Healthier Homemade Pop-Tarts

My sister is having a 90’s themed party for her 30th birthday.

When I think of the 90’s I think of Nickelodean & a lot of junk food.

Seriously, did we eat anything healthy then? My mom always made our lunches & cooked dinner. But, lunch would be a sandwich, milk, chips & a dessert – because chips alone aren’t a dessert? That dessert would be things like a Twinkie, fruit roll up or a Hoho.

What other food is 90’s? 

• Fruit by the Foot
• Bagel Bites
• Mini hotdogs
• Dunkaroos
• Go-gurt
• Pop-Tarts!

While the 90’s junk food is defiantly not approved by The Kelly Diet, that doesn’t mean we can’t make our own version that is 🙂

Now, these could be healthier. I opted to buy a store bought vegan pie crust from Whole Foods instead of making mine own simply because of time & quantity I was making. So, these are not the healthiest item on The Kelly Diet menu, but they are still much healthier than a regular pop-tart, made with real fruit & absolutely delicious!

• Servings: 8
• Time: 50 mins
• Difficulty: easy
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Credit: thekellydiet.blog

Ingredients

• 2, 2 count packages of Vegan Frozen Pie Crusts (I found some at Whole-foods)
• 3 C frozen organic cherries, pitted
• The juice from 1 lemon
• 2 T raw local honey or agave
• 1 T corn starch
• 2 T coconut oil

Directions

1. Remove all 4 pie crust from tins & allow to thaw.
2. Preheat the oven to 375F.
3. Add your cherries, lemon juice, honey or agave & corn starch to a medium sauce pan.
4. Cook on medium heat until cherries thaw.
5. While on low heat mash everything together until combined. Remove from heat & allow to cool.
6. Cut pie crust into rectangles.
7. Add 1-2 T of cherry filling to the middle of one rectangle. Place another rectangle on top & use a fork to lightly press edges together.
8. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with a silpat or parchment paper.
9. Repeat until all pie crust & filling is gone.
10. Top each crust with a little coconut oil & use the tips of your fingers to spread the oil to cover the entire top surface area.
11. Bake for 20 minutes. Allow to cool. I drizzled prepared powdered chocolate peanut butter on top of mine. You could chose to leave plain or top with more cherries. Enjoy!

A nice thing about these Pop-Tarts are that you can make them in advance, seal & freeze. Just unthaw the night before you want to serve them! Side-note, they are DELICIOUSSS cold. 

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