An amusing video has emerged from the US of a toddler falling over forwards while apple bobbing for Halloween.

The footage, captured in Minneapolis on Sunday, shows three-year-old Elias face-planting into a vat of water full of apples, after trying to pick the fruit up with his hands tied behind his back.

''We decided to do a bobbing for apples challenge for Halloween. Our 3 year old Elias wanted to try,'' the filmer later wrote online.

''Elias really wanted to get an apple, so after some encouragement, dove right in, which resulted in him falling into the water.''

''He cried but cheered right up after seeing the video of himself,'' he continued.