Best Store-Bought Brunch Products
Everyone knows that the weekend is all about brunch. When else in the week is it socially acceptable to have a breakfast sandwich in one hand and a cocktail in the other? Here, fantastic store-bought brunch products for your next weekend feast. —Julia Heffelfinger
Bloody Mary Mix
American Spoon's Bloody Mary Mix is extra briny and loaded with fresh dill and horseradish. $13.95/25.5 oz, spoon.com
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Raspberry-Jalapeño Jam
Jalapeño lends a subtle heat to this fresh raspberry jam from Shady Acres. Spread it on warm cornbread or add a thick schmear to your biscuit breakfast sandwich. Trust me. $13.99/8 oz, shadyacresorganic.com
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Maple Cream
Swap out syrup for this smooth maple spread from Vermont-based company Tonewood. Try it on waffles and pancakes or in place of frosting on homemade cinnamon rolls. $16.99/9 oz, tonewoodmaple.com
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Rhubarb Hops
Switch up the bar at your next brunch and try this rhubarb syrup in place of OJ with your sparkling wine. $13.50/250 ml, quinceandapple.com
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Hot Sauce
Made with the pickled peppers leftover from their hot pepper vinegar, Lillie's Q Hot Mess hot sauce has a smooth consistency and extra tang. $8, lilliesq.com
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Sausage
The namesake sausage from Miami butcher shop Proper Sausages uses quality Berkshire pork and fresh sage and is made in the British tradition with bread ground into the meat. It's juicy, fatty, perfectly seasoned and the ultimate breakfast sausage. Also not to be missed: their salty-sweet fig and blue cheese sausage and the thick-cut house-cured bacon. $12/1 lb., propersausages.com
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Jalapeño Bacon
Based on a 150-year-old family recipe, Naked Bacon is just that: naked. It's made from pork raised right on the family farm and does not use any of the chemicals found in commercial bacon. We couldn't stop eating the spicy, jalapeño-crusted variety. $10.99/8 oz, nakedbaconco.com
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Maple Pecan Granola
We always have a bag of Flour Craft Bakery's extra-crisp, perfectly salted granola on hand. In fact, you can even sign up for a 1-year subscription so that you never run out. $9/12 oz or $400 for 1 year, flourcraftbakery.com
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Gluten-Free Pancake & Waffle Mix
This pancake mix from Birch Benders will satisfy both the wheat lovers and the gluten haters out there. Made with a blend of brown rice flour and hazelnut meal, these airy pancakes are beyond easy: Just add water. From $4.99, birchbendersfoods.com