breakfast are just crazy - like chocolate cereals, cereals with marshmallows in them, frosted cereals. This is insane! The sugar content alone is enough to push kids into diabetes! Not to mention most juices on the market have enough sugar in them you can just about accurately describe them as liquid candy. This nation needs to WAKE UP and stop poisoning our children! Parents need to stop buying this crap and start teaching children proper nutrition and proper portion control.
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