frankford candy & chocolate company type industry industry chocolate founded 1947 founder sam himmelstein headquarters frankford philadelphia pennsylvania key people stuart selarnick ceo parent the coca cola company website official website frankford candy & chocolate company is an american candy manufacturer located in philadelphia pennsylvania founded in 1947 by sam himmelstein . the current ceo is stuart selarnick . in recent years frankford candy & chocolate company has become a very successful candy manufacturer . it is one of the largest producers of chocolate rabbits in the united states making over 100 varieties . 1 in 2000 it started licensing popular children s tv characters such as spongebob squarepants . 2 recently it had bought cap candy a division of hasbro and the wonder ball from nestl . footnotes edit kleiman 1989 . brubaker 2006 . references edit brubaker harold 2006 12 08 . healthful treats but candy too . . philadelphia inquirer . retrieved 2008 03 04 . kleiman dena 1989 03 22 . where chocolate bunnies come from . new york times . retrieved 2008 03 04 . frankford candy sweet on a license to thrill philadelphia business journal candy company acquires wonderball brand philadelphia business journal a sweetheart chocolate deal philadelphia business journal external links edit official website this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title frankford candy % 26 chocolate company & oldid 743597762 categories chocolate companiesconfectionery companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in philadelphiafood and drink companies established in 19471947 establishments in pennsylvaniafood company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 10 october 2016 at 10 01 . 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