Buoyant Brands Inc., doing business as Buoyant Chocolates & Confections, is a Cleveland, Ohio-based maker of premium chocolate and confections. Its kitchen-crafted sweets are known for bold, memorable flavors, with signature bon bons made in Cleveland. Through its Monarch Co-Manufacturing Services division, the company also develops and manufactures chocolate and confectionery products for other businesses.
Compound Development Solutions LLCFounded in 1962, Buffalo-based Compound Development Solutions makes chocolate and confectionery products for its own brands and for private-label and contract-manufacturing partners. From product development through production, packaging, and shipping, the company operates from a 100,000-plus-square-foot SQF-certified facility with ten chocolate production lines and an on-site R&D lab. Its ChocoMaker and Make’n Mold brands include candy wafers and other confectionery products sold through major retailers.BUFFALO, NY
Anthony-Thomas ChocolatesSince 1952, Columbus-based Anthony-Thomas Chocolates has made buckeyes and assorted milk and dark chocolates, building a local candy tradition around its signature confections. The family-owned business draws on five generations of experience and produces its chocolates in a 175,000-square-foot factory, where eleven lines make 30,000 pounds per shift. Anthony-Thomas also offers personalized candy bars and event boxes for weddings, parties, and businesses.COLUMBUS, OH
Mitchell's Fine ChocolatesSince 1939, Mitchell’s Fine Chocolates has been making handmade European-style chocolates in Cleveland Heights, including the housemade marshmallows that helped put the shop on the map. What began as a neighborhood soda fountain and sweet shop serving the adjacent Heights Arts Theatre became a third-generation business, now led by Jason and Emily Hallaman, preserving the Mitchell family’s recipes and traditions in small batches.CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH
Coblentz Chocolate CompanyJason and Mary Coblentz began Coblentz Chocolate Company in their kitchen in 1987, building a Walnut Creek, Ohio, chocolatier around handcrafted work and a close connection with customers. Today, visitors can watch artisans hand-dip chocolates through the viewing gallery at the company’s retail store, while businesses can turn to Coblentz for branded chocolate gifts.WALNUT CREEK, OH