Here are a few more that may qualify:

Dagoba (Oregon)
Michael Recchiuti (San Francisco)
De Bas (Fresno, CA)
Jamieson's (Kentucky, but made in Ghana)
Cowgirl Chocolates (Moscow, ID)
Fran's Chocolates (Seattle)
Endangered Species Chocolate Co. (Oregon)

Of these, I believe a few like Dagoba and Recchiuti are almost certainly
bean-to-bar chocolatiers (which is, I believe, what you truly mean by
"American Chocolatiers"?).

If anyone knows the original chocolate source for any of the above that
aren't bean-to-bar, I'd be interested in that info.

In my opinion, if American chocolate were judged worldwide by one brand,
Guittard should be that one. They produce some of the finest chocolate in
all the world.

Geoff

"Karstens Rage" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>>