These homemade Halloween Poptarts bring a spooky twist to the beloved breakfast pastry, delivering warm, flaky goodness in just 26 minutes. Perfect for autumn mornings or festive gatherings, each treat packs the ideal balance of buttery crust and sweet filling at only 300 calories.
Whether you’re hosting a Halloween breakfast or surprising your little monsters with a special treat, these made-from-scratch pastries will become your new fall tradition.
Festive Halloween Poptarts Ingredients
- Pie Crust (15 oz): Store-bought or homemade, this will be your colorful base
- Green Gel Food Coloring (3 drops): For creating spooky-colored pastry
- Jelly Preserve (5 oz): Strawberry or your preferred flavor for filling
- Powdered Sugar (1 cup): For creating the decorative topping
- Orange Gel Food Coloring (2 drops): For Halloween-themed icing
- Egg (1): Whisked, for sealing and glazing
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Prepare the Dough: Mix green food coloring into your pie crust until you achieve the desired shade. Knead thoroughly until color is uniform.
- Shape Formation: Roll dough on a floured surface and cut into circles using a cookie cutter.
- Fill and Seal: Place 1 tablespoon jelly in center of each bottom circle, leaving space around edges. Brush edges with egg wash.
- Create Poptarts: Top with second dough circle and seal edges using fork tines. Brush top with egg wash and poke 6-8 ventilation holes.
- Air Fry: Cook at 370°F for 7 minutes, flip, then continue for 3-4 minutes until golden brown.
- Finishing Touch: Let cool on rack, then decorate with orange-tinted sugar glaze adjusted to your preferred consistency.
Cooking Techniques
Making these Halloween Pop-tarts in the air fryer is super fun! The key to getting them just right is sealing those edges really well with your fork – this keeps all the yummy filling inside. When you’re adding the egg wash, use gentle strokes to get an even coating. This helps create that beautiful golden-brown color. Don’t skip those little holes on top – they let steam escape and keep your pop-tarts from puffing up too much!
Variations & Substitutions
The fun part about these pop-tarts is how creative you can get! While this recipe uses green dough and orange icing for Halloween, you can switch up the colors for any holiday. Try red and white for Christmas, or pink for Valentine’s Day! Not a fan of strawberry preserves? No problem! Apple butter, raspberry jam, or even Nutella work great as fillings. If you’re out of powdered sugar for the icing, you can skip it or use pre-made frosting instead.
Storage Tips
Let your pop-tarts cool completely before storing them – this keeps them from getting soggy. Pop them in an airtight container and they’ll stay fresh at room temperature for 2-3 days. If you made extra, you can freeze them without the icing for up to 3 months! Just wrap each one in plastic wrap and put them in a freezer bag. When you’re ready to eat them, warm them up in the air fryer for 1-2 minutes and add fresh icing.
Halloween Poptarts
Equipment
- Air Fryer
- Cookie Cutter
- Cooling Rack
- Fork
Ingredients
- 15 oz Pie Crust store bought or homemade
- 3 drops Green Gel Food Coloring
- 5 oz Jelly Preserve any flavor, strawberry used here
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 drops Orange Gel Food Coloring
- 1 Egg whisked
Instructions
- If using homemade dough, add in green food coloring until your desired color after adding in your ice water. If using store bought, roll your dough into a ball. Add your food coloring until your desired color. Knead with your hands or a stand mixer until fully incorporated.
- Lay your pie crust out flat on a lightly floured surface. With your cookie cutter cut out as many shapes you can with the amount of pie crust you have.
- On one of the circle crusts, take 1 tablespoon of your jelly preserve, and place it in the middle. Spread it out evenly. Make sure to leave room around the edges.
- Taking your finger, dip it in the egg wash, and evenly spread the egg wash around the edges surrounding the jelly.
- Place another circle shaped pie crust on top of the other with the jelly on it. Using a fork press down the edges creating a seal.
- Using a kitchen brush, dip it in the egg wash and top the rest of your circle shape with the egg wash.
- Using a fork or toothpick, poke about 6 to 8 holes in the top of your top layer pastry.
- Cook your pop tart at 370° for 7 minutes. Once the timer is done, open your air fryer, and flip your pop tarts. Continue to cook at 370° for an additional 3 to 4 minutes, or until it has reached a soft brown color.
- Remove from the air fryer, and transfer to a cooling rack.
- While your pastries are cooling, mix together your powdered sugar, milk, and orange food coloring (you can add more or less depending on the shade of icing you prefer). You can choose to add more powdered sugar if you like your icing thicker, or more milk if you like your icing thinner.
