Bedré Fine Chocolate - Davis, OK
N 34° 30.334 W 097° 10.584
14S E 667411 N 3819723
Bedré Fine Chocolate is located at 37 N Colbert Road, Davis, OK. Phone is 580-369-4200 or 800-367-5390.
Waymark Code: WMRMJN
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2016
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Wikipedia says:
"Bedré Fine Chocolate is a chocolatier located in Davis, Oklahoma. Originally founded in the 1980s by local businessman Pete Cantrell, the company was first housed in the former Homer Elementary School near Ada, Oklahoma. Bedré gets its name from the Norwegian word for “better.”
History
The Chickasaw Nation purchased the company in 2000 and moved Bedré to a new, 26,000 square-foot factory in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, in 2003 where it remained until moving in 2013 to its current location in Davis, Oklahoma. In October 2011, Bedré broke ground on the current 34,600 square-foot chocolate factory.
Products, retail, and recognition
The company produces chocolates on site with free viewing by visitors. In addition to candy bars, cookies, chocolate-covered popcorn and caramel, the company creates chocolate-covered potato crisps and nut clusters under the moniker “Oklahoma cow patties.” Retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdales sell Bedré chocolates in stores across the United States. Bedré creates chocolate guitars for guests at Hard Rock Hotels, and Dylan’s Candy sells it under their own private label. In the past, the convenient store 7-11 distributed the chocolate under the name Watts Farm, and Braum's, a Midwestern dairy company, also sold the chocolate under its own brand name.
Bedré is a member of the Oklahoma Minority Supplier Development Council, and as an Oklahoma manufacturer, is also part of the Made in Oklahoma program. The company earned the internationally recognized ISO 9001 certification in 2009. The Intertribal Agriculture Council’s American Indian Foods program featured the chocolates in Australia in 2009 as part of a showcase of American Indian foods."
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QDV says:
Be sure to visit the adjacent Chickasaw Nation Welcome Center while you're here. This is a really nice place to visit, as you can watch them making chocolate while you do your shopping. They've got a pretty good variety of chocolates, solid or filled, and some interesting treats like chocolate-covered potato chips (which they call "crisps"). Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, it's all there, and they even have chocolate soda pop (with a diet version, too). You can get gift baskets for your friends or family, and they're pretty good about catering to both the Okies and the Texans, with chocolates shaped like each state, as well as boots and cowboy hats. Service is always friendly, and they'll offer you a treat or two when you come through the door.