Fortune Cookies For You

1) Make sure you measure accurately when you are spreading your batter out into the circles. Your fortune cookies will then be even.

2) Spread your batter evenly.

3) Wear white cotton gloves as the cookies are hot when folding.

4) Once folded just put in a small muffin tray - this will help to maintain the shape until it is cool.

5) You can jazz up your cookies with color - just add a few drops of food coloring to the batter.

6) Don't forget to have all your 'fortunes' written and ready in 1/2 x 3 inch strips.

7) It is best to use a laser printer for the messages as bubble jet ink tends to smudge. if it gets oily.

8) You can use the fabulous creatives below for inspiration. Dip your fortune cookies in choclate, white, dark or a colored and flavored coating . Use your imagination and sprinkle away.

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~You can always find happiness at work on Friday~

~Let there be magic in your smile and firmness in your handshake~

~The beginning of wisdom is to desire it~

~Be prepared to accept a wondrous opportunity in the days ahead~

~You are talented in many ways~

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Gift of Good Fortune - $ 34.50
This giant take-out pail is filled with one dozen hand-dipped and decorated gourmet fortune cookies in your choice of chocolates, caramels and decorations. Perched on top with decorative tissue paper is our Baby Grand Gourmet Fortune Cookie with a personalized message on the fortune inside! Our Baby Grand Fortune Cookies are the size of a baseball or navel orange...they're an adorable gift for every occasion! We'll personalize a custom label to make it that more special. (Labels are decorated by theme. Maximum words: 6)This unique gift is great for birthdays, romance, weddings, the arrival of a new baby boy or girl, or just because...

Gift Box of 48 Hand-Dipped Gourmet Fortune Cookies - $ 66.50
You'll never look at fortune cookies in the same way after tasting our vanilla fortune cookies that have been hand dipped in fine Belgian Chocolates - your choice of dark, milk or white. Or... how about trying our rich golden caramel? Our confectionary designers finish each cookie with their own unique touch: chocolate drizzles, milk chocolate sprinkles, heath toffee bits, slivered California almonds, tender sweet shredded coconut, or peanut butter drizzle!Each cookie is meticulously wrapped in its own crystal-clear cellophane bag, and heat-sealed at both ends for freshness and quality.Go ahead and get some for your next dinner party as an unexpectedly clever and delicious dessert item...or indulge yourself and give your cookie jar a refreshing break from the ordinary!Choose our assortment of our most popular flavors: delicious Chocolate Dipped & Decorated and Caramel Toffee Fortune Cookies (No Peanut Butter, Coconut or Almonds) .

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Take-Out Pails don't get much cuter than this! Add in some of our delicious fortune cookies and you have a winning combination.An assortment of 12 fortune cookies per take-out pail.Other Suggestions: GREAT FOR FORTUNE COOKIES OF ALL KINDS, PRETZELS AND MORE! Other Giant Take-Out Pail Styles are Available: View available styles in the Custom Packaging category.

The actual history, and place of origin, of this little cookie is steeped in a bit of controversy. Did you know that despite their association with Chinese culture, fortune cookies, as American culture recognizes them, were seemingly invented in California?

One possible place of origin begins in China. In the 13th and 14th century China was occupied by the Mongols. Chu Yuan Chang was a patriotic revolutionary who planned an uprising against the Mongols. The date of the uprising was hidden in a message which was placed in a 'Moon Cake'.
The uprising was successful and the Ming Dynasty was born.
A tradition was born of giving cakes with messages and a Moon Festival became a regular celebration.

This may be what inspired the Chinese 49'ers who worked on the construction of the great American Railways through the Sierra Nevada to California.They did not have cakes for their Moon Festival, but biscuits were available. Improvising was necessary and the Fortune Cookie was born.

Some claim that David Jung invented the fortune cookie in 1918. David was a Chinese immigrant living in Los Angeles and the founder of the Hong Kong Noodle Company. They say David was concerned about the poor people that he saw in the streets near his shop. He created a cookie which contained an inspirational verse written by the local Presbyterian minister. He distributed the little cookie amongst them for free.

Another story claims Mokota Hagiwara invented the fortune cookie in San Fransisco in 1914. Makota designed the famous Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The mayor at that time fired Mokota and as a result he suffered a great deal of hardship. He was later re-instated by a new mayor. Thankful to those who had stood by him during those rough times he created a cookie that contained a "thank-you" note. They became quite popular and were displayed at the San Fransisco, Panama-Pacific Exhibition in 1915.

Both San Fransisco and Los Angeles lay claim to the origin of the cookie. The Court of Historical Reviews and Appeals ruled that San Francisco is the rightful "fortune cookie capital of the world" in 1983. Los Angeles politicians condemned that decision, believing the honor should have gone to their city. Obviously both men and the 49'ers contributed to the creation of the fortune cookie that we know and love today.