Bear Jams

Bear Jams is a family owned and operated business in Brookings, SD Bear Jams is a family owned and operated business based in Brookings, SD.

The name "Bear Jams" comes from my son who is nicknamed "Bear" and is our #1 product taste tester! We source our fruit for our jams as locally as we can - be it Sanderson Farms in Aurora, The Fruit Truck from Sioux Falls, or other local establishments. Items like the jalapenos tend to be from our own garden. We are dedicated to making jams with the freshest ingredients possible and always up to th

Photos from Bear Jams's post 07/20/2024

Holly says it’s Market Day! (And Go Jacks 🐰)

Come on down to Brookings Bonanza in Downtown Brookings for Jams, Shortbread Bars, & Super Cool Magnets!

Jams:
Peach
Peach Cinnamon
Peach Habanero
Peach Pecan Amaretto
Strawberry
Strawberry Jalapeño

Bars $3:
Peach
Peach Pecan Amaretto

07/19/2024

Holly couldn’t believe it when Bear told her that the Brookings Bonanza is TOMORROW! 🤯

We can’t wait to see everyone at this great event in Downtown Brookings. Bear Jams will be located in the farmers market area on 4th Street, and will be one of the booth’s closest to 5th Street.

Jams Available:
🍑
Peach
Peach Pecan Amaretto
Peach Cinnamon
Peach Habanero
🍓
Strawberry
Strawberry Jalapeño

Jam Bar Flavors:
🍑Peach & Peach Pecan Amaretto

Deal of the weekend- Mention this Facebook post and receive a free Bear Magnet! 🐻

07/16/2024

We are excited to be a part of the Brookings Bonanza this weekend! We will only be in attendance from 9AM-12PM! So come early for your favorite jams and bars! 🍑🍓

🎉 Get ready for a day of fun and excitement at the Brookings Bonanza this Saturday! 🎉

Join us in Downtown Brookings 9am-4pm for family-friendly activities like a petting zoo, face painting, crafts, and more. Enjoy delicious food from our local restaurants and food trucks, shop at over 40 vendor booths, and catch the community variety show! Don’t miss out on the slow bike race, mini golf, duck races, and bubble play. Plus, amazing deals from our Downtown businesses! Finish the day with the Fire Department dance in the evening. See you there!

RSVP here: www.facebook.com/events/288767447368833

Photos from Bear Jams's post 07/06/2024

🎆Stop by before the parade today at Brookings Farmers Market for Jams and Jam Shortbread Bars! Can’t wait to see everyone! 🎆

07/06/2024

After record-breaking vendor attendance last week (38 booths!), we'll have a smaller crew this Saturday due to the holiday. 🇺🇸 Here's who we're planning to see:

Aruka
Bear Jams
Blind Guy Boards
Bobbie Chambers
Brookings Area United Way
Crusty & Co
Delaney's Hobbies
Everything Sourdough
Gilkerson Gardens
Golden Era Farms
Greene Beans Jewelry
Haroldson Farms
Healthy Harvest
Karma's Korn
La Petite Crepe
Little Prairie Coffee
Little Shire Farm
Luz Crochet Goods
Market Booth
Millie's Cookie Jar
Thaden Family Donuts
The Crafty Bullet
The Farmhouse Table
Yellow Bird Shop

07/05/2024

🎆We will have lots of Jam Shortbread Bars tomorrow- they are the perfect treat to enjoy while watching the parade!

Bar flavors:
🍑Peach Pecan Amaretto
🍓Strawberry

🎉Jam Flavors:
Peach
Peach Pecan Amaretto
Peach Cinnamon
Peach Habanero
Strawberry
Strawberry Jalapeño

🇺🇸 Grab a treat and watch the parade! 🇺🇸

The annual 4th of July parade has been rescheduled for Saturday morning at 11 am and runs right by the farmers market! Stop by to grab a treat and watch the parade from the courthouse lawn.

07/03/2024

Stop by the Brookings Farmers Market for a Jam Shortbread Bar on your way to the parade!

