Press Releases

Highland Sugarworks, Bentley wins the prestigious NASFT Product Award for Outstanding Packaging and Design

Highland Sugarworks' Let's Make Pancakes kit chosen as finalist in National Association of the Specialty Food Trades prestigious annual award competition

Sweet Ending to a Sticky Situation

Introducing Highland Sugarworks Pancake Pail

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Highland Sugarworks creates Cinnamon Maple Butter

Highland Sugarworks' Let's Make Pancakes kit chosen as finalist in National Association of the Specialty Food Trades prestigious annual award competition

Websterville, VT - June 14, 2000 -- Highland Sugarworks' Let's Make Pancakes kit has been chosen as a finalist in the category of Outstanding Food Gift Pack in the prestigious 2000 NASFT product award competition. The kit, introduced in October 1999, has received many accolades. One reviewer from Vegetarian Times (April 2000) said "You may find yourself waking up early....on Sundays." Final judging will take place at the summer Fancy Food Show in New York.

Let's Make Pancakes includes Highland Sugarworks' bestselling buttermilk pancake mix and pure maple syrup. Also included are a pair of "too cute" heart-shaped pancake rings, a tin of wild Maine blueberries, and the finest whisk you can buy. All this is packaged together in a wonderfully designed, whimsical box -- no wrapping necessary. Just add a mixing bowl and some water. (Go ahead, brew a pot of coffee as well!)

Highland Sugarworks was founded in 1996, and is owned by Judy and Jim MacIsaac, who just celebrated their fifteenth sugaring season. On a farm in Starksboro, Vermont, the MacIsaac family runs a 7,500-tap sugaring operation; the company is based in Websterville. Highland Sugarworks was recently rated as "the best tasting" maple syrup by Cooks Illustrated. Highland Sugarworks' Pancake Pail (another wonderful gift pack) received first place in the 1999 Fancy Food and Culinary Products annual packaging award competition.