McDonald's fried apple pie returns to NC after 30+ years. When you can get it

McDonald’s has brought back its original fried apple pie for the first time in more than three decades, timed to America’s 250th birthday. The classic dessert returned to menus nationwide on June 23, but it won’t stick around.

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Here are key takeaways:

• The original fried apple pie landed back on menus Tuesday, June 23, at McDonald’s restaurants nationwide, featuring a “signature filling made with 100% American-grown apples.” It’s available for a limited time, while supplies last.
• Some Charlotte-area restaurants were already selling the fried apple pies as of June 18, local franchisee Jason Saylor told CharlotteFive. Saylor owns more than a dozen restaurants across South Charlotte and a few in South Carolina.
• The apple pie was McDonald’s very first dessert, added to menus in 1968. Tennessee franchisee Litton Cochran created it based on a family recipe after a conversation with then-McDonald’s president Ray Kroc about needing a dessert.
• McDonald’s switched from deep-fried to baked pies in 1992, marketing the change as healthier despite the baked version having more calories, sugar and total fat than the original.
• Before this nationwide return, the fried version was only available in Hawaii and a single restaurant in Downey, California, according to Reader’s Digest. Saylor and Cochran both warned customers about the “molten” apple filling inside.

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