I participated in Mom Blog Tour at the Summer Fancy Food Show (#MomBlogTourFF) on behalf of Wendy’s Bloggers and received Dole Fruit n’ Spice products to facilitate my review. The opinions here are my own. You can read my full disclosure policy here.
DOLE Fruit N’ Spice
My kids go through fruit like crazy and I try to get more and more of it into my diet, too. I admit I’m not great at that but I have gotten better thanks to DOLE Fruit n’ Spice. Fruit n’ Spice are brand new products on the market and you’ll find them in your freezer section.
I was introduced to this product at the Summer Fancy Food Show in NYC this past summer and immediately loved it. This makes healthy snacking tasty and SO easy!
DOLE Fruit n’ Spice comes in three varieties:
- Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks
- Cinnamon Apple Slices
- Chili Lime Mango Chunks
They are all natural, real frozen fruit combined with chef-inspired spice blends. And they’re so full of flavor! I love this spin on making fruit fun to eat.
I was able to try all three varieties. The Cinnamon Apple Slices are so yummy. They remind me of an apple pie (or apple dumplings as you’ll see!). The Chili Lime Mango Chunks have a bit of heat to them and my first thought was that they’d be awesome in a salsa recipe.
My hands-down favorite are the Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks. These are SO good. I pour a bunch into a ramekin and snack on them, even half frozen. They are perfectly flavored and sweet and fresh. I love them.
DOLE Fruit ‘n Spice are so versatile, too. As I mentioned, they make healthy snacking really easy, but they’re also delicious in so many recipes. If you like smoothies, these are a great way to kick them up with some new flavors. And if you like dessert, well…I gotcha covered.
Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings Recipe
Fall screams for all things apple and apple dumplings have to be my favorite apple dessert. We have a little farm show every October in my town and there’s a food stand there that sells them and we go over just to get one every year. Sooo good!
The DOLE Fruit N’ Spice Cinnamon Apple Slices are perfect for making Old Fashioned Apple Dumplings a bit easier (no apples to chop!) and just as delicious.
I mean…. Just look at that. This is a pan of beauty right here.
An apple dumpling is best served warm with vanilla ice cream. (They charge extra for the ice cream at the farm show, and I pay it!) Here’s the recipe so you can make these at home. We’ll probably still go to the farm show but I might just save $5 this year. 😉
- One recipe for double crust pie crust (or purchase a box - 2 sheets - of refrigerated pie dough)
- 2 bags of Dole Fruit n' Spice Cinnamon Apple Slices
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 cups water
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Butter a 9x13 baking dish.
- Dump the apples from bags into a large bowl and separate any that are frozen together.
- Use a muffin tin and arrange them in the shape of an apple in 6 muffin cups. Set aside.
- Prepare the dough. If you are using store bought dough, use one sheet which will make 3 dumplings. If you are using the recipe above, use one of the two balls of dough, which makes 3 dumplings. Roll dough into a large rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Cut into 3 pieces. Repeat with the other half of your dough so you have a total of 6 pieces.
- Cut butter into 8 pieces. Set aside.
- In a small dish, combine the cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Time to assemble the dumplings: Place one piece of butter down the center of one of your apple groups in the muffin tin. Pick up all of the apples as a group, and place them in the center of one of the pieces of dough.
- Use about ⅙ of your brown sugar (just eyeball it - you're trying to divide that ½ cup of brown sugar evenly between 6 dumplings) and sprinkle over top of the apples, pushing some around the bottom of the apples.
- Sprinkle about ⅙ of your cinnamon and nutmeg mixture over the top of the apples (eyeball it again, you just want to try to evenly divide this mixture between the 6 dumplings).
- Wrap the apple with the dough by joining opposite corners with slightly wet fingers.
- Pinch to completely seal the apples in the dough. Place in the prepared baking dish.
- Repeat these steps with the remaining ingredients until you have 6 dumplings.
- In a saucepan, combine water, sugar, vanilla, and remaining 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat.
- Boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and carefully pour over dumplings.
- Bake in preheated oven for 50-60 minutes.
- To serve, place dumpling in a dessert bowl and pour sauce over the top. Great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
When I say arrange the apple slices in a muffin tin in the shape of an apple, really what we’re doing is just making it easy to grab them and get them inside of the dough. If you place them vertically and stacked side by side in a cup, it holds them in place and simplifies the process. The muffin tin is just a handy way to ‘hold’ your apples.
These are so, so good. Just full of flavor and absolute comfort food at its best.
Yum! There’s one of the delicious DOLE Fruit n’ Spice apples. I think I’ll be making these again VERY soon. Happy fall y’all!
