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    Home » Fruit Reviews » Apples » Where to Buy Cosmic Crisp Apples

    Where to Buy Cosmic Crisp Apples

    Published: Dec 16, 2019 · Modified: Dec 16, 2019 by Eric Samuelson

    The apple that is being called #AppleofBigDreams is showing up at stores across the country. Find out where you can get a hold of a Cosmic Crisp apple - the new Honeycrisp cross from Washington, near you.

    Where to Buy Cosmic Crisp Apples

    Hype can be a powerful tool.

    It gets people excited and wanting to have badly whatever is being hyped.

    Out of all the new apple varieties that have been released in the last 10 years and there has been a lot of them, none have had the hype behind them as great at Cosmic Crisp. They even have an astronaut promoting them!

    This new apple that is a cross between a Honeycrisp and Enterprise wants to challenge it's parent's spot as America's favorite apple.

    Does the Cosmic Crisp live up to the hype or will it soon be afterthought?

    Cosmic Crisp apples up close

    What is a Cosmic Crisp Apple Like?

    I celebrated my birthday this year with trying my first ever Cosmic Crisp apple. The experience is what I expected, but that's not a bad thing.

    The apple is certainly crisp. In a way I like better than Honeycrisp. I find I get sick of chewing the Honeycrisp which I think are crisp to a fault.

    The apple is both sweet and tart with the scale slightly to the tart side. It's not overly sweet like an Ambrosia apple, but sweeter than a Pink Lady apple.

    The actual flavor of the apple is good. It has a modern apple flavor. I prefer some of my favorite heirloom varieties over this one in flavor, most of which you can only find at an apple orchard or farmer's market. For a apple that is at the grocery store I would pick Cosmic Crisp over some others including Honeycrisp.

    Where Do Cosmic Crisp Apples Come From?

    The Cosmic Crisp apple was first bred at Washington State University. It has taken 20 years to get this variety ready to be grown, marketed, and sold. A lot of work goes into a new variety and it takes a lot of time to see if it's going to work out.

    Then once an apple is deemed viable for the market place, it takes time for the trees to be planted and production to start. For the next 7 years you are going to see a huge increase in the amount of Cosmic Crisp apples available.

    So if you don't find any Cosmic Crisp this season, your chances will be better next year and even better the year afterward.

    Cosmic Crisp apples on a space ship toy

    Why Is It Called Cosmic Crisp?

    The little dots on the skin of the apple resemble stars in the sky. The crisp part is well because it's a crisp apple related to the Honeycrisp. People are really attracted to crisp apples. It was probably the number 1 question I got about any apple when I worked at Whole Foods Market.

    Cosmic Crisp apples at Holiday Market in Canton, Michigan

    Where to Find Cosmic Crisp Apples

    The following is a list of stores that have, had, or will stock Cosmic Crisp apples. Since they are a new variety, supplies are very limited. You might go to a store and find they are sold out.

    StoreLocations
    AJ's Fine FoodsArizona
    Albertsons'sID
    Big YMA, CT
    Community Food Co-OpWA
    CostcoWA, OR, CA, CO
    Delicous OrchardsNJ
    Deromo'sFL
    Fresh MarketVarious
    Fred MeyerOR, WA, ID
    Galati Market FreshCanada
    Gelson'sCA
    Good Fds Co-opKY
    Grocery OutletWA
    HaggenWA
    Harmon'sUT
    H-E-BTX
    Holiday MarketMI
    Hollywood MarketsMI
    Hy-VeeIL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, SD, WI
    Jewel OscoIL
    Kroger Select locations
    King SoopersCO
    Kings SupermarketsNY, NJ, CT
    Kowalski'sMN
    Market DistrictOH
    Metropolitan MarketWA
    New Seasons MarketOR
    Nugget MarketsCA
    Payless Food StoreWA
    Plum MarketMI
    PublixFL, TN
    QFCOR, WA
    RosauersWA
    SafewayOnly west coast
    Sam's ClubSelect locations
    Schnuck MarketsMO
    Shoprite Select lcations
    SproutsCA
    Trader Joe'sCA
    The Market at EdgewoodCA
    Whole Foods Only west coast
    Yoke's Fresh MarketWA
    Zupan's MarketsOR

    How Long Do Cosmic Crisp Apples Last?

    If you refrigerate your Cosmic Crisp apples you can get up to a year of use out of them! They are known as a great storage apple, more so than Honeycrisp. While we have Honeycrisp pretty much available year round now, the quality of the apple is poor once the winter months hit.

    And they also tend to get black spots on them, which is called bitter pit. Some apples that go into storage to be sold later end up bad before they make it to the store. I think this is one of the reasons why all these new apples are coming out because Honeycrisp is really a pain in the butt.

    Watch for These Apples in the Store

    Here are some of my favorite apples to watch for in your local grocery store:

    Lady Alice

    Lucy Glo

    Lucy Rose

    Sugar Bee

    Have you tried this apple? What did you think? Leave a comment below telling us. Be a helper and share where you found it. You may make someone's day with your insider info on where to get them! If you are a true apple lover, you'll want to check out all of our apple reviews.

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    Comments

    1. Rebecca H Martin

      August 10, 2020 at 2:44 pm

      LOVE this apple. Found in VA

    2. Rebecca H Martin

      October 03, 2020 at 9:28 am

      Been waiting all year to get the cosmic apple.

    3. Caryn baker

      October 12, 2020 at 4:41 pm

      Wish I could find some of these in north carolina

    4. Eric Samuelson

      October 13, 2020 at 3:17 pm

      Start checking for them in late November/early December.

    5. Wendy Lumbert

      October 16, 2020 at 1:15 pm

      Tasted my first Cosmic Crisp Apple months ago in Walmart & haven’t seen any since. Hope they come somewhere near us again soon. LOVE THEM
      Skowhegan,Maine

    6. Eric Samuelson

      October 16, 2020 at 2:24 pm

      They will be shipping out to stores near the end of November, so look for them at Walmart in December.

    7. Jody L Troutman

      January 08, 2021 at 9:32 pm

      Love this apple found in Kannapolis NC food lion

    8. Eric Samuelson

      January 12, 2021 at 11:21 am

      Thanks for sharing, Jody!

    9. Susan Ziegler

      March 31, 2021 at 12:43 pm

      Just ate my first Cosmic crisp apple and I can't wait to find more since my friend gave me the one I ate... it was delightful and lives up to its name! Costco Illinois

    10. Eric Samuelson

      March 31, 2021 at 2:36 pm

      Thanks for sharing Susan!

    11. Shelley

      October 25, 2021 at 11:23 am

      I live in western WA and discovered this Apple last season. I can’t wait to get them in 2021! I will have to find out if I can drive up and pick some or get them earlier than the stores.

    12. rick grossman

      July 25, 2022 at 3:48 pm

      Love the apple, but the skin leaves something to be desired. The skin reminds me more of a MacIntosh, which I don't care for. Pink Lady has a better skin. I don't know how to describe the differences.

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