Ever wonder how to make homemade pop tarts? I’ve been dreaming of making a paleo healthy pop tarts recipe for some time now, and we’ve finally got the homemade pop tart recipe just right for you! This homemade pop tart recipe is gluten-free and grain-free, and pairs wonderfully with my homemade chia seed jam. Frost and enjoy!
How to make homemade pop tarts
Growing up, I absolutely loved pop tarts. S’mores, Strawberry Frosted, and Cherry Frosted were my favorites. I’ve been wanting to make my own paleo version to enjoy, and with much anticipation, they are finally here!
Homemade Pop Tart Recipe
This homemade pop tart crust is based off of my pie crust recipe. For all the versions we tested, this is my absolute favorite! It takes a little prep work, but then you’ll have pop tarts and you’ll be winning at your weekend brunch or mid-day snack break!
You will LOVE these Healthy Homemade Pop Tarts! You can make the jam filling into any flavor you’d like: strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, etc. They would even be great with my homemade nutella!
Want other breakfast treat recipes? Try these:
Homemade Pop Tarts With Pie Crust
Watch the video:
Homemade Paleo Pop Tarts
Ingredients
1 Batch Lexi’s dough
- 1 cup almond flour 112g
- 1 cup tapioca flour 98g
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup maple sugar
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 large egg
1 Batch Homemade Jam
- 2 cups fresh organic blueberries, strawberries, or fruit of joice
- 2 tablespoons raw honey
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds
Glaze
- ½ c powdered sugar
- 2 tsp. cashew milk or almond milk
- ¼ tsp. vanilla extract, almond extract
- Optional: Add 1 teaspoon freeze dried strawberry powder to color your glaze.
Directions
- Make dough, chill overnight:
- In a food processor combinealmond flour, tapioca flour, cold butter, and sea salt.
- Add in sugar andegg and process until dough combines.
- Transfer dough to refrigerator overnight.
- Make jam, chill:
- Coat blueberries with raw honey.
- Transfer coated blueberries to a pot and add lemon juice.
- Heat over medium/low heat until blueberries are soft and bubbling (5 minutes).
- Lightly smash blueberries and reduce heat slightly.
- Add in chia seeds and mix to combine. If you're using raspberries, or a berry with lots of seeds, reduce chia seeds to 1 tablespoon.
- Bring heat back to medium/low and let bubble (but not burn) until jam thickens (another 5 or so minutes).
- Turn heat off and let cool for 5-10 minutes before transferring to jars.
- Between two sheets of parchment, GENTLY roll out dough evenly to 1/8th- ¼th inch thickness. Use knife or pizza cutter to cut rectangles 4” by 2.5”. The dough should yield 12 squares. You may have to reroll scraps to get this many 2 or 3 times.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Gently place 6 pieces of dough on parchment on sheet pan. Place the remaining 6 on a separate sheet of parchment and stack on top. Place dough in the refrigerator on pan to chill for 30 minutes.
- Place 1 heaping tablespoon of jam in the center of the dough, repeat for 6 total.
- Use a pastry brush to brush water along the edges of the dough. Top each poptart with the remaining dough rectangles. Press your fingers along the edge to seal.
- Use a fork to crimp the edges.
- Bake at 350ºF for 12-15 minutes until the crust is golden brown. Let cool.
- In a bowl whisk together the glaze. Dip or drizzle glaze onto the cooled pop tarts.
- Store in the refrigerator for 1 week or freeze for up to 3 months.
Recipe Notes
- If you cannot tolerate butter, sub ghee or coconut oil in the crust, but butter is preferred.
- I like this powdered sugar. If you are avoiding powdered sugar, you can make your own or omit frosting your pop tarts!
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27 comments on “Homemade Healthier Pop Tarts (Paleo + How-To Video)”
I can’t have chia seeds, is there anything I could sub for them?
Maybe some gelatin powder!
These are SO DELICIOUS! I’ve been waiting for this recipe and it did not dissapoint. Thank you, Lexi!
YAY! So glad you loved them!
Wanting to make these with my kids so bad. Can’t do a almond flour though. What would you recommend as another gluten free substitute? Rice flour, AP gluten free flour?
You can try an AP gf flour, but I haven’t personally tried it so I can’t say 1000%.
Jaylee,
Did you end up trying these without almond flour?? Curious what you used if you did! If I try them first I’ll let you know how it goes with gf flour 🙂
We haven’t! Let us know!
OMG these are so frickin’ cute!!! I want ’em all 🙂
What can be used instead of tapioca flour?
Maybe arrowroot flour!
Ummm Lexi…these are amazing!!!! Better than the store bought pop tarts by a long shot!!! Thank you!! I did them with strawberry/blueberry filling 😋 I didn’t do the icing part- they were delish without it!!
I was obsessed with Poptarts when I lived in America! Smores was my absolute favourite. Those look so, so yummy. I might have to tweak it a little and make some for my son and I. Yes!
xo, Victoria
Yesss!!!
I cannot wait to try these!!! What would you recommend subbing for the maple sugar? Cane sugar or coconut sugar?
Either!
SO glad I found this at last! Thank you for taking the time to create this! I’ll definitely be making it very soon.
I’m so excited to make these! Do you think it would be better to substitute coconut oil or ghee for the butter? I can’t do dairy.
I’d say ghee!
Made mine with raspberry filling. Absolutely delicious!
These look amazing! I want to make these for my son, but he can’t have honey yet, what can I substitute instead?
Maple syrup!
Everyone has been saying how good these are, I finally got to making them and they exceeded my expectations. They are out of this world good!!!!! I didn’t realize it said to make the dough and chill overnight, so I made it and chilled it for like an hour and it was totally fine!
I made these just the other day and am already planning my next batch (and a second for a friend who is a new mom!). These are absolutely delicious and I don’t feel guilty eating them. Definitely make sure to chill the dough overnight and don’t overwork it!
My son has a severe peanut/tree nut allergy but can have wheat flour any changes to the recommended amounts of flour? Going to make a paleo batch and one for him as well!
I haven’t tried that so I can’t say for sure!
I was wondering how I can substitute the maple sugar for stevia instead. I would like to make these for someone who can only have stevia as a sweetener.