What do you do if you love both apples and grapes? You could always try Grāpples. They’re Washington Extra Fancy or Fuji apples, depending on which apples are ready for harvesting, infused with a blast of Concord grape flavor. The concentrated grape flavor and pure water are made into a bath that the apples are soaked in to give them their new flavor. Sold in the United States and recently in Canada, they come with bilingual labels and are continuously gaining popularity.

Look:
They still look like regular apples. Nothing has changed. They’re red, they’re shiny, they’re easy to fool people with.

Smell:
If you take a good whiff, you can smell a little bit of the grape flavoring. They sort of smell like grape Kool-Aid.

Crunch:
The product promises to have the same crunch as a regular apple—and it’s true! They aren’t made mushy or gross by the bathing process.

Taste:
Here’s the clincher: I don’t really know how to describe it, but the f lavor isn’t like an apple. However, it’s also not quite a grape. It’s just sort of weird. The best way to describe it is that it’s similar to a sort of off-brand candy. An online food review on AssociatedContent.com even suggests that they are like grape pixie sticks. That’s not really the sort of flavor I prefer when I eat an apple, but I suppose if you love pixie sticks that might be heaven in a health food for you.

Overall:
It might be fun to get some to try them once, but unless you’re an avid fan, you might be better off just eating some apples and grapes separately. They aren’t bad, but I’m not sure I’d ever really eat them again. The price will also set you back. You can buy the four packs in stores, or an entire premium-packaged kit, but the price per apple isn’t even close to what you’d pay to just pick up a bag of local plain apples.

Final Rating:
9/16.5709

Price:
A four-pack from a grocery store runs around $5. A premium 12-pack is $39.95.

Take a bite at GrappleFruits.com.