manufacturing founded 1855 headquarters ponchatoula louisiana key people robert nelson president 1 products confectionery number of employees 164 in 2014 2 website elmer chocolate elmer candy corporation was founded in 1855 as the miller candy company in new orleans louisiana . 2 the company sells seasonal holiday candies and is the second largest manufacturer of valentine boxed chocolate in north america . 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 gallery 4 references history edit in 1855 a german immigrant christopher henry miller started the miller candy company in new orleans . 3 when augustus elmer married miller s daughter the company name was changed in the early 1900s to miller elmer candy corporation . elmer s five sons joined the business and around 1914 the company became elmer candy corporation . 1 in 1936 the elmer brothers came up with a new cornmeal based cheese curl . a product naming contest was held in new orleans and the winning name entry was cheewees . in 1946 a new company elmer s fine foods was formed to market their new cheese curl product 4 but the brothers continued operating elmer candy corporation for their chocolate business . in 1963 roy nelson a native of chicago bought elmer candy corporation including the trademark name cheewees from the descendants of augustus elmer . 3 the elmer family retained control over elmer s fine foods and continued to sell their cheese curls under various names . in 1993 elmer s fine foods repurchased the trademark name cheewees from elmer candy corporation . 4 roy nelson recruited his son allan to help manage elmer candy corporation . in 1970 due to antiquated facilities in new orleans the nelson s moved their company about 60 miles 97 km northwest to ponchatoula louisiana . 1 in order to stay competitive with larger chocolate companies the nelsons concentrated on production of seasonal holiday chocolates valentine easter and christmas for regional consumption . 5 by 2004 robert nelson allan s son was president of elmer candy corporation . 1 products edit heavenly hash egg consists of a marshmallow center that contains two roasted almonds and has an outer coating of milk chocolate . 6 in 1923 elmer s acquired the recipe for heavenly hash from a new orleans department store . besides the original version elmer s also produces a strawberry marshmallow heavenly hash and a dark chocolate version of the original . 7 gold brick egg first introduced in 1936 is a milk chocolate bar with chopped pecans . 1 two other versions include dark chocolate and milk chocolate with bits of malted milk . 7 pecan egg consists of a nougat center covered in caramel and chopped pecans . 7 boxed chocolates include five flavors caramel in a milk chocolate shell strawberry creme covered in milk chocolate raspberry chocolate truffle in a dark chocolate shell chocolate fudge covered in milk chocolate and orange creme in a dark chocolate shell . 8 gold brick topping is a milk chocolate sauce with bits of pecan . it is the only company product available throughout the year . 5 gallery edit heavenly hash wrap gold brick wrap gold brick egg pecan egg wrap pecan egg references edit a b c d e mark miester and michael democker . 2004 . robert nelson elmer candy . tulanian tulane university new orleans louisiana retrieved 2015 03 29 a b c louisiana economic development news release december 30 2014 elmer chocolate announces 40 million manufacturing expansion in ponchatoula retrieved 2015 03 29 a b old new orleans elmer s candy retrieved 2015 03 29 a b history of elmer s cheewees retrieved 2015 03 30 a b elmer chocolate retrieved 2015 03 30 langenhennig susan . 2013 . the making of a sweet easter treat elmer s ceo talks heavenly hash and gold bricks . nola.com the times picayune retrieved 2016 08 13 a b c elmer s easter season chocolates retrieved 2015 03 29 elmer s boxed chocolates retrieved 2015 03 30 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title elmer candy corporation & oldid 738943033 categories chocolate companiesprivately held companies based in louisianacompanies established in 1855 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 11 september 2016 at 22 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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