Ghirardelli Chocolate Company

The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company (simply known as Ghirardelli) is an American confectioner, wholly owned by Swiss confectioner Lindt & Sprüngli. The company was founded by and is named after Italian chocolatier Domenico Ghirardelli, who, after working in South America, moved to California. The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company was incorporated in 1852, and is the third-oldest chocolate company in the US, after Baker's Chocolate and Whitman's.

Ghirardelli Chocolate Company Media

• 1864 advertisement from The California Miner's Almanac

• 1871 Ghirardelli advertisement

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  A can of chocolate from the 20th century

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  Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco

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  Ghirardelli Chocolate Shop, San Francisco

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  A selection of Ghirardelli chocolates in the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company Shop at Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco, California

• Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Sea Salt, split in half, showing the filling.