This Spring Change Up The Fruit in Your Basket

Offer Kids a Pancake Treat with Grapple® Brand Apples

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Apr 20, 2012, 04:11 ET

SELAH, Wash., April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Something new and something old- in one bite! Enjoy the taste of a delicious Washington State apple with the aromatic scent of Concord grapes all in one sweet bite. This spring, liven up your grocery basket with Grapple® Brand Apples, a fruit that crunches like an apple and taste like a grape!

Grapples begin as a Washington State Gala or Fuji apple. Through a complex, patented process, these apples are gently bathed with an ingredient mix that is primarily grape flavor and pure water. Through the process the apples take on the grape flavor, which doesn't add any extra sugar, calories, carbohydrates or anything else. In fact the apples maintain their natural supply of vitamins, minerals, nutrients and fiber.

Kids love Grapples because they combine two of their favorite fruits- apples and grapes into one crunchy bite. Parents love them because they are as healthy as if just picked off a tree and kids will eat them up. You can eat them fresh or use them in recipes in place of where you would use any apple.

Because Grapples are no ordinary apple, they make any meal a special occasion. Enjoy this recipe that kids(and adults) simply love and of course can be made anytime there are Grapples in the kitchen.

Kids' Favorite Grapple Oven Pancake

6 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup butter
2 Grapples, peeled and sliced
3 tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Powdered sugar for serving

Preheat oven to 425 degree F.
In a blender, mix eggs, milk, flour, sugar, and salt

Put butter in baking dish and place dish in oven until butter is melted.
Mix Grapple slices with cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar and lemon juice in a bowl.

Add Grapple slices to baking dish and leave in oven until butter sizzles. This can take about 5 minutes. Do not let apples brown. Remove baking dish from oven and pour batter over Grapples. Sprinkle with brown sugar. Return to oven and bake 20 minutes or until browned. Serve immediately.

Grapple Brand Apples are widely available in grocery stores nationwide from October through May. They are sold in a 4-pack clamshell with an average MSRP of $3.49-5.99 or in a 4-pack poly sleeve with an average MSRP of $2.99-$3.99. To find a store that carries them or to order online visit http://www.grapplefruits.com.

About Grapple® Brand Apples

Grapple® Brand Apples are the quintessential perfect healthy snack for kids of all ages. Through a patented process, premium Washington State apples are infused with grape flavor to create a product that "Crunches like an Apple, Tastes like a Grape™". For more information visit www.grapplefruits.com.

SOURCE Grapple Brand Apples