Holiday baking, made easier

Greased pans in one swipe.

Holiday baking means pan after pan of cookies, pies and breads. With The ButterBox™ you hold the case, not the butter. Glide the stick over sheet pans, muffin tins and Bundt pans for an even coat in seconds. No paper towels, no greasy fingers, and whatever is left goes right back in the fridge, sealed.

The ButterBox™ loaded with a butter stick, ready to grease pans for holiday baking

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2 U.S. PatentsDesign & utility
Patent No. 11,793,344
2 Design AwardsKitchen Product design
Built to LastBPA-free German materials Dishwasher safe
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Perfect Fit Slender Butter Stick Brands

Choose a region under each brand to see where to buy it.

Kerrygold butter box and slender sticks
Kerrygold
Tillamook butter box and slender sticks
Tillamook
Vital Farms butter box and slender sticks
Vital Farms
Trader Joe’s butter box and slender sticks
Trader Joe’s
Lucerne butter box and slender sticks
Lucerne
Vermont Creamery butter box and slender sticks
Vermont Creamery
Meyenberg butter box and slender sticks
Meyenberg
Maple Hill butter box and slender sticks
Maple Hill
Imperial butter box and slender sticks
Imperial
Fits long, slender 4 oz. sticks, about 4¾ in. long. Short “stubby” sticks don’t fit.
Which stores carry slender sticks?

On the East Coast and in the Midwest, most 4 oz. butter sticks are the long, slender kind, store brands included, so the butter at most grocery stores fits. You’ll typically find slender sticks at Publix, Wegmans, ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Giant, Food Lion and Harris Teeter on the East Coast, and at Kroger, Meijer, Hy-Vee, Jewel-Osco and Aldi in the Midwest. Also fits: Country Crock, Challenge, Danish Creamery, First Street, Medlee and Blue Bonnet sticks. On the West Coast, many store brands, including Sam’s Club Member’s Mark, use the shorter “stubby” stick, which doesn’t fit. Store names are a guide, not a guarantee: what each store carries varies by location and changes over time, so check that the stick is long and slender (about 4¾ in.) before you buy.

Why we made The ButterBox™

It started at our family table. It's made for yours.

The ButterBox™ began in our own kitchen, while we were making crepes. Every crepe meant buttering a hot pan, reaching over the heat with a knife or a paper towel and too often burning our fingers. At the table, the shared butter dish picked up crumbs from every knife that touched it. For anyone with celiac disease or a gluten-free family member, those hidden crumbs mean cross-contamination at every meal.

So we designed something better. You slide the stick in with the wrapper still on and peel it back only as you use it, so the butter stays clean and covered. You hold the case, never the butter. The holder is heat-resistant to 325°F and the silicone lip to 400°F, so you can butter a hot skillet with your hand safely above the heat. And you spread straight from it, so no knife and no crumb ever touches the butter.

Dozens of prototypes later, tested by family, friends and neighbors, it became the first Au Cao® product: safer at the stove, safer at the table and easier for everyone.

i.Peace of mind for gluten-free familiesA shared butter dish is a quiet source of cross-contact. In The ButterBox™, the butter never meets a crumb-covered knife.
ii.No knives, no worriesKids can butter their own breakfast with one swipe. There's no blade at the table, so parents can relax.
iii.Control every patSpread exactly as much as you want, from a light glaze on a crepe pan to a generous swipe on corn.
iv.Fresher butter, less fridge spaceAn airtight seal keeps odors out, and it stands upright in the door instead of hogging a shelf.
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