For this reason, I strongly advise those who try this Pop-Tart to not only proceed with caution but also have a glass of milk at the ready. The pepper flavor is strong and harsh in contrast with the initial strawberry, packing an impressive punch that can be felt in your nose. However, after a few more bites, one begins to taste the pepper. The first bite of the Pop-Tart tastes like the classic Strawberry flavor, sweet and mellow. In regards to the flavor itself, the Sparkly Pink Mace Pop-Tart is truly an experience for the palette. For starters, the visual appeal of the pastry itself is quite literally eye-catching seeing as the neon pink frosting is made from a special dye that can be spotted from a half-mile radius. The Sparkly Pink Mace Pop-Tart is one of Pop-Tart’s most unique and inventive flavors to date. Nevertheless, the Bruised Banana Pop-Tart is an excellent product and even carries the potential of forging peace across our nation between those who eat the bruised part of the banana and those who hate it. Yet, while the Pop Tart excels in taste, it lacks in presentation: the Pop-Tart would be far more appealing to the eyes if it simply had a drizzle of chocolate on top rather than a thick coating of frosting. The pastry itself tastes like banana, as is expected, but what sets it apart from any other banana-flavored breakfast food is the rich, sweet taste of ripened banana that can only be extracted from the bruising. Pop-Tarts, a hallmark of America’s culinary *patrimoine,* understands this and offers us a Bruised Banana flavored Pop-Tart. However, what these bruised banana xenophobes fail to realize is that the bruising on a banana only makes it sweeter. It leaves one to wonder, will it ever stop? Will our children grow up in an America where we are united despite all of our differences rather than shunned, mocked and discriminated against? I like to think, to hope, to dream that one day, I will be able to sit down at lunch, peel my slightly browned banana and eat the bruised part without facing the shocked, angry and disappointed faces of my peers who are disgusted at the thought of even eating the bruised part of the banana. More and more often we see it in our schools, communities and even our homes. There is no denying it our country is divided. Why have the rest when you can just have the best part?

After all, there are only so many flavors you can put in a toaster pastry before getting desperate. Always ready with a new flavor, Pop-Tarts’ agile business plan enables them to stay ahead of the competition, albeit with some interesting flavors throughout the years. Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts, on the other hand, are down with the times, “lit,” if you will. This is because General Mill’s patron saint of baking, the Pillsbury Doughboy, is slow to adapt to changes in the market.

Why Pop-Tarts, specifically, though? Toaster Strudels have been considered just as good in some respects, but no one would recognize it in a lineup. Pop-Tarts have long held an uncontested niche in American snack and breakfast markets as the sole toaster pastry to have stood the test of time.

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