Scrapple & Apple Festival 2025
Saturday, Oct. 11 | 10am-4pm
Presented by Reading Terminal Market Merchant’s Association
Scrapple Sculpting Contest | Friday, Oct. 10 at 12pm | Arch Court
Attention Sculptors, Artists & Scrapple Lovers – Join and watch our 2nd Scrapple Sculpting Contest emceed by Amy Strauss, local food and drink writer and author of Pennsylvania Scrapple. Friday, October 10 at 12pm, Reading Terminal Market.
Two winners will be selected. One winner will be chosen on Friday, October 10 as judged by Sasha Suda, Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and on Saturday, October 11 following our Scrapple & Apple Festival, a second winner will be chosen by popular public vote. All contestants receive a free Festival T-shirt.
Prize: Scrapple Trophy, and $100 Market Gift Card
No entry fee or purchase required. Contestants must arrive at Reading Terminal Market no later than 11:30am. Must be 18 years of age or older. Open to accomplished artists and beginners. Winner will be notified by email and need not be present to win. All contestants receive a free Scrapple & Apple Festival T-shirt. RTM will supply a 5lb block of scrapple and sculpting tools.
Thank you to our sponsor for the Scrapple Sculpting Contest:
Scrapple Sculpting Information
Scrapple and Apple Festival | Saturday, Oct. 11 at 10am-4pm
Scrapple
Beck’s Cajun Cafe – Homemade Shrimp-Andouille Scrapple Breakfast Poboy
Butcher’s Pantry – Scrapple & Chive Tater Tots, Apple Butter BBQ sauce
Butcher’s Pantry – (2) Two Scrapple & Rib eye Burger Sliders | brie, spiced apple-onion jam, arugula, poppy slider bun
Butcher’s Pantry – Scrapple Cheesesteak | chopped beef steak, fried scrapple, caramelized onions, smoked gouda, cider ketchup, fried sunny up egg
Down Home Diner – Scrapple Fries with Homemade Apple Butter
Dutch Eating Place – Traditional Piece of Scrapple
Flying Monkey Bakery – Scrapple shortbread cookies
Fox & Son – Scrapple Hush Puppies with Apple Butter
Market Bakery – Scrapple Apple Danish
Pennsylvania General Store – Chocolate Chip Scrapple Cookies
Saami Somi – Crispy Scrapple and caramelized apple and shallots Penovani
Sparrow’s – Gluten free Scrapple & Sweet Potato Flatbread
Tambayan – Apple and Scrapple Fried Lumpia
The Famous 4th Street Cookie Company – Scrapple Apple Cookie
The Famous 4th Street Cookie Company – Scrapple Sundae
More Coming Soon.
Cooked Scrapple (available daily)
Down Home Diner
Dutch Eating Place
Scrapple (Pork or Turkey) (always available)
Giunta’s Prime Shop
Halteman Family Meats
Hatville Deli
Martin’s Quality Meats & Sausage
Apple
Bassetts Ice Cream – Warm Apple Pie Mini Sundaes, Apple Pie Ice Cream Tart
Beck’s Cajun Cafe – Fried Apple Hand Pie
Butcher’s Pantry – Apple Cider-hibiscus Iced Tea
Downtown Cheese – Apple Pairing Cheese (aged gouda, cheddar)
Dutch Eating Place – Signature Apple Dumpling
El Merkury – Mini Apple Churros
Flying Monkey Bakery – Apple Cinnamon Buttercake
Kamal’s Middle Eastern – Spiced Apple Dream Smoothie
Kensington Food Company – Small Batch Artisan Pennsylvania Apple Butter
Little Marrakesh Bazaar – Wooden Apple Box (not edible)
Main Squeeze – Small acai bowl, topped with apple slices, granola, apple butter drizzle
Molly Malloy’s – Apple Ganache Pop Tart | homemade pop tart with apple white chocolate ganache filling
Mueller Chocolate Co. – Candy Apples, Caramel Apples
Old City Coffee – Apple Caramel Brûlée Latte
Original Turkey – Apple Cheddar Sandwich
Pennsylvania General Store – Oatmeal Raisin Apple Cookies, Apple Pie, Caramel Apple Fudge, Apple Fruit Butter/Jams/Chutneys/Caramel
Sparrow’s – Apple Fairy Floss
Sweet Nina’s – Apple Crisp Banana Pudding
Sweet T’s Bakeshop – Apple Crumble
Termini Brothers – Jewish Apple Cake
The Famous 4th Street Cookie Company – Apple Pie Cookie, Apple Sundae
Wilt’s Berries – Chocolate-covered Apple Cup
More Coming Soon.
Scrapple Sculpting Contest – Vote for the Winner
Pennsylvania Apple Tasting | Arch Court
Scrapple Demos | Arch Court
Photo Op | Center Court
Kid’s Crafts
“Apple Tree” (Kid’s Craft)
- Decorate an apple cutout and place it on the “Apple Tree”
“Pig Pen” (Kid’s Craft)
- Name a pig cutout and place it in the “Pig Pen”
Bob for Apples (Kid’s Game)
- Use a net to scoop a plastic bobbing apple out of a water barrel
DJ Entertainment