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They really missed out by omitting Honeycrisp apples. I got a pie from the bakery at my local grocery store made with them recently and it blew my friggin' mind. So good. All other apples can go extinct.

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Ah, a fellow Honeycrisp devotee. Always good to meet another member of the Fellowship of Delicious Apples. Have you tried the newest engineered Honeycrisp successor, Cosmic Crisp? Imagine a Honecrisp, but twice the size, twice the price, and somehow even crispier. They're still new to the market since they were developed quite recently but I found some at Trader Joe's last fall and they are absolutely divine. Like candy that grows on a tree.

Yep, my wife puts them in her apple pies that she sells at the local farmer's market and they always get rave reviews. Northern Spy is better, but basically a unicorn when it comes to actually finding them.

To me the cosmic's flavor was a little too sweet, I've noticed that the availability is also much scarcer than honeycrisp (at least in my area). I will agree that the texture was MUCH crisper though!

To each their own, I see what you're saying though. They taste sweeter than a real apple should legally be able to taste. And yeah, availability is hit-or-miss, probably because they were invented so recently and there's just not enough propagated saplings yet to meet demand.

I'm not familiar with Cosmic Crisp, here in apple country on the eastern shores of Lake Michigan the new hotness over the last few years has been "SweeTango", a cross of a Honeycrisp with a Zestar.

I bought a few of these last year not knowing what to expect, and they blew my mind. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be stocked too frequently where I am.

Cosmic has nice floral notes like a Pink Lady

I've been baking with them for years now. My favorite accessible apple. (at least on the west coast)

Slightly tart and sweet, good crunch. Good for eating, applesauce, and pie :)

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