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In 2017, the Willy Wonka brand was dropped by Nestlé in favor of special “throwback” packaging before they eventually renamed the entire brand “Nestlé Candy Shop”. Candies previously made by the Willy Wonka brand are now under the Nestlé brand naming, excluding the Wonka brand name on the top left corner. The Wonka brand name is occasionally used under a select few products in Australia and New Zealand, such as Neon Nerds. The Willy Wonka Candy Company was first imagined by Roald Dahl in the pages of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl had licensed the “Wonka” name to film director Mel Stuart. In 1975 Breaker Confections was acquired by Sunmark Corporation of Saint Louis, Missouri.