Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts

These homemade strawberry pop tarts are made with just a handful of ingredients like strawberry preserves and pre made pie crust.

Pop tarts are everyone’s favorite childhood breakfast or snack. These little hand pies are filled with fruit filling before being baked and topped with icing. I decided to make my own homemade version of pop tarts with these easy strawberry pop tarts topped with homemade icing and pink sugar sprinkles. If you loved this easy recipe, try these Strawberry Chocolate Chip Muffins and these Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies (Made from Scratch) as well.

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An Explanation Of The Ingredients

• Pie Crust – Store bought pie crust makes this recipe extra easy to put together.
• Strawberry Preserves – Can be substituted for strawberry jam.
• Powdered Sugar & Heavy Cream – Mix together with the heavy cream to make the homemade icing.
• Sprinkles – I used pink sugar sprinkles for this recipe but you can use any sprinkles you have on hand.

Roll the dough out and cut into the shape of a 3×5 index card.

Add 1 tbsp of the filling.

Close the pop tarts using a fork and poke holes on top before baking.

How To Make Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a bowl, beat the egg and water to make the egg wash.
3. Roll out the pie crust dough to about a 1/4 of an inch thick over parchment paper.
4. Cut out 3×5 rectangle shapes from the dough. You can use an index card as a guide if you have one.
5. Roll the leftover dough into a ball then roll it out again to a 1/4 of an inch thick and repeat the same steps until you’ve used up all of the pie crust dough.
6. Add about 1 tbsp of the strawberry preserves to half of the dough rectangle shapes.
7. Brush the edges with the beaten egg to make it easier to close.
8. Close the pop tart by topping them off with another piece of the dough rectangle. Repeat the same steps until you have put together all of the strawberry pop tarts.
9. Use a fork to seal the edges of the pop tarts.
10. Poke holes on top of each pop tart with a fork and brush the top and edges with egg wash.
11. Bake them in a parchment paper lined baking sheet at 400 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until golden.
12. Remove them from the oven and let them cool down completely.
13. In a bowl, mix together the heavy cream and powdered sugar.
14. Top the completely cooled pop tarts with homemade icing and sprinkles before serving.

Preserves Or Jam

I prefer using preserves when I make homemade pop tarts because they usually have chunky pieces of fruit in them which I enjoy. If you can’t find preserves, you may definitely substitute with jelly or jam.

Can I Make This Recipe With Homemade Pie Crust?

You can certainly make this recipe using a homemade pie crust instead of store bought. I decided to go the store bought route so that I could make this recipe as easy as possible.

Recipe Notes

• Don’t over fill the pop tarts, otherwise the filling will come out from the sides during baking.
• Substitute the strawberry filling with any other fruit filling of your choice.
• If you can’t find preserves, you may use jelly or jam instead.