Chocolate Pizza Company is one of the fastest growing manufacturers of gourmet chocolate specialties in the country. Featured on Food Network and NBC's The Today Show, the company is recognized nationally as the gold standard for both Chocolate Pizza® and Peanut Butter Wings® - unique confections for which it owns federal trademarks. In 2016, Chocolate Pizza Company earned "Business of the Year" honors (companies under 50 employees) from Centerstate CEO, a 12-county business development association that annually recognizes the best companies in Central New York. Owned by, Ryan Novak, a 27 year-old entrepreneur who started with the company as a dishwasher at age 15 and bought the business in 2010 at the age of 21. Since then, he has totally transformed a small-town chocolate shop into an emerging national brand with products sold in more than 6,000 locations. In October 2015, Chocolate Pizza Company opened a brand new 10,000 sf production and retail facility on 6 acres just minutes from Syracuse, New York to accommodate its explosive growth. Chocolate Pizza Company products are sold in major retailers including Hallmark, Sheetz, Kinney Drugs, CVS Pharmacy stores and more. Its website is www.ChocolatePizza.com and it has an active social media presence on Facebook (#chocolatepizzas) and Twitter (#chocolate pizzas) and Instagram.