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Pick the Perfect Peak-Season Apple
Make Sprouts your destination for peak-season apples, where you can find up to 20 unique varieties–from tart to sweet and everything in between.
An apple’s sweetness, texture and the best way to use it can vary depending on the variety. We’ve rounded up some tips and tricks to help you learn more about your favorite apple varieties. But some of these delicious picks are only here for a limited time, so grab your basket and pick the perfect apple this season!
Look for these unique varieties in-store
LucyTMGlo
- Flavor: Sweet and tart with a hint of berry
- Tip: Tasty in salads or beautiful on a cheese plate. Excellent baking apple, giving your favorite recipe a new look
SugarBee®
- Flavor: Aromatic with just the right amount of sweetness
- Tip: Excellent for eating out of hand, they are juicy and crisp. Perfect for baking and dehydrating
Evercrisp
- Flavor: A hybrid of Fuji and Honeycrisp with a powerful crunch
- Tip: Can last for weeks in your refrigerator without sacrificing taste or texture
LucyTMRose
- Flavor: Sweet and crisp with a hint of berry
- Tip: Crisp snacking apple that is striking in salads and on cheese plates. Kids love the enticing red color
Pink Lady
- Flavor: Crunchy and sweet, with a wonderful fizz and eye-opening flavor
- Tip: Great for cooking, it pairs well with your favorite dessert or salad
Granny Smith
- Flavor: Tart and crisp with lime and grapefruit notes
- Tip: The crisp flavor pairs well with warm cinnamon and sweet caramel
Gala
- Flavor: Dense, creamy yellow and crisp flesh, offering a mildly sweet flavor and flora aroma
- Tip: Perfect for use in fruit, green and chopped salads or as a kid-sized snack apple
Fuji
- Flavor: Creamy white flesh, juicy and crisp. Low in acid with a mild yet very sweet flavor
- Tip: High sugar levels are ideal for baking, roasting, sautéing and eating fresh
Honeycrisp
- Flavor: The balance of sugar and acid has a pleasant, sweet-tart flavor
- Tip: Remove the skin and slow cook to make applesauce, preserves or apple butter
Rockit
- Flavor: Crunchy with a deliciously sweet flavor
- Tip: The small size makes it perfect for on-the-go snacking
HunnyZ
- Flavor: Sweet and tangy with exceptional crunch and texture
- Tip: Add to salads, juices and more for a perfect sweet and tangy combo
SnapDragon
- Flavor: Spicy sweet with hints of vanilla and spice
- Tip: Two-napkin juicy, making it great to enjoy fresh out-of-hand. Add to salads and gourmet recipes
McIntosh
- Flavor: Juicy and bright white in color, with crisp flesh and aromatic fragrance
- Tip: Perfect for apple butter or chopped and added to your favorite stuffing recipe.
Rave
- Flavor: Super juicy and sweet with a light honey finish
- Tip: Enjoy fresh out-of-hand for a refreshing eating experience. Perfect for French tarte
SweetTango
- Flavor: Super crunchy with a lightly sweet, juicy bite
- Tip: Best enjoyed when freshly sliced as a tasty snack or atop savory salads
Cosmic Crisp
- Flavor: Extra juicy with balanced sweet and tart flavor
- Tip: Slow to oxidize and perfect for your charcuterie board
Empire
- Flavor: Crisp and juicy with a sweet-tart flavor
- Tip: An all-purpose apple great for roasting, baking, juicing or out-of-hand
Kiku
- Flavor: Incredibly sweet with a juicy, crisp bite
- Tip: Balance their super sweet taste with a mild, hard cheese for a wholesome snack
Kanzi
- Flavor: Mild and crunchy
- Tip: Delicious in salads and holds up well in baked dishes
Envy
- Flavor: Beautiful red skin with a sweet and bright flesh that remains white after cutting
- Tip: Slice for salads, cheese boards or enjoy as-is for a fresh snack
Golden Delicious
- Flavor: Firm and crisp with a light, sweet flavor
- Tip: Their extra-firm bite holds up well in baked goods
Ambrosia
- Flavor: Sweet and juicy with a pleasing, fragrant aroma
- Tip: Perfect for fruit salads, pies or paired with your favorite cheeses
Ruby Frost
