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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Grandma Hoerner’s Apple Pouches

October 9, 2016 at 4:52 pm · Filed under Desserts, Fruits, Nuts & Seeds, Gluten-Free, Healthier Options, Tip Of The Day, Vegan

Grandma Hoerner’s is a company that makes Big Slice Apples, one of our favorite new snacks and toppings.

Big Slice Apples were first cooked in Grandma Hoerner’s farm kitchen in Kansas in the late 1800s, made from apples straight from the orchard.

Grandson, Duane McCoy, rcalling the wonderful big slices of cooked apples from his youth, could find no commercial product like it. In 1987, after experimenting to replicate her recipe, he was ready to bring them to the world.

Big Slice Juicy Cooked Apples may be the best apple “sauce” you can buy. Thick slices of kettle-cooked apples resting in an a sauce made from reduced apple juice.

It is the way it was originally made with big slices of fresh apples, slow cooked, with only natural ingredients added. These are chunky apples that can be eaten with a fork, although a spoon will do.

The Big Apple Slices are all natural, non-GMO, HFCS free and slow cooked, using domestic apples—just as Grandma Hoerner made them. They are both a luxurious dessert or topping and a healthful grab-and-go snack—a great source of vitamin C and naturally gluten free.

The product, originally (and still) sold in 19.5-ounce jars, is now available in grab-and-go pouches—lots of them—in 4.5-ounce portions, 80 to 90 calories depending on flavor, for $2.50. We found 16-packs on Amazon, but not on the Grandma Hoerner’s website.

Three flavor lines focus on flavor profiles:

Pure Line, simply flavored: Apricot, Blueberry Pomegranate, Chai, Cherry Vanilla, Natural, Orange Ginger

Fit Line, with added nutrition: Banana, Mango & Hemp Seed; Peach, Green Tea & Aloe; Honey Berry Chia; Pineapple, Passion Fruit & Fiber, Raspberry Hibiscus & Green Coffee Extract

Luxe Line, with indulgent additions: Boysenberry Chocolate, Caramel, Cinnamon Candy, Cinnamon French Toast, Peach Bellini

The only challenge is where to begin. We received samples of each flavor, and can’t decide what to re-order. We may have to proceed alphabetically!

HOW TO ENJOY GRANDMA HOERNER’S BIG SLICE APPLES

For starters, here’s how we enjoyed the different Big Slice flavors:

Breakfast: with cottage cheese, French toast, omelets, porridge, toast, yogurt, pancakes, waffles

Lunch & Dinner: as a condiment or side with fried chicken, ham, pork, turkey

Dessert: crêpes, ice cream/sorbet, parfait, pound or angel cake, tartlet shells

Snack: straight from the pouch, on a rice cake

Grandma Hoerner's Big Slice Apples

Pancakes With Grandma Hoerner's Apples

Big Slice On Yogurt
[1] A great grab-and-go snack. [2] A topping for pancakes and other breakfast foods. [3] A yogurt mix-in or topping (photos courtesy Grandma Hoerner’s).

Apple Tartlets

[4] Time for dessert or company for tea? Fill tartlet shells for dessert (photo courtesy Grandma Hoerner’s).

WHERE TO FIND BIG SLICE

The pouches are available at Costco, H -E-B, Hy-Vee. Kowalski’s, Meijer, Price Chopper, Publix, Sprouts, Whole Foods Market, and more than 7,000 food stores nationwide. Here’s a store locator.

You can buy them online at BigSliceApples.com and in multipacks at Amazon.com.

A portion of the purchase to the A Sparkle Life, a non-profit organization aiding women in need.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, head to BigSliceApples.com.

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