The Kansas State Wildcats beat the North Carolina State Wolfpack 28-19 in the inaugural Pop-Tarts Bowl, but with all due respect to both teams, who cares? What everybody was concerned about was the fate of the bowl’s mascot, a human Pop-Tart named Strawberry.
The celebration included players taking a bite out of Pop-Tarts that were placed inside the hardware during the trophy presentation.
Then, amid chants of “toast that mascot,” Strawberry was lowered into a toaster prop before a large, edible toaster pastry was dispensed from the bottom of the machine.
Head coach Chris Klieman and quarterback Avery Johnson took the first bites of the treat.
Here are the most remarkable parts of this unprecedented celebration.
Here we are… the edible mascot in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.. pic.twitter.com/0XgKGoXseS
— PJ Green (@PJGreenTV) December 29, 2023
The @PopTartsBowl postgame was amazing. They called out the @DukesMayoBowl by name, killed a human pop-tart and had the entire crowd chanting "toast that mas-cot!" pic.twitter.com/fkS5RufhCC
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) December 29, 2023
😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/4J6AvoVKW2
— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) December 29, 2023
THE POP TART ENTERED THE TOASTER AND EMERGED AS A PASTRY WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING YOU FOOTAGE
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) December 29, 2023
I asked if it was offensive to eat a Pop-Tart in front of the @PopTartsBowl mascot and then its handler yelled out “ITS THEIR DREAM” and then the mascot grabbed a Pop-Tart out of my hand and started force-feeding it to me while making soft grunting noises pic.twitter.com/PaCDY6mzu3
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) December 29, 2023
me, watching the mayo bowl and pop-tart bowl on back-to-back days: pic.twitter.com/jg91B3DQfF
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) December 29, 2023
Oh my god the edible Pop-Tart mascot is here and has emerged from his firework-and-smoke-machine-enabled toaster.
This is the greatest football game I’ve ever been to. Bar none. pic.twitter.com/USuD4CVApy
— Tejay Cleland (@KWCHTejay) December 28, 2023
RIP Pop-Tart pic.twitter.com/SVp8lSf10p
— Micaela Dea (@MicaelaDeaTV) December 29, 2023
Here’s a college football player leading a chant in celebration while a man dressed as a Pop-Tart dances behind him.
Pure @SickosCommittee over here. pic.twitter.com/DWzmhM3Zsz
— Robbie Griffin (@philkid3) December 29, 2023
Just remember, the winner of the Pop-Tarts Bowl gets to eat a living anthropomorphic Pop-Tart while the winner of the Radiance Technologies @IndyBowl gets a laser-guided missile system. Shreveport wins again https://t.co/LvxEWDjwfg
— Patrick Netherton (@PTNetherton) December 29, 2023
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) December 28, 2023
Mr. Pop-Tart being lowered into the giant toaster like https://t.co/WSX57TwuMz pic.twitter.com/bMg2pLZtd5
— Paysoninho (@paysoninho) December 29, 2023
No better way for Cooper Beebe to end his career than with a 🥞 and taking a bite out of the giant Pop-Tart.
Absolute legend.
— Max Chadwick (@MaxChadwickCFB) December 29, 2023
The @PopTartsBowl mascot has lived out his dream. He was lowered into the giant toaster and eaten by the Kansas State football team. RIP he died doing what he loved pic.twitter.com/GCWYMCJn9b
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) December 29, 2023
"Corpus Domini Nostri Iesu Pop-Tarti custodiat animam tuam in vitam aeternam, Amen" https://t.co/JzADhP03Wb
— Sam Harden (@samuelharden) December 29, 2023
he is risen https://t.co/pc4sptvluD
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) December 29, 2023
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) December 29, 2023
