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Apple + Grape = Grapple?

by Shawn @ 4:53 pm · filed under Food

I found these a few months ago at Ralphs grocery store. It's an apple that tastes like a grape.

I figured it was some new genetically engineered fruit, so I went online to check it out. No such luck... it's just a normal fuji apple that is "bathed through a patented process and in a few days the entire apple takes on the essence and mouth-watering taste of Concord grapes".

Oh well... not as cool, but they are still tasty. :)

24 Responses to “Apple + Grape = Grapple?”

  1. Anonymous Says:
    October 15th, 2004 at 8:17 pm

    My housemate just came home with four of them. and then I cam to your site with a simple search for grapple on google. They kinda smell like grape Rubitussin

  2. Anonymous Says:
    October 20th, 2004 at 1:34 pm

    It’s not even grape juice, it’s artificial grape flavor. What’s wrong with apple flavor?

  3. Anonymous Says:
    December 3rd, 2004 at 6:13 pm

    I first saw these apples yesterday through the checkout line and had to see what in the world a grapple was???
    I bought a package of 4 today. I’m not a fan of apples but the grape gives this fruit some flava … Not sure if this is something only Ralphs carries but I’ll be back for more! ;)
    Nice site Shawn!

  4. Anonymous Says:
    September 21st, 2005 at 2:14 pm

    I ACTUALLY LIKE THE SMELL OF THE GRAPPLE, HOWEVER FOR SOME REASON I DON’T TASTE ANY GRAPE IN THIS FRUIT. GRAPES DON’T REALLY SMELL LIKE THAT ANYWAY. MAYBE GRAPE CANDY?

  5. anonymous Says:
    November 18th, 2005 at 6:28 am

    i wanna have sex with one

  6. ceirra Says:
    November 23rd, 2005 at 5:15 pm

    My friend told me about these and i bought some, they smell like grape soda, I love it, the taste of the grape in them are sort of suttle. But they are really good..u can still taste them like 2 hours later.

  7. another anonymous Says:
    December 8th, 2005 at 6:09 am

    I havn’t tried a Grapple yet, but to me it sounds like a good idea. I have read that they are made with artificial grape flavor but so is the candy that parents let their kids eat, I mean this is a great healthy alternative for kids who won’t eat fruit because they are stubborn. If nothing else you could pull a pretty good trick on a kid with one!

  8. Punkin' Poo Says:
    December 28th, 2005 at 12:13 pm

    Grapples! Safeway carries ‘em too. I knew they couldn’t graft an apple and grape! Nevertheless, Grapples are quite good cold I think

  9. grappleholic Says:
    February 6th, 2006 at 4:44 pm

    I love them got one from my neice she said she bought them at traderjoe’s is there anywhere else they are sold …oh ya at ralph’ anywhere else ?? Von’s alberson????

  10. gramma pat Says:
    March 13th, 2006 at 1:36 pm

    they have them at Wal-Marts

  11. Phil from Long Island Says:
    March 17th, 2006 at 7:08 pm

    I don’t think it’s funny at all!!! Stop and Shop offered these, I tried them, got hooked and now they say they can’t get anymore. I called them pushers!! If they want $100 per apple, I’ll pay it!! PLEASE, PLEASE get me grapples………..:-)

  12. Shawn Says:
    March 18th, 2006 at 2:57 pm

    They still make them… I bought 2 packs yesterday at Ralphs here in San Diego. :)

  13. Joe Says:
    March 22nd, 2006 at 10:05 am

    Thanks everybody … had to prove to my girlfriend i wasn’t nuts…. GRAPPLE’S ARE REAL !!!!!!

  14. Ag-Class Says:
    January 4th, 2007 at 8:24 am

    We think they are great…We are doing a project on Strawbanas which are strawberries crossed with bananas. What are your thoughts on this???

  15. Jacob Says:
    April 24th, 2007 at 4:13 pm

    It’s artificial flavoring, when your not accustomed to eating synthetic foods, it’s gross. I ate one thinking somehow it was natural, and now I am just irritated. Until I find out what chemical they are using, I am going to combat their paid advertising which probably takes the form of some of the people in this page above. I am not intrinsically against eating chemicals, because everything is a chemical, but unusual concentrations have very usual consequences.

    -Jacob

  16. Jeff Says:
    May 1st, 2007 at 3:49 am

    Jacob —

    Are you seriously complaining because it wasn’t “natural” and had artificial flavoring?

    Come on…just look at the product…a grape tasting apple…how could you not think it was some sort of artificial flavoring? Or at least not “natural”?

  17. Kathy Says:
    September 19th, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    I myself don’t like apples but with Grapples i can eat them, i just wish i could find a place to buy them for the stores where i got them before don’t carry them anymore…..if anyone knows please send me an email: kathykersey@hotmail.com

  18. Tom ` Says:
    February 29th, 2008 at 11:59 am

    yo grapple ! love you

  19. Andrew Says:
    May 9th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    I’m with Jacob. I was under the impression that it was possibly an apple that happened to taste similar to a grape. I think the artificial flavoring is disgusting. Apples are fine the way they are!!

  20. anonymous Says:
    September 22nd, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    they sound like poop!:)

  21. Aeon Says:
    November 16th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Dude, they freakin’ SUCK. All they do is reek of artificial grape scent. They taste NOTHING like grape, and are a waste of $6.

    All they do is dump the poor apples into grape soda and let it sit a few days, so now you don’t even get FRESH apples. I just finished eating one, and am now sad at the $6 I could’ve spent on something more worthwhile…

  22. Milli Says:
    November 30th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    I just purchased a pack expecting real grape flavor but got an artificial flavor instead. I paid 6 bucks for a pack of 4. I will never buy this product again.

  23. danny Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 11:37 pm

    great!! more chemicals for our kids to eat..

  24. Beverly Says:
    November 5th, 2009 at 10:21 am

    I love grapples. They taste so much better than a plain old apple. Got mine at Frys. Saw them one time and now they dont have them anymore. I am addicted also.

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