
Instructions Make the chocolate cookie dough. You can decorate your frosted chocolate pop tarts with sprinkles, mini chocolate chips or chopped chocolate. The meringue powder is a necessary ingredient that helps the icing to set quickly and stay set, rather than getting sticky and soft. You’ll need powdered sugar, cocoa powder, meringue powder, vanilla and milk. It’s shiny, making for a pretty presentation, but also gives the sprinkles something to stick to. Iced pop tarts are the prettiest, so the chocolate icing is a must. Each bite is rich, fudgy and so chocolatey.

As the pop tarts bake, the filling melts into the crust a bit, so the two aren’t really discernible from each other. The filling is also really simple, sort of like a thick ganache, made of melted semi sweet chocolate chips, butter and cream. I use a food processor to make the dough easily and quickly, but you can also make it with a pastry cutter. The crust has a wonderful chocolate flavor that isn’t too sweet. I also added an egg yolk, which adds tenderness and structure. It’s a simple dough, made of all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, salt, butter, milk and vanilla extract. Ingredients Chocolate Cookie Crustįor the chocolate crust, I used my go to chocolate sugar cookie dough recipe.
CHOCOLATE POPTART FULL
See the recipe card at the end of the post for the full ingredients list and instructions. While today’s recipe will work at any altitude, I test all the recipes on my site at Denver’s altitude of 5,280 feet. You can even freeze the unbaked pop tarts to bake later. If you like, you can assemble them at night, then just bake them in the morning.

Although these are pretty easy to make, you will need a little time to make, chill and roll out the dough before assembling and baking your pop tarts. With the chocolate crust, chocolate filling and chocolate icing, chocolate lovers will love this nostalgic treat.Īssemble at Night, Bake in the Morning. There’s no such thing as too much chocolate, and I love the triple dose of chocolate in these pop tarts. You know exactly what goes into them, with no chemicals or weird ingredients, and they’re fun to make, too.

I love homemade versions of popular store bought treats. Why You’ll Love This Recipeīetter Than Store Bought. All opinions expressed on this site are my own. This in no way affects my opinion of those products and services. This means that I may make a small commission if you purchase a product using those links. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. You might also love these homemade strawberry pop tarts, brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts, and cherry pop tarts. These chocolate pop tarts basically taste like a fudge brownie, or a frosted chocolate sugar cookie, for a fun and indulgent treat for breakfast. Homemade chocolate fudge pop tarts are super chocolatey, with a buttery chocolate cookie crust, chocolate fudge filling, and shiny chocolate icing, sprinkled with more chopped chocolate.
