When the days start to lengthen, and the sun feels noticeably warmer on the skin, you know it’s sugaring time. Sugarmakers around the state have set their taps and await the flow of our state’s signature liquid gold. While there is no need to adulterate maple syrup to enjoy its sweet deliciousness, it can be made into some incomparable treats. Check out these iterations from local producers.   

Back Roads Granola They incorporate maple into several varieties of granola.  

Battenkill Wholesome Foods These brittle bars are great to keep in the car or backpack for quick, wholesome energy. 

Benito’s Hot Sauce (Morrisville, VT) is known for its hot sauce, bringing the heat to maple syrup. Try their chipotle or habanero and ghost pepper-infused syrups when you want a bit of zip with your sweetness. 

Butterfly Bakery The Co-op has a long history with Butterfly Bakery, and we love all their products. Their maple sriracha hot sauce is just one example of how they elevate local flavors.  

Butterworks Farm Milk does not travel far on Butterworks Farm. Their on-farm creamery is one of the oldest around. And their maple yogurt and maple kefir are amazing. 

Castleton Crackers Try these salted maple crackers with local Vermont cheese. 

Farmhouse Chocolate Their vanilla maple truffle is simply divine. 

Kingdom Creamery (East Hardwick, VT) is a third-generation Vermont dairy farm. They make various products on the farm, including Majestic Maple ice cream. 

Lake Champlain Chocolates The folks at Lake Champlain Chocolates know that maple is a quintessential Vermont ingredient, and they know how to use it. Whether it’s in their maple crunch medallions, maple caramels or truffles, you can’t go wrong. 

Maple City These maple cream candies capture the essence of Vermont in the early springtime.  

Morse Farm (Montpelier, VT) makes various maple products, including pure maple granulated sugar – a wonderfully sweet alternative to regular sugar in your coffee or tea. 

North Country Smokehouse (Claremont, NH) makes excellent Smoky Maple Links that add hearty goodness to breakfast. 

Quaker Hill (Randolph, VT) makes maple-sweetened cashew granola available in our bulk department and comes highly recommended by Terry, our bulk buyer. 

Rogers Farmstead (Berlin, VT) makes an organic, whole-milk yogurt sweetened with organic Vermont maple syrup. 

Sap! These refreshing maple seltzers are plant-based superfood sparkling beverages made straight from the forests of Vermont. They are nutrient-rich and antioxidant-packed and can help boost immunity, fight fatigue and inflammation, and detoxify the body.  

Silloway Maple In addition to making straight up maple syrup, they make granulated sugar and an interesting maple salt ’n’ pepper. It’s great on veggies and meat. 

Sugar Bob’s (Rutland, VT) specializes in smoked maple products. The owner boils the syrup, then turns it into smoked maple BBQ sauce, sriracha, and spiced nuts. 

Sweet on Vermont (Burlington, VT) makes a Vermont maple brittle with almonds and Vermont chocolate-dipped maple brittle with almonds. 

Tierra Farm (Valatie, NY) has a line of maple-glazed cashews, mixed nuts, pecans, and walnuts. 

Trade Winds Farm (Shoreham, VT) makes bulk granola sweetened with their own maple syrup and a maple spice rub that can be used to marinate seafood such as salmon or meats like chicken, pork, or beef. 

Vermont Salumi (Plainfield, VT) makes a maple breakfast pork sausage, a favorite of Nick, our meat and fish buyer. Nick says it’s “a hearty way to start the day before you go out and check the buckets to see how the sap is running.”

Don’t forget to check our beer and wine department for seasonal selections featuring maple flavors. 14th Star Maple Breakfast Porter and Champlain Orchards Mac and Maple exemplify how our local brewers celebrate spring.