McDonald’s is reintroducing the original Fried Apple Pie nationwide for a limited time as part of celebrations marking America’s 250th birthday. The fried dessert returns to participating restaurants across the United States on June 23, reviving a menu item that has been absent from most domestic locations for more than three decades.
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In North Texas, participating McDonald’s restaurants in Dallas, Fort Worth, and surrounding communities are expected to offer the returning dessert while supplies last.
The returning pie features a filling made with 100% American-grown apples wrapped in the crispy, flaky fried crust that helped make it a customer favorite after its debut in the 1960s. According to McDonald’s, the Fried Apple Pie originated with East Tennessee franchise owner Litton Cochran, who developed a fried apple hand pie that became popular locally before evolving into a nationwide menu item.
McDonald’s first introduced the Fried Apple Pie nationally in 1968, the same year the company launched the Big Mac. The dessert remained a staple until 1992, when the chain replaced it with a baked version in most U.S. markets amid growing consumer focus on dietary fat and cholesterol.
To commemorate the dessert’s return and the nation’s upcoming semiquincentennial celebration, McDonald’s plans to unveil a 35-foot Fried Apple Pie installation along historic Route 66 in Joliet, Illinois.
Original reporting: The Dallas Express — read the source article.
