The Toad & The Butterfly, a Blog / BBVT

Do you want to taste the first hot sauce that we ever sold?

Do you want to taste the first hot sauce that we ever sold?

Jalapeno Fennel Hot Sauce was the very first hot sauce that I ever sold at the farmers market - just over 14 years ago. I thought that it would be fun to recreate and boy, it seems like 14 years ago, I was onto something! 
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Good to the last drizzle

Good to the last drizzle

Three fast ways to use every last bit of your Fat Toad Farm Caramel Sauce...plus simple jar reuses.

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Reflections on Farm Day

Reflections on Farm Day

A few years ago I realized that my crew was missing out. The way that we purchase produce and milk is different and cool and my crew should know about that. Also, the way that we purchase our core ingredients wouldn’t be possible if my hard working crew weren’t willing to put in the extra elbow grease and process it all.

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3 totally new micro batch hot sauces!

3 totally new micro batch hot sauces!

We have three totally new microbatch hot sauces this month. They have only existed in our brains prior to their creation. And they are just yummy.

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The secret ingredient is: don’t f* it up

Even when I messed up a dish, people were really into it. And key was that the ingredients were just that good. When you’re working with stuff that’s grown with care on small farms, it kind of doesn’t matter if the roast is a little overdone or the salad is a little weird. The flavor carries you.
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A phone call I wasn't expecting

Food & Wine Magazine Article Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Taco Vibes Only

"Have you seen Food and Wine?!"

That was the opening line of the phone call I got as I had just finished setting up our booth at our first New York Fancy Food Show. I was tired and sweaty and definitely hadn't seen Food and Wine.

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We're a little bit busy this week

Butterfly Bakery of Vermont / Fat Toad Farm presentation booth at the 2025 Fancy Food Show
We are at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City this week and, let me say, it's a lot! 2025 is our first year of trade shows and this is our biggest one yet.
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Have you seen our packaging?

Butterfly Bakery of Vermont packaging

It took us years of option weighing and experimenting to figure out how to move away from plastic shipping materials.

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Meet Me! Owner, Founder and CEO

Claire Georges

I'm Claire Georges, owner, founder and CEO of Butterfly Bakery of Vermont. I'm the one who sends out the newsletters and manages social media - I also wear about 50 other hats at any given moment, so my head is always warm.

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🌈 Joy, pride and a site-wide sale 🏳️

Sparkle Sriracha

Our Maple Sparkle Sriracha is grounded in love, joy and pride for everyone who is exactly who they are supposed to be and just the right amount of enough.

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What I'm eating

Maple Wood Smoked Onion Hot Sauce

Like many condiment lovers, I have a fridge door full of hot sauces, mustards, salsas and more. But I always have a rotating cast of current favorites that sit near the front and these are are what I'm noshing on now!

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Celebrating Motherhood

To all the mothers out there - mothers in all their forms - thank you for being you. It can be complicated, but the world is better for having mothers in it.

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