Homemade Pop Tarts Recipe (Video)

Make your own strawberry, raspberry, or brown sugar pop tarts. Our homemade pop tarts are made with a flaky crust and are EASY to make! Our homemade version tastes 100x better than store-bought pop tarts. The crust is flakey and delicious making these the perfect sweet treat!

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Watch our step by step video!

I love making popular treats and snacks at home for my kids. We’ve made homemade Hostess cupcakes, homemade star crunch cookies, and even homemade butterfingers. Today I’m sharing our pop tart recipe—our version. They don’t taste like store-bought pop tarts and I like them better! No toaster oven necessary.

Homemade Pop Tarts

I use the same pasty recipe for my pop tarts that I’ve used for years to bake up the most delicious pies. My pie crust recipe calls for shortening, butter, AND oil. Just a bit of each to give it the best texture and flakiness.

My pop tarts have more of a flakey turnover consistency and I’m not mad about it. No need to toast these bad boys, they are delicious straight from the oven or at room temperature.

Homemade pop tarts are super fun to customize. You can make any flavor you’d like! My recipe makes 6 pop tarts. Simply select which filling you’d like to add and make a batch to spoon in between pop tart layers. I’ll share 3 options: strawberry, raspberry, and brown sugar. Raspberry is our favorite.

Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts

The filling is a combination of strawberry jam and a bit of corn starch to thicken it up. Vanilla glaze is spooned over the top and sprinkled with sprinkles for good measure.

Homemade Raspberry Pop Tarts

My personal favorite. Tangy raspberry jam and corn starch combine for a delicious filling. I even added a tablespoon of raspberry jam to the glaze to give it a bit of pink color before adding red sugar sprinkles.

Homemade Brown Sugar Pop Tarts

If you like cinnamon rolls you’ll love brown sugar pop tarts. Loaded with brown sugar and cinnamon flavor then covered in a cinnamon vanilla glaze.

Homemade Pop Tart Ingredients

(scroll to the end of the post for a printable recipe)

Dough

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 3 Tbsp. cold butter (salted or unsalted butter)
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1/3 cup buttermilk (or 1/3 cup buttermilk + 1 teaspoon lemon juice)
• 1 egg + 1 Tbsp. water (egg wash)

Filling

Strawberry Pop Tarts

• 1/2 cup strawberry jam
• 2 teaspoons corn starch

Raspberry Pop Tarts

• 1/2 cup raspberry jam
• 2 teaspoons corn starch

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tarts

• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons corn starch

Glaze

Strawberry

• 2/3 cup powdered sugar
• 4 teaspoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Raspberry

• 2/3 cup powdered sugar
• 3-4 teaspoons of milk
• 1 Tbsp. raspberry jam

Brown Sugar

• 2/3 c. powdered sugar
• 3-4 teaspoons milk
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Note: use more or less milk to achieve the desired consistency for the glaze.

How To Make Pop Tarts

Make a batch of pastry dough then roll it out 1/4 of an inch thick.

You’ll need to cut it into 3″x8″ rectangles. I use plain copy paper to make a template then lay it over the dough as I slice around it with a pizza cutter. Continue to do this until you have 6 rectangles. You’ll need to roll up scraps and roll out again to get 6 rectangles.

Poke the pastry all over with a fork then brush the egg wash around the edges. Spoon the filling onto one side of the rectangle.

Fold the dough over then seal the edges by pressing down with a fork, all the way around. Poke a few more holes on top of each pop tart with a fork, brush the tops with egg wash, then place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes at 400 degrees.

Spoon desired glaze over cooled pop tarts.

Homemade Pop Tarts Recipe