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Jan 21, 2025

Review: Krispy Kreme x Pop-Tarts Donuts

Krispy Kreme x Pop-Tarts Donut Dozen.

Krispy Kreme x Pop-Tarts Donuts are a trio of donuts including the Pop-Tarts Strawberry Donut, Pop-Tarts Frosted Chocolatey Fudge Donut, and Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Donut.

A dozen normally cost $23.99 (versus $20.99 for a regular assorted dozen) near me but I received this courtesy of Krispy Kreme.

Close up of Krispy Kreme x Pop-Tarts Donuts.

The Pop-Tarts Strawberry Donut is a shell donut with strawberry filling dipped in shortbread icing and topped with crumbled shortbread, sugar sprinkles, a drizzle of more strawberry filling, and a Strawberry Pop-Tarts Bite.

Cross-section of a Strawberry Krispy Kreme x Pop-Tarts Donut.

Rather than a distinct strawberry flavor, the filling here had more of a generic berry flavor with your standard jelly donut filling consistency (versus the more jam-like filling of the Strawberry Pop-Tarts Bite).

The icing just tasted like regular sweet icing but the shortbread crumbles delivered a slight crunch and richness. In contrast, the lone Strawberry Pop-Tarts Bites provided an extra layer of texture and slightly more intense flavor.

Cross-section of a Chocolatey Fudge Krispy Kreme x Pop-Tarts Donut.

The Pop-Tarts Frosted Chocolatey Fudge Donut is an Original Glazed Donut dipped in chocolate icing and topped with brownie batter-flavored buttercreme, crushed Frosted Chocolatey Fudge Pop-Tarts Bites, and white nonpareils. It was surprisingly chocolaty due to the thick circle of brownie batter-flavored buttercreme on top. It's the most chocolaty donut I can remember getting from Krispy Kreme. In addition to the chocolate flavors, there's a mixture of textures between the Pop-Tart crumbs and crunchy nonpareils.

Cross-section of a Brown Sugar Cinnamon Krispy Kreme x Pop-Tarts Donut.

Finally, Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Donut features a cinnamon sugar donut topped with brown sugar cinnamon cream cheese-flavored buttercreme and a Frosted Cinnamon Roll Pop-Tarts Bites piece. Both the buttercreme and the cinnamon sugar provided a grittiness of granulated sugar. The brown sugar flavor was fairly light but there were plenty of cinnamon notes. The Pop-Tarts Bites provided a bit of a different texture but more of the same flavors. I liked the cinnamon but this one was overly sugary which covered up some of the finer flavors.

Of the three Krispy Kreme x Pop-Tarts Donuts, the  Pop-Tarts Frosted Chocolatey Fudge Donut was my favorite of the bunch as the chocolate flavor really stood out for me.