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The Breakfast Speakeasy Set

Start the morning with a little old-fashioned contraband.
The Breakfast Speakeasy Set brings together classic breakfast favorites with a Prohibition-inspired twist, creating a gift that feels warm, thoughtful, and full of story.

Inside, the recipient will find New Hope Mills Pancake Mix tucked inside a flour sack, along with New Hope Mills Maple Syrup, their choice of Oliver Pluff & Company colonial tea, Awckland’s Honey in a muth jar, and their choice of Bauman’s Fruit Butter. To finish the set with a sweet throwback touch, Reed’s Butterscotch Candies are included as a small old-fashioned treat.

From pancakes and tea to honey, fruit butter, maple syrup, and candy, this set is made for slow mornings, cozy tables, and a breakfast that feels like it was secretly delivered from the back room of a speakeasy.

The Breakfast Speakeasy Set
Gift With a Story Exclusive

The Bauman’s Backroom Special

This gift set was created around Bauman’s Fruit Butters and the many ways they can be enjoyed.
Along with the products inside, the recipient will receive our in-house recipe cards with simple ideas
for using Bauman’s with the other items in the set.

It is part pantry gift, part recipe box, and part story — a combination you will not find just anywhere.

Meet the Products Behind the Story

Customize the Gift.
Complete the Story.

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Oliver Pluff & Company

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Awckland's Honey

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Baumans Fruit Butter

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Description

What's Included

  • New Hope Mills Pancake Mix tucked inside a flour sack
  • New Hope Mills Maple Syrup
  • Your choice of Bauman’s Fruit Butter
  • Your choice of Awckland’s Honey in a Muth jar
  • Your choice of Oliver Pluff & Company tea
  • Reed’s Butterscotch Candies
  • Product history cards
  • In-house recipe cards
  • A custom occasion story selected at checkout
  • Gift box, cellophane wrap, and bow

The Sweet Side of the Speakeasy

Awckland’s Honey brings a sweet touch of local craftsmanship to every gift set. Their honey is more than a pantry item — it is a reminder of the fields, flowers, and hardworking bees that help create something simple, natural, and full of character.

Carefully selected for both flavor and presentation, Awckland’s Honey fits perfectly into a gift that is meant to feel thoughtful and memorable. Whether paired with tea, biscuits, breakfast mixes, or fruit butter, it adds warmth, sweetness, and a story rooted in American tradition.

From the first spoonful to the last drop, Awckland’s Honey turns an everyday treat into something worth slowing down for.


Steeped in History. Served Under the Table.

Oliver Pluff & Company brings history to the table through teas, coffees, and traditional beverages inspired by early American life. Their blends are made for people who enjoy more than just a cup of tea — they enjoy the story behind it.

From colonial tea traditions to the beverages once enjoyed in homes, taverns, and gathering places of the 1700s, Oliver Pluff & Company helps turn an everyday drink into a small taste of American history. Their products are a natural fit for Gift With a Story because each one carries a sense of place, tradition, and heritage.

Whether paired with honey, tucked into a gift set, or enjoyed slowly on its own, Oliver Pluff & Company adds warmth, character, and a meaningful historical touch to every gift.


Simple Mixes. Honest Flavor. Since 1823

New Hope Mills has been part of Central New York’s food history since 1823, when it began as a flour mill serving local farms and families. For generations, the mill helped turn grain into the simple pantry staples that ended up on kitchen tables, in breakfast plates, and in family recipes.

Today, New Hope Mills continues that tradition with pancake, waffle, and baking mixes made with the same old-fashioned spirit. Their products bring a little taste of early American milling history into the modern kitchen, making them a natural fit for a gift set built around comfort, heritage, and food with a story.


Old-Fashioned Fruit Butter Worth Hiding

Bauman’s Fruit Butters are traditional, handcrafted spreads made by the Bauman family in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania—continuing a Pennsylvania Dutch fruit butter legacy that began in 1892. Founded when John W. Bauman bought a cider press and began making apple butter in his carriage shop, the business has remained family-owned through multiple generations, still honoring the same old-fashioned methods and recipes handed down over a century ago.

