Story

Origins

I never thought I would be a business owner.

Struggling with procrastination in school I thought ‘The last thing I should ever do is run my own business and work for myself.’ I’ve always had a massive sweet tooth and a love of food that comes from my parents, with both being excellent cooks and my Mum being a great baker. After baking cookies for friends and family for gifts at Christmas in 2019 my Dad said ‘You know, this could be a business.’ Initially I thought that was a crazy idea and shot him down. But the idea stuck and wouldn’t go away. So we started talking about it, How would it work? What would we call it? What would I make? and then Dad came up with the name ‘Bob’s Biscuits’. At the time I saw a gap in the market for quality freshly baked cookies. An idea that I obviously wasn’t alone in having! Finding myself unemployed, and then Covid hitting at the start of 2020, I decided to take the leap and give it a shot for a year and see what happened. If nothing else, I'd have some good cookie recipes at the end of it.

Development

I studied every cookbook on cookies and all the authors I trusted to learn everything I could about the science of cookie baking. I tested every recipe extensively, comparing 10-20 recipes at a time and using the knowledge I learned to craft my own version of the perfect recipe, tweaking and improving it along the way as I learned more and developed more experience. A recipe is not done until I’m satisfied it is as good as I can make it.

Beginnings

I stayed up all night baking cookies for my first farmers market. It went astonishingly well and I sold out. I was blown away, I couldn’t believe it. But it motivated me to keep going. For the next 5 years I worked to try and grow Bob’s Biscuits, learning a lot in the process. I added on brownies due to demand and then eventually Peanut Brittle.

Peanut Brittle

Peanut Brittle has always been a childhood favourite of mine. I remember Mum would bring it home often when she visited the markets. After a little tweaking, I had a recipe that was better than any Peanut Brittle I had ever tasted and I knew I’d found something special. The brittle sat alongside the biscuits and brownies for a while but it wasn’t really getting it’s chance to shine even though everyone who tried it said it was the best they’d ever had. Through 2024 and into 2025 I realised the brittle was what people loved most, so I made the call to go all in on it. We officially changed the name from Bob’s Biscuits to Bob’s Brittle and transitioned everything to our new name and website: bobsbrittle.com.au. Now with 4 flavours as of 2026, we are working hard to grow and expand, with my family officially coming on board to keep up with demand.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey so far and thank you to everyone who has been a customer and supporter, I appreciate every one of you. I hope that you will enjoy my Brittle as much as I do.

- Bob

Where we are now

We make small batches of the Best Ever Brittle in the world by hand right here in the Blue Mountains, using Australian ingredients wherever we can and all our brittle is gluten-free.

If you ever want to get in touch you can use the contact form or email us directly at admin@bobsbrittle.com.au.