How to Make DIY Pop-Tarts Like Taylor Swift

On the food front, the Super Bowl often calls to mind wings, dips, and other utensil-free snacks. Now, thanks to none other than Taylor Swift, another food has written itself into the game-day canon: Pop-Tarts made from scratch. Swift’s homemade toaster strudel recipe is surrounded in lore and intrigue, due to the praise bestowed on them by boyfriend Travis Kelce (also known as a star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, competing in the Super Bowl this Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles). “Unbelievable,” he called the homemade pastries.

Whether you consider yourself a loyal Swiftie, a Chiefs diehard, or a mere Pop-Tart aficionado (turns out, the Eagles love them too), go on and whip up your own hand pies this weekend. There’s no need to be daunted by the task. Cookbook author and former Bon Appétit senior food editor Claire Saffitz did all the hard work for you in her series Gourmet Makes to approximate the store-bought treat. The result is a flaky-soft pastry filled with strawberry jam, topped with icing, and showered in crunchy sprinkles.

Beyond that, we have plenty more golden, crisp hand pie recipes to choose from—including blueberry, strawberry, and peach varieties, plus a couple cheesy ones that would make a great lunch or dinner. If your favorite fruit isn’t in season, just swap in store-bought jam wherever the homemade kind is called for.

And by all means, don’t limit yourself to football season. If Kelce’s shout-out taught us anything, it’s that keeping a tray of hand pies, ahem, on hand is a pro move that anyone will appreciate.