Frog Hollow
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This nonprofit collective and gallery sells contemporary and traditional crafts, paintings, and photographs by more than 200 Vermont artists and artisans.
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Johnson Woolen Mills
Fodor's choice
This factory store has great deals on woolen blankets, household goods, and the famous Johnson outerwear.
AroMed
Although just a small storefront in downtown Montpelier, this shop counts customers as far away as Hawaii, thanks to owner Lauren Andrew's masterful concoctions of lotions, oils, and aromatics. Her CBD- (cannabidiol-) infused versions are particularly popular.
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Artisans Hand
Opened in 1978, this craft gallery has been celebrating and supporting Vermont's craft community. The store sells jewelry, textiles, sculptures, and paintings by more than 120 local artists.
Bear Pond Books
Old-fashioned village bookstores don't get more cute and quaint than this, and locals work hard to keep it that way by actively embracing the printed word. A community hangout, the nearly 50-year-old shop hosts numerous readings by authors, workshops, and book clubs, as well as a significant section of Vermont writers.
Bennington Potters North
Along with the popular pottery line, this store stocks interesting kitchen items.
Buggy Man
This store sells all sorts of collectibles, including horse-drawn vehicles.
Burton
The folks who started this quintessential Vermont company also helped start snowboarding. The flagship store sells equipment and clothing; a second retail branch is in downtown Burlington, on 162 College Street.
Cabot Cheese Annex Store
In addition to shelves of Vermont-made jams, mustards, crackers, and maple products, the store features a long central table with samples of a dozen Cabot cheeses.
Dakin Farm
Cob-smoked ham, aged cheddar cheese, maple syrup made on-site, and other well-crafted specialty foods can be sampled here. You can also visit the smokehouse and watch the waxing and sealing of cheeses. Be sure to try the maple creemee, using Dakins' own maple syrup, when it's in season.
Jeremy Ayers Pottery
One of Vermont's most skilled and distinctive potters welcomes visitors to his shop and studio in downtown Waterbury. Keep an eye out for his Waterbury Breakfast Club, which adds food trucks and artists every other Sunday, June–September. A few apartments are also available to rent in the guesthouse; the on-site venue space, 18 Elm, is open for dinner parties and special occasion events.
Lake Champlain Chocolates
This chocolatier makes sensational truffles, caramels, candies, fudge, and hot chocolate. The chocolates are all-natural, made in Vermont, and make a great edible souvenir. Factory tours are available. A retail branch is also on Church Street.
NU Chocolat
This European-style chocolate boutique combines Swiss-trained chocolatier, premier Belgian equipment, a minimalist’s eye for detail, and a family-owned mentality. Owners Laura and Kevin Toohey and their children, co-founders Rowan and Virginia Toohey, spotlight their chocolate craftsmanship with delights like cocoa-dusted almonds, chocolate-covered candied orange peel, and uniquely beautiful seasonal truffles.
The Flying Pig Bookstore
It should come as no surprise that this bookstore is notable for its whimsy and carefully curated children's section: one of the owners is a stand-up comedian, and the other is a picture-book author.
The Shelburne Country Store
As you enter this store, you'll feel as though you've stepped back in time. Walk past the potbelly stove and take in the aroma emanating from the fudge neatly piled behind huge antique glass cases, alongside a vast selection of penny candies and chocolates. There are creemees, of course, but here the specialties are candles, weather vanes, glassware, and local foods.
The Willey's Store
This is a classic general store of the "if-we-don't-have-it-you-don't-need-it" kind. It's also the spot where locals in the know can snag hard-to-find Vermont gems like Jasper Hill Farm cheeses and bottles of Hill Farmstead beer.
Vermont Creamery
A leader in the artisanal cheese movement, this creamery invites aficionados to visit its 4,000-square-foot production facility, where goat cheeses such as Bonne Bouche—a perfectly balanced, cloudlike cheese—are made on weekdays. The creamery is in Websterville, southwest of Montpelier.
