Archway Windmill Cookies Back on Shelves

by Lisa Schweitzer (Subscribe to Lisa Schweitzer's posts)
Posted Sep 9th 2009 4:30PM
Filed under: Business, Baking, Comfort Food, Bakeries, Food News

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Archway Windmill Cookies. Photo: Lance Inc.

After going into bankruptcy and closing its doors last October, cookie company Archway has been resuscitated.

Lance Inc. (of snack food fame) purchased Archway in December of last year, getting the Archway factory in Ashland, Ohio, back up and running as quickly as possible, an Archway spokeswoman tells Slashfood. Lance has since rehired most of its former employees and is in the process of rejuvenating the iconic brand, while staying true to the original recipes.

Currently, Archway is manufacturing more than 20 varieties of their everyday cookie selection (including the Windmill, a milk and cookie break staple) and will be relaunching their famous holiday cookies in November, for the first time in two years. Let the nostalgic dunking resume!

Did you miss the Archway cookies? Let us know in the comments below!

Tags: archway cookies, ArchwayCookies, lance inc, LanceInc, windmills

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9-09-2009 @ 6:06PM

Amy said...

Are you kidding? Love those cookies! Though they look disturbingly almond free.

9-09-2009 @ 8:43PM

Sandra Akin said...

When did they quit making them? They have been on the shelves of the grocery store I work at in South Carolina, forever. In fact, I just bought of one of my favorites, the frosty lemon cookies this past Friday.

9-09-2009 @ 9:32PM

Erica said...

I really like the Windmill cookies, but I wont eat them anymore because I just noticed that they contain 1.5g trans fat per serving. I was so disappointed. I wish they could make them without it.

9-09-2009 @ 10:15PM

Patricia said...

So glag they are back! Always a favorite in my family. We missed the peanut cookie (lots of peanuts!) when they stopped making them. At least we couldn't get them in the northeast. It would be "delicious" if Lance would bring them back!
Yum! Thanks for the news. Patricia

9-09-2009 @ 10:22PM

Susan said...

The molasses cookies and soft chocolate chip cookies were my favorites as well as my children's. My daughter and I were just talking about Archway cookies the other day and how we thought they were supposed to come back after Lance bought the company but that we hadn't seen them yet. We're both glad to know they're finally on their way back!

9-09-2009 @ 10:32PM

Mystic said...

I hope they bring back the Iced Devil's Food and Oatmeal Chocolate Chip flavors - YUMMY!!

9-09-2009 @ 10:37PM

OliviasMom said...

It says on the website "almonds" so hopefully?

9-09-2009 @ 10:48PM

CookieCutter said...

I never saw them disappear...but then I was not always loyal to the Archway brand. Archways are good Windmills but I really like their Dutch Cocoa cookies...yumm.

9-09-2009 @ 10:55PM

Steve said...

Hooray! The Windmill were one of my favorites, but the photo doesn't show the almonds. All of their cookies were great. The soft molasses ones, the peanut ones,...the... the... the... well, you get it, huh? huih? Yummmmm!

9-10-2009 @ 11:52AM

R. Blackard said...

Grew up on Archway cookies. I did not know they
weren't making some of their cookies. There is
very limited selection at our stores. Glad to have them back.
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9-09-2009 @ 11:16PM

Maxine said...

I have the original brass windmill cookie press made into the base for a lamp. These were made by Salerno Biscuit Company of Chicago originally.

9-09-2009 @ 11:47PM

Sick of the vulture mentality said...

Maxine said...
I have the original brass windmill cookie press made into the base for a lamp. These were made by Salerno Biscuit Company of Chicago originally.
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Oh my. Salerno made the BEST butter cookies. Wasn't the box blue? I'd put a finger in the hole and try to eat all the way around wihtout it breaking. Wish I could remember their jingle....

9-09-2009 @ 11:54PM

Patti said...

I love Archway cookies, because they have that homemade taste.

Trader Joes also makes an excellent windmill cookie, but they're more expensive than Archway.

Didn't Van de Kamps also make an almond windmill cookie about thirty years ago? I'm almost certain they were the first windmill cookies I tasted.

Welcome back, Archway!

9-10-2009 @ 12:04AM

DebJustDeb said...

I remember the ad for Archway, "Lookie, lookie, lookie...Archway Cookies! I grew up with these delightful cookies. I loved the soft chocolate chip cookies. I adored the shape of the windmill cookies, but wasn't crazy about the taste. Throughout the years, seeing the windmills on the shelves brought back happy memories of my childhood. My Mom always kept them in the pantry for her morning "coffee klatch." Is there, now, such a thing as a coffee klatch? "Moms" getting together, after the children were sent off to school, to gossip about what was happening in the neighborhood.

9-10-2009 @ 12:55AM

Kay said...

SOOO Happy Archway is back, I looked for them last Christmas to no avail. Was told they were no longer in business....so disappointing. A few of our favorites were the Pfefferneuse and soft Apple Oatmeal, as well as the Oatmeal Date which was soft also. Welcome back and Many happy returns to our shelves. Thank you, Thank you.

9-10-2009 @ 12:53AM

JOHNNY T said...

SHUT UP ABOUT TRANS FAT- PRETTY SOON, FOOD WILL ALL BE REGULATED AND TASTE LIKE CRAP

9-10-2009 @ 1:21AM

joyce said...

I remember the windmill cookies. My grandmother would buy them all the time during my growing up. I miss them, they were one of my favorites. I shall look for them this week. I can smell and taste them already.

9-10-2009 @ 1:36AM

J said...

Archway cookies are half the size they were a couple of years ago.

9-10-2009 @ 2:18AM

sadgalinsd said...

I didn't even realize they went out of business! (I don't buy them often because of the price). Thanks to my next-door neighbor, I grew up on the Oatmeal and on the Iced Lemon. As an adult, I LOVE the lemon ones!!! SO glad they're back! I must go out and buy some lemon ones in celebration. I also love their molasses ones. They know cookies!

9-10-2009 @ 2:01AM

Marie said...

Mommy!
What is it dear?
I want a Salerno Butter Cookie.
Mommy!
What is it dear?
I want a Salerno Butter Cookie-e-e

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