dessert apple

Raw consumption variety

A dessert apple is an apple variety meant to be eaten fresh rather than cooked.

The term distinguishes eating apples—typically sweet, crisp, and flavorful raw—from cooking apples, which are often tart and soften when heated.

Most apples sold in grocery stores are dessert apples: Honeycrisp and Gala are popular dessert apples.

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fresh · fresh picked · juicy · red · skin · core · bite · autumn · harvest · pie · cider · crunch · ripe · tree · picking · basket · farmstand · farmers market

Opposites
culinary purpose

dessert applecooking apple

Fruit for baking

cider apple · crabapple · crab apple · bitter apple

Family

dessert, apple, desserts, apples, applesauce

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