There’s an a-peel-ing product showing on Aldi cabinets — other than the canned potatoes, in fact — and followers of the grocery chain are discovering numerous inventive methods to make use of it.
Aldi’s canned fried apples with cinnamon are a seasonal merchandise that hits shops every year for the autumn season. And, at simply $1.29 per 14.5-ounce can, Aldi customers are including the candy ingredient to every little thing from apple crisps to pork recipes.
In The Aldi Nerd Facebook group, one member lately announced, “Cinnamon fried apples are again! I purchased 4 cans and would possibly want extra.”
And for the reason that product returned to shops on Sept. 8, a number of members of the Aldi fan group have shared their very own creations made utilizing the canned fried apples.
Some inventive group members use different Aldi objects like canned cinnamon rolls or boxed apple cinnamon muffin combine to create mouthwatering baked items.
“Aldi cinnamon rolls and the canned fried apples = pie on a Tuesday,” wrote one consumer, who shared photographs of a phenomenal apple pie created with canned cinnamon rolls and the candy apple filling.
Others have shared concepts for utilizing the canned apples as a topping for pork chops or a candy breakfast deal with served over yogurt with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Within the remark part of a post from earlier this yr asking for recommendations on what to do with the apples, group members gave greater than 70 recommendations for the seemingly versatile pantry merchandise.
“Eat them as a facet with pintos, mashed potatoes and cornbread,” mentioned one commenter.
“I had them over ice cream,” mentioned one other.
One other group member prompt a easy slow-cooker meal: “Pork tenderloin, a can of fried apples and a bottle of (barbecue sauce) in a crockpot,” they shared. “Tremendous simple yummy meal.”
On another post concerning the canned apples, members mentioned they made apple dumplings, dump cake and cobbler, and topped waffles, pancakes and French toast with them.
Because the apples are a seasonal merchandise, they are often present in what some Aldi fanatics jokingly name the “aisle of disgrace,” the aisle of the shop crammed with seasonal grocery objects and rotating house, clothes and backyard merchandise that seemingly have nowhere else to go contained in the grocery retailer.
I lately grabbed a couple of cans of the fried apples with cinnamon at my native Aldi and introduced them house to style. The decision? They’re just like apple pie filling in texture, however a lot much less sugary and syrupy. The apple filling contained in the can is far juicer and never as sticky because the liquid in apple pie filling. One Fb consumer mentioned they’re “just like the fried apples at Cracker Barrel.”
The apples style contemporary and flavorful and their scent jogged my memory of a aromatic fall-themed apple-cinnamon candle. Instantly, I considered the desserts I may make with my canned apples. I am unable to wait to heat them up and serve them over a scoop of vanilla ice cream, because the Aldi followers prompt.
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And the pork recipes? I can see why the apples would work as a topping over pork loin or a pork roast, served with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut. With the apple orchard vibes they channel, they’d be the right addition to a fall dinner.
