Homemade Blueberry Vegan Pop Tarts

Just like the original, but WAY better, my Homemade Blueberry Vegan Pop-Tarts are the flakiest, most tender, and sweet pastries you will ever eat! The homemade flaky dough (with a gluten-free option!) is stuffed with tart blueberry jam before topping with a sweet blueberry glaze. Not only is this dish beautiful, but it is nostalgic!

Ah, Pop-Tarts. If you grew up in the 80s/90s/00s this was a popular breakfast to scarf down before heading off to school. Traditional boxed Pop-Tarts were made of a boring, too-sweet pie crust, a flavorless filling, and a crisp, sweet icing. At the time, they were revolutionary. Today, we can do better.

That's why I made my own vegan version with these Homemade Blueberry Vegan Pop-Tarts! You can fill these pastries with any filling that you like because the dough is universal. I chose blueberries because of how delicious they are, plus the purple hue is gorgeous!

When it comes to making homemade Pop-Tarts, this is not my first rodeo. I've made quite a few other Pop-Tart recipes in the past, including:

• Easy Vegan Apricot Pop-Tarts
• Homemade Vegan Strawberry Pop-Tarts
• Homemade Vegan Apple Cinnamon Pop-Tarts

Of course, while I love homemade Pop-Tarts, I appreciate them even more for what they provide. These adorable pastries can be a quick breakfast on the go, a satisfying snack, or a delightful dessert. Once they're baked, they can be eaten all week long. With a simple burst in the microwave or toaster oven to warm, you have a hot and fresh blueberry snack all week long.

Let's get into the recipe!

Tips for Making Vegan Blueberry Pop-Tarts

As you can see, I'm no stranger to homemade Pop-Tarts. Because I've made them so many times, I feel like I have completely perfected the recipe. Here are a few tips for making the perfect at-home Pop-Tarts.

Make your filling first!

Because the flaky dough is so sensitive, I like to make my filling first. The vegan butter needs to stay cold to achieve the layers we want, so having the filling ready to go when the dough is ready is essential.

Plus, the filling will need time to cool completely before adding it to the dough. You can gauge the cooled filling's consistency to ensure it will be perfect for filling the pastry. A filling that is too runny will make a mess, and a filling that is too thick will become dry. 

More pastry flour means more flakiness

You'll see that I use both organic all-purpose flour as well as pastry flour. I discovered this mix when experimenting with pastry flour to add to the blueberry Pop-Tart's flakiness. The pastry flour adds a nice crunchy, flaky outer layer to the pastries.

Also, be sure your vegan butter is very cold and cubed uniformly to achieve that flaky crust. In fact, your plant milk should also be very cold. When making flaky pastry such as pie crust, all ingredients should be chilled to enhance the flakiness of the pastry. This combined with pastry flour makes for the best flaky dough ever!

Dimensions matter!

It may seem tedious to measure out your dough squares before creating the Pop-Tarts. After many trials, I have learned that randomly cutting squares and sticking them together was uneven and a waste of dough. Instead, I now measure the dough squares out to 3'' x 4'', and the tops fit onto the bottoms each time!

Be sure that when you are rolling out your pastry crust, roll it to at least ¼-inch thick. This way, the filling will stay inside the pastry and the Pop-Tart will stay intact during cooking.

Let them cool very well

Sometimes, when hot desserts come out of the oven, you are tempted to eat them while hot.

Unfortunately, you MUST wait!

The final step in making vegan Pop-Tarts includes a slathering of sweet glaze and sprinkles. Due to the nature of the glaze, you cannot glaze the Pop-Tarts while they are still warm. If you do, the glaze will run off of the pastries and make a mess of your kitchen. The Pop-Tarts must be FULLY cooled before you glaze them. Plus, biting into molten hot blueberry filling might be painful for your mouth!

Ingredients in Homemade Blueberry Vegan Pop-Tarts

• For the Crust:
• 1 cup organic all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups organic pastry flour
• 2 tablespoons organic cane sugar
• pinch of finely-ground sea salt
• pinch of ground cinnamon
• ¾ cup vegan buttery sticks, cold + cubed
• 1 cup almond milk, very cold
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• For the Blueberry Filling:
• ¼ cup Blueberry preserves/jam
• 1 teaspoon freshly-squeezed lemon juice
• For the Blueberry Glaze:
• 1 ½ cups organic powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 tablespoon almond milk (You can use your fave plant-based milk!)
• 2 tablespoons blueberry preserves/jam
• Vegan rainbow sprinkles

How to Make These Pastries

For the Crust:

In a measuring cup, add the cold water and apple cider vinegar along with an ice cube and set aside.

