Vermont prohibits any food requiring time or temperature control, explicitly including cream-based products. Cream cheese frosting is a TCS product and is not allowed.
You can:
✓Use traditional buttercream (butter + powdered sugar) as a shelf-stable alternative
✓Use royal icing, room-temperature ganache, or fondant
✓Sell unfrosted baked goods under Vermont's cottage food exemption
You cannot:
✗Use cream cheese, mascarpone, or whipped cream frostings on cottage food products
✗Sell any products that require refrigeration under the cottage food exemption
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