diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/offsets.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/offsets.pyx
index 0deaf082dd1c7..77b60d0c22322 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/offsets.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/offsets.pyx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ from pandas._libs.tslibs.ccalendar cimport DAY_NANOS, get_days_in_month, dayofwe
 from pandas._libs.tslibs.conversion cimport (
     convert_datetime_to_tsobject,
     localize_pydatetime,
+    normalize_i8_timestamps,
 )
 from pandas._libs.tslibs.nattype cimport NPY_NAT, c_NaT as NaT
 from pandas._libs.tslibs.np_datetime cimport (
@@ -79,21 +80,14 @@ cdef bint _is_normalized(datetime dt):
 def apply_index_wraps(func):
     # Note: normally we would use `@functools.wraps(func)`, but this does
     # not play nicely with cython class methods
-    def wrapper(self, other):
-
-        is_index = not util.is_array(other._data)
-
-        # operate on DatetimeArray
-        arr = other._data if is_index else other
-
-        result = func(self, arr)
+    def wrapper(self, other) -> np.ndarray:
+        # other is a DatetimeArray
 
-        if is_index:
-            # Wrap DatetimeArray result back to DatetimeIndex
-            result = type(other)._simple_new(result, name=other.name)
+        result = func(self, other)
+        result = np.asarray(result)
 
         if self.normalize:
-            result = result.to_period('D').to_timestamp()
+            result = normalize_i8_timestamps(result.view("i8"), None)
         return result
 
     # do @functools.wraps(func) manually since it doesn't work on cdef funcs
@@ -1889,7 +1883,7 @@ cdef class YearOffset(SingleConstructorOffset):
         shifted = shift_quarters(
             dtindex.asi8, self.n, self.month, self._day_opt, modby=12
         )
-        return type(dtindex)._simple_new(shifted, dtype=dtindex.dtype)
+        return shifted
 
 
 cdef class BYearEnd(YearOffset):
@@ -2033,7 +2027,7 @@ cdef class QuarterOffset(SingleConstructorOffset):
         shifted = shift_quarters(
             dtindex.asi8, self.n, self.startingMonth, self._day_opt
         )
-        return type(dtindex)._simple_new(shifted, dtype=dtindex.dtype)
+        return shifted
 
 
 cdef class BQuarterEnd(QuarterOffset):
@@ -2139,7 +2133,7 @@ cdef class MonthOffset(SingleConstructorOffset):
     @apply_index_wraps
     def apply_index(self, dtindex):
         shifted = shift_months(dtindex.asi8, self.n, self._day_opt)
-        return type(dtindex)._simple_new(shifted, dtype=dtindex.dtype)
+        return shifted
 
     cpdef __setstate__(self, state):
         state.pop("_use_relativedelta", False)
@@ -2503,8 +2497,6 @@ cdef class Week(SingleConstructorOffset):
     @apply_index_wraps
     def apply_index(self, dtindex):
         if self.weekday is None:
-            # integer addition on PeriodIndex is deprecated,
-            #  so we use _time_shift directly
             td = timedelta(days=7 * self.n)
             td64 = np.timedelta64(td, "ns")
             return dtindex + td64
diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
index 7bbe60c4fdcd1..053aeb6d81be4 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/datetimes.py
@@ -685,7 +685,9 @@ def _add_offset(self, offset):
                 values = self.tz_localize(None)
             else:
                 values = self
-            result = offset.apply_index(values).tz_localize(self.tz)
+            result = offset.apply_index(values)
+            result = DatetimeArray._simple_new(result)
+            result = result.tz_localize(self.tz)
 
         except NotImplementedError:
             warnings.warn(
diff --git a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_offsets.py b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_offsets.py
index 86cc7ff753660..e3a89d9ed57a6 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_offsets.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_offsets.py
@@ -3524,7 +3524,7 @@ def test_offset_whole_year(self):
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(None):
             # GH#22535 check that we don't get a FutureWarning from adding
             # an integer array to PeriodIndex
-            result = SemiMonthEnd().apply_index(s)
+            result = SemiMonthEnd() + s
 
         exp = DatetimeIndex(dates[1:])
         tm.assert_index_equal(result, exp)
@@ -3672,7 +3672,7 @@ def test_apply_index(self, case):
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(None):
             # GH#22535 check that we don't get a FutureWarning from adding
             # an integer array to PeriodIndex
-            result = offset.apply_index(s)
+            result = offset + s
 
         exp = DatetimeIndex(cases.values())
         tm.assert_index_equal(result, exp)
@@ -3783,7 +3783,7 @@ def test_offset_whole_year(self):
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(None):
             # GH#22535 check that we don't get a FutureWarning from adding
             # an integer array to PeriodIndex
-            result = SemiMonthBegin().apply_index(s)
+            result = SemiMonthBegin() + s
 
         exp = DatetimeIndex(dates[1:])
         tm.assert_index_equal(result, exp)
@@ -3936,7 +3936,7 @@ def test_apply_index(self, case):
         with tm.assert_produces_warning(None):
             # GH#22535 check that we don't get a FutureWarning from adding
             # an integer array to PeriodIndex
-            result = offset.apply_index(s)
+            result = offset + s
 
         exp = DatetimeIndex(cases.values())
         tm.assert_index_equal(result, exp)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_yqm_offsets.py b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_yqm_offsets.py
index 13cab9be46d37..9921355bdf2ee 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_yqm_offsets.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/tseries/offsets/test_yqm_offsets.py
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ def test_apply_index(cls, n):
 
     res = rng + offset
     assert res.freq is None  # not retained
-    res_v2 = offset.apply_index(rng)
-    assert (res == res_v2).all()
     assert res[0] == rng[0] + offset
     assert res[-1] == rng[-1] + offset
     res2 = ser + offset