The newly released Pepin Heights Honey Bites — which are nothing more than dried slices of Honeycrisp apples — are so suspiciously honey-kissed that you will, almost inevitably, check the bottom of the box in search of sugars or other additives. There are none. The Minnesota-made moist and pliable apple slices have a depth of flavor that suggests a liberally sweetened apple herbal tea.
Honey Bites can be found at Lunds, Byerly’s, Festival Foods, and Kowalski’s, with a suggested retail price of $3.99 for a 4-ounce package; that’s not cheap as far as dried fruit goes, but it’s worth noting that Honey Bites deliver a premium dried apple experience.