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Hey Kansas, what do you pair with your Pop-Tarts?

Oklahoma residents eat their Pop-Tarts with ranch, but how about Kansans?
Oklahoma residents eat their Pop-Tarts with ranch, but how about Kansans? Screen capture

Hey, Kansas.

We have a question for you.

We know you eat your chili with your cinnamon rolls, but what are you eating with your Pop-Tarts?

If it is anything like what the people of Iowa, Oklahoma, Illinois and Alaska are eating their Pop-Tarts with, Kansas should probably be a little-bit ashamed.

Thanks to the seemingly not-so-tasty Pop-Tarts pairings – American cheese in Iowa, ranch dressing in Oklahoma, mustard in Illinois and fresh salmon in Alaska – it should come to no surprise that these combinations are not the next chocolate and peanut butter.

In fact, it might even be disrespectful, if you ask the Pop-Tarts company. Or maybe even cringe worthy.

It is obvious in Pop-Tarts’ responses – and all who are replying – that these combinations were simply never meant to be.

But a Pop-Tarts sandwich, with Pop-Tarts as the bread and the filling? That might do, according to Pop-Tarts.

If your combination is anything less than Pop-Tarts with Pop-Tarts, you might want to keep it to yourself, Kansas. Otherwise, the state – and state law enforcement – might disown you.

Maybe, just maybe, follow Texas’ lead and stick to a Kansas-shaped Pop-Tarts.

So tell me, Kansas – what do you eat with your Pop-Tarts? You can tell me, even if it is a little weird.

Kaitlyn Alanis: 316-269-6708, @kaitlynalanis

This story was originally published November 30, 2017 at 2:52 PM with the headline "Hey Kansas, what do you pair with your Pop-Tarts?."

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