Toaster pastry

Toaster pastry

Strawberry Pop-Tarts, an example of toaster pastries
Type	Pastry[1]
Course	Dessert snack or breakfast
Created by	Nabisco & Kellogg's
Invented	1964

A toaster pastry is a type of 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 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.