Apple

Apples are food objects found in Alpha and Beta mode. There are two types of Apples: Golden Apples and Red Apples.

Red Apples
Red apples can be found in dungeons. They can be eaten for a small amount of health regained or can be used to make Golden Apples.

Notch also drops red apples when he dies in SMP.

It has been confirmed that one apple can spawn as a result of a tree being cut down, however the percent of time in which this will happen is unknown. (Added by an update after the BETA Release somewhere between December 20th and January 1st 2011).

Golden Apples
Golden Apples are apples coated with gold. Eating one fully restores your health. They can be found in dungeons on rare occasions.

Crafting
They can be crafted from a Red Apple and 8 Gold blocks surrounding it.



Advantages

 * Golden apples restore all your health. So if you need a lot of health, eating a Golden Apple is the fastest way.

Disadvantages

 * Regular apples are very rare and, as they only heal 2, are not worth looking for.
 * Even though a golden apple restores all your health, it is a waste of time and resources since making one requires 72 gold ingots. However, Gold is useless except for decoration and to make a Clock, and players who have a plentiful supply may wish to create some as a vanity item.