The Dutch Apple Pie Frodown Video Review (Ep219)

09 Sep, 2009

Posted by: Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master

There really isn’t anything more American than Apple pie. Ok, maybe baseball, and obesity is more american. But once you throw some streusal on top it goes from being from the heartland to the land of the Dutch.

In this frodown, I taste test 3 Dutch Apple Pies head to head to head. The contenders: Sara Lee Dutch Apple Pie, Marie Callender’s Dutch Apple Pie and the Mrs. Smith’s Dutch Apple Crumb Pie. Who will come out victorious? The Frozen Food Master will tell you!

This episode and the rest of the episodes published this week are inspired by Evan Kleiman’s Pie-A-Day Project. Evan is baking a pie every day this summer!

Mrs. Smith’s Dutch Apple Crumb Pie Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 1/6 pie (128g)
Calories: 340
Calories from Fat: 120
Total Fat: 14g
Saturated Fat: 6g
Trans Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 240mg
Potassium: 40mg
Total Carb: 52g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 23g
Protein: 3g

Price: $6.49

3 star

Sara Lee Dutch Apple Pie Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 1/8 pie (131g)
Calories: 340
Calories from Fat: 130
Total Fat: 14g
Saturated Fat: 6g
Trans Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 290mg
Total Carb: 52g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 18g
Protein: 3g

Price: $6.39

3 1/2 star

Marie Callender’s Dutch Apple Pie Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 1/10 pie (128g)
Calories: 320
Calories from Fat: 130
Total Fat: 15g
Saturated Fat: 3.5g
Trans Fat: 4g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 170mg
Total Carb: 47g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 29g
Protein: 2g

Price: $8.89

4 star

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FreezerBurns^TM is a video frozen food review show on a mission to deliver you real in-depth frozen food reviews and real answers to one of life’s most stressful decisions: choosing the best frozen foods on the planet. Gregory Ng is the Frozen Food Master^TM and acts as both food critic and guinea pig.

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europe has more obese people. just thought i'd throw that in.

also, dangit, i couldn't resist seeing the scores under the video and it spoiled the video in some ways.

thanks for the entertaining review
guises

Streusel is german, not dutch. The Pennsylvania Dutch aren't dutch either – Dutch, in this case, is a perversion of Deutsch. So the pie, being an invention of the Pennsylvania Dutch, is American, but with german roots.
http://purrdaywithkittys.wordpress.com/ celticheart

My favorite Apple Pie is my own. I also and known for my Apple Crisp. If I freeze it and send it to you does that count lol.

Fun review Greg. When are we gonna see Mrs. FFM? She's getting braver and helping you from behind the scenes at least!
MattUD

Bring on the shoo-fly pie!
JamsV

YAY! Apple Pie, I love you FFM, I want some Apple Pie right now.
My site is http://www.chocolatethunder.co.uk if you wanted to give it a look.
I can't wait for what pie comes next!
Still lovin' ya man.
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Jonathan30C

Like many, I enjoy apple pie with some great vanilla ice cream on top, sometimes I like chocolate ice cream even
Jonathan C.

Like many, I enjoy apple pie with some great vanilla ice cream on top, sometimes I like chocolate ice cream even
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Brandon

awesome…Im from the Caribbean,thanks for the valuable info relating to apple pies… i was a little confused in choosing an apple pie…but u cleared it up for me…i might go with the Sarah Lee Apple pie…
keep up the great work!
Isolder74

You needed to rest all of those pies longer. Whatever the instructions said it should rest at least 3 hours before serving. From the looks of the Marie Callender's pie it needed to rest for another hour before cutting.
Isolder74

Streusel is German. Dutch is a bastardization of Deutch or German in German. It makes sense then for it to make you think of the Sound of Music where we see Max having an uneven 3.
Isolder74

I love Shoo-Fly pie. The Pennsylvania Dutch are the masters of sweet yumminess! Lets see….Shoo-Fly pie, cobbler, apple pie, apple crisp, cheesecake……I could go on forever!
crosswalkernest

I'm a sucker for any apple pie as long as it's decent and it has a scoop of cinnamon ice cream on it.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=506046351 Kayla Llama

4g trans fat? I would NEVER eat that pie.
Astroshad

YES!!! I make a mean apple crisp with cheddar melted on top!
Anonymous

Fresh probably refers to indicating that in the Marie Callender’s pie the apples were placed in the pie without cooking the apples into a filling first.