McDonald's back to deep frying their Apple pies!

At least it seems like it....
My boss brought me two today as apology for being really late (weird but okay!) and they're all crispy on the outside like they were fried and they no longer say "baked apple pie" on the box!

They were good! Forgive me if this has been discussed already, I couldn't find it.
But I have seen posts that talked about how they wished the chain would go back to frying their pies.
I wonder if this is just a regional test or a permanent thing? I'm in Southern California.