In Greek mythology, Heracles employed Atlas to obtain them from the Hesperides, and Melanion dropped three during a footrace to distract Atalanta.
These objects are stolen by nine peahens in a Bulgarian epic, or by zmeu dragons in Romanian legend. Irish tales associate them with the Silver Bough, and in Norse myth, Idunn guards a [*] box of them, and they maintain the gods' youth. In Greek mythology, Heracles employed Atlas to obtain them from the Hesperides, and Melanion dropped three during a footrace to distract Atalanta. More notably, one of these was thrown into Thetis and Peleus' wedding by Eris. For 10 points, name this mythical foodstuff picked up by Paris with the inscription "For the fairest".
These objects are stolen by nine peahens in a Bulgarian epic, or by zmeu dragons in Romanian legend.
golden {apples} [they are all gold/golden, prompt on “fruit”]