Made in small batches from fresh, locally sourced fruit, Bauman’s fruit butters capture the pure essence of the harvest without artificial additives, pectin, or preservatives. Their lineup includes classic apple butter as well as seasonal and specialty versions like cherry, plum, pumpkin, and more—each cooked slowly to a smooth, concentrated spread that’s rich in flavor and versatility.

More than just spreads, Bauman’s fruit butters reflect a heritage rooted in Pennsylvania Dutch culture and family craftsmanship. They’re traditionally enjoyed on toast, biscuits, and desserts, or used in creative cooking and baking, preserving the authentic taste of fruit with every jar.


Flavors

  • Bauman’s Apple Butter is made in season and in small batches by a Pennsylvania Dutch family, using a centuries-old recipe with clean, fresh apples and pure apple cider.
  • Bauman’s Apricot Butter is made from apricots, sugar or white grape juice, oranges, and lemons.
  • Bauman’s Blueberry Butter is made from blueberries, sugar or white grape juice, lemon juice, and cinnamon.
  • Bauman’s Cherry Butter is made from locally grown sour cherries, sugar or white grape juice, and lemon juice.
  • Bauman’s Cranberry Pear Butter is made from locally grown pears, sugar or white grape juice, cranberries, oranges and lemons.
  • Bauman’s Honey Peach Butter is made from locally grown peaches, honey, oranges, lemons and spices.
  • Bauman’s Peach Butter is made from Fresh Peaches, Sugar or White Grape Juice, Fresh Oranges, Fresh Lemons, and Spiced with Cinnamon, Allspice and Cloves.
  • Bauman’s Pear Butter is made from locally grown pears, sugar or white grape juice, oranges, lemons, and cinnamon.
  • Bauman’s Plum Butter is made in season, in small batches, by a Penna. Dutch family using an old recipe of locally grown fresh plums, sugar or white grape juice, oranges, lemons, and cinnamon.
  • Strawberry-Raspberry Butter is made in season, in small batches, by a Pennsylvania Dutch family using a recipe of locally grown strawberries, raspberries, and lemon juice.
  • Bauman’s Strawberry Rhubarb Butter is made from locally grown strawberries, rhubarb, sugar or white grape juice and lemon juice.
  • Bauman’s Sweet Tomato Butter is made from locally grown tomatoes, sugar or white grape juice, lemons, cinnamon, allspice and cloves. Use it as a glaze on beef or pork – it caramelizes beautifully

Gift with a Story

Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, anniversary, graduation, sending sympathy, saying “get well soon,” or just letting someone know you’re thinking of them, every gift from us becomes a fully curated experience. You choose the occasion, and we pair it with a custom Prohibition-inspired narrative that turns your gift set into a story—complete with themed language, era-style details, and a touch of 1920s mystery and charm.

Instead of a standard gift message, your recipient receives a personalized “secret delivery” note written as if it came from the hidden corners of a speakeasy…the backroom of a bootlegger’s shop…or a hush-hush courier who knew how to keep things quiet during the dry years of Prohibition.

During checkout, you’ll have the option to choose the letter that best fits the occasion, helping turn your gift set into a true “Gift With a Story.”

More Than a Gift — A Story Worth Opening

At Gift With a Story, every gift set is designed to be more than a collection of products — it is meant to feel like an experience. Each set includes a custom letter written around the occasion, turning the gift into a personal story for the recipient. We also include product history cards because we carefully choose American-made products that have their own story to tell, whether it is rooted in family tradition, local craftsmanship, or a piece of American history.


Some of our gift sets also include in-house recipe cards, giving the recipient another way to enjoy the items inside. From the occasion letter to the product stories and recipes, every detail is meant to make the gift feel thoughtful, personal, and memorable.

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