WASHINGTON — Kellogg Co. is introducing two new soda-flavored Pop-Tarts: an A & W Root Beer-flavored version and a Crush Orange Soda-flavored one. Both will be available beginning in May.

Root beer floats ... and icy root-beer soda frozen into one convenient pack that resembles those push pops we used to eat as kids (were they sherbet? Were they even a flavor?

Beginning in May, customers can buy two new varieties of the morning snack; Frosted A&W Root Beer and Frosted Crush Orange. Both Pop-Tart flavors will be available for a limited time only.

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Kellogg’s is launching a line of Frosted A&W Root Beer and Crush ... t seem to be deterring Pop-Tarts either: “We’re always trying to surprise our fans with flavors they’ll love ...

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