Mother's Cookies are no more

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Oct 9th 2008 @ 11:31AM

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When I think of Mother's Cookies, I immediately slip back into my childhood. I remember Sunday School snack, which often consisted of a tiny cup of grape juice and one or two of those pink and white frosted, animal shaped sugar cookies. During high school, my friends and I would often run to the dirty downtown Safeway for snacks to last us through play rehearsal and often, a bag of Mother's Cookies would return to school with us.

As of this Monday, there will be no more fresh memories of Mother's Cookies. The Oakland, CA-based company abruptly closed their doors and filed for bankruptcy protection, citing the rising costs of fuel and supplies as the reason. A number of people lost their jobs in the closing and the country lost an iconic cookie.

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Filed Under: Food News, Bakeries
Tags: bankruptcy, circus animals, CircusAnimals, Mothers cookies, MothersCookies, oakland ca, OaklandCa, pink frosted cookies, PinkFrostedCookies

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10-22-2008 @2:58PM Rob said... Welcome to the new America!!!!!! Where everybody in our so-called government written us off.
It is time to stop paying Federal Income Tax. Our so-called government does not care about us. It is time to take our Country back from the scum bags that are bring us all down.

One Nation Under God - One Country In Trouble....
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10-22-2008 @3:06PM A Wilson said... Oh, please, please, please, some other company buy the name and cookie recipes. The animal cookies are still my favotite, even at 35. they have the best cookies. So Sad. Tears..
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10-22-2008 @3:52PM BL said... I am "ancient" & I never heard of them - I don't even recognize the package or the logo.

Were these 'on the shelf' in New England?
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10-22-2008 @3:45PM Debby Walker said... Why can't the government bail them out like we did AIG. Then we can all have a party for them. Save jobs. Why doesn't someone buy them out and keep it going? Come on Keebler or Oreo. There's still room in the world for these cookies.
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10-22-2008 @11:40PM MARK said... I'M GOING TO MISS THE ANGELS THE MOST.....
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11-05-2008 @11:15PM Circus Cookie Addict said... I'm sooooo sad!!! I found out today and started crying. I can't see America allowing this to happen.
It seems illegal. I NEEEED my cookies. The taffys, chocolate sandwich and so many more were delicious. I bought them all the time!!!! I'm going to miss dumping the bag of sprinkles of the empty circus cookies down my throat.
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11-23-2008 @2:19AM Heidi said... Aww...I'm so sad. I went grocery shoppng today and stood there staring at the stacks of cookies in front of me trying to find ANY Mother's Brand cookies. I just had to go on-line to see what was up and I am sad to find out that they are gone forever. My grandma always had these cookies at her house. Her favorite were the Flakey Flix. Circus animals and iced oatmeal cookies made an appearance in her kitchen a lot too. I've so many of these cookies throughout my life and my son loved the circus animal cookies. I was so sad when flakey Flix were dropped.....but they brought them back and I bought them every time I went to a store that stocked them. I don't know why I feel so sad. I guess I just wish my boys could grow up with the same cookie memories that I have. :o)
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11-27-2008 @11:31PM Judy said... This is so sad. My son is serving in Iraq and the only thing he asked me to send him was Mother's animal cookies. What am I going to tell him?
I would have paid twice as much if it meant keeping them in business.
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11-28-2008 @11:04AM ourfitz said... Lets do a population bailout. Find out there corporate address and everyone in the U.S. who enjoyed their cookies send them 1.00
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11-28-2008 @1:35PM A Wilson said... I saw the famous Mother's animal cookies in my local Cub food store and they said Archer brand cookies. I wonder if the recipes have been sold off to other cookie makers. I mean these were identical to the mothers ones and they didn't look like a generic brand.
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11-28-2008 @4:00PM snickeringsnake said... did y'all know they make the girlscout cookies to ! this is sooooooo sad
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11-29-2008 @6:27AM z said... They just couldn't compete with that new brand 'MotherF'er' cookies
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12-05-2008 @6:39PM vdilley6 said... THe first thing I do every morning, I sit down at my
computer with my coffee and Mothers Cookies (taffy).
I don't have a clue what to replace them with. Do you have any ideas.
Please bring back Mothers Cookies.
I Beg You...
Vince

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12-23-2008 @6:18PM friareric said... We have Mother's Frosted Animal Cookies for Sale!
Give your family the rarest of Holiday treats – Mother’s Cookies!

We are sad to hear the report that Mother’s Cookies has gone bankrupt and are no longer making their delicious Frosted Animal Cookies and other wonderful treats. Our church (www.etiampeccaitis.org) was fortunate to get a supply of some of the very last bags to come out of the bakery. We have decided to sell the cookies to the general public as a fundraiser – which will go to purchase farm animals (cows, pigs, chicks, etc.) for African families to support themselves growing their own agribusiness. Every dollar goes to support this program (you can find out more by going to www.Heifer.org)

We have several different varieties of Mother’s cookies available. Here is the current list:

Frosted Animal Cookies, 14 oz. bag or 10 oz. bag.
Iced Oatmeal Cookies, 14 oz. bag
Cookie Variety pack, 14 oz. bag
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter, 14 oz. bag
Frosted Holiday Cookies, 14 oz. bag
Holiday Gingerbread Men, 14 oz. bag
The cost is $7.50 per 14 oz. bag, and $6.00 for a 10 oz. bag. There may be additional charges for shipping.

Send us an email at friareric@aol.com and we’ll get your order reserved right away!

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