Kimmie Candy Company

Specialties

Kimmie Candy Company is a manufacturer of fine panned candies located in Reno, Nevada. Our manufacturing facility is Gluten Free, Peanut Free, HACCP Certified and Kosher Dairy. And we offer free factory tours We specialize in producing great tasting confections with colorful candy shells that are all 100% made in the USA. New lines are Salted Caramel ChocoRocks and Salted Caramel Almonds yummy Our signature lines are: ChocoRocks™, Sunbursts™, ChocoAlmonds™, Kimmie Corn Nuggets™. Tasty new additions are ChocoBoulders™, RiverStones and a new candy-​coated, chocolate-​covered date called DateMe’s. We also produce a full line of All-​Natural confections .And now a new line of Organic candies

As a premier confectionary panner we offer solo colors for every special event or occasion. Kimmie candy makes Seasonal and holiday mixes and custom colors are available thru contract production.

History

Established in 2000.

Kimmie Candy Company was started by Joe Dutra on his family farm in Sacramento, California as part of an international agriculture seed business and stayed a family affair ever since. Though manufacturing was moved offshore to Korea; as the business began to grow, the search was on for a USA manufacturing location. In 2004, they decided it was time to bring Kimmie Candy back to the USA and create American jobs. The Dutra family chose Reno, Nevada because of its business– friendly climate and nearness to California, their home state. Kimmie Candy Company bought a building in 2006 and built out the factory in 2007. It had its first full year of production in 2008 and has been growing exponentially ever since.

Meet the Business Owner

Joseph D.

Business Owner

Joe Dutra started out as a 3^rd generation, row crop farmer from Sacramento, California. In the economic downturn of the 1980s, he left farming and went to work as an Agronomist in Saudi Arabia. Life started again for Dutra in his mid thirties as he returned from Saudi Arabia in 1987– divorced, no job, no money, and 2 small children to raise. In 1989, he started an agricultural consulting business called Westec Inc. and began consulting in a variety of South American countries. When the Berlin Wall came down in the early ‘90s, he was off to Moldova and Ukraine for consulting and seed sales. From there, Westec Inc. has grown into an international seed supply company for the Middle East and Africa. In 2000, he started Kimmie Candy Company on his family farm. It has evolved from a container of candy-​coated sunflower kernels into a branded manufacturer of fine, panned candies sold throughout the USA, Canada, and around the world. He is grateful to be able to live the American Dream.