Honeycrisp Season?
After reading posts last fall about honeycrisp apples, I had to try them. Now I'm addicted. I spend more on honeycrisps these days than I do for some meats. Lately, I've noticed that they're not quite as juicy and the peels are a little tougher. Is there a "prime" season for them? Are they available year-round, but just not as good during certain seasons? Please help. I've tried some other types of apples, but they come up short. I need to feed my addiction.
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12 Comments:
prime honeycrisp season is late august to october. They're still a pretty new apple so not always available year round. I adore these apples, but keep them to their in season time. Pink Ladies or Fujis, for me, tend to be my substitutes apples the rest of the year.
Alm25 at 1:11PM on 01/09/09
In the US, apples are in season in the late summer and fall. When you buy apples in any other season, they're either imported from another country or have been in cold storage since being picked weeks or months ago.
chgoeditor at 1:40PM on 01/09/09
Fuji's always seem good to me...Pink Ladies too! But I agree, Honeycrips are they best!
tambybear at 2:38PM on 01/09/09
My husband is now addicted to Honeycrisps as well...much to my chagrin, because of the astronomical price! He liked Braeburns before, now he always wants me to "get the ones that are the size of a baby's head...you know....the sugar crispy ones??" They are quite tasty, I agree. I think we are past the season for most apples, aren't we?
juliebugsmama at 2:40PM on 01/09/09
i love honeycrisp. oddly, i was just curious myself as to the prime season. thanks for posting this-it's like you read my mind!.
@julie: the size of the baby's head thing makes me laugh. hard. i like your hubby. :)
gastronomeg at 5:08PM on 01/09/09
My 10 year old who loves sushi(all kinds) and buffalo, will not eat fruit other than pomegrants. Brought home honeycrisps and it was like she had been replaced by an alien look alike. She couldn't get enough of them, and
is very sad as around Thanksgiving she said to me, Mom, they're done till next year.Needless to say, I'm sad to know that a fruit will not pass her lips till next year, veggies yes, but fruits, no.
donnie at 7:05PM on 01/09/09
I have never even heard of a honeycrisp apple and I have worked in the grocery bus. for 14yrs,including the produce pt,do they go by some other name,I'm in n.c. I can't get much good in the way of apples,great cantalopes though,let me know,Pammy
pammy at 3:35PM on 01/10/09
Honeycrisps are addictive without a doubt, but I must say... they can get a little samey. The texture is always perfect, but they lack nuance. Larger rant at everyapple.tumblr.com
jas126 at 4:57PM on 01/10/09
My daughter and youngest son are apple snobs. They used to be Braeburn only after graduating from Granny Smith. Then they discovered Honeycrisp. Angels sang. They are very seasonal though and harder to get here in Maryland. I could only find them for 2 weeks and not at every store. The rest of the time they stick to their precious Braeburns. We've even done blind tastings. They can still tell.
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 2:26PM on 01/11/09
@carolrsfMISSESTEXAS--I saw them at Costco up til mid-November. Of course they were almost twice the price of the Granny Smiths, but sooo worth it since they were gone within the week; whereas the Granny Smiths sat around until I made a pie and some applesauce. We just didn't want the other apples while we could get Honeycrisps. My other favorite apples are the Fujis and the Galas from Asian Markets...for some reason they are just huge and totally perfect because of the way the cases are designed...oh yeah, you have to buy them by the case (around 12-16 ginormous apples depending on the distributor).
wookie at 2:42PM on 01/11/09
@wookie~Interesting. There's an Asian market not too far from me. I'd be afraid I'd have to make pies and stuff if no one liked them though.
carolrsfMISSESTEXAS at 4:04PM on 01/11/09
ARGH! I am so addicted to Honeycrisps! The season is over, regrettably. I had one yesterday that was pretty lack luster...
mayoxqueen at 11:43PM on 01/11/09