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Who makes Kirkland Signature Milk Chocolate Covered Raisins, 3.4 lb (54 oz)?

Manufacturer
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Citable fact

No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Milk Chocolate Covered Raisins, 3.4 lb (54 oz) as of July 6, 2026.

Verified July 6, 2026
The common claim vs. the evidence

The common claim

What most answers say — and what the evidence supports

Popular answers point to Blommer Chocolate Company, citing Costco's 2013 Costco Connection cocoa feature. That feature supports a narrower fact: Costco's own magazine identifies U.S.-based Blommer as the source of the chocolate for its Kirkland Signature chocolate program, then says Costco ships that chocolate to separate candy suppliers who blend in inclusions such as fruit and nuts and mold the finished pieces - so the company that actually coats and packages the finished chocolate-covered raisins is not publicly named. No on-package co-brand, recall notice, or Costco product listing identifies that finished-goods maker.

The honest part

Evidence & sources

Costco does not disclose its suppliers, and no tier 1–5 source names the maker of this product. Below is the documented search — every database and record we checked, and what each one returned.

What we checked — 6 databases & records on July 6, 2026
Recall sweep (FDA openFDA food-enforcement API; CPSC SaferProducts.gov REST API) for Kirkland + chocolate raisins July 6, 2026

No recall on file for Kirkland Signature chocolate-covered raisins (openFDA 'kirkland' AND 'raisins' returns NOT_FOUND; CPSC empty). Generic chocolate-covered-raisin recalls exist for other brands - The Warrell Corporation, First Source LLC, Lindt & Sprungli USA, Supervalu, and The Kroger Co - but none involves the Kirkland product or names its co-packer. The recall route surfaced no finished-goods maker.

Costco.com PDP manufacturer field (mfName route; costco.com blocks bots, Wayback only) July 6, 2026

No existing Wayback snapshot for the Kirkland Signature milk chocolate raisins PDP (item 100333883, costco.com /p/ and legacy .product URL forms) or for the Costco Business Delivery listing (item 10193524, 54 oz) - all CDX queries returned zero 200-status captures. Because costco.com blocks automated fetch, a fresh snapshot cannot be created here; capturing the live PDP's mfName is a browser follow-up for Ian. The mfName route did not resolve the finished-goods maker.

Costco's own publication - The Costco Connection, October 2013 cocoa feature ('Chocolate designed the Costco way'), via Wayback; corroborated by Daily Meal (2023-08-03) July 6, 2026

Costco's own magazine names the chocolate supplier but not the finished-goods maker: Costco began working with "their Kirkland Signature chocolate supplier, U.S.-based Blommer Chocolate Company," which "roast[s] the beans and convert[s] them into chocolate," after which "the chocolate is then shipped to Costco's candy suppliers, who blend in various ingredients called inclusions, such as nuts, fruit or unique flavorings, and mold the mixtures." So Blommer supplies the chocolate; a separate, unnamed candy supplier coats the raisins and packages the finished piece. Daily Meal (2023) echoes that Blommer's chocolate goes into Kirkland's "chips, dipped fruit, and nuts" without naming the candy maker. Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20230513214628/https://www.costco.com/wcsstore/CostcoUSBCCatalogAssetStore/feature-pages/Attachment/16w0604-sustainability-cocoa.pdf and https://web.archive.org/web/20260513125024/https://www.thedailymeal.com/1354878/brand-behind-costcos-kirkland-milk-chocolate/

On-package co-brand / label review (Costcuisine review of the milk chocolate raisins) July 6, 2026

The package carries no co-brand mark; Blommer is a chocolate ingredient supplier that does not place its name on consumer packaging, and the photographed-label review names no manufacturer, co-packer, or 'distributed by' entity beyond the Costco private label. The label identifies no finished-goods maker.

Community / listicle scan (Chowhound milk-chocolate-raisins feature 2025-08-15; content-mill roundups) July 6, 2026

Chowhound's dedicated piece on the Kirkland milk chocolate raisins names no manufacturer (archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20260512153509/https://www.chowhound.com/1934691/costco-snack-kirkland-milk-chocolate-raisins/). Other listicles repeat the Blommer claim, collapsing Blommer's documented chocolate-supply role into finished-goods manufacturing; none names the candy supplier that coats and packages the finished raisins. No consistent finished-goods maker emerges.

ImportYeti / US customs bills of lading July 6, 2026

No Costco chocolate-raisin supplier signal surfaced. Route is structurally weak here regardless: confectionery for the US market is largely produced domestically and Costco masks many shipments via freight forwarders, so absence of import records proves nothing (tier 5 caveat).

People also ask

Frequently asked

Who makes Costco's Kirkland Signature chocolate-covered raisins?
The finished product's manufacturer is not publicly identified. Costco's own Costco Connection magazine names Blommer Chocolate Company as the source of the chocolate for its Kirkland Signature chocolate program, but the same article explains that Costco ships Blommer's chocolate to separate candy suppliers who add the fruit and mold the finished confections. Those candy suppliers are not named, so no reliable public evidence identifies who manufactures the finished chocolate-covered raisins.
Does Blommer Chocolate make Kirkland chocolate raisins?
Blommer makes the chocolate, not necessarily the finished snack. Per Costco's 2013 account, Blommer roasts the cocoa beans and refines them into chocolate, which Costco then sends to candy suppliers that coat the raisins and package the finished product. Blommer's role in the chocolate is documented by Costco itself, but the company that turns it into the finished chocolate-covered raisins has not been named.
Were Kirkland chocolate raisins ever recalled?
No. FDA and CPSC databases show no recall of Kirkland Signature chocolate-covered raisins (checked July 2026). Chocolate-covered raisins from other makers - including Warrell Corporation, First Source, Lindt, and Kroger store brands - have been recalled over the years, but none of those actions involved the Kirkland product or named its co-packer.
Prefer the name brand? Raisinets The closest name-brand equivalent to this Kirkland Signature product.

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