In a large bowl, add the all-purpose flour, pastry flour, sea salt, and organic pure cane sugar, whisking them all together.

Add the cubed vegan butter sticks (or regular vegan butter) and using a pastry cutter, blend butter into dry ingredients until the butter becomes the size of peas and the dough is crumbly.

Remove the ice and slowly pour the cold apple cider vinegar-water mixture and stir, working it together with one hand, until the dry ingredients are moistened.

**NOTE: If the ingredients feel a little too dry, add 1 tablespoon of cold water at a time, until it’s moistened BUT not too wet!**

Now, shape the dough into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Flatten it slightly and chill for at least 1 hour.

In the meantime, make the Blueberry Filling.

For the Blueberry Filling:

You can either chose to make the filling from a store-bought jam and lemon juice or make your own.

For the express filling, add 1 cup of blueberry preserves and lemon juice into a bowl and stir until the jam becomes light and easy to stir. Set aside.

To make a homemade filling:

In a saucepan, add the blueberries, juice of a lemon, organic pure cane sugar, vanilla, and water and cook on medium-high heat, stirring until they release their juices. Continue cooking until the liquid is reduced considerably. To thicken, add arrowroot mixture to the blueberry sauce and stir until thickened.

Remove from the heat and let cool for a few minutes.

**NOTE: The consistency should look slightly runny, but thick and gooey.**

Be sure to set aside ⅓ cup of filling for the Frosting.

Assembling the Homemade Vegan Blueberry Pop-Tarts:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Once chilled, remove the dough from the refrigerator and place it on a lightly floured surface, rolling it out into a large rectangle, about 3 mm thick. Cut into small-medium rectangles (3" wide and 4" long), until all dough is used.

On all rectangular cuts, lightly brush vegan butter to ensure that they close together well! On one cut dough, add 1 tablespoon of the blueberry filling and carefully cover it with another rectangular piece, gently pressing the edges down. Using a fork, carefully “crimp” around the edges and place on the baking sheet. Repeat until all pop tarts are made.

Once all are laid flat on the baking sheet, gently prick a set of holes on the tops using a fork. Do not pierce all the way through, otherwise, your filling could run out!

Lightly brush all pop tart tops with melted vegan butter and bake in the oven 20-25 minutes, until the pastry is golden brown and the filling begins to become bubbly and starts to slightly seep out.

Once done, remove from the oven. Allow them to cool completely.

Once pop tarts have cooled completely, spoon 1-2 tablespoons of Blueberry Frosting atop each and sprinkle with vegan sprinkles. Let pop tarts sit for another 1-2 minutes so that frosting hardens. Enjoy!

Bon Appetit!

Other Vegan Recipes That I Love

Love these Homemade Vegan Blueberry Pop-Tarts and want more vegan delights? Here are some of my faves!

• The Ultimate Vegan Mac and Cheese
• One-Pot Vegan Tuscan Kale Pasta
• How to Build a Vegan Brunch Charcuterie Board

Homemade Blueberry Vegan Pop Tarts

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These Homemade Blueberry Vegan Pop Tarts are nothing short of flaky, naturally sweet, and bursting with blueberry flavors, both inside + out. Complete homage to the classic childhood favorite, these pop tarts are a sure crowd-pleaser. The perfect bite for breakfast, brunch, or a nice in between snack. Gluten-free option available.

