# Help me find a butter mold **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391 "2003-05-01T15:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/1 "2003-05-01T15:27:36Z")
Once upon a time, I recall seeing somewhere a butter mold that was shaped like a standard stick of butter (I think it imprinted “BUTTER” on the top, but other than that it was a regular, ordinary stick o’ butter). I’ve recently realized I’d have some use for such a thing (I’ve got a lot of homemade compound butters in the fridge), but dammit, I can’t find it anywhere. I’ve perused the local housewares shop, and I’ve bounced around a bunch of cooking sites and cookware stores on the internet. The questions: 1. Does such a thing exist, or did I hallucinate it? 2. If yes, where the hell can I find one? ---
**Author:** ![cybersnark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@cybersnark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cybersnark)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/2 "2003-05-01T15:44:19Z")
How bout eBay? A search on “butter mold” yielded 167 hits. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/3 "2003-05-01T15:56:53Z")
I’ve seen them in antique shop[pes], they look something like [this](http://www.iath.virginia.edu/vcdh/afam/proffit/gallery/collection_PL/pl072406.jpg). Probably not in much demand since very few consumers make their own butter in 1 pound blocks (or at all) any more. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/4 "2003-05-01T16:14:01Z")
1 pound blocks!?! Good Lord! I just want a regular ol’ 8 tbsp. stick o’ butter mold, same size as what you find in the Land O’ Lakes boxes at the grocer. The eBay ones are pretty much the wooden antique types. The thing I’m thinking of is a cheap clear plastic number, definitely _not_ an antique. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/5 "2003-05-01T17:06:43Z")
[Butter molds in all sizes.](http://www.lehmans.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=530&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=713&iSubCat=806&iProductID=530) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/6 "2003-05-01T17:41:35Z")
**Mr. Moto** : Thanks! That’s a lot closer to what I’m looking for – I’ll probably run with that if I can’t find a stick-shaped mold. I’d still like to know if anyone’s ever seen a stick-shaped mold, though. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/7 "2003-05-01T18:37:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I just want a regular ol’ 8 tbsp. stick o’ butter mold, same size as what you find in the Land O’ Lakes boxes at the grocer. Actually butter is pressed into 1 pound blocks at the factory and then those blocks are cut lengthwise thrice to make 4 sticks. Then the four sticks are wrapped in waxed paper and reassembled into the shape of a 1 pound block and packaged in the familiar Land O’ Lakes box. Making the ¼ pound sticks just eliminates the cutting step, which I suppose is perfectly okay. I usually buy the 1 pound blocks at the Costo, and then cust it into the more familiar sticks when I get home. But **Mr. Moto’s** look nicer, with the facy designs on them. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/8 "2003-05-01T23:04:47Z")
Hm. I still coulda sworn I’d seen this thing. My mind must be going… ---
**Author:** ![stoyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@stoyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stoyel)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/9 "2003-05-01T23:12:50Z")
There are a couple of butter _dishes_ here: [http://fantes.com/butter.htm](http://fantes.com/butter.htm) Could this be what you’re thinking of? I don’t see why it couldn’t be used as a mold instead, although you’d get a somewhat larger brick that way. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/10 "2003-05-02T01:06:55Z")
No, it was definitely a plastic stick o’ butter mold, designed to get you one stick of butter, no more, no less. I’ll probably roll with one of the alternatives given here, but damn if I don’t remember seeing what I’m describing. Clearly, I have found my white whale. I must find this mold or die trying… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stack2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@stack2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stack2006)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-butter-mold/172391/11 "2014-06-04T17:01:16Z")
Hi, I know this is a very old thread but i was excited enough when I found my butter stick mold that I wanted to share. I just googled butter stick mold and found mine on Etsy. I think there sold a bunch of other places too. Its made by Cannaware. I turn all my cannabutter into standard sticks with tablespoon marks and store it away in the container.