This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Pop-Tarts.
I have to admit that when I first heard about the new Pop-Tarts® Ice Cream ShoppeTM Vanilla Milkshake flavor of Pop-Tarts, I was intrigued. After all, we love the Pop-Tarts in our house. Our little guy wouldn’t eat anything except Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts for breakfast when he was three, and I personally have a soft spot for the Pop-Tarts-as-dessert option. So needless to say, the Vanilla Milkshake variety sounded promising.
And do you know what? They are TASTY. The combination of the pastry crust and the vanilla flavor makes for a Pop-Tart that reminds me, honestly, of a really flavorful pie crust. That’s not to say that the Vanilla Milkshake flavor wouldn’t be great for breakfast or for a snack (I have a seven year-old who will vouch for the snack-time deliciousness), but the first time I tried it I thought, “Ooooooh – this would be so good as the crust for a dessert.”
And that, my friends, is how Vanilla Milkshake Sundae Pie was born.
It’s so simple to make – and the kids in your life will clap their hands when you brighten up their 4th of July with this special dessert treat.
Okay. They may not really clap their hands. But they’ll love you forever. And that is even better.
Pop-Tarts Vanilla Milkshake Sundae Pie
4 Vanilla Milkshake Pop-Tarts
2 pints vanilla ice cream (any flavor would work, actually), softened
1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
1 container chocolate syrup
1 container Reddi-Whip (optional)
Arrange Pop-Tarts in bottom of 8×8 casserole dish (you’ll have about a half of a Pop-Tart left – I like to sample the leftover half, purely in the interest of quality control, you understand). Spread ice cream on top and smooth out to make a level surface. Cover and return to freezer for 10 minutes. Remove from freezer, then cover with strawberries in whatever pattern you’d like. Drizzle with chocolate syrup. Cut and serve, then squirt a little Reddi-Whip on top. Makes 8-10 servings.
Oh, it is festive. Look!
Granted, I was in a little bit of a hurry when I made this one, but I think it was a hit with the family, don’t you?
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Happy 4th, y’all!
Summer berry trifle, strawberries, blueberries & whip cream make it a delicous patriotic dessert!
homemade peach ice cream!
Our favorite tradition for firework watching has been to go to a convenience store or grocery store & let the kiddos stock up on all manner of snack foods that aren’t allowed the rest of the year for lack of nutritional value & high cost! We also love the jello flag cake for cookouts etc.
Strawberry shortcake!
P.S. seeing your dessert made my stomach growl! :)
A cherry Italian ice!
Something COLD because it’s 200 degrees in Houston, Texas on July 4! Usually something that involved strawberries.
My favorite 4th of July dessert is strawberry shortcake w/ ice cream of course. I love watermelon also, but we’ve ALWAYS served strawberry shortcake at the family 4th of July bbq picnic.
My favorite 4th of July treat is Birthday Cake. My brother’s birthday is the 3rd of July so the whole family gets together at the lake and celebrates our nation’s birthday and his!
I love making a summer Trifle! So fresh, light, and cool
Hmm. This question kind of implies that I’ll be cooking on the 4th. right. TX in July — NOT cooking weather.
Which is why my favorite July dessert is probably either chilled watermelon (preferably that some lovely person cubed and removed the seeds from) or strawberries and real whipped cream. mmmmm!
Frozen grapes and almost burnt hot dogs :)
Oooh that looks rockin awesome! Even in a hurry!
I’ll be making a Chocolate Eclair Delight.
It’s an easy favorite that we’ve been enjoying for years.
And it’s quick plus delicious!
Graham Crackers
Vanilla pudding mixed with cool whip
& cream cheese
layer them up.
Top with chocolate icing.
I freeze it….tastes like an icecream cake! YUM!
I can’t say I have a favorite that’s specific to 4th of July. I’m not one to turn down a dessert of any kind. I prefer if there’s watermelon and some kind of cake or ice cream. Because then I can just call the watermelon a healthy fruit, and eat plenty of cake, ice cream, or brownies. Unfortunately this year 4th of July is just a couple days before my glucose test. Which I am determined to be really good for, so I don’t fail for the THIRD time. Because the extended glucose test? TORTURE.
Homemade ice cream is great, but you can’t go wrong with chocolate anything.
ABSOLUTELY watermelon on the back porch…followed closely by homemade ice cream! YUM!
I love strawberry shortcake… homemade angel food cake, fresh strawberries and real whipped cream… YUM!
I would have to say chocolate cake with strawberries and homemade vanilla ice cream! Yummers, can’t wait!
Homemade peach ice cream or anything that my MIL makes. Yummmmmmmm!!!
Our 4th of July dessert staple is HomeMade YooHoo Icecream. YUMMO! A definite hit, we’ve been making it for years
anything i don’t have to make myself
Watermelon and good times with good friends.
You can’t go wrong with homemade ice cream! Vanilla, of course!
Home-made Butterfinger Ice Cream!!!!!!!
I thought I’d be the only one to say this, but apparently not – Vanilla ice cream!
I always make my Aunt Melba’s Chocolate Trifle- layers of Ghiardelli double chocolate brownies, chocolate pudding, Cool Whip and crushed Skor bars. Throw in a little coffee or Khalua to soak into the brownies and you have absolute decadence!
We’re a divided family on this one. The men demand some sort of homemade ice cream, usually with our fresh peaches. The women, on the other hand, like the Death By Chocolate Trifle. Totally sinful!
