confectionery chocolate founded 1907 founder nathan radutzky headquarters brooklyn new york products candy bars halva website joyva corp. joyva is a chocolate and confectionery manufacturer headquartered in brooklyn new york . it was started in 1907 by a newly immigrated russian man named nathan radutzky who was looking to start a company producing and selling sesame based halvah . the company is still family owned and continues to operate out of its brooklyn location . over the years the company expanded its production to include a variety of sesame marshmallow and jelly based candies . joyva candy is kosher parve and is most commonly found in kosher delis or stores in jewish neighborhoods . 1 products edit a joyva joy chocolate covered raspberry jelly . joyva manufactures a variety of confections but its flagship product is halvah . the company has a line of halvah products ranging from halvah bars halvah in cans and loafs of halvah with nuts . the halvah can be plain vanilla covered in chocolate or have chocolate mixed in marble . products that are not halvah based either incorporate jelly marshmallow or sesame . their jelly based candy is chocolate covered uses either raspberry or orange jelly and is made into rings or bars . they also offer sesame crunch a candy composed of brittled sesame seeds and various chocolate covered marshmallow 2 joyva sesame tahini 15 oz . notes edit company bio . retrieved 2010 11 19 . a list of joyva products . retrieved 2010 11 19 . external links edit joyva company page candyblog.net joyva joys review retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title joyva & oldid 737336472 categories chocolate companiesconfectionery companies of the united statescompanies established in 1907kosher foodjews and judaism in brooklynrussian jewish culture in new york city navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 03 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view