Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts

Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts

Never again do you have to decide between Pop-Tarts and candy bars for a snack. Chocolate-dipped Pop-Tarts are both. At once. And they will win the heart of any Valentine, guaranteed. 

So go ahead--throw out your chocolate torte recipe. Throw the box of chocolates right out the window. In fact, throw out everything you own, except for the following.

  • Parchment paper
  • A baking sheet
  • Pop-tarts
  • Chocolate
  • Sprinkles
  • A heart shaped cookie cutter

Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts

Because it's time to make the best thing ever: Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts. They have all the fun of a Pop-Tart but with the added awesomeness of chocolate. Take that, chocolate covered strawberries! 

Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts

These chocolate-dipped Pop-tarts are what love tastes like, and it is sweet. 

Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts

Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts

  • 6 Pop-Tarts, flavor of your choice
  • 6 ounces chocolate (milk, semisweet, or dark - but not baking chocolate)
  • Chocolate sprinkles
  • a small heart shaped cookie cutter

Procedure

  1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Take the Pop-Tarts out of their packaging.
  2. Melt the chocolate, either in the top of a double boiler or in the microwave in 30 second increments until it's melty. 
  3. Position your melted chocolate near the parchment paper, and get to work.
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  5. I found that the best method was to hold a Pop-tart in my hand, and use a spoon or spatula to drip chocolate over half of it, rather than dipping the Pop-Tart in the bowl of melted chocolate--too much chance of dropping it!
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  7. Once coated, set the dipped Pop-tart on the parchment paper.
  8. Grab the heart shaped cookie cutter and place it on the chocolate portion of the Pop-Tart, while the chocolate is still soft. Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts Pour sprinkles in the cutter, then gently lift the cutter off, careful to not upset the sprinkles. Chocolate Dipped Pop-Tarts You can shake off excess sprinkles later, but for now leave them there.
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  10. Let the decorated tarts set until the chocolate is firm, and then shake off any excess sprinkles. You are good to go, Romeo. 

What kind of Pop-Tarts would you dip in chocolate?