Since 1949, Madelaine Chocolate Company has made American-produced chocolate into detailed seasonal and novelty shapes, building its identity around brightly foiled treats such as its original mini chocolate eggs. The Queens manufacturer combines high-volume molding and foiling with custom packaging, private-label, and bulk manufacturing for trade customers. Its products are made in America and certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union, with quality systems also certified to SQF Level II and Halal standards.
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Kosher — Orthodox Union (OU)
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Halal — Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA)
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Preventive Controls for Human Food (FSPC)
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Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)
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Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
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Allergen Training Certified
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R.M. Palmer Company, LLCSince 1948, R.M. Palmer Company has made seasonal chocolate novelties, growing from four products in a rented Pennsylvania warehouse into a Wyomissing confectioner with about 850 employees and more than 500 products. The company is especially known for its characterful hollow bunnies, including the original Baby Binks, with hand-tied bows and hand-made icing decorations continuing a tradition begun by founder Richard M. Palmer Sr. Palmer also supports industrial partners with chocolate coatings and contract manufacturing from company-owned facilities in Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York.READING, PA
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
Supreme Chocolatier LLCSince 1911, Supreme Chocolatier has made enrobed and molded chocolates in a family-owned Staten Island business founded by Greek immigrant Emmanuel Katsoris. What began with candy made on a marble slab in a small retail-store kitchen now includes the family’s Superior Confections line alongside Blum’s of San Francisco and House of Bauer chocolates. Its foiled hollow molded pieces are sealed in their own wrappers to help preserve freshness during handling and shipping.STATEN ISLAND, 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