New Burger King Apple Fries: The Verdict
Published on: July 15, 2008 – 8:10 pm by Jillian Madison 
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I am BANNING: The new Burger King Apple Fries. They’re gross looking, they’re gross tasting, and the contrast between “what you see” and “what you get” is actually laughable.
Personally, I love apples, but since I don’t like the skin, eating ‘em can be a time consuming ordeal for me. I have to wash it, peel it, core it, and then slice it. Hell, Rachael Ray could polish off an entire bag 
of Oreos before I’d even get to enjoy one bite. So when I heard about these apple fries, I immediately headed to BK’s website to investigate. Their print ads playfully teased my palate with perfectly cut, mouthwatering, fresh looking apple slices nicely stacked in a handy, portable cardboard container. I was intrigued. I had to have them. Now.
I headed out to my local BK, ordered my apple fries, shelled out my $1.50 (plus tax), and smiled as the lady handed me my tasty snack (well, at least I think it was a lady, but I digress). I tore open the bag before I even got out of the parking lot… and that’s when I experienced my first disappointment: no cardboard container! The “apple fries” were suffocating in a sealed plastic bag! What in the hell?
Fine. I’m not 8 years old. I could deal with putting them on a plate. What I COULDN’T deal with was the nasty brown color of the apples. They looked older than Brigitte Nielsen and more shriveled than Flava Flav. Even worse, it was like an 8th grade science project in that sealed bag, complete with condensation and discoloration and questionable odors.
I tried a few of them, against my better judgment, and they were revolting. They were soggy and bitter and they fell apart in my mouth like crumbly dough.
To make sure this wasn’t just a bad batch of apple fries, I went to another BK the next day to order some more, and they were even WORSE. I tried even MORE on day 3, and they were just as bad (though in all fairness, on day 3, I got a “fry pod” thrown in the bag, though the apple fries were still in the sealed plastic bag). So basically, they expect you to open the plastic bag, and then stack the fries YOURSELF in the fry pod. They don’t come that way.
Bottom line, the advertising’s more false than John McCain’s teeth. Personally, I’m sticking with the old fashioned core, peel, slice method.
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July 21st, 2008
I don’t know, I had these and they were pretty good. Mine were not brown. But they did not come in a cardboard container either which disappointed me but I expected it after reading this post. What false advertising!
July 22nd, 2008
Ewww! Those look like thick greasy steak fries. Sick!
August 4th, 2008
Those don’t even look like apples. Looks like pre-packaged crap! *blech*
April 11th, 2009
Could just be where you live. I live in Massachusetts and get them just as they are shown in the picture. They do put it in a cardboard frypod- but the fries are in the bag for sanitary reasons. I would NOT get these if I thought one of the mexicans out back was Cutting them all up.
Personally, I think they are perfect.
October 2nd, 2009
I’m from MA too, and I work at a BK – Our apples fries are delicious!
And trust me, they’re real apples, I’ve gotten a seed before D:
Also – How do you expect them to serve them in a frypod without having them prepackaged in plastic? We sell maybe 10 orders of them a day, tops. Cutting apples on site and putting them into a frypod would not only be a HORRIBLE idea to hand out through drive-thru (fresh apples would soak through the frypod very quickly), it’d also be a waste of apples, money, and effort.
If you want an apple, go to a grocery store. If you want pre-cut apples with caramel sauce, go to Burger King.
November 7th, 2009
I work at BK. We don’t even sell those things. We get about 1 request for them by customer about every 3-6 months.