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Top 25 Hot chocolate manufacturers based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 190 hot chocolate manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 4,760 professional contacts across them, including 889 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers hot chocolate manufacturers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 30, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
190Companies
4,760Contacts tracked
889Verified emails
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The 25 largest hot chocolate manufacturers based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 190 hot chocolate manufacturers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to hot chocolate manufacturers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceSan Leandro, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 20261,001-5,0001,094 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 1852, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company is a manufacturer and marketer of premium chocolate products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
2Strong evidenceMadison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-500187 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Clasen Quality Chocolate (CQC) is a world-class manufacturer of chocolate, confectionery coatings and fillings.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3Partial evidenceLakewood, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-500148 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are more than just chocolate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4Strong evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-50090 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Frankford Candy was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1947 as a manufacturer of seasonal chocolate products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5Indirect evidenceCanonsburg, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-50074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At any given moment, people all over the United States are concurrently experiencing the Sarris brand, be it through the 2nd grader selling for his school fundraiser, the woman…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
6Strong evidenceBolton, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20041 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Munson's Chocolates is Connecticut's largest chocolate retail manufacturer and proudly makes fresh chocolate confections in it's Factory in Bolton CT since 1946.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
7Strong evidenceMount Pleasant, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20037 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Sweet Shop USA, celebrating 40 years of handmade chocolates, was founded in Fort Worth, TX in 1972 and is a family-owned chocolate manufacturer dedicated to preserving the craft…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
8Partial evidenceBlaine, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“From our factory and offices at 2025 Sweet Road in Blaine, Washington, we craft some of the world’s finest custom chocolate and packaging.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBoulder, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20033 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Chocolove, flavor is our craft.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10Indirect evidenceBuffalo Grove, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20030 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Long Grove Confectionery Company started as a retail business in the quaint village of Long Grove, Illinois.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
11Indirect evidenceKent, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Since 1970, Eagle Beverage Products has been manufacturing innovative products for the specialty beverage industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
12Partial evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Alter Eco® is a chocolate-centric, sustainability-directed food company that takes healthy indulgence to a new level.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
13Indirect evidenceFlanders, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14Indirect evidenceClinton Township, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“It all started with a passionate dream and a borrowed barrel of sugar on June 17, 1875.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
15Partial evidenceDetroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The best tasting milk chocolate is made from the highest quality ingredients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
16Partial evidenceHonolulu, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 2026201-50022 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hawaiian Host makes the original chocolate covered macadamia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
17Strong evidencePittsburgh, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20020 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Edward Marc Brands is an award-winning manufacturer of remarkable everyday chocolate and confectionary products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
18Partial evidenceBuffalo, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Tomric provides chocolate and confectionery equipment, custom molds and packaging, and specialty ingredients to businesses across North America.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19Indirect evidenceHauppauge, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202651-20014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Established in 2011 in co-founders Rick and Christine's home kitchen.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
20Partial evidenceBentonville, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Markham & Fitz makes craft chocolate to help you celebrate life & the people in yours.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
21Strong evidenceVancouver, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5011 contacts →

Strong evidence

“For over 38 years, McSteven’s has been creating the finest instant hot beverage mixes in decorative gift packaging including cocoa, white chocolate, cappuccino, Chai, apple cider…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
22Partial evidenceManchester, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 20261-1011 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Van Otis is a modern-day chocolatier, offering retail and wholesale options.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
23Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“MarieBelle New York creates edible works of art in decadent chocolate.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
24Partial evidenceRahway, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-5010 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Brooklyn Born Chocolate® is Brooklyn-based private label chocolatier.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
25Partial evidenceHeber City, UT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 30, 202611-508 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The story of Ritual Chocolate begins with a tiny 400-square-foot studio turned test kitchen in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026

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Hot chocolate manufacturers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026
18.7%Verified-email coverage
25.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
2.6%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
95
11-50
59
51-200
23
201-500
9
1,001-5,000
3

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 190 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among hot chocolate manufacturers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “hot chocolate manufacturers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names hot chocolate manufacturers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among hot chocolate manufacturers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 889 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names hot chocolate manufacturers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many hot chocolate manufacturers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 190 hot chocolate manufacturers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, headquartered in San Leandro, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most hot chocolate manufacturers?

New York leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Salt Lake City (5) and Boulder (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 889 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 190 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.