The Pop-Tarts Bowl game between Kansas State and North Carolina State went viral on social media for reasons much sweeter than football.
Kansas State outlasted NC State in a 28-19 affair at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. But what captivated fans watching the game were the various Pop-Tarts-related hijinks that went on throughout the contest.
The Pop-Tarts mascot’s entrance out of a giant toaster was iconic enough to garner millions of views on X. One fan even jokingly called the moment “the cultural epicenter of college football.”
THE POP-TARTS BOWL 😤 pic.twitter.com/1INhxJsVyt
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) December 28, 2023
When you combine this w/the toaster trophy it is neither difficult, nor an exaggeration, to say that the Pop Tarts Bowl has taken its place as the cultural epicenter of college football pic.twitter.com/7yJZ2ddLMR
— Mark Schipper – 5th Down CFB (@5thDownCFB) December 29, 2023
Once the celebration died down and the confetti had stopped falling, the Pop-Tarts mascot ended the night with a fitting finish. It got toasted into an actual edible Pop-Tart, which the Kansas State players were able to indulge in.
Here we are… the edible mascot in the Pop-Tarts Bowl.. pic.twitter.com/0XgKGoXseS
— PJ Green (@ByPJGreen) December 29, 2023
Fans should not have expected anything less after the bowl game’s trophy was revealed with real edible Pop-Tarts in it.
This is the Pop-Tarts Bowl mascot’s world and we’re just living in it, folks.
