The Zero candy bar is a candy bar composed of a combination of caramel, peanut and almond nougat covered with a layer of white fudge. Its outwardly white color — an unusual color for a candy bar — has become its trademark. The white coating does not contain cocoa butter, so it does not technically qualify as white chocolate. Zero resembles Snickers, a candy manufactured by Mars, except Zero is white instead of dark brown.
History
The Zero bar was initially named "Double Zero", intending to sound icy cool. The name was shortened to Zero in 1934.[1] The coating melted at a higher temperature than brown chocolates, Hollywood Brands was first sold to Consolidated Foods Corporation in 1967 (which later became Sara Lee) and production continued after a fire destroyed the Centralia plant in 1980. A new production facility opened in 1983, and in 1988 Hollywood Brands was purchased by Huhtamaki Oyj of Helsinki, Finland, and became part of Leaf, Inc.[2]