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Pumpkin Pop Tarts

January 17, 2023 by Greta Talas 6 Comments

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Pumpkin Pop Tarts have a slightly flaky homemade pastry filled with pumpkin spice seasoned pumpkin puree and iced with a simple sugar glaze on the top. This recipe is so much better than the store-bought ones.

Pumpkin Pop Tarts

Are you looking for an easy homemade pop tart recipe? This recipe will be your favorite once you make it. I promise you. And not just you… your kid will also be in love with it.

You can make homemade puff pastry or use a store brought one, whichever you diced you do, will be a favorite. I always use homemade puff pastry, and I can declare that all the time I use homemade pastry dough.

I make the dough usually a day before, so it can stay in the refrigerator for at least 12 hours (for the night time). Then the next day I just have to form the pastry, add the filling and bake it.

I use a fall-inspired filling for this recipe but of course, this recipe is versatile, and it can be filled with a lot of options.

Pumpkin Pop Tarts

Other options for example are Strawberry Jam (or any flavor jam), Cinnamon Sugar, Chocolate (NUTELLA), Cookies and Cream. For topping the popular ones are the simple sugary glaze. You can add some spices, like pumpkin spice, or small pieces of fruit in it. You can add on top of the glaze sprinkles, chocolate pieces, and so on.

The good part is that kids can easily help make them. There is not much they can’t do in this recipe. They can cut the dough, spoon the jam, crimp the edges and add the egg wash. They will love to do all these.

Ingredients and substitutions

For today’s recipe, we’ll make fall-inspired super delicious pumpkin pop tarts.

Ingredients for Pumpkin Pop Tarts
  • Puff Pastry – homemade puff pastry or store-bought is good. For this recipe, the best substitution is pie crust and crescent roll dough.
  • Pumpkin Puree – When you have a fresh Pumpkin, feel free to use it. In a nutshell, after you remove the seeds and cut them into small pieces, bake the pumpkin in the oven. When it’s ready, add in the blender with a little water and make some delicious homemade pumpkin pure. This time I used store-bought pumpkin puree.

If you want to make pumpkin pop torts, you need to add pumpkin in any form above. Because without pumpkin there are no pumpkin pop-tarts. But you can play with the options above.

  • Raw Can Sugar – you can use any type of sugar
  • Pumpkin Spice – Again, I think this spice is necessary for this recipe. But if you don’t have at home, you can make it in your kitchen. The ingredients for the Pumpkin Spice are cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger.

If you don’t have all the ingredients to make this homemade pumpkin spice at home, you can substitute just with cinnamon. The taste will be not the same, but it will be delicious for sure.

For the Glaze

  • Confectioners Powder Sugar – this ingredient is another necessity for the glaze. The good news if you don’t have at home, you can make it for yourself. Add 1 cup of granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch (optional) to a powerful blender and blend for 30 seconds, until the sugar is white and fluffy.
  • Milk – for substitute use cream
  • Pumpkin Spice – is optional

How to Make Pumpkin Pop Tarts

Follow the step-by-step instructions for a quick and easy homemade pop tart.

step by step shots for Pumpkin Pop Tarts
  1. Take the ready-to-use homemade Puff Pastry dough, and flour your work surface to roll it out. Roll the dough into a rectangle, and leave it about ⅛ of an inch thick.
  2. Using a pastry cutter, or knife cut the dough into rectangles 2½ inches wide x 4 inches in height. You should be able to cut between 22-24 rectangles depending on how thick the dough has been rolled.
  3. Fill every other center with 1 heaping teaspoon of sweet pumpkin puree, leaving about a ¼-inch border from the filling to the edge of the dough.
  4. Cover each filled pastry with the dough rectangle you left empty
  5. Crimp the edges together with a fork. Repeat the process with all the rectangles. Brush each with this egg-wash recipe.
  6. Poke three times into every filled rectangle. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown at 375° F. Let cool completely before glazing, about 30-40 minutes.
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Pumpkin Pop Tarts

How to make the glaze (icing)

  1. While the pop tarts are baking, in a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk, and pumpkin spice. Mixing until smooth. The glaze should be not too thick to spread.
  2. Use a teaspoon or spatula to glaze each cooled pop tart.
  3. Leave to set for 30 minutes to 1 hour before eating, or until they are dry to the touch.
Pumpkin Pop Tarts

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Pumpkin Pop Tarts

Pumpkin Pop Tarts

Pumpkin Pop Tarts have a slightly flaky homemade pastry and are filled with pumpkin spice seasoned pumpkin puree and iced with a simple sugar glaze on the top. This recipe is so much better than the store-bought ones.
5 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 50 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 pieces
Calories 366 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 puff pastry
  • 1 egg for egg wash

Filling for the Pop Tarts

  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • ½ cup raw can sugar
  • ½ tsp pumpkin spice

Glaze for the Pop Tarts

  • ⅔ cup confectioners powder sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • ¼ tsp pumpkin spice

Instructions
 

  • Take the ready-to-use homemade Puff Pastry dough, and flour your work surface to roll it out. Roll the dough into a rectangle, and leave it about ⅛ of an inch thick.
  • Using a pastry cutter, or knife cut the dough into rectangles 2½ inches wide x 4 inches in height. You should be able to cut between 22-24 rectangles depending on how thick the dough has been rolled.
  • Fill every other center with 1 heaping teaspoon of sweet pumpkin puree, leaving about a ¼-inch border from the filling to the edge of the dough.
  • Cover each filled pastry with the dough rectangle you left empty and crimp the edges together with a fork. Repeat the process with all the rectangles.
  • Brush each with egg wash and poke three times into every filled rectangle. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until golden brown at 375° F. Let cool completely before glazing, about 30-40 minutes.

Make the Glaze

  • While the pop tarts are baking, in a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk, and pumpkin spice. Mixing until smooth. The glaze should be not too thick to spread.
  • Use a teaspoon or spatula to glaze each cooled pop tart.
  • Leave to set for 30 minutes to 1 hour before eating, or until they are dry to the touch.
Keyword pop tarts, pumpkin, pumpkin spice, weeknight dessert
Pumpkin Pop Tarts

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  1. nancy

    January 23, 2023 at 1:51 pm

    5 stars
    wow i haven’t had a pop tart in ages! brings back childhood memories. thanks for the easy recipe

    Reply
  2. Sandy

    January 17, 2023 at 10:28 pm

    5 stars
    The glaze! We made these tonight and they are wonderful. Such an easy recipe – and we love pumpkin any time of year!

    Reply
  3. Ksenia

    January 17, 2023 at 3:06 pm

    5 stars
    The pumpkin filling of these pop tarts was so refreshing and not at all too sweet – a big hit! I love having them on hand for an easy breakfast

    Reply
  4. Erin

    January 17, 2023 at 2:28 pm

    5 stars
    I love that these use minimal ingredients! I made them with my son, and we had a ton of fun. And they were, of course, delicious! LOVE the glaze!

    Reply
  5. Shruthi

    January 17, 2023 at 12:44 pm

    5 stars
    Where has this been all my life?! Move over boring storebought pop tarts. The flavors here are so much better. Really going to be a Fall favorite for sure!

    Reply
  6. Gen

    January 17, 2023 at 12:04 pm

    5 stars
    These were delicious and warm and reminded me of my childhood. Thank you for this wonderful recipe!

    Reply

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