![]() While I know that baking cakes and tarts and other sweets isn't exactly extolling the healthiest lifestyle, I firmly believe that eating any dessert that's made fresh with ingredients you know and understand, is always superior, and healthier, to eating something from a package with thirty plus ingredients, only two of which actually sound like food, even if the label says "fat free" or "low calorie" or "tastes just like real chocolate". However, kids grow up, tastes change, and once I discovered the benefits of eating healthy and cooking from scratch, it was quite easy to leave all that junk food behind on the grocery shelves. While my mother kept the family on a fairly healthy diet as we were growing up, it's not to say she never allowed us the occasional indulgence of junk food, and I had my fair share of Ho-Hos and Twinkies and yes, Mother's cookies. What would people think to see me walking around with Chip Ahoys or Entenmann's in my grocery basket, when I should be pulling batches of cookies out of my ever-ready oven? ![]() It was tricky for me to write this post: after all, as a baker I'm supposed to be making all my goodies from scratch, and in the health-obsessed, organic-sustainable-local ground zero that is the Bay Area, it's more than a little unfashionable to be mooning over the heavily processed packaged items at the your local store. Besides, I needed to open the bag so I could take some pictures of the little frosted animals in all their pink and white glory – so at that point not eating a few would have been unfathomable. Well, I'm keeping my eyes open for any remaining bags, but I guess the rampant nostalgia that overcame me upon hearing of Mother's demise made it impossible to resist enjoying these cookies one more time. I know – perhaps I should have kept it hermetically sealed away and let its value appreciate surely like Twinkies, they would have an inordinately robust shelf life? Judging from the many articles written urging cookie fans to stock up on their favorites, not an unfounded fear.Īs the first photo shows, I was fortunately able to get my hands on a bag after my return, and I've been slowly enjoying them this week. I found out about this last week just as I was leaving for a trip therefore I spent much of the weekend mourning the end of this beloved institution and wondering if all the circus animal cookies would be gone from the stores by the time I returned. We have its Halloween version and Reindeer Games cookies for the holidays, as well as Sparkling Mythical Creature Cookies.Many of you have already heard that the venerable Mother's Cookies has closed down. Mother’s is really stepping up its game with its cookie options. The variety is also available in a 9-ounce bag and a box of 28 individual bags, so they make for a great option to handout to your friends or coworkers on Feb. The limited-edition Mother’s X’s & O’s Cookies are available at Target. Gifting them to yourself is also highly encouraged … by us. The box has a spot to write in the to and from information, so you can simply fill them in and give to someone special in your life who deserves something sweet. These Valentine’s Day-inspired cookies are a limited batch, so they won’t be around for long. ![]() The X’s & O’s Cookies, which were first released in 2021, come in a 3-ounce heart-shaped box and, instead of those animal shapes, the cookies are in the shape of x’s and o’s, aka kisses and hugs. Mother’s classic treats consist of circus animal-shaped sugar cookies that are covering in sweet pink and white frosting and sprinkles. ![]()
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