According to the Candy Wrapper Museum, the first Abba Zaba bars were manufactured in 1922 by Colby and McDermott.
[1] Before Annabelle Candy Co. started manufacturing Abba-Zaba, the packaging featured racist imagery.
[4] Abba-Zaba bars can be found almost exclusively west of the Rockies.
[5] The wrapper features a yellow and black checkerboard "taxi" pattern since the 1950s.
[citation needed] In 2005, Annabelle introduced an apple-flavored taffy variant of Abba-Zaba.