Easy Heart Shaped Pop Tarts (Homemade Valentine Breakfast Idea for Kids)

Shannon Cairns

January 28, 2022

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If you’re searching for heart shaped food ideas for your littlest Valentines, you’ve come to the right place! These adorable homemade pop tarts are the perfect heart shaped breakfast to serve in February.

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This recipe makes 15-20 mini heart shaped pop tarts, perfect to pop in a lunch box as a special Valentine’s Day treat, serve for breakfast with fruit, or put out for the kids as an after school snack.

The dough is homemade, but you can also use a pre made pie crust or puff pastry dough to make this recipe even faster and super easy.

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Ingredients needed to make Mini Heart Shaped Strawberry Pop Tarts 

  • 1+ 1/4 cup flour  
  • 1 stick butter, diced 
  • 1 tsp sugar 
  • 1/4 cup ice water  
  • 2 tbsp vinegar  
  • Pinch of salt  
  • Strawberry sauce for filling 
  • White chocolate with purple coloring for decoration 
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How to make Heart Shaped Strawberry Pop Tarts for Valentine’s Day

Step one: Preheat the oven to 350F.  

Step two: Mix diced butter (cold) and flour.  

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Step three: Make a circle, add vinegar, ice water, sugar and salt. 

Step four: Make the dough.  

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Step five: If your dough is too soft place it in the refrigerator about 15-20 mins.

Step six: Roll out the dough on a floured surface into a large rectangle. 

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Step seven: Don’t roll out the dough too thin, (0.2’’(0,5cm) inches will be good).

Step eight: Take your heart shaped cookie cutter and make little hearts.  

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Step nine: Put some strawberry sauce on a heart and place the other heart shaped dough on top. 

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Step ten: Press down around the edges and make stripes using a fork.  

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Step eleven: Brush the mini hearts lightly with egg wash.  

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Step twelve: Bake for 30-35 minutes until pop tarts are golden brown on top. 

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Step thirteen: Using a teaspoon decorate them with melted chocolate. 

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Homemade Heart Shaped Pop Tarts

Homemade Heart Shaped Pop Tarts

These easy heart shaped pop tarts are the perfect valentine's day snack or breakfast idea!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 stick butter, diced
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1/4 cup ice water
  • 2 tbsp vinegar
  • pinch of salt
  • strawberry sauce for filling
  • white chocolate with purple coloring for decoration

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F (180C).  
  2. Mix diced butter (cold) and flour.  
  3. Make a circle, add vinegar, ice water, sugar and salt. 
  4. Make the dough.  
  5. If your dough is too soft, place it in the refrigerator for about 15-20 mins.  
  6. Roll out the dough on a floured surface into a large rectangle. 
  7. Don’t roll out the dough too thin, (0.2’’(0,5cm) inches will be good). Take your heart shaped cookie cutter and make little hearts.  
  8. Put some strawberry sauce on a heart and place the other heart shaped dough on top.  Press down around the edges and make stripes using a fork.  
  9. Brush the mini hearts lightly with egg wash.  
  10. Bake for 30-35 minutes until pop tarts are golden brown on top.  Using a teaspoon to decorate them with melted chocolate.

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