Since 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.
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Gardners Candies IncSince 1897, Gardners Candies has been making chocolate confections in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, growing from Pike Gardner’s horse-drawn candy wagon into a producer known for its Original Peanut Butter Meltaway®. The company’s history also reaches into everyday American tradition: its early decorative candy boxes helped inspire the heart-shaped box associated with Valentine’s Day. Now part of the Sarris Family Company, Gardners operates stores across Central Pennsylvania and supports hundreds of organizations through its fundraising program.311352TYRONE, PA
The Hershey CompanyMilton Hershey founded The Hershey Company in 1894, launching a Pennsylvania chocolate business that grew from an effort to make candy an affordable treat into a portfolio of more than 30 confectionery and snack brands. The company continues making chocolate in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where its history stretches back more than 130 years, while also developing options such as plant-based confections for changing tastes.311351HERSHEY, PA
Madelaine Chocolate CompanySince 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.ROCKAWAY BEACH, NY
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