Author: Shanika

Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 25 minutes mins

Total Time: 35 minutes mins

Serves: 8 Pop Tarts

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Ingredients

CRUST:

• ▢ 1 cup organic all-purpose flour (I use Bob’s Red Mill; See Notes for GF version!)
• ▢ 1 ½ cups organic pastry flour  (I use Bob’s Red Mill; See Notes for GF version!)
• ▢ 2 Tbsps organic cane sugar
• ▢ pinch of finely-ground sea salt
• ▢ pinch of ground cinnamon
• ▢ ¾ cup vegan buttery sticks (cold + cubbed)
• ▢ 1 cup Almond milk, Very COLD! (You can use your fave plant-based milk!)
• ▢ 2 Tbsps apple cider vinegar

BLUEBERRY FILLING:

• ▢ ¼ cup Blueberry preserve/jam
• ▢ 1 teaspoon freshly-squeezed lemon juice

BLUEBERRY GLAZE + TOPPING:

• ▢ 1 ½ cups organic powdered sugar, sifted
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Almond milk (You can use your fave plant-based milk!)
• ▢ 2 Tbsps Blueberry preserve/jam
• ▢ Vegan rainbow sprinkles

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Instructions

FOR CRUST:

• In a measuring cup, add the cold milk and apple cider vinegar and set aside.
• In a large bowl, add the all-purpose flour, pastry flour, salt, cinnamon, and sugar, whisking them all together until combined.
• Add the cubed vegan butter sticks (or regular vegan butter) and using a pastry blender, blend butter into dry ingredients until the mixture becomes “peas-like” and crumbly.
• Pour the cold apple cider vinegar-milk mixture and stir (working it together with one hand) until the dry ingredients are moistened. NOTE: If the ingredients feels a little too dry, add 1 tablespoon of cold water at a time, until it’s moistened BUT not too wet!
• Now, shape the dough into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap and flatten it slightly and chill for at least 1 hour.

FOR BLUEBERRY FILLING:

• In a small bowl, add 1 cup of blueberry preserves and lemon juice together and stir until preserve/jam becomes light and easy to stir. Set aside.

ASSEMBLY:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Once chilled, remove the dough from the refrigerator and place on a lightly floured surface, rolling it out into a large rectangle (about 3 mm thick). Cut into small-medium rectangles (3″ wide and 4″ long), until all dough it used.
• On all rectangular cuts, lightly brush vegan butter to ensure that they close together best! On one cut dough, add 1 tablespoon of the blueberry filling and carefully cover it with another rectangular piece, gently pressing the edges down. Using a fork, carefully “crimp” around the edges and place on the baking sheet.
• Repeat until all pop tarts are made.
• Once all are laid flat on the baking sheet, gently prick a set of holes on the tops using a fork.
• Lightly brush all pop tart tops with melted vegan butter and bake in the oven 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and the filling begins to become bubbly and begins to slightly seep out.
• Once done, remove from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes (10 minutes or so).

FOR BLUEBERRY GLAZE:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, blueberry preserve/jam, and milk until smooth. NOTE: For more thickness, add additional powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time. If too thick, add almond milk, 1 tablespoon at a time.
• Once pop tarts have cooled completely, spoon 1-2 Tbsps of blueberry glaze atop each and sprinkle with vegan sprinkles. Let pop tarts sit for another 1-2 minutes so that frosting hardens. Enjoy.
• Bon Appetit!

Tips & Tricks

• STORAGE: Leftover pop tarts can be stored in an airtight container for 1-3 days. To serve warm, heat in the microwave, or flat in a toaster oven. 
• FREEZE: For longer storage–pop tarts can be stored in the freezer. After they have baked and are completely cooled, simply place your pop tarts onto a baking sheet (spaced apart) and freeze them for 2-3 hours. Once frozen, transfer them to a zip loc bag and reheat when ready to eat! 
• FOOD PROCESSOR FOR CRUST: If using a food processor to incorporate water to flour/butter mixture, ONLY ADD ¼ cup of water AT A TIME to your dough, keeping it on “pulse” to avoid the dough from breaking down too much and it becoming “watery”. With this method, you may not need the entire 1 cup of water.

  TIPS FOR PERFECT POP TARTS: Be sure to read tips within the post!

  FLOUR: If you don’t have Pastry Flour available, simply substitute for All-Purpose Flour.

  GLUTEN-FREE VERSION: To make these GF, simply substitute All-Purpose Flour with 2 cups Gluten-Free Flour (Bob’s Red Mill has a great one!) and the Pastry Flour with ½ cup coconut flour. If your GF Flour doesn’t have Xanthan Gum included, add 1 teaspoon in recipe. Also, reduce vegan butter to 1 ¾ sticks instead of 2. Continue all other steps!

Nutrition

Calories: 383kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 4g | Sodium: 222mg | Potassium: 120mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 2IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 2mg

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