{"id":10660,"date":"2012-11-30T07:24:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T12:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=10660"},"modified":"2019-11-25T22:08:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T03:08:43","slug":"diy-pop-tarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/11\/30\/diy-pop-tarts\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Pop-Tarts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" title=\"Food-Header-1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Pop-Tart.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/11\/30\/diy-pop-tarts\/pop-tart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Pop-Tart.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pop-Tart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Pop-Tart.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Pop-Tart.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10663\" title=\"Pop-Tart\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Pop-Tart.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Pop-Tart.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Pop-Tart.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Pop-Tart.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was thinking I would make a pancake and bacon breakfast in honor of Joe&#8217;s birthday, but it felt all sorts of wrong. How could I make him a card that was a tribute to his love of Pop-Tarts and throw a plate of flapjacks in front of him?<!--more--> After a little research, I discovered this <a href=\"http:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/homemade-pop-tarts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recipe<\/a>\u00a0for homemade Pop-Tarts via Deb from <em>Smitten Kitchen<\/em>. I had so much fun making them! I love her suggestion of making a savory version, it&#8217;s definitely something that I&#8217;ll be experimenting with in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>(P.S. She just published her first <a href=\"http:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book<\/a>, put it on your holiday wish list!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P-Tarts1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/11\/30\/diy-pop-tarts\/p-tarts-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P-Tarts1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P-Tarts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P-Tarts1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P-Tarts1.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-10667\" title=\"P-Tarts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P-Tarts1.jpg?resize=448%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P-Tarts1.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P-Tarts1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/P-Tarts1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was thinking I would make a pancake and bacon breakfast in honor of Joe&#8217;s birthday, but it felt all sorts of wrong. How could I make him a card that was a tribute to his love of Pop-Tarts and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/11\/30\/diy-pop-tarts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[809,95,1238],"tags":[1874,2116,2117,1241],"class_list":["post-10660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-glorious-food","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-breakfast","tag-homemade-pop-tarts","tag-joes-birthday","tag-smitten-kitchen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-2LW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10638,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/11\/30\/birthdays-and-pop-tart-deprivation\/","url_meta":{"origin":10660,"position":0},"title":"Birthdays and Pop-Tart Deprivation","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"November 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This card was partially inspired by the folks who discover the image of Jesus on their toast and Joe's current obsession with blueberry Pop-Tarts. 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