America's Top 5 Chocolate Candy Brands

Often referred to as the sweetest pleasure ofproducts began to be distributed in all of Europe and
mankind, Chocolate candy is one of the top sellers inAmerica around the turn of the century.
America after a long time before enjoying it. ChocolateAs chocolate candy became more popular and
was discovered by Mayans of the Yucatánaccepted worldwide, more companies were
Peninsula, in México about 2,600 years ago orestablished, and many others disappeared shortly after.
so, as evidence found in ruins suggest.In the United States, the pioneer was Ghirardelli
When the Aztecs arrived to the Valley of Mexico, theChocolate Company, founded in 1852. Ghirardelli
term chocolate was coined, derived from itschocolate was the first American brand.
Náhuatl name. However, chocolate was onlyMilton S. Hershey founded the Hershey Chocolate
prepared as a beverage or chewed as cacao bean. InCompany after visiting the Columbian Exposition.
this period of history, the World's Finest ChocolatesHershey sold his former Lancaster Caramel Company,
were totally out of scope.but retained the rights to produce American chocolate
Chocolate candy was taken to Europa by the hand ofproducts. Hershey chocolate was just the beginning of
conqueror Hernán Cortés, whoone of the most successful business in the United
introduced it to Spain in the 16th century. It was not untilStates.
the next century when it got back to New England,Along with Lindt Chocolates, Nestle chocolate,
after the first British settlements overseas, although it isGhirardelli chocolate, and Hershey chocolate, Mars is
possible that American Native tribes knew how tothe other brand of chocolate candy sharing the top
prepare chocolate beverage.five as producer of some of the World's Finest
The following centuries saw the growth of candyChocolates.
manufacturers introducing some of the finest brands,The American company Mars Incorporated was
such as Hershey chocolate, Ghirardelli chocolate,founded by Frank C. in 1920 which specialized in a
Nestle chocolate and Lindt Chocolates, just to name achocolate candy bar with caramel, internationally
few.known as the Mars Bar, and his son and wife
It was during the 19th century when the World's Finestdeveloped the famous chocolates M&M's.
Chocolates would be manufactured following a periodDifferent brands from different origins, the top
of industrialization. The Switzerland chocolate companychocolate candy brands are manufactured in America,
Lindt & Sprüngli was founded in 1845,preferred by consumers for about one hundred years,
producer of the world-famous Lindt Chocolates.and ahead of other chocolate products distributed or
Later Nestlé, another Switzerland Company,produced in the United States, a nation that exports
joined to the venture manufacturing sweeteners intoday the World's Finest Chocolates all over the world.
1866, but Nestle chocolate candy and other food