16 oz Jars

Pint jars for flexible use

The 16 oz shelf is where practicality and home cooking meet. We reach for this size when we know a jar is going to travel between different meals without overstaying its welcome. A pint gives you enough to share, but not so much that you worry about finishing it. That is true whether the jar holds salsa, pickles, fruit preserves, or a favorite sauce made from Ohio and Great Lakes ingredients.

Many of these pints come directly from our Pickled Vegetables. A 16 oz jar of bread and butter slices can see several rounds of sandwiches, a burger night, and a picnic plate or two. The pickles stay crisp and bright because the batches stay small and the ingredient lists short. Amish and family partners help trim, pack, and season, treating these pints as everyday staples they would keep in their own fridges.

Fruit fans find plenty to like from our Fruit Preserves & Jams in this size. A pint of peach, berry, or apple preserves will cover many mornings of toast, biscuits, yogurt bowls, and oatmeal without taking over the whole shelf. The jar is big enough to bring to a brunch table and small enough to finish before the fruit feels forgotten. Families who like to rotate flavors use this size so they can keep two or three jars open without wasting any.

The same thinking applies to bright, spoonable jars from Fruit Salsas. A pint of mild salsa can handle a taco supper and still have enough left to top nachos, eggs, or baked potatoes the next day. For tailgates or backyard evenings, one jar goes out by the chips while another waits in the fridge for later in the week. Because the batches are cooked and jarred on the farm with steady attention, the salsa tastes clean and fresh even after a few days of honest use.

Size matters when you are trying to keep a working pantry instead of a crowded one. Households that like variety often find that 16 oz jars strike the right balance. You can have a couple of pickles, a salsa, and a preserve open at once and still move through them at a reasonable pace. In many Ohio kitchens, a row of pints on the shelf looks less like a display and more like a small toolbox for real meals: something crunchy for sandwiches, something bright for tacos, something sweet for breakfast and dessert.

For bigger families or favorite flavors that disappear quickly, there are neighboring options in our 32 Oz Jars and Family Size Jars. The 16 oz collection simply sits in the middle, where weeknight suppers, packed lunches, and weekend gatherings often overlap. Each pint is cooked in small batches, jarred on the farm, and built from simple, readable ingredients so it can move from one meal to the next without any fuss at all.