Burger King has offered handheld apple pie before — notably, it discontinued its Dutch Apple Pie in the summer of 2020 after its manufacturer stopped producing it.
However, McDonald’s vastly outperforms Burger King in both total revenue and average store sales, and the pie seemed a perfect example of the competition: Burger King’s version, while tasty, felt like it was trying to replicate the McDonald’s classic rather than carve out its own lane.
Although the taste was very similar to McDonald’s pie, the dough in Burger King’s apple pie was denser, less flaky, and a little less flavorful; it also had larger bites of apple but a similar cinnamon taste in the filling. Priced at $2.13, with a range between $1.99 and $2.69 depending on location, Burger King’s version was less expensive, but it didn’t feel like a better value.
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