What our customers are saying

Supporting Small Farms


  • Familia Farm - West Pawlet, Vermont

    "Butterfly Bakery gives us a market we don’t have to invent or manage every single day. If I get a flat tire, I’m not missing my one chance to sell that week. Our days are more predictable and our mission is clearer. We can focus on growing 15 crops really well instead of juggling 30 just to stay competitive at the farmers’ market. I can focus on farming instead of marketing."
  • Honey Field Farm - Norwich, Vermont

    “We cannot overstate how beneficial and influential it has been working with Butterfly Bakery and just how impactful our relationship has been on the progress of our farm, getting us on track to grow peppers and seeing it as a viable commercial crop.”

March Hot Sauce Micro Batches


  • Maple Juniper Hot Sauce

    Spent juniper berries hold incredible untapped flavor potential. This sauce lends itself well to tomato and BBQ applications, like grilled chicken, cocktail sauce, a bistro burger, or even a bloody mary.

    Heat: 🔥🔥🔥

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  • Cucumber Sesame Miso Hot Sauce

    A little sesame and miso makes anything mid into magic, while cucumbers and garlic scapes keep things bright. Dump it on dumplings, sauce up steamed broccoli, or add dimension to a peanut dish.

    Heat: 🔥

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  • Quill Hill Farm Ghost Hot Sauce

    Quill Hill Farm is part of a growing movement of conscience minded farmers that are dedicated to farming in a sustainable way that restores the soil, minimizes soil erosion, supports biodiversity, and protects our natural resources. This single varietal hot sauce showcases these practices, with as much heat as in the heart of our farmers.

    Heat: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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  • Micro Dose March Bundle

    A collection of all three micro hot sauce micros released in March 2026.

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Appearing now on season 29 of

HOT ONES

Flavor Commitment since 2003

Rooted in Vermont

Butterfly Bakery of Vermont began as a small local bakery founded by Claire Georges, who simply wanted to make good food from good ingredients. What started as a few batches of cookies and granola sold at local stores quickly grew into a community favorite known for maple-sweetened baked goods and honest Vermont flavor. Every spoonful, bar, and bite was made with the same care you’d find in a home kitchen, just with a few more mixing bowls.

From Sweet to Spicy

Everything changed thanks to a little farmers market bartering. At the end of each market, Claire would trade her unsold baked goods with local farmers who often had
extra chili peppers. She started experimenting in her kitchen, turning those peppers into small batches of hot sauce to bring to the next market, and they sold out every time. What began as a bit of farmers market fun quickly became the heart of the business, driven by curiosity, collaboration, and the belief that hot sauce should always be about flavor and connection first and heat second.

A Sweet Partnership

Over time, Butterfly Bakery grew from a bakery into a full-fledged Vermont food company that celebrates small farms and big flavors. In 2022, the beloved Fat Toad Farm Caramel became part of the Butterfly Bakery family, bringing its rich goat’s milk caramel recipes into the same Vermont-made lineup. Together under one brand, we continue to champion small-farm ingredients, sustainable sourcing, and the joy of making things by hand.

Claire Georges standing in front of her bakery's signs

Vermont Flavor on the National Stage

Today, Butterfly Bakery of Vermont is known nationwide for its bold, maple-sweetened flavors and locally grown hot sauces that have appeared on Hot Ones, earned praise from Food & Wine, and won awards around the world. At its core, BBVT is still the same: a small Vermont company dedicated to making honest food that connects people to the place it comes from and the community that makes it possible.

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