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[SapientWolf]

I was expecting to bite into a piece of heaven like usual but it tasted kind of bland and artificial. I'm thinking that they're healthier now. I don't really eat at McDonalds that often and when I do I typically only get the apple pies. The same thing happened with the fries a few years ago but it feels like hardly anyone noticed.

Feel free to discuss this and any other unannounced changes to food/beverages that companies have tried over the years.

 

[JdFoX187]

Haven't had one of their apple pies in a while. Last one I had tasted like cardboard with cinnamon sprinkled on it. Now their pumpkin pies...so good.

 

[3N16MA]

They were once deep fried but that changed back in 1992.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

You sure you didn't accidentally get one of their new Sweet Potato Pies or Pumpkin Pies?

http://www.brandeating.com/2013/09/news-mcdonalds-fall-2013-featured-menu.html

 

[UncleSporky]

You accidentally ordered one of these.

 

[Dog Problems]

Those pumpkins pies are so good. A friend and I use to buy a bunch of them and then get a thing of Cool Whip and dip them in it.

 

[johnsmith]

KFC's apple pies were still deep fried until they discontinued them a few years ago. They were so goddamn delicious. Waaaaaay better than the crap at mcdonalds.

 

[Smellycat]

Do they still have the cherry ones that look like vaginas with white stuff inside?

 

[King Allant]

eh never like apple pies, I always prefer cherry pies

 

[DominoKid]

don't think so. i've been gettin em 2 or 3 days a week for years now. if anything they've gotten even better.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

This thread suddenly made me think of these:

 

[RC]

eh never like apple pies, I always prefer cherry pies

You're a part of the problem.

 

[SapientWolf]

You sure you didn't accidentally get one of their new Sweet Potato Pies or Pumpkin Pies?

http://www.brandeating.com/2013/09/news-mcdonalds-fall-2013-featured-menu.html

Nah, I don't think it was a holiday pie. It just tasted like they're using artificial spices and about half the fat and sugar. I also noticed a nutrition label on the box.

I mean, part of the reason for the thread was to make sure I'm not paranoid, because they didn't announce healthier pies the way they announced healthier fry oil. I stopped eating their fries after they did that but to this day I cannot find a single person that noticed a change.

 

[blame space]

they change at midnight tonight, whether they were prepared or not.

 

[Dog Problems]

This thread suddenly made me think of these:

And those made me think of this:

 

[Miles X]

Dunno but they've sure as hell done something to their mcnuggets (UK) they're so dry.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

Get a Taco Bell caramel apple empanada. Amazing.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

This thread suddenly made me think of these:

Nostalgia blast! I used to get these from the local market all the time when I was a kid.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Nostalgia blast! I used to get these from the local market all the time when I was a kid.

Now theyre 33 cents per! Crazy how they raised in price then dropped then raised and now theyre dropped again.

 

[drspeedy]

And those made me think of this:

They're most totally radical 950 calories and 45 grams of sugar you'll have all week!

 

[brianjones]

They're most totally radical 950 calories and 45 grams of sugar you'll have all week!

its really amazing the shit you can get away with when youre a kid

sodas all day every day

im not sure i ever drank water

 

[Persona7]

I hope one of the mcdonalds near me gets the holiday pies this year. Last year nobody got them.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

Nostalgia blast! I used to get these from the local market all the time when I was a kid.

Haha I used to get them in college 5 years ago

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

This thread suddenly made me think of these:

Oh my god yes. Cherry was my go-to whenever I needed a fix near the 7-11 or pop shop. Apple for emergencies. We didn't even have some of those flavors!

 

[Timedog]

I wish McDonald's still used lard. The trans fat shit or the shit that turns into trans fat when heated (like in a deep fryer!) tastes like garbage. Their fries used to be amazing in the 80's and early 90's.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

Now theyre 33 cents per! Crazy how they raised in price then dropped then raised and now theyre dropped again.

That's pretty awesome, I might have to see if places near me have 'em.

 

[3N16MA]

I wish McDonald's still used lard. The trans fat shit or the shit that turns into trans fat when heated (like in a deep fryer!) tastes like garbage. Their fries used to be amazing in the 80's and early 90's.

Their fries were cooked in beef tallow.

 

[Conor_Fool]

This thread suddenly made me think of these:

Where is the chocolate one? Only one I ever ate

 

[New002]

I wish McDonald's still used lard. The trans fat shit or the shit that turns into trans fat when heated (like in a deep fryer!) tastes like garbage. Their fries used to be amazing in the 80's and early 90's.

I miss them

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Where is the chocolate one? Only one I ever ate

Well, we were talking about fruit pies, not the pudding pies. ;P

Just for you:

 

[Xevren]

This thread suddenly made me think of these:

Man I really loved those apple pies.

 

[Mudkips]

Deep frying, lard, and tallow.
We have an entire generation growing up without true McDonalds.

 

[vas_a_morir]

Are the Vanilla pudding pies good? i've only had the Chocolate.

 

[Dr.Acula]

I heard those pies are stuffed with turnips and apple flavoring.

I read an article about taste buds changing as people age, so people end up liking sweet stuff less. If you only go a couple times a year... You're dying of old. I am sorry.

 

[Persona7]

Is hostess making fruit pies again? I haven't noticed anything besides twinkies and donuts at the grocery store.

I want a lemon pie

 

[FriedConsole]

They might of dropped the pie in the wrong deep fryer. I used to drop stuff in the fish fryer all the time and make the pies and fries taste like fish. They didn't pay me enough to give a shit.

 

[Omni]

They were once deep fried but that changed back in 1992.

Eh? I worked at McDonalds a bit over a year ago and I was deep frying apple pies.

 

[3N16MA]

Eh? I worked at McDonalds a bit over a year ago and I was deep frying apple pies.

It's still in place at a few restaurants but most of them made the change to baked pies long ago. You must have worked at one that still fried.

 

[Wag]

People actually eat these?

 

[vas_a_morir]

People actually eat these?

More like "sheeple," am I right my enlightened intellectual bro?

 

[geomon]

Get a Taco Bell caramel apple empanada. Amazing.

This. They usurped McDonald's pies long ago.

 

[TheJLC]

This thread suddenly made me think of these:

Wow, now I'm craving one of those, I haven't had one in years. I will have to stop by the store tomorrow and look for those.

 

[AlternativeUlster]

They're most totally radical 950 calories and 45 grams of sugar you'll have all week!

950 calories!!! I would eat like 2 per day almost every day! That would explain why I was a fat kid.

 

[DMczaf]

its really amazing the shit you can get away with when youre a kid

sodas all day every day

im not sure i ever drank water

Yup. Now I'm 28 and I feel like a fat ass after eating half a bag of Skittles.

 

[vas_a_morir]

This. They usurped McDonald's pies long ago.

Never even heard of them.. gotta do research.

 

[Timedog]

Their fries were cooked in beef tallow.

Yeah I think you're right. They tasted so fucking amazing.

 

[Henchmen21]

Where is the chocolate one? Only one I ever ate

Same here. Can't stand fruit pies.

 

[Radec]

These are much better than McDonald's apple pie.

 

[DanteFox]

Deep frying, lard, and tallow.
We have an entire generation growing up without true McDonalds.

Can we blame Morgan Spurlock for that? I'm just gonna go ahead and blame him.

 

[antonz]

Is hostess making fruit pies again? I haven't noticed anything besides twinkies and donuts at the grocery store.

I want a lemon pie

Yeah Hostess has the fruit pies out again.