I posted a while back that my favorite frosted cookies, Mothers Animal cookies, were about to become obsolete after the bankruptcy of Mother’s Cookies. But it appears that wily Kelloggs has stepped in and bought their recipes…which means these happy confetti sprinkled treats –and the Taffy’s and Iced Oatmeals — may again make grammer school lunches everywhere a tastier place. Yeah!
Goodbye Mother’s Cookies?
My local paper reported that 92-year-old Oakland institution Mother’s Cookies is shutting down operations. I’ve been a fan of their sugary goodness since I was small. During our weekly grocery store trips, my mom would let me pick 1 package of their cookies as my treat for the week. I’d usually alternate between the Taffys and the Iced Oatmeals. The circus animals with their garish pink and white icing and sprinkles were not on the approved eating list — but my baby sitter would usually buy some for me. Shhhh.
Goodbye Mother’s Cookies. You made many little (and not so little) children happy.
UPDATE: But you can remember the Circus Animal cookies forever via a t-shirt. Thx Joshua.