These Slow Cooker Apple Pie Baked Beans are the perfect side dish to make for your 4th of July party or enjoy with any summertime meal. Baked beans, apple pie filling, barbecue sauce, and other ingredients are thrown together in the crockpot.
Pair these with a couple of other 4th of July favorites like my Hot Tub Beer Brats and Slow Cooker Milk and Honey Corn on the Cob.
What are apple pie baked beans?
Apple baked beans are exactly what they sound like. They combine the taste and traditional baked beans (navy beans) with apple pie filling. They also grab flavors from barbecue sauce, cooked bacon, brown sugar, and diced white onion. If you’ve never had these before, then you are in for a real treat.
The prep time for this delicious side dish is quick and the cooking time doesn’t take long at all. In fact, you can start them just a few hours before your party or potluck and they will be ready to serve nice and hot. They can also be paired with just about anything!
Recipe Ingredients
- Bacon: This will be sliced, cooked, and drained of its bacon grease prior to being added to the crock pot.
- Baked Beans: You’ll need two cans and I prefer to use Homestyle Bush’s original baked beans. They are already amazingly flavored and taste yummy right out of the can.
- Apple pie filling: 2 cans should be all you need for this recipe.
- White onion: Diced and tossed into the slow cooker with everything else.
- Barbecue sauce: Adds a great flavor and it’s something you can play around with.
- Brown sugar: Adds the right amount of sweetness to the overall dish.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step One – Add everything to the slow cooker and gently stir.
Step Two – Cook on LOW for 5 hours.
Step Three – Serve and enjoy!
What to serve with Apple Pie Baked Beans?
- Serve warm with any main dish of your choice. If you will be serving these during a barbecue, then they’ll taste great alongside barbecued hot dogs, hamburgers, pork, and chicken.
- In addition to main meat dishes, you can pair these beans with a side salad, potato salad, grilled vegetables, french fries, and cole slaw.
- To get a little creative, consider adding a scoop of beans on top of a baked potato, hot dog, or salad. The sweet and tangy flavors would mesh well with those foods.
- You can also serve baked beans by themselves with a piece of bread for sopping up the leftover juices.
Recipe FAQs
I like a regular barbecue sauce for these beans but you can try different flavors like smoky, mesquite, or a spicy blend. Sweet Baby Rays Brand is always my go-to.
Some great additions would be diced jalapeno green pepper, a diced bell pepper of any color, and extra cannellini beans.
Add any remaining apple pie baked beans to an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can also store leftovers in the freezer. Just be sure to use a freezer-safe container and let them defrost to room temperature before heating them up.
Worcestershire sauce, garlic, mustard, and extra bacon would taste great.
Yes! Although I like to use Bush’s baked beans, you can use any brand of your choice.
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Slow Cooker Apple Pie Baked Beans
Equipment Needed:
Ingredients:
- 16 oz. bacon sliced, cooked and drained
- 56 oz. Homestyle Bush’s Baked Beans (two 28 oz. cans)
- 42 oz. apple pie filling (two 21-oz. cans)
- ½ cup diced white onion
- ½ cup barbecue sauce
- 2 Tbsp. brown sugar
Instructions:
- Add everything to the slow cooker, stir.
- Cook on LOW for 5 hours.
- Serve and enjoy!
How to Video:
Recipe Notes:
- I prefer to use a barbecue sauce like original Sweet Baby Rays, you don’t want to overpower the beans with a strong flavored barbecue sauce.
- Some great additions would be diced jalapeno green pepper, a diced bell pepper of any color, and extra cannellini beans.
- Add any remaining apple pie baked beans to an airtight container and store in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can also store leftovers in the freezer. Just be sure to use a freezer-safe container and let them defrost to room temperature before heating them up.
Nutrition Information:
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
Made this for a family cookout. The recipe is easy to cut in half, which I did. Everyone liked it. So easy and a new take on an old standard dish. It really doesn’t need 5 hours, I only cooked it for 2 – just enough to cook the onions. I highly recommend this recipe for your next cookout or family weekend dinner.
What a winner. If I could give this dish 50 stars, I would. I made this last night for the 4th and EVERY SINGLE GUEST (10) commented how ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS it was and asked for the recipe – of course I referred them to your website (I made the coconut milk corn on the cob as well – just left a great review there, too!). 4 of them asked to take some home. I did double the beans and apples in the recipe (large oval slow cooker fit the 4 cans of beans etc just fine, left about 1 inch free space at the top) but only used 2 cans apple pie filling (I only had 2). I sauteed 3 apples in cinnamon & a bit of sugar to make up for the missing 2 cans. I added (1 medium) onion half slices for appearance as well as the diced onion in the recipe. Used a pound of Applewood smoked bacon. Did not double the BBQ sauce or brown sugar. This dish was phenomenal and WILL be a staple at every future cookout! As with most slow cooker recipes, the “bulk” of the work was minimal – browning the bacon and dicing an onion. THANK YOU for all your awesome recipes and website, you create some wonderful stuff!
What size crockpot do you use? Is there room to double it?
I use a 6 quart crockpot, and yes you can double this.
Looks & sounds YUMMY – may make this 4th of July to serve with hubby’s ribs – will report back – thank you for the great idea! I love your site & recipes; this should be a hit!