Great Deal for Grade B (more flavorful!) Maple Syrup

     I have made it a point to buy Grade B maple syrup for our family for the last couple of years. 

     At first, the price made us gulp.  And then it went up.  Gulp.

     But we needed to change the type of syrup we were using on our pancakes, waffles, etc., and it has been good for us to use a lot less syrup than we were using, so we finally took the plunge and began buying maple syrup (organic, when we could find it inexpensive enough).

Confusion about Grade A and Grade B?

     With most foods, Grade A is considered "better." 

     Not so with maple syrup.

     Grade B is more flavorful, contains less sugar, and if you are planning to use maple syrup in baking and cooking, you'll definitely want to be using Grade B.

     The trick is finding Grade B maple syrup that is reasonably priced.

     Well, that's probably impossible.  I used to buy 32 oz. of organic Grade B maple syrup for around $8.  Six months later, it jumped to $12.  Six months later, it jumped to $18.  Now it can be as high as $30!  Needless to say, it is used carefully and sparingly in our home.  We no longer "drown" our pancakes and waffles with syrup...and that's a good thing!

     The best price I was able to find, online or anywhere, was at a local grocery store in my town, for the organic version of the product you see in the photo, above.  Regularly, "$5-off" coupons were added to the necks of the bottles, so I was able to buy this same syrup, but organic, for $12-$15.  Then, the store did a big remodel...and they no longer carry the 32-oz. bottle.  Instead, they carry the 16-oz. bottle for $13.  Ugh.

     I searched online again, today, to find organic Grade B maple syrup at a reasonable price.  Even on Amazon, it was $23 for 32 oz.  Ugh. Ugh.

     So I've decided to buy Grade B maple syrup from the same farm using Amazon's "Subscribe and Save" option...and I see that I can purchase this maple syrup for a little over $15.  No, it's not organic, but until I can find a more reasonable price, this is what we're going to use.  We're comfortable with this brand and company, so either organic or not, we'll buy it.

     With the "Subscribe and Save" option, you can sign up for it and then do a one-time purchase, canceling "Subscribe and Save" after you make your original purchase, or you can subscribe to this item and have it delivered at an interval you select. 

     For our family, I'm going to select every 3 months to have this item delivered. 

     The nice thing about it is that I will receive an email before it is shipped, so I can decline the shipment if I prefer, and my credit card won't be charged. 

     Please note that if the price of the maple syrup goes up - or down - your actual price will follow whenever the item is preparing to ship to you.  Thankfully, you will be notified of the price before you are charged, or before the item is shipped, so you can accept or decline.

_     I'm not an Amazon Affiliate, nor will I make any profit from you clicking on any of these links.  Just thought I'd share this info. with you in case some of you were interested in swapping out your high fructose corn syrup fake-o brand for something more natural.

     And yes, for years, I did make our own homemade pancake syrup, but we couldn't get it "just right."  It was either very thin and watery, or very thick and sludgy - yuck.  So, now we are using real maple syrup - and enJOYing it!   Yum!

Julieanne
Joy In Our Journey.com

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