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Riley's Toffee Rolls were launched in 1907^[1] and made by "Riley Brothers, (Halifax) Limited" from a recipe given to them by their mother. The brothers were Fred Riley & John Herbert Riley. They were manufactured at their Hopwood Lane factory in Halifax, West Yorkshire, which is now a McVitie's site.^{[citation needed]}

In 1953, due to the death of John Herbert Riley, the surviving brother sold the company to Nuttalls and after a number of corporate purchases the company ended up in control of Kraft PLC and produced at the Callard & Bowser operation at their Bridgend Plant.^{[citation needed]}

In the mid 1990s the decision was made to discontinue production of Riley's Toffee Rolls in favour of increased production of the Altoid mint.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008 Freya Sykes discovered a recipe book called "Economical Cooking" given to her by her Granny Ella Riley; in the front was the hand written recipe which was given to her by her uncles, Fred & John Herbert Riley.^[2] The recipe was for the original Riley's Toffee Rolls and after filing for IP rights the Riley Toffee Rolls was reborn, now with a slightly softer texture to fit modern taste.^[3]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Zientek, Henryk (14 May 2010). "Ella Riley wins IP rights to Riley's Toffee Rolls". Huddersfield Examiner. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nsb49 The Food Programme (BBC Radio 4) 29 March 2015.
^ Town, Toffee. "Riley's Toffees". www.toffeetown.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2013.