We love a good collab. When two iconic brands come together, sometimes magic happens (lookin’ at yous, Doritos and Tapatío). Needless to say, we were pretty stoked when a few pints of the new Jeni’s Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts ice cream showed up at our offices. Jeni’s already makes a Cinnamon Roll ice cream (and it rules), but we wanted to find out whether they could really cram that signature Pop-Tart flavor and texture into a creamy frozen dessert, or if Pop-Tarts belong in the toaster rather than the freezer.
New Product!
Jeni’s x Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Ice Cream
First, a disclosure: When it comes to toaster pastries, I’m team Toaster Strudel, all the way. If you tell me you like pale, dry Pop-Tart pastry better than crispy, oily, golden Toaster Strudel pastry, I’m sending you to jail. But, I gotta say, Pop-Tart pastry is pretty well suited to being an ice cream mix-in. It holds up and you get some of that baked-good texture. You even get a little bit of salt.
The brown sugar-cinnamon ice cream base is the real star, though. It’s super creamy and flavorful—it tastes like a really good cream cheese frosting spiked with cinnamon. And in case that wasn’t decadent enough, there’s a caramel swirl, too.
My only criticism of this new Jeni’s ice cream? It’s sweet. But, in my opinion, Jeni’s ice cream always tends sweet, so if you’re used to that, you’ll be into this. It’s good! Grab a pint when it hits their site on June 22.
Howdy! I’m Gwynedd, Sporked’s managing editor. I live in Los Angeles and have access to the best tacos the U.S. has to offer—but I’m a sucker for a crunchy Old El Paso taco night every now and then. I’ve been at Sporked since 2022 and I’m still searching frozen mozzarella sticks that can hold a candle to restaurant sticks.
Why you should trust me: I’ve been a journalist for 20 years (yikes), a consumer of food for 40-plus years, and I’m truly hard pressed to think of foods I don’t like (or that I can’t tolerate at the very least). Oh and one time I cooked my way through Guy Fieri’s cookbook and wrote about the journey through Flavortown.
What I buy every week: Trader Joe’s Original Savory Thins. Fat free plain yogurt (usually Fage or Nancy’s). Honeycrisp apples. Sweet cream coffee creamer for my at-home Americanos. A frozen cauliflower crust pizza and some jarred mushrooms to top it with. Old El Paso Stand ‘N Stuff taco shells and Gardein Ground Be’f, even though I think “be’f” is a nightmarish contraction.
Favorite ranking: Stouffer’s frozen dinners. I don’t own a microwave (I get my cancers the old fashioned way!), so I love taste testing things that I don’t really buy to eat at home.
Least favorite ranking: Soy sauce. Don’t get me wrong, I love soy sauce—but consuming that much sodium in one sitting is probably illegal in some countries. Our frozen enchilada taste test was a close second; the smell of microwaved corn tortillas still haunts me.
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