I compared Kroger, Whole Foods, and Safeway apple pies.
Apple pie is a staple of autumn.
Molly Ann Allen
Apple pie is excellent year-round, but it is especially delicious in the fall.
Making a pie from scratch can be time-consuming, and you may occasionally need to take a shortcut.
Therefore, I sampled apple pies from Kroger, Whole Foods, and Safeway to determine the best apple pie available in a pinch.
I purchased a toffee apple pie measuring 9 inches from Kroger.
The apple pie from Kroger had a toffee flavor.
Molly Ann Allen
The label on the toffee apple pie in Kroger’s bakery indicated that it was freshly prepared in the store.
Surprisingly, I did not notice any traditional apple lattice pies. I chose toffee because the only other option was flavored with brown sugar and maple.
The cost of the nine-inch pie was $7.99.
The pie was undercooked and had an odd flavor, in my opinion.
The apple pie from Kroger had an artificial flavor.
Molly Ann Allen
The golden apple pie from Kroger appeared delicious, but it was quite tough to carve. It was soft and mushy, and as I pulled a slice, it began to fall apart.
This pie’s bottom crust was undercooked, and its streusel topping was doughy. It definitely required further cooking time. Nevertheless, it is possible that someone removed my pie from the oven prematurely.
The exterior crust was delicious, but the rest of the pie tasted bland to me. I found the apple filling’s artificial flavor and mushy texture to be unappetizing.
Typically, Whole Foods sells halves of 9-inch apple pies.
I had to purchase two half of an apple pie from Whole Foods.
Molly Ann Allen
When I arrived at Whole Foods, all that was available were half pies. A bakery employee informed me that pies are normally prepared in the morning and then sliced in half.
It is supposedly advisable to phone ahead in the morning and request that a full pie be put aside for you.
I requested that two halves be placed in a box so that I could carry home a full pie, which cost me $12.99.
The pie had a handmade flavor.
The apple pie from Whole Foods has a delicious flavor.
Molly Ann Allen
The apple pie from Whole Foods blew me away with its deliciousness. It had homemade flavor.
The crust was buttery and flaky. And despite the fact that the middle wasn’t nearly fully baked, the filling was still crisp, tasty, and fresh.
Sugar and cinnamon were used sparingly to enhance the flavor of the apples.
Aside from the slightly squishy center of the crust, it was an excellent pie. Perhaps the one I received was removed from the oven prematurely.
I purchased an apple pie of 11 inches from Safeway.
The apple pie from Safeway was huge and looked delicious.
Molly Ann Allen
Safeway has significantly larger pies, and I discovered both lattice and Dutch varieties.
The raw pies are supposedly delivered frozen to the store and then baked on-site.
I purchased a lattice pie of 11 inches for $11.99.
The pie from Safeway was lovely, but it was undercooked and overly sweet for my taste.
Apple pie from Safeway let me down.
Molly Ann Allen
The apple pie from Safeway was adorned with a lovely lattice. However, it was difficult to cut; the piece crumbled as I pulled it from the pie dish.
The center of the crust was underbaked and extremely wet, despite the exterior portions having a wonderful golden hue and crisp texture. I worried if my particular pie had not been baked long enough or at the correct temperature.
I also thought it tasted somewhat bland and lacked flakiness. In addition, the filling seemed extremely sweet and cinnamon-heavy to me.
Overall, each option was speedy and convenient, but I’m unsure whether I would purchase any of them again.
If I had to buy one again, I would choose the apple pie from Whole Foods.
Molly Ann Allen
In the first week of September, it was simple to find an apple pie in every store. Full Foods made it more difficult to obtain a whole one, but the bakery employee I spoke with was quite helpful.
For each location, it is also possible to contact ahead and request that the bakery set aside a pie for you.
However, I was unhappy that each of the three had an undercooked crust. It requires a great deal of patience to bake an apple pie — at home, it can take up to an hour — but it appeared that each supermarket store did not allow the dessert to bake long enough.
I found Kroger and Safeway’s pies to have a slightly too artificial flavor, and their crusts did not please me.
In the future, if I need to purchase an apple pie from a grocery shop, I will only pick Whole Foods’ pie due to its excellent flavor. In general, however, I would probably prefer to create my own dessert at home.