Short answer: Church’s Texas Chicken has offered an apple pie (a fried apple pie dessert) for many years; sources show the item listed on Church’s menus and discussed by reviewers as far back as the 2010s, and it remains on current Church’s menus today.

Menu history and evidence

  • Historic mentions and reviews describe Church’s selling a fried apple pie at least since the 2010s, including blog and video posts remembering or reviewing the item.
  • Church’s official menu pages currently list an Apple Pie dessert, confirming it’s part of their present offering.
  • Fast-food roundups and reviews that rank chain pies include Church’s apple pie in comparisons, showing it has been part of the chain’s recognizable dessert lineup over recent years.

Context and notes

  • Many fast-food chains introduced or popularized fried apple pies decades ago, and Church’s appears to have carried a fried apple pie product for a long period rather than launching it as a one-off recent release.
  • Exact launch date: I could not find a definitive corporate press release or archive page giving a single launch date for Church’s apple pie; available sources show usage and menu presence rather than a formal “release” announcement.

If you want a deeper dive

  1. I can search for older archived Church’s menus, news releases, or media mentions to try to locate a precise introduction year or earliest documented appearance.
  2. I can also pull specific regional menu snapshots (some locations carry slightly different items) if you need confirmation for a particular country or state.

Would you like me to look for a precise earliest documented date or check historical menu archives for Church’s in a specific region?