Ok so that makes 12 if I have this straight:

1. Scharffenberger
2. Ghiradelli
3. Guittard
4. Merckens
5. Van Leer
6. Hershey's
7. Peters
8. Mars
9. World's Finest
10. Blommer
11. Wilbur Chocolate
12. The Original Hawaiin Chocolate Factory

k

Alex Rast wrote:
> at Sat, 12 Mar 2005 21:36:54 GMT in >,
> (Karstens Rage) wrote :
>
>
>>The woman on the ScharffenBerger tour said there were only 12 makers of
>>chocolate in the US, SharffenBerger being one. There are two others in
>>California, Ghiradelli and Guittard. I found through web searches that
>>there is Merckens, Van Leer, Hersheys, Peter's (a division of Nestle),
>>and maybe Lake Champlain? Are ther four more? If so can anyone tell me
>>who they are?
>>
>>k
>
>
> M&M/Mars (I'm suprised you didn't find/think of this one)
> World's Finest (remember them from school fundraisers?)
> Blommer
> Wilbur Chocolate
>
> And there's also : The Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, which I suspect
> Scharffen Berger might not have known about.
>
> Lake Champlain sources their chocolate from Callebaut. So they're not
> domestic.
>