📣 ATTENTION! 📣

The 4th of July Parade has been moved to Saturday morning due to weather, which is setting you up for a fantastic Saturday line-up. Visit the Brookings Farmers Market, grab a coffee, watch the parade, eat lunch, and shop around for a great weekend in Downtown Brookings. ❤️🤍💙

06/29/2024

✨Wow!! You all are AMAZING! ✨

You welcomed us back with our BEST day of sales EVER! It was so great to see familiar faces and hear how much you enjoy our jams! And yes, we will bring more jam bars next time! (Comment what flavor bar you hope to see next week!) 🍑🍓

See everyone again next week at the Brookings Farmers Market! We will have the same flavors available, and yes, we will bring extra Peach Habanero! 😉

Thank you for a wonderful first day back at the farmers market! 🎉

Photos from Bear Jams's post 06/29/2024

We are so excited to see you all today!

Brookings Farmers Market 9AM-12PM today

Jam Shortbread Bar of the day: Peach 🍑

06/29/2024

🎉We’re back!

⭐️ New labels, a few new fabrics, and a new helper! We’ve been busy at Bear Jams and cannot wait to see everyone at the Brookings Farmers Market tomorrow, June 29th, from 9AM-12:00PM

✨FEATURED FLAVORS:
- Strawberry
- Strawberry Jalapeño
- Peach
- Peach Pecan Amaretto
- Peach Cinnamon
- Peach Habanero

☀️Jam Bar of the Day: Peach 🍑

Photos from Bear Jams's post 02/17/2024

❄️Happy Frost Fest Day!! ❄️
We are set-up and ready to go at the Agricultural Heritage Museum in Brookings today!

There are no jam bars today (I know, I too will be missing my fix of delicious jam bars this morning!), but we have plenty of jams at discounted winter prices as well as plenty of magnets!

Supplies are extremely limited as our first batches of 2024 will not begin until March, so come quickly for all your favorite Bear Jams!

Flavors today include:
❄️Peach Habanero
❄️Cherry
❄️Cherry Habanero (4oz jar size only)
❄️Raspberry Jalapeño (TOP SELLER!)
❄️Cherry Almond Spice

*Our fans of our Strawberry varieties will be happy to know that they will be the first batches in production in March! The wait is almost over!

Timeline photos 02/10/2024

We're just over one week away from our fifth annual Frost Fest Farmers Market on Saturday, February 17 from 10 AM - 2 PM! We have 28 vendors signed up this year - find a full list of vendors and more information at https://buff.ly/3HSzmo3 Brookings Farmers Market

10/02/2023

💙Thank you everyone for another great season of selling fresh homemade jams! We love seeing everyone at the farmers market each weekend.

Unfortunately, because we work hard to use only the freshest fruits we can get near us, our quantities of our different flavors don’t always make it to the winter season! Because of this, we are down to only FOUR flavors left! You are all amazing and we love the feedback you provide every time you stop for a new jar or a new flavor.

Due to our limited supply, we will not be attending any more farmers markets this year, but we can make deliveries within the Brookings area or we may pop up at a smaller market later in the winter (to be determined).

The flavors remaining:
✨Raspberry Jalapeño
✨Cherry
✨Cherry Almond Spice
✨Peach Habanero

Please message us with any orders and we look forward to seeing you again soon ❤️

09/30/2023

✨FLAVOR ALERTS✨

We are now SOLD OUT of Cherry Habanero & Raspberry!

Near Sell Out Status: Peach Pecan Amaretto & Cherry

🍂Hurry down! We’re here until noon!

Photos from Bear Jams's post 09/30/2023

🍁At the Brookings Farmers Market today 9-12!

🍂All Flavors are LIMITED QUANTITY as we are nearing the end of our season!

✨We decided to celebrate our great year with you all by having an END OF SEASON SALE:

🎉Buy 2 Jars for only $15!

See you soon!

Photos from Bear Jams's post 09/23/2023

🍁 Happy Fall Fest in Downtown Brookings today! Stop by any time 9-4 for all your jam needs 😋

🍂Todays Deals are to Fall for!!
- Buy 3 Jars + a mini magnet for $26
- Buy 2 Jars + recipe magnet for $20
- Buy 2 or more jars OR 2 or more magnets (of any kind) and get a free pumpkin!!