You can learn more about DOLE Fruit n’ Spice on their website, and by following along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Some great foodie ideas on their Pinterest page, too!
The Giveaway
The generous folks at DOLE are offering my readers a great giveaway! One of you will win a DOLE Fruit n’ Spice prize pack that includes an assortment of flavors! This giveaway is open to US residents only, ages 18+, and will end at 11:59pm ET on October 15, 2016.
One winner per household, email address, or home address. If you have won this prize on another blog you are ineligible to win again. Winner must have a U.S.-based address to receive the prize.
Good luck!
Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks look so good!
I want to try the Cinnamon Apple Slices. I love apple dumplings!
I want to try the cinnamon apple slices.
My family loves anything to do with pineapples. Thank you
I’d like to try the Cinnamon Apple flavor.
I’d like to try the Cinnamon Apple Slices. I want to make a nice apple crumble.
I would like to try the Cinnamon Apple chunks the most. I think my daughter would really love these.
I would like to try the Chili Lime Mango.
Ooh, the cinnamon apple slices are just to my taste!
I would love to try the cinnamon apple spices.
I want to try the Honey Lime Pineapple.
The Cinnamon Apple slices sound like a flavor my family would enjoy.
I’d love to try the apple cinnamon slices. Yum! 🙂
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I would love to try the Fruit n’ Spice Cinnamon Apple Slices flavor
Thank You for the chance
I’d love to try the Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks first.
Thank you!
I want to try the chile lime mango chunks. Ai caramba!l
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I would like to try the Cinnamon apple .
Cinnamon Apple is the one we would like.
I would like to try the Cinnamon Apple Slices.
I would like to try the Dole Cinnamon apple slices one.
The flavor of the Dole Fruit N’ Spice variety I would most like to try is their Pineapple with Honey and Lime. It sounds refreshing.
I would love to try the cinnamon apple slices first but they all sound pretty good.
The fruit and cinnamon is a great recipe, thank you for the great offer!
I would use the honey lime pineapple. It looks so good.
i would like to try the Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks
Chili Lime Mango Chunks. Thanks for the chance to win.
I’d like to try the Dole Fruit n’ Spice Cinnamon Apple Slices the most.
I’d like to try the Fruit n’ Spice Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks.
Fruit n’ Spice Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks
Chili Lime Mango. Yum Reminds me of the roadside stands where you can buy fresh mangos with chili.
I’d try the honey lime pineapple- sounds great!
I want to try Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks the most.
I’m excited to try the honey lime mango chunks to make a salsa!
Chili lime mango sounds great. I actually grew up putting lemon and chili powder on all kinds of fruit.
Would like to try the cinnamon apple slices.
I think the chili lime mango chunks look good.
Honey Lime Pineapple is the one I would reach for first. 🙂
I want to try the Fruit n’ Spice Chili Lime Mango Chunks.
I Want To Try The Cinnamon Apples.
I would love to try the Cinnamon Apple Slices as I love apple dumplings this time of year.
Cinnamon apple slices would be best.
I want to try the Fruit n’ Spice Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks the most.
i would like to try the fruit n’ spice cinnamon apple slices 🙂
Honey Lime Pineapple sounds good
Cinnamon Apple flavor sounds so good
I’d like to try Fruit n’ Spice Chili Lime Mango Chunks.
Cinnamon Apple flavor sounds great
Cinnamon apple flavor
I would like to try the honey lime pineapple chunks themost.
I would like to try the Chili Lime Mango.
I am most excited about the Cinnamon Apple flavor!
I’d like cinnamon apple slices
I would definitely most love to try the Cinnamon Apple Slices.
the cinnamon apple slices.
I would most like to try the cinnamon apples myself!
I would love to try the new Fruit n’ Spice Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks! Thank you!
That’s a hard choice. I would say either honey pineapple or cinnamon apple
Would love to try the Honey Lime Pineapple!
I ‘d like to try the Chili Lime Mango.
The Cinnamon Apple Slices look delicious. My kids would love them too.
Cinnamon apple slices!
I’d most like to try Cinnamon Apple Slices
Chili Lime Mango for sure
Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks
I would like Fruit n’ Spice Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks.
I want to try the Honey Lime Pineapple, sound yummy.
These dumplings look amazing.. I love how you paired the hot with the cold ice cream. Yum!
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cimminon apple slices sound so good!
I am most excited about the Cinnamon Apple flavor!
The honey lime pineapple chunks look delicious. I would try those first.
Cinnamon apple slices
I’d love to try the Honey Lime Pineapple Chunks!
the cinnamon apple would be the best for me!! Yummy