19 Holiday Pie Recipes You Can Definitely Ace (2024)

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What is in the McDonald's Holiday Pie? ›

Debuting in 1999, the holiday pie features “smooth custard nestled in a flaky, buttery crust that's glazed with sugar and topped with rainbow sprinkles,” according to a product description. It joins McDonald's dessert lineup, appearing alongside the classic apple pie.

This month, the brand announced that the fan-favorite holiday pie is back on the menu to make all your winter festivities even sweeter. The fun dessert is made of creamy custard wrapped in a flaky, buttery crust.

How does McDonald's Holiday Pie taste? Though it's not reinventing the wheel, there's something deliciously standard about the Holiday Pie that'll likely have you making some associations. It's reminiscent of a frosted Pop-Tart, but softer and creamier.

The Strawberry and Crème Pie has started to appear at McDonald's locations across America and officially replaced the fast-food giant's Holiday Pie, AllRecipes.com reported.

McDonald's first introduced the Strawberry & Crème Pie in 2012 and it was available nationally until 2014. The fast food chain brought it back briefly in 2022 but only in the spring or winter and only at select locations, according to AllRecipes.com.

New McDonald's 2024 menu items

One of the new menu launches is the Hot Cross Bun Pie bringing the classic warming cinnamon and spice flavours of a hot cross bun and putting it into a beloved Maccies pie. The pie is made from a cinnamon pastry and inside there's a spiced fruit mix and butter-flavour cream filling.

Last year, the pies were ultimately available in about 6,800 of McDonald's 14,000 US locations. If you use DoorDash or UberEats, the item should appear on the apps' McDelivery menu if it's available in your area. Pricing varies, but it typically costs between 99 cents and $2.50, depending on where you live.

As with any McDonald's menu item, prices vary from location to location, but you can expect to pay a little over a dollar for the Holiday Pie.

In the pumpkin pie, calories, carbs and sodium are lower, while protein is higher. But the apple pie takes the cake when it comes to fiber and potassium, and it has less added sugar.

Apple pie has English origins, according to Smithsonian magazine, but the dessert is an American classic. Even McDonalds makes apple pie.

What are McDonald's pies made out of? ›

Ingredients: EITHER: Water, Apple (23%), WHEAT Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oils (Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil), Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Dextrose, Salt, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Spices (Cinnamon, Nutmeg), Flavourings, Cassia Extract.

A-Plus Apples

So you can put away your Granny Smiths and Red Delicious if you think you can just whip up McDonald's signature dessert at home. Instead, Mickey D's makes their pies with six different types of apples — Jonagold, Fuji, Golden Delicious, Gala, Rome, and Ida Red, all of which are homegrown in the U.S.

A 100% beef patty, two slices of cheese, red onions, crispy onions, and cheese sauce, in a toasted snowflake flour-dusted bun. And there is the new Big & Cheesy with Bacon. Then in what McDonald's has described as 'a Christmas miracle' the Chicken Big Mac is back, following sell-out success in 2022.