Located at the corner of Cleveland Ave. and Madison Ave. in Highland Park in New Jersey, Birnn Chocolates is proud to be one of the State’s finest award winning manufacturing confectioners.

We are a friendly company with a mission to improve the way you feel about eating chocolate. Our chocolates are for those who desire to combine the ultimate chocolate taste with a healthy lifestyle. All of our products have been formulated to use only natural ingredients, all of the nuts used in our confections are dry roasted and each process has been examined to bring you the best taste and texture experience possible.

Our retail store is in the same building as the factory where all our chocolates are made guaranteeing that they are super fresh. This is the only place where you can buy all of our chocolates, although we do ship directly to customers all over the country.

History

1915 Letters found from Charles Henry Birnn referencing Birnn & Knopf Candy makers in Brooklyn NY.
1932 Regina Sweets Started by Charles Henry Birnn in Highland Park.
1934 Moved to Bayard St. New Brunswick in 1934
1934 Changed name to Birnn Candy
1947 Charles Henry's son Edward joins the company
1950 Period of retail expansion leads to the opening of eleven stores in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
1954 Manufacturing moves to Cleveland Ave. in Highland Park
1965 Fire destroys flagship store in New Brunswick
1974 Company sold out of the family
1981 Birnn Candy ceases to exist
1981 The chocolates company rises phoenix like to be resurrected as Birnn Chocolates
1985 John Cunnell joins the company
1985 Birnn Chocolates focuses on truffle making and creates a wholesale business
1990 Truffle manufacturing part of the company is split off as a separate company and moves to Vermont
1991 John Cunnell takes over as the head of Birnn Chocolates which continues to manufacture a full line of traditional chocolates in New Jersey
1997 Birnn Chocolates teams up with Yamate Chocolatier to manufacture up scale, natural, sugar free chocolates which are sold nationwide to natural food stores.
2007 Birnn Chocolates celebrates its 75th. anniversary.