The list of top companies which manufactures chocolates are as mentioned below:

1. Mars Inc., McLean, VA., USA.
Net Sales (in millions): $16,800
Number of plants: 51
Number of employess: 32,000
Chief officer title: Paul Michaels, pres. & CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies

2. Mondeléz International Inc., Deerfield, Ill.
Net Sales (in millions): $15,480
Number of plants: *223
Number of employess: *100,000
Chief officer title: Irene Rosenfeld, chairwoman & CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies

3. Barcel S.A., division of Grupo Bimbo, Mexico City, Mexico
Net Sales (in millions): $14,095
Number of plants: 3
Number of employess: 3,000
Chief officer title: Gabino Gomez, Barcel pres.

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum

4. Nestlé SA, Vevey, Switzerland
Net Sales (in millions): $12,808
Number of plants: *443
Number of employess: *281,000
Chief officer title: Paul Bulcke, CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies

5. Hershey Foods Corp., Hershey, Pa., USA
Net Sales (in millions): $6,460
Number of plants: 8
Number of employess: 14,000
Chief officer title: John Bilbrey, pres. & CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies

6. Ferrero Group, Alba, Italy
Net Sales (in millions): $5,627
Number of plants: 18
Number of employess: 21,913
Chief officer title: Giovanni Ferrero, CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Hard Candies
Other Candies
Reduced-sugar confections

7. Meiji Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Net Sales (in millions): $3,415
Number of plants: *29
Number of employess: *15,338
Chief officer title: Kazuo Kawamura, pres.

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Gum

8. Perfetti Van Melle SpA, Lainate, Italy & Breda, Netherlands
Net Sales (in millions): $3,288
Number of plants: 31
Number of employess: 19,000
Chief officer title: Ubaldo Traldi, pres. & CEO

Products Manufactured:
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections

9. Haribo GmbH & Co., Bonn, Germany
Net Sales (in millions): $3,029
Number of plants: 15
Number of employess: 6,000 +
Chief officer title: Hans Reigel, managing director

Products Manufactured:
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections

10. Chocoladenfabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, Kilchberg, Switzerland
Net Sales (in millions): $2,791
Number of plants: 8
Number of employess: 7,779
Chief officer title: Ernst Tanner, chairman & CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Other Candies
Energy Bars and candies

11. August Storck KG, Berlin, Germany
Net Sales (in millions): $2,272
Number of plants: 5
Number of employess: 4,500
Chief officer title: Axel Oberwelland, CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Reduced-sugar confections

12. Yildiz Holding, Istanbul, Turkey
Net Sales (in millions): $2,200
Number of plants: *54
Number of employess: *24,400
Chief officer title: Murat Ülker, chairman

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections

13. Orion Corp., Seoul, Korea
Net Sales (in millions): $1,819
Number of plants: *12
Number of employess: *1,758
Chief officer title: Cheol Gon Dahm & Won Ki Kang, co-CEOs

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Energy Bars and candies

14. Arcor, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Net Sales (in millions): $1,716
Number of plants: *40
Number of employess: *20,000
Chief officer title: Luis Pagani, pres. & CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies

15. General Mills Inc, Minneapolis, Minn.
Net Sales (in millions): $1,400
Number of plants: *50
Number of employess: *35,000
Chief officer title: Ken Powell, chairman & CEO

Products Manufactured:
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Energy Bars and candies

16. United Confectioners, Moscow, Russia
Net Sales (in millions): $1,333
Number of plants: 18
Number of employess: 17,000
Chief officer title: Sergey Nosenko, chairman

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies

17. Bourbon Corp., Niigata, Japan
Net Sales (in millions): $1,290
Number of plants: *8
Number of employess: *5,000
Chief officer title: Yasushi Yoshida, chairman

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Hard Candies
Other Candies
Gum

18. Roshen Confectionery, Kiev, Ukraine
Net Sales (in millions): $1,276
Number of plants: 7
Number of employess: 10,000
Chief officer title: Vyacheslav Moskalevskiy, managing director

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Toffee & Caramel
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans

19. Lotte Confectionery Co., Ltd., Seoul, Korea
Net Sales (in millions): $1,147
Number of plants: 9
Number of employess: 4,305
Chief officer title: Kim Sang- hoo, CEO

Products Manufactured:
Chocolate Bars
Truffles, Pralines & Filled Chocolates
Moulded Chocolate Figures & Shapes
Panned Confections
Nuts/Seed Candies, Bars, Bark, Brittles & Marzipan
Hard Candies
Gummies, Jellies, Licorice, Chews, Fruit Snacks & Jelly Beans
Other Candies
Gum
Reduced-sugar confections
Energy Bars and candies