Make Homemade Red Velvet Pop Tarts

If you are looking for a new recipe to make out of scratch that's just plain awesome and super sweet, homemade red velvet pop tarts are for you! They have a delicious cream cheese filling and are bright velvet with it's amazing chocolate taste. Begin making this recipe now by scrolling down to step 1.

  • Prep: 1 hour
  • Bake time: 22-25 minutes
  • Total time: 1 hour and 22 minutes
  • Makes: 12 pop tarts

Ingredients

For the Pastry

  • 2 cups flour
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 sticks of butter, cold and cubed
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • ¼ cup buttermilk
  • ½ teaspoon red food coloring

For the Cream Cheese Filling

  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk

For the Egg Wash

  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons waters

Steps

Making the Pastry Dough and Filling

  1. Whisk the buttermilk, eggs, and food coloring. In a small mixing bowl, use a whisk to combine the buttermilk, eggs, and red food coloring until well-combined. The result should be watery and red.
  2. Sift the dry ingredients. In a separate large bowl sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt until light and fluffy.
  3. Add and blend in the butter. Use a pastry blender to blend the butter into the dry ingredients. Keep blending until the dry ingredients resembles sand, light and easy to handle. There should be no more butter pieces.
    • If you do not have a pastry blender you can also use your hands or a fork.
  4. Pour the wet ingredients. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture and use a wooden spoon to combine the ingredients. You may also have to use your hands as the pastry dough is forming now. The pastry dough should be slightly sticky and should be a velvet color.
  5. Form the dough into two balls and refrigerate. Slightly knead the pastry dough and tear off half of it. Use your hands to roll it into a medium-sized ball. Place it in a Ziploc bag. Do this again with the rest of the pastry dough, rolling it into a ball and placing it in another Ziploc bag. Place in the fridge for about an hour so the pastry dough can stiffen and not be as so sticky.
    • You can also roll the dough into four small balls.
    • While your dough is in the fridge move to the next step and make the cream cheese filling.
  6. Make the cream cheese filling. Blend all the ingredients in a mixing bowl. Using an electric blender or hand blender, cream the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and milk until the mixture is creamy and fluffy. Leave in the fridge until you are about to use it.

Baking and Serving

  1. Preheat your oven to 370 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees Celsius.
  2. Roll out the pastry dough. Flour your cooking space and rolling pin to prevent the pastry dough from sticking. Roll out the pastry dough using the rolling pin until it's very flat.
  3. Cut out rectangles. Using a knife, cut out rectangular shapes into your dough. You can also use a rectangular cooking cutter if you have one on hand.
  4. Poke holes through the pop tarts. Figure out which pieces will be the tops of your pop tarts and poke holes through them using a fork or toothpick.
  5. Form the pop tarts. Lay each bottom layer tart on a baking tray covered with parchment paper. Place a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling on top of it and close with the tops of your pop tarts. Use a fork to press and secure the ends of the pop tarts. Repeat until all the pop tarts are on the baking tray.
  6. Cover the pop tarts with egg wash. In a small bowl, whisk the water and egg together with a fork or whisk. Beat until well-combined and the egg is beaten properly. Use a pasty brush to cover all the tarts with egg wash.
  7. Bake the pop tarts. When all your pop tarts are properly made, place them in the oven and have them bake for about 22-25 minutes. The pop tarts should be lightly crisped and the edges should be golden.
  8. Serve and enjoy! Have the pop tarts cool for about 5 minutes when released from the oven. Lay a pop tart on a serving plate and spread cream cheese filling on top of it. Enjoy!

Tips

  • You can also sprinkle red sprinkles on top of your pop tarts for a decorative look.
  • Consider using red icing gel to make the color more vibrant for your pop tarts.
  • You can make the cream cheese filling red by adding food dye to it as well.

Warnings

  • Take caution not to over-bake the pop tarts or the cream cheese filling will spill out.

Things You'll Need

  • Whisk
  • Small mixing bowl
  • Sifter
  • Pastry blender
  • Fork
  • 2 Ziploc bags
  • Oven
  • Rolling pin
  • Pastry brush
  • Knife or rectangular cookie cutter
  • Baking tray
  • Parchment paper
  • Fridge
  • Tablespoon
  • Serving plate

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