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{{Short description|Type of pastry, typically toasted and store-bought}}
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| name = Toaster pastry
| image = Strawberry-Pop-Tarts.jpg
| caption = Strawberry [[Pop-Tarts]], an example of toaster pastries
| course = [[Dessert]] [[snack]] or [[breakfast]]
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|creator=[[Nabisco]] & [[Kellogg's]]|year=1964}}
A '''toaster pastry''' is a type of [[Confectionery|bakers' confection]]. They are thin rectangles often made of [[rice bran]], [[molasses]], [[flour]], [[syrup]], and [[shortening]], which on one side usually has a coating of [[icing (food)|icing]] that has been dried with [[starch]]. They contain sweet, syrupy fillings, often [[fruit preserves]] or other flavoring ingredients such as [[chocolate]] or [[cinnamon]]. As the name suggests, toaster pastries are often heated in a [[toaster]] or [[oven]]. They are already fully cooked however, and may be eaten unheated as well.

==Brands==
The following list includes some popular [[brands]] of toaster pastries:
* [[Pop-Tarts]]: the top selling brand of toaster pastry for many years, first introduced by [[Kellogg's]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wholepop.com/973580985/features/toasters/poptarts.htm |title=— The True story of the Pop Tarts |publisher=Whole Pop Magazine Online |access-date=2015-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034634/http://www.wholepop.com/973580985/features/toasters/poptarts.htm |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
* [[Toast'em Pop Ups]]: Toast'ems began production in February 1964 as Post Country Squares. The name changed in 1965 to Toast'em Pop Ups. The brand was sold to Schulze and Burch in 1971.<ref>[http://schulzeburch.openfos.com Schulze and Burch Biscuit Company]</ref>
* [[Toaster Strudel]]s: [[Pillsbury Company|Pillsbury]]'s Toaster Strudel<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.pillsbury.com/View/breakfast/toasterstrudel.asp |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041016033536/http://www.pillsbury.com/view/breakfast/toasterstrudel.asp| archive-date= 2004-10-16| title= Pillsbury - toasterstrudel}}</ref> is a toaster pastry meant to taste like a traditional German [[strudel]] with [[icing (food)|icing]]. The icing comes in a removable plastic package, and the pastries must be frozen, unlike other toaster pastries.
* Toastettes: [[Nabisco]] (which is now owned by [[Kraft Foods]]) created their toaster pastry in 1967 called "Toastettes", to compete with Kellogg's Pop-Tarts. The brand was discontinued in 2002 after a failed marketing effort to tie Toastettes in with Nabisco's children's brands. Nabisco also made toaster pastries with the name "Kool Stuf", which was also later discontinued.
* Toastables: The [[Quaker Oats Company]], now a subsidiary of [[PepsiCo]], produces "Toastables".<ref>[http://www.pepsico.com/Brands/Quaker-Brands.html Pepsico Quaker products]</ref>
* [[Nature's Path]]: Developing many flavors, Nature's Path creates [[organic farming|organic]] toaster pastries.

==References==
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