The Sweet Sixteen apple was developed at the University of Minnesota in 1977.

[2] The Sweet Sixteen is crisp and juicy, has an exotic yellow flesh,[2] mixed with red.

[4] It is very sweet, with an unusual flavor of sugar cane, or spicy cherry candy.

Sweet Sixteen has fragrant, and long-lasting white flowers[5] The fruit is medium size, the apple red striped.

[5] The Sweet Sixteen is not self-fertile, and may be pollinated by a variety of other apple cultivars.