I believe that in the U.S. that Popeyes is the only chain that still serves a fried apple pie.
I am curious as to where did Albion White see those croquettes in posting #86?
The best croquettes that I have ever had were in Tokyo at a meat shop called Maruya Niku-ten (the curry ones are especially good), but I haven't seen any sold in the U.S.
By the way, Snugs, the McDonald's apple pies in the U.S. are not fried, but the last time I was in London (2002) they were fried in the McDonald's on the Strand. YUM!! The baked American ones are almost 400 calories apiece, and they sell them two for a dollar, so I hesitate to think how many calories are in the UK fried version! Here's a photo of the fried ones:
versus the American baked apple pie: