Importing folders as playlists in itunes

I have a large volume of folders on my hard disk containing .aiff files. I want to import them so the folders become playlists with the same .aiff files inside them. That cannot be done in itunes 10.7 -- the folders are obliterated and playlists must be recreated manually and the .aiff files placed in them. This is fine and dandy for a few playlists, but gets old real quickly when there are hundreds of folders. I'm currently using iFolderer as a workaround, but it too has its limits. (for some reason, each folder has to be added individually -- you can't batch a bunch of them and transfer them, like in Finder or Windows Explorer.)
Does anyone know if the situation is any better for v. 11? I haven't upgraded. Or if there is a better way to do what I seek in v. 10.7? Thanks. -- David

thanks Brandon... maybe i was not clear.... I am talking about PLAYLIST FOLDERS in the main iTunes window... under >PLAYLISTS, the folders appear right after the iTunes DJ and automatically generated playlists like Recently Added, Recently Played, Top 25, etc.
Actually what happens when you double click the folder, what you get in the new window in iTunes is the individual song tracks, not a list of playlists what was added to the folder, and dragging a playlist to the folder does nothng...

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