Apple Pie Tacos are such a fun twist on a classic apple pie recipe!
The shells of these tacos are made from tortillas cut with a round cookie cutter and fried crisp and dusted with cinnamon sugar. They only take about 20 seconds each to make and can be made days ahead of time.
I made a homemade filling but you can definitely use canned filling to make these quick! If you are having a party, you can keep the filling warm in a small slow cooker with the shells beside and people can fill them as they like or set a mini muffin tin upside down and cover it with a pretty cloth napkin as a holder (that is what I used in the photos above, worked perfectly!)
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New: I’ve added my own homemade apple pie filling recipe to the site! This easy recipe is made on the stove top and makes the equivalent of one store bought can of pie filling!
Items You’ll Need For This Recipe
* round cookie cutter * flour tortillas * apple pie filling *
Equipment
Ingredients
Taco Shells
- 6 large flour tortillas
- 1 cup oil for frying
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Filling
- 21 ounces apple pie filling 1 can, chopped coarsely
OR
- 3 large apples
- 1 ½ tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ½ cup water divided
Other
- frozen whipped topping
- caramel sauce store bought or homemade
Instructions
Taco Shells
- Using a 3.5" circle cutter, cut out circles from your tortillas. You should get about 5 from each tortilla. (You can use any size cutter but this was the perfect size for a 2-3 bite taco).
- Combine sugar & cinnamon in a bowl and set aside. Heat about 1 ½" of oil in a pan on the stove over medium heat. Use a little scrap of tortilla to put in the oil and make sure it's good & bubbly.
- Using tongs, place one circle in the oil for about 5 seconds. Flip it over and fold it in half holding it folded for about 5 seconds or until browned. Flip over and fry the other side until crispy. Immediately remove from the oil giving it a little shake and place into the cinnamon sugar.
- Set on a pan to cool. You can leave these at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Filling
- Peel and dice apples. Toss with lemon juice.
- Over medium heat stir together butter, chopped apples, cinnamon and brown sugar. Add about ¼ cup water and let cook on medium heat for about 4 minutes. Stir 1 teaspoon cornstarch into remaining water and add to pan. Continue cooking until most of the liquid is gone and apples are soft.
Assembly
- (see note below for serving suggestions) Fill each taco shell with about 2 tablespoons of pie filling (will vary based on shell size) and top with frozen whipped topping and a drizzle of caramel sauce if desired.
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Notes
Place a mini muffin tin upside down (if desired you can line the tin with a cloth napkin to look pretty as I did in the photos above). Fill each taco with warm pie filling and top with frozen whipped topping. Lightly drizzle with caramel sauce. Nutrition calculated using 1 cup oil for frying and without whipped topping or caramel sauce. Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dessert
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Something different, I would have never thought of this idea, Thank You.
IS THERE SOME WAY YOU COULD PUT A ”PRINT” ON YOUR SITE WHEN THERE’S SOMETHING TO COPY OFF, AS I DO NOT WANT ””14 SHEETS OF THE RECIPE AN EVERY ONES COMMENTS”” ON THE RECIPE??? ALL OTHER SITES HAVE A WAY OF PRINTING OFF A RECIPE BUT NONE ON THIS ONE???
The print button is located to the right of the ingredients under the small image.
Can’t wait till I get the apple tacos made doing it tonite all recipes look so yummy
Hope you loved them as much as we do!
Now this is the way to print a recipe. No wasted paper or ink . Thank you so much. I can’t wait to try these great recipes.
You’re so welcome! Enjoy Virginia and thank you for stopping by!
Lovely recipe. Thank you.
Going to make this for my grandkids they will love it
Do you have to use flour tortillas or do you just mean soft tortillas? I have Celiac Disease so can’t eat gluten. I’ve found one type of tortilla that is soft and tastes similar but does not have flour. Would that work or do you need the flour for them to fry right?
I have only used flour but I’m certain other types of tortillas would work. You’re just looking for the tortilla to fry crisp. :)
Made these tonight and they were the BOMB!!!! Everyone loved them!!!
Wow, this must be absolutely added to the menu for my next Mexican dinner!
Thanks for the idea.
Marianna
OMG you’re brilliant ! just the pics thats all I needed
What oil did you feel gave the shells the best taste?
I usually use vegetable oil for frying.
Do the shells hold their shape when you removed from the oil, or do they need to go into the tin holder to maintain taco shape?
They should hold their shape.
This is also good with cinnamon-sugar coated baked pie crust as the shell too. Although slightly more fragile, it tastes great! For more stability in the shell, leave flat and eat like a tostada. Coat the pie crust before baking by buttering the pie crust so the cinnamon-sugar sticks then bake at 400 degrees F for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Draping works better than standing if making the taco type shell. However, the tostada style is easy as pie! Love this recipe! Thanks!
Could you make these with peaches?
I haven’t tried it with peaches but I think it would work as long as the peaches were not runny.
You think fried wonton wrappers would be good for the shell?
I think they would be a little bit more crispy but still yummy!! :)
Just came upon this site. What a great sounding recipe ! I bet it would be a fun thing to do while camping ….over a campfire !!!!! I must tell my granddaughters girl scout leader about this one ! Awesome. Thank you !
Fantastic idea! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party
Oh Yes!!! I can’t wait to have your Apple Pie Tacos! Thanks so much for sharing this awesome recipe with Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Are you kidding me?! These apple pie tacos look amazing.
I would love for you to share this at my T.G.I.F. Linky Party @ MamasBlogCentral.com :) Have a great weekend!!
These are brilliant! I canned a bunch of apple pie filling last summer. What a fun way to use it up!
What a fabulous idea for apple pie! These look so good. I definitely want to try these.
Passing by from Totally Talented Tuesday and will be pinning!
Toodles,
Tammy<3