Get Your Super Bowl Snacks at These Local Vermont Businesses

You can’t have a Super Bowl party without the snacks. We’re lucky to live in Vermont, where you can find the best of the best when it comes to locally-sourced ingredients. If you’re looking to make the classic appetizers this year, we created a guide on where to find the highest-quality snacks to impress your guests or bring to a party. Get your charcuterie boards and serving dishes to bring these dishes to life!

Charcuterie Board

Looking to make a charcuterie board to remember? The key is the diversity of items on your board. Be sure to include both hard and soft cheeses, a variety of meats, and several cracker choices for your guests to enjoy. To go above and beyond, we recommend adding fruit, vegetables, pickles, and maybe even a sweet treat like chocolate covered pretzels.

Get your products from these local Vermont businesses:

Cheese

In addition to your variety of cheese types, selecting from several Vermont cheesemakers will make your charcuterie board even more interesting.

• Jasper Hill Farm, Greensboro: Jasper Hill Farm is known for its raw milk cheese made from its own cows. Choose from a variety of cheese types, from bloomy to natural rinds.
• Vermont Farmstead Cheese, South Woodstock: The majority of people are fans of Vermont Farmstead’s alehouse cheddar, which we love, but we also recommend trying their Blueberry Windsordale and Cheddy Topper. 
• Plymouth Artisan Cheese, Plymouth: This amazing cheese factory dates all the way back to 1890— and they still use the same recipe today! You’ll recognize the bright wax packaging right away— we suggest trying the Garlic Peppercorn and Black Truffle Cheddar. 
• Vermont Creamery, Websterville: Taste Vermont Creamery’s delicious goats’ milk cheese in a variety of different flavors. While you’re there, pick up some homemade butter to add the perfect flavor to all of your dishes.

Meat

For a true Vermont charcuterie board, you must include meat from Vermont Smoke & Cure and Vermont Salumi.

• Vermont Smoke & Cure, Hinesburg: Provide the perfect cheese pairing with meats from Vermont Smoke & Cure, with options like smoked uncured pepperoni and summer sausage.
• Vermont Salumi, Barre: Find your favorite salami with their salami sampler, which includes five different flavors! Or enjoy convenience with their pre-sliced salami, bresaola, lonza, capocollo, and more.

Crackers

It’s important to choose a variety of crackers that balance the flavors of the meat and cheese. Find yours from some of our local favorites: 

• Vermont Common Crackers, The Vermont Country Store, Weston & Rockingham: These are the original “Cracker Barrel crackers,” and they provide a puff-like quality that makes them the perfect pair to a piece of cheddar.
• Castleston Crackers, Vermont Farmstead Cheese, South Woodstock: Owned by Vermont Farmstead Cheese, these crackers have found their home in grocery stores and markets across the country. Choose from one of six fantastic flavors, from salted maple to rosemary.
• Dakin Farm, Ferrisburgh: Head to your local Dakin Farm to pick up a box of tasty Simply Wheat or Multi-Seed Rye crackers.

Chili

Chili is one of the best dishes to eat during the Super Bowl— it’s a crowd favorite and full of delicious flavors. Use our Game Day Chili recipe and local ingredients to have your guests going back for seconds!

Make your chili with some of the best ground beef Vermont farms have to offer:

• Maple Wind Farm, Richmond
• North Hollow Farm, Rochester
• Vermont Natural Beef, Benson
• Boissoneault Beef, St. Albans

Find your bell peppers, celery stalks, corn, and more at your local farm stands, co-ops, or winter CSA. Pick up any ingredients you can’t find there at your locally-owned market or grocery store.