🎉All customers get a FREE Bear Jams Jar Magnet with purchase *while supplies last.

☀️Come out before the rain for a great time Downtown!

Photos from Bear Jams's post 09/16/2023

It’s Game Day Jackrabbits! 💙💛🐰

☀️Stop by the Brookings Farmers Market before the big game (9AM - 12 PM) to grab your hosting & baking essential: Bear Jams!

💙New today: Mini Magnets!

💛Returned: Cherry Almond Spice Jam Shortbread Bars!!

See you soon!

09/16/2023

See you soon!

We hope to see you today at the Brookings Farmers Market! We are located on 6th Ave, between the Brookings Public Library and County Courthouse. We are open every Saturday, May-October, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

Photos from Bear Jams's post 09/04/2023

☀️A 4 day weekend means a trip to the Raspberry Patch!

⏱️In a total of only 6 hours, we picked, cleaned, jammed, canned, and labeled over 60 more jars of Raspberry & Raspberry Jalapeño Jams! Bear helped pick the berries by taste testing faster than we could pick! 🤣

✨The next time we will be selling will be September 16th at the Brookings Farmers Market from 9 AM - 12 PM!

🗓️Save The Date:

🍂Brookings Fall For Downtown 9AM-4PM in Downtown Brookings
- Keep an eye out for our End of Season Discounts & Package Deals!

Photos from Bear Jams's post 09/02/2023

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Stop by the Brookings Farmers Market today from 9AM - 12 PM for all your jam needs!

The DEAL OF THE WEEKEND:
✨Buy 3 Jars for $25 AND get a FREE PUMPKIN! 🎃 (while supplies last)

Photos from Bear Jams's post 08/26/2023

Another beautiful day in Dakota-land! We are set up and almost ready to go here at the Brookings Farmers Market 😎

Today we have a Welcome Back Jacks 🐰 Bundle for $30 - 3 jams of your choice + 1 recipe magnet!

See you soon! 🎉

08/18/2023

🐰Welcome Back Jacks! 💙💛

We may not be at the market this Saturday, but we can’t wait to see all the jackrabbits next Saturday, August 26th at the Brookings Farmers Market!

🤔What flavor jam bar should we make next weekend? Drop your favorite jam flavors below! ⬇️

08/12/2023

The farmers market in Brookings supports over sixty vendors over 26 weeks. Wow! That’s a lot of small businesses using our market as an outlet to reach customers. Farmers markets are essential to our local economy!

Come support local business today from 9-12 noon on the 300 block of 6th Ave, between the county courthouse and library. We'd love to show you why the Brookings Farmers Market is so great! 🥦

Photos from Bear Jams's post 08/12/2023

Happy Farmer’s Market Day! ☀️

❤️RASPBERRY IS BACK!
Stop by for Raspberry and Raspberry Jalapeño Jam and grab a fresh baked Cherry Almond Spice Shortbread Bar! 🍒

Also, check out a BRAND NEW ITEM! 🤩
-Jam Bar Recipe Magnet!

We are here 9AM-12PM today and can’t wait to see you! 🎉

08/09/2023

It’s BACK! And yes, Bear did try to eat all the raspberries 😂 I can’t blame him - fresh berries are AMAZING!

Reminder: we will be at the Brookings Farmer’s Market this weekend, Saturday, August 12th from 9am-12pm! Stop by and see all of the new things we have to offer - including these two delicious raspberry jams!

08/04/2023

❤️Reminder that we are NOT at the Brookings Farmers Market this weekend as we are spending time with family.

🌻We will return next weekend ready to sell you lots of delicious Jam on the 12th!

✨Comment below if you think we should whip up another batch of shortbread bars for the market and what flavor we should make!

07/22/2023

Doesn’t the Peach look so pretty in the sunlight? ☀️

Thank you everyone who stopped by today and helped us officially SELL OUT of Strawberry Jalapeño Jam! We will definitely be making more next year.

We will be back next weekend for Crazy Days ✨ in Downtown Brookings! Stay tuned for more information, flavor updates, and any Crazy Day Specials!

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