Product Review: Brody's Bakery's MockTarts

Back in August, I shared a review of some vegan and gluten-free cookies from Brody's Bakery in Kansas City. All of their baked goods are vegan and gluten-free, and their availability is expanding around the KC-metro area, as well as their flavors.

After posting that first interview, I was asked if I'd be interested in sampling and reviewing their MockTarts, once they were perfected. How could I say no?

From their website:
Mock-Tarts -- A better breakfast pastry. Available in four delicious flavors: Fruit filled (strawberry, raspberry or blueberry), brown sugar & cinnamon, Smores, or PB & Jelly. Since our glaze is actually made from real food, you do NOT wanna put these babies in your toaster. Delicious just how they are or warmed up for a few minutes in the oven (or the microwave, if you must.) 4 for $8

I had the delicious task of sampling the strawberry mock-tarts, but I didn't want to keep this job all to myself, so I asked a couple of friends to give them a taste, as well.


Tasters' Thoughts:
"Delightfully chewy."
"Dense and flaky in a good way."
"Very hard crust."
"Better than a Pop-Tart for sure."
"Uneven filling distribution, but the filling is really good and tastes like real strawberries."
"I would buy these over regular Pop-Tarts if they were less expensive."

The real fruit filling is definitely the star of the Mock-Tart show. It tastes like real strawberries because it IS real strawberries! I only wish that there was MORE of the filling, as it was very thin in some areas. These tarts are much heartier (and harder) than regular Pop-Tarts, which are filled with artificial everything, including ingredients that are hard to pronounce. Warming these Mock-Tarts up is vital - just 30 seconds in the microwave was plenty of time to heat them up completely. I found the unheated tarts a little too hard to bite into.

If you are anywhere in the KC-metro area (including the Kansas side), seek out some Brody's Bakery products and try them for yourselves. If you're looking for vegan, gluten-free holiday treats for later this month, they are also offering Halloween goodies (which look ADORABLE!). You can also find Brody's Bakery on facebook.

HVT Product Review: Brody's Bakery

I first heard of Brody's Bakery sometime last year and was excited to hear about a Kansas City area bakery dedicated to vegan and gluten-free goods. When I first heard about them, though, their items were only available in Lee's Summit. Earlier this year, though, they started to offer their products in other areas, slowly coming closer to my neck of the woods/Missouri. Last week, I was thrilled to hear that they were now stocking their items at Hy-Vee in North KC. I could finally try them out!

Brody's Bakery is an all vegan and all organic bakery located in Kansas City, MO. Besides being available for local pick-up and delivery and by mail order throughout the entire USA, our products (all vegan AND gluten free!) are available in multiple Hy-Vee stores throughout Missouri and Kansas.

All ingredients are 100% organic unless otherwise noted. In addition to being gluten-free, most menu items can be specialized in other ways for allergies (corn-free, peanut-free, soy-free) upon request. You can purchase Brody's Bakery products at Hy-Vee stores in Leawood, KS, Lawrence, KS ,Kansas City, MO , Shawnee Mission, KS , Belton,MO, Overland Park, KS , Prairie Village, KS , Lees Summit, MO(both stores), Raytown,MO and also at Worlds of Fun!


I made it to Hy-Vee two days after Brody's Bakery stocked their items there, and their shelves were almost bare! It looked like they had at least a dozen different items at one point, but by the time I got there, it was down to just a few. I picked up a package of the oatmeal pies and the chocolate chip cookies.







These oatmeal pies are definitely something to sink your teeth into! The cookies have a great, dense oaty taste with a light hint of cinnamon, and the filling is sweet.







These are some toothsome chocolate chip cookies! Now, I'm more a fan of the softer, chewier cookies, and while these BB cookies weren't soft, they weren't hard like a ginger snap, either. Like the oatmeal pies, these are tooth-sinking cookies. The chocolate chips are rich and perfect for my chocolate-loving tastes. A glass of almond milk is necessary to go along with these cookies.

I'm excited to see and try more Brody's Bakery products in the Northland. (Their next delivery is tomorrow, if you're in the area.) It would be nice to see individually-wrapped treats in the future, rather than shelling out $6 for a package of cookies or pies that are going to call to me for days at a time.