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- 2023Lynn WielandSpangler Candy Company
- 2022Michelle FrameVictus Ars
- 2021Sandra MurphyBlommer Chocolate
- 2020Eric SchmoyerBarry Callebaut
- 2019Rose PottsBlommer Chocolate Co.
- 2018Gwen EvenstadSweet Candy Co.
- 2017Pam GesfordThe Hershey Company
- 2016Randy HofbergerR&D Candy Consultants LLC
- 2015Marlene StuafferBlommer Chocolate
- 2014Michael AlluredMC Publishing Company
- 2013Bob HuzinecThe Hershey Company
- 2012Richard Hartel, PhDUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2011Terry RichardsonRichardson Researches
- 2010Robert BoutinKnechtel Laboratories
- 2009Judy CooleyThe Hershey Company
- 2008John UrbanskiCargill Cocoa & Chocolate
- 2007Ed WilsonAarhusKarlshamn
- 2006Paul RichardsKnechtel Laboratories
- 2005Edward MinsonSPI Polyols
- 2004Tim MurphyFerrara Pan
- 2003Ron BixlerM&M Mars
- 2002Reg OhlsonMars Inc.
- 2001Mel WarneckeWarnecke Technical
- 2000Edward SeguineGuittard Chocolate Company
- 1999Jack CollinsCollins Technical Ltd
- 1998James McGovernPeerless Confection Company
- 1997Richard E. SchierSchier Specialty Sales
- 1996Reg GrovesGroves & Company
- 1995Joachim H. von ElbeUniversity of Wisconsin
- 1994Carl O. MooreA. E. Staley Manufacturing
- 1993Allen R. AlluredMC Publishing Company
- 1992Patrick J. HuffmanGrace Cocoa
- 1991Walter VinkPlanters LifeSavers
- 1990Patrick HurleySpangler Candy Company
- 1989Maurice JefferyHershey Chocolate
- 1988John KittPlanters LifeSavers
- 1987Odvar SolstadStephen F. Whitman Company
- 1986William N. DuckHelme Tobacco Company
- 1985No Recipient
- 1984George JenkinsTom’s Foods
- 1983George RichardsonWarner Lambert
- 1982Silvio CrespoWilbur Chocolate
- 1981Bernard MinifieKnechtel Labs
- 1980Donald MitchellBakers Chocolate
- 1979John A. KooremanPenick and Ford
- 1978Robert P. AllenE. J. Brach & Sons
- 1977Bart SiebersThe Nestle Company
- 1976Lloyd LattenConsultant
- 1975Gerald DoolineNCA
- 1974Horton CorwinBrock Candy Company
- 1973Simon O. SchnitzerLeaf Confections
- 1972Fred JanssenSucrest Sugar Company
- 1971Elwood W. MeyersHershey Chocolate
- 1970Gordon R. MaybeeCadbury Chocolate Ltd.
- 1969L. Russell CookAmbrosia Chocolate Company
- 1968Herbert KnechtelKnechtel Labs
- 1967Jay C. MusserKlein Chocolate Company
- 1966Rodney WelchWilbur Chocolate Company
- 1965John W. VassosStephen F. Whitman Company
- 1964Prudence W. AlluredThe Manufacturing Confectioner
- 1963Archie B. CramerF&F Labs
- 1962W. Tresper ClarkeWm. Neilson Company
- 1961Samuel F. HinkleHershey Chocolate Company
- 1960Katherine E. LangwillRefined Syrups and Sugars
- 1959Otto H. WindtE. J. Brach & Sons
- 1958Horace B. CoslerQuartermaster Dept. U.S. Army
- 1957Norman KempfWalter Baker Chocolate
- 1956John M. KrnoCorn Products Company
- 1955C. Rudolph KroeckelKroeckel Ottinger Company
- 1954Justin J. AlikonisPaul F. Beich Company
- 1953Hans F. DreselFelton Chemical
- 1952James P. BookerNulomoline Company
- 1951James A. KingNulomoline Company