These fun fries are sweet, not savory and kids love this nutritious fool food! Trick your family this April Fool’s Day with these sweet and delicious apple “french fries” served with strawberry preserve “ketchup” for dipping.
I used Kiku apples for this recipe, not just because they are fun to say, but they are the perfect sweetness, nice and large for chopping, and hold up well when cooked. These guys look like apples on steroids. 😉
Using a crinkle cutter makes them look all the more deceiving.
Top with a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar before baking in the oven.
Fool Fries #SundaySupper
*Adapted from Parent's magazine April 2006
Ingredients
- 4 apples, peeled
- cinnamon
- sugar or Swerve sweetener
- Cooking spray (I use the coconut oil spray)
- *optional: strawberry preserves for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray.
- Slice fries into strips with a crinkle cutter
- Toss with cinnamon and sugar or zero calorie Swerve
- Bake 8-12 minutes
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I was actually going to try and make these for this theme but couldn’t find a crinkle cutter in time. This is just so cute, can’t wait to try it for us.
Laura, I’ve had my cutter for years and can’t remember where I bought it. It definitely makes them look real! Thank you!
WOW I really thought these were French Fries at first. How creative and fun. I can’t wait to try them.
Love these guilt free fries! Need to pick up a crinkle cutter and give these a try!!!
Thank you Liz! They are fun and so easy!!
very clever!
Thanks David!
Where on earth did you get that crinkle cut thing? I wanted mine to look like that but just never could find one. LOVE your applies fries. They were addictive for my poutine.
Christie, I honestly have no idea where I got it, I’ve had it so long! Check Amazon or a specialty kitchen store. Your “poutine” is fabulous! Loved that idea. 🙂
Love how the cinnamon makes the apples look baked. Clever!
You do actually bake them, Sue, so they taste like apple pie without the crust! 🙂
I was totally fooled! These are such a great snack idea. My girls love fries, so I’m definitely going to try these on them next snack time. I need to get my hands on a crinkle cutter to make them more believable. 🙂
Thanks Joy!
Love it! They REALLY look like crinkle cut fries, you could definitely fool anyone with these!
Thanks Shaina! I had fun tricking the kids with this one. 🙂
I just have to keep going back and looking at your dish! This is really perfect for April Fools Amee! I love it!
Thanks so much Valerie!
These sound wonderful and look exactly like fries!
Thanks Hezzi-D!
DUDE! What a fabulous idea
They are fun to make! Thanks Sarah!
These fooled me! They look like fries!
Thanks for stopping by Cindy!
Such a cute idea – and they really do look like fries!
Thank you Terri! 🙂
We love kiku apples! What a great fool idea, too.
Thank you Lauren! Aren’t kiku’s delicious?!!