The original PayDay candy bar consists of salted peanuts rolled over a nougat-like sweet caramel center.

Since 1996, classic PayDay candy bars without chocolate have been continually produced by The Hershey Company.

PAYDAY was marketed during the Great Depression as a meal replacement because of its dense peanut outer layer.

Martoccio Macaroni Company, Hollywood also produced the ZERO bar, originally called the Double Zero when first released in 1920.

[10] In August 2020, Hershey's released the Chocolatey PayDay candy bar as a permanent part of the product line.

Contains 2% or less of: whey, salt, lecithin, carrageenan, mono- and diglycerides, vanillin (artificial flavor).