Here are examples of fruit I eat:
-Verona strawberry cookies by Pepperidge Farms
-Strawberry Nutrigrain bars
-Strawberry PopTarts
-Raisins
-Linzer cookies (raspberry, cherry, strawberry)
Wait a minute. I just realized that most of the "fruit" I eat is strawberry flavored. Hmmm...
Ever since I started baking, I've been on a quest to re-create popular processed snack foods. So far, I've made amazing rip offs of Cheez-Its, Oreos and Cracker Jack. I've been jonesing to add PopTarts to that list since I'm a fan of the strawberry ones but in truth, they taste pretty awful cuz of the chemicals. I first heard of homemade PopTarts from Flour Bakery in Boston (yay Joanne Chang). They were also made by Deb of SmittenKitchen (blog!). I also saw them on Diners, Drive Ins & Dives at Nickel Diner in DTLA.
Well. I finally made it over there and got me a homemade PopTart. And it was awesome. I got Joanne Chang's new book for my birthday so I'll soon be rolling out my own homemade PopTarts which I hope will blow Nickel Diners' out of the water, cuz that thing wasn't cheap and DTLA is a bitch to get to.
I'm going to make my own sprinkles to top it, too.
Ya. I'm crazy. Crazy Go Nuts. Like Strong Bad. CGNUniversity.