- Flavor: Sweet and tart with a crisp texture
- Tip: Perfect for your favorite warm seasonal dishes and baking
LucyTMGlo
- Flavor: Sweet and tart with a hint of berry
- Tip: Tasty in salads or beautiful on a cheese plate. Excellent baking apple, giving your favorite recipe a new look
SugarBee®
- Flavor: Aromatic with just the right amount of sweetness
- Tip: Excellent for eating out of hand, they are juicy and crisp. Perfect for baking and dehydrating
Evercrisp
- Flavor: A hybrid of Fuji and Honeycrisp with a powerful crunch
- Tip: Can last for weeks in your refrigerator without sacrificing taste or texture
LucyTMRose
- Flavor: Sweet and crisp with a hint of berry
- Tip: Crisp snacking apple that is striking in salads and on cheese plates. Kids love the enticing red color
Pink Lady
- Flavor: Crunchy and sweet, with a wonderful fizz and eye-opening flavor
- Tip: Great for cooking, it pairs well with your favorite dessert or salad
Granny Smith
- Flavor: Tart and crisp with lime and grapefruit notes
- Tip: The crisp flavor pairs well with warm cinnamon and sweet caramel
Gala
- Flavor: Dense, creamy yellow and crisp flesh, offering a mildly sweet flavor and flora aroma
- Tip: Perfect for use in fruit, green and chopped salads or as a kid-sized snack apple
Fuji
- Flavor: Creamy white flesh, juicy and crisp. Low in acid with a mild yet very sweet flavor
- Tip: High sugar levels are ideal for baking, roasting, sautéing and eating fresh
Honeycrisp
- Flavor: The balance of sugar and acid has a pleasant, sweet-tart flavor
- Tip: Remove the skin and slow cook to make applesauce, preserves or apple butter
Rockit
- Flavor: Crunchy with a deliciously sweet flavor
- Tip: The small size makes it perfect for on-the-go snacking
HunnyZ
- Flavor: Sweet and tangy with exceptional crunch and texture
- Tip: Add to salads, juices and more for a perfect sweet and tangy combo
SnapDragon
- Flavor: Spicy sweet with hints of vanilla and spice
- Tip: Two-napkin juicy, making it great to enjoy fresh out-of-hand. Add to salads and gourmet recipes
McIntosh
- Flavor: Juicy and bright white in color, with crisp flesh and aromatic fragrance
- Tip: Perfect for apple butter or chopped and added to your favorite stuffing recipe.
Rave
- Flavor: Super juicy and sweet with a light honey finish
- Tip: Enjoy fresh out-of-hand for a refreshing eating experience. Perfect for French tarte
SweetTango
- Flavor: Super crunchy with a lightly sweet, juicy bite
- Tip: Best enjoyed when freshly sliced as a tasty snack or atop savory salads
Cosmic Crisp
- Flavor: Extra juicy with balanced sweet and tart flavor
- Tip: Slow to oxidize and perfect for your charcuterie board
Empire
- Flavor: Crisp and juicy with a sweet-tart flavor
- Tip: An all-purpose apple great for roasting, baking, juicing or out-of-hand
Kiku
- Flavor: Incredibly sweet with a juicy, crisp bite
- Tip: Balance their super sweet taste with a mild, hard cheese for a wholesome snack
Kanzi
- Flavor: Mild and crunchy
- Tip: Delicious in salads and holds up well in baked dishes
Envy
- Flavor: Beautiful red skin with a sweet and bright flesh that remains white after cutting
- Tip: Slice for salads, cheese boards or enjoy as-is for a fresh snack
Golden Delicious
- Flavor: Firm and crisp with a light, sweet flavor
- Tip: Their extra-firm bite holds up well in baked goods
Ambrosia
- Flavor: Sweet and juicy with a pleasing, fragrant aroma
- Tip: Perfect for fruit salads, pies or paired with your favorite cheeses
Ruby Frost
- Flavor: Sweet and tart with a crisp texture
- Tip: Perfect for your favorite warm seasonal dishes and baking
A few core facts:
- Apple skin contains about 2/3 of their dietary fiber.
- Apples can pick up the flavors of other foods around them, so store them away from cabbage and onions.
- One 9-inch apple pie generally requires about two pounds of apples (six, medium-sized apples).
- One bad apple can indeed spoil the whole barrel! Don’t keep bruised or rotting apples nearby other apples.