Want to save time? Leave the work to the locals and order chili from these local restaurants and businesses:

• Harrington’s of Vermont, Richmond
• Dakin Farm, Ferrisburgh
• Halvorson’s Upstreet Cafe, Burlington
• JPs Restaurant & Deli, Essex
• Dot’s Diner, Wilmington

Chicken Wings

Chicken wings are a crowd favorite at the Super Bowl party. If you’re looking to stay out of the kitchen, order chicken wings to-go at one of these local favorites:

• Wings at Maple, Burlington: Choose bone-in, boneless, or a mix of both in flavors like maple soy garlic, lemon pepper, and spicy garlic lemon. 
• Mill River Brewing, St. Albans: Enjoy the house barbecue, smoked sriracha honey, and Jamaican jerk dry rub to get a wide range of delicious flavors.
• Rozzi’s, Colchester: Rozzi’s might be known for its extensive burger menu, but they also have some great wings! In addition to the classic bone-in and boneless options, try their duck wings tossed in Hoisin sauce.
• Jericho Cafe & Tavern, Jericho: These tasty wings are available in three flavors: buffalo, maple barbecue, or dry rub. 
• Madison Brewing Company & Restaurant, Bennington: You might want to save these wings for yourself! Try them traditional or with buffalo parmesan, yakitori, or maple chipotle barbecue.

If you’re looking to serve up your own chicken wing flavors, here’s where you can get some local meat:

• Vermont Meat & Seafood Market, Williston
• Bob’s Meat Market, St. Albans
• Maple Wind Farm, Richmond
• Jericho Settlers Farm, Jericho
• Libbey’s Meat Market, Lyndonville

Living in Vermont, we’re surrounded by a creative community that makes a plethora of handmade items— and that includes hot sauces! We recommend tossing your homemade wings in some of our favorite local sauces:

• Benito’s Hot Sauce, Morrisville: Benito’s has something for everyone, from mango habanero to “Straight Up Ghost.” 
• Butterfly Bakery of Vermont, Barre: We’re fans of the Butterfly Bakery of Vermont for many reasons, including their amazing hot sauce. Try our favorites, like the Tomatillo Corn Hot Sauce and the Heady Topper Hot Sauce to bring some heat to your wings.
• Angry Goat Pepper Co, Bradford: These funnily-named hot sauces— like the Sweaty Beaver and Hippy Dippy— will leave your guests ready for more.

Beer

Vermont is known for its craft beer scene. In many towns across the state, you’ll find an amazing brewery with great energy and delicious beer. Bringing a growler or two from one of our favorite breweries will add even more excitement to the game:

• 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans
• Black Flannel Brewing, Essex
• Zero Gravity, Burlington
• Two Heroes Brewery, South Hero
• Hill Farmstead, Greensboro
• Hogback Mountain Brewing, Starksboro
• Kraemer & Kin, Alburgh
• Whetstone Beer Co, Brattleboro
• Madison Brewing Co, Bennington
• Kingdom Brewing, Newport Town

Chips and Dips

When you’re hosting the Super Bowl, you can’t go wrong with a bowl of chips and a few dips. Pick up a bag of your favorite chips— we love tortilla chips from Vermont Tortilla Company— and offer your guests a variety of salsas, dips, and hummus to choose from. 

• Vermont Salsa Company, Morrisville
• Granny Blossom’s Specialty Foods, Pawlet
• Butterfly Bakery of Vermont, Barre
• Vermont Creamery, Websterville
• Stowe Mercantile, Stowe

Halladay’s Harvest Barn and Vermont Harvest have great options for dip mixes, where they supply the seasoning and you supply the base. We love Halladay’s Garlic Chipotle, Maple Bacon, Maple Habanero, and more! Vermont Harvest has a different flavor profile, with a Lemon Pepper dip mix and Smokey Onion dip mix. 

Whether you’re hosting a Super Bowl party or attending one, Vermont’s local producers offer everything you need to create a memorable game day spread. From award-winning cheeses and craft beers to small-batch hot sauces and farm-fresh meats, our state’s artisanal food scene elevates classic game day food options. Supporting these local businesses not only guarantees high-quality ingredients for your party but also helps sustain Vermont's vibrant food community. So this Super Bowl Sunday, give your guests a taste of what makes our state's culinary landscape truly exceptional.

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