Nestle Tollhouse Pie, it is the best.
Banana split cake. Yummy!
Oh boy. I love my mom’s chocolate cake with homemade chocolate/brown sugar frosting. MMMmmm. The frosting gets all hard and crusty and delicious. Yum!
Flag Cake, definitely!
Ice cold watermelon.
Homemade chocolate chip ice cream…or anything that is made by someone else! :)
homemade ice cream sandwiches(homemade oatmeal cookies sandwiched with ice cream and frosted with chocolate ganache)
My hubby loves him some good old fashion Poke Cake on the 4th. I love fresh fruit on some sort of pound cakey-thing of thing! My son, uhm, anything!!
Flag cake is a long tradition with us but we do LOVE peach ice cream here in south Georgia!
Fresh sliced peaches on top of pound cake with either ice cream or whipped cream (or both!) on top. Yummmmmmyyyyy….
peach cobbler. Yum.
Flag cake for sure!
We always have a family pool-side get together and all the women make different flavors of homemade ice cream. It is delicious and cools you off from the Texas heat!
Homemade peach ice cream!
Banana Puddin
Homemade vanilla ice cream …. with crushed butterfinger!
Strawberry shortcake!!
Strawberry shortcake!
Love homemade ice cream!
strawberry shortcake, homemade ice cream, pie…really i’d take anything :) just make it delicious!
Strawberry Jello Poke Cake! :) So simple and yummy!!
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Poke-Cake-III/Detail.aspx
That’s my favorite to make and serve…but my favorite to eat is my momma’s fruit pizza! Yum!
grilled peaches with blueberry ice cream! YUM! :)
Strawberry shortcake with fresh strawberries and vanilla ice cream!
We usually make a red.white and blue pie – vanilla pudding in a graham cracker crust topped with blueberries and then a layer of strawberry jello over that (you can add strawberries too in the jello or on top for a garnish). Serve with Cool Whip. YUM!
homemade strawberry ice cream with fudgy brownies!
Banana split cake. Has graham cracker crust, cream cheese mixture, pineapples, bananas, and cool whip.
Strawberry Shortcake!!! But I also love a good brownie with ice cream:)
Ice cold watermelon, and yellow cake with chocolate icing. Every single year!
Homemade ice cream and brownies! Yum!
Watermelon or strawberries or a brownie trifle or . . . I’m not picky when it comes to dessert!
We love home-made ice cream! Yummy!
ice cream cake!
Ice cold watermelon!!
We love oreo ice cream dessert!
Strawberry shortcake has always been a favorite on 4th of July!
Anything chocolate!! Or a fresh watermelon.
Homemade blueberry ice cream!
It’s not July 4th (or Memorial Day) without watermelon…. but I do love those flag cakes, cheesecakes, whatever…
Thanks!
homemade peach ice cream….YUM!
um well, on holidays i go all out and there isn’t a calorie counter and i have homemade icecream for sure! sometimes a flag cake and we usually do ribs and twice baked potatoes um um!
Since July 3 is my son’s birthday, we’re usually having birthday cake!
There’s no better time to have a flag cake!
Strawberry shortcake! Yum!
The flag cake is a tradition here, followed by my personal fave, a Marie Callender’s “Razzleberry” pie, with Blue Bell home made vanilla ice cream.
My favorite is homemade chocolate chip ice cream! Yum!
I eat homemade ice-cream until I’m sick on every summer holiday, including the 4th.
Oh, we love the flag cake around here! Although we never get the proportions quite right! haha!
Homemade Butterfinger ice cream
homemade strawberry pie with whipped cream!
That looks so good! I like to have fresh watermelon…always makes me feel America, though I have no idea why.
I make a homemade ice cream cake. It’s so easy and so yummy!
strawberry shortcake
homemade ice cream and pound cake or angel food cake!
Homemade butterfinger ice cream! Can’t beat it when it is hot outside.
a flag cake..its tradition!!
I love homemade chocolate ice cream with pound cake!! Yum!!
Strawberry Pie or my famous Peanut butter cream pie!
Our family definitely has to have the watermelon for 4th of July. There may be some cookies or other dessert items served with it, but the watermelon served chilled is our tradition.
SOMETHING with blueberries and raspberries–could be a cake, a pie, or just plain fruit!! Mmmm… :)
Homemade vanilla ice cream…and lots of it!
Homemade vanilla ice cream!!
I love the idea of being super patriotic with my desserts, but when it comes down to it, we almost always have watermelon and/or homemade ice cream on the 4th. This year I think we will be making fresh peach ice cream (from the peaces in my backyard!).
Banana Splits baby!!
I would have to say anything with fruit…and ice cream!!
love a good trifle filled with festive fruits like strawberries and blueberries and top it off with cool whip!!
Ice cold seedless watermelon!
I like strawberry shortcake with homemade whipped cream. Really, anything fruity and light during such a hot time of year!
I like cupcakes because they are easy and you don’t have to deal with cutting or getting plates and whatnot out. Cookies work well too though!
Homemade peach ice cream
Has to be watermelon, since I was a kid!
Love homemade ice cream!!! It is the best for the Fourth of July!!
Homemade peach ice cream – or mexican chocolate ice cream
Any kind of homemade ice cream with fresh out of the oven sugar cookies. MmmmMMM!!
Peach cobbler!!!!