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October 16, 2008
I Hope You're Sitting Down
I hope you're seated – chances are you are already. It might be best if it were a chair that could recline a bit, and if you had some smelling salts nearby. I don't mean to upset you with this… but I was nearly floored when I found out for myself. A piece of your heart is about to die… technically it filed bankruptcy and closed its doors last week. That's right—Mother's Cookies, makers of the oh-so-tasty-and-delicious pink and white Circus Animal Cookies is gone. 94 years of deliciousness is about to disappear from your grocer's shelves. You played with them as a kid, indulged in them as an adult, and now I've got you in tears about their soon-to-be non-existence.
Stop reading this blog. Stop right now and go to the grocery store and buy some. If you don't, they might not be there the next time you actually want some. Don't bother going to the store nearest my workplace, because I bought all but 2 of their bags. It appeared to me that somebody else had my same idea. Sure, the expiration date is in March… but I've now guaranteed myself another 5 months of this piece of my life.
I'm not going to delve into their closing and whether it was done properly or not. This evening while coddling a bag of their cookies I'm not going to cry… much. I can only hope that another company buys the recipe or the rights to make my favorite store-bought cookie – a cookie I feel has made me who I am today. Until that time comes, I hope my stockpile holds up. Let me bid a hopefully temporary farewell to these cookies in the best way I know how – a haiku of passing:
Covered in frosting
Probably not good for me
Freakin' delicious
Nooooooooo!!! You really ruined my day by the way. I love those things - and I think I could eat an entire bag of those in one sitting! What am I going to do?
Not! The! Circus! Animal! Cookies! The world really must be coming to an end, so I'm glad you have some for your food storage now. I must pick up some Halloween ones pronto!! And those cookies totally remind me of you, so I'm very sad for you.
Catherine - A whole bag in one sitting? How delicious shameful!! They're certainly a comfort food to me, so I'm pretty upset about it.
Andrea - Glad you think of me. I was just on the phone with my father and he told me he ate some of them the last time he was in my home—a nice supporting statement to how common they are in my home.
I'll admit overall that it's more than the pink and white Circus Animal Cookies I'll be upset about, but also those rectangular toffee ones that have some kind of cream sandwiched in between. Get four or five of those along with a short glass of cold milk… and you're rockin'. So upsetting.
yeah, i saw that they were closing earlier this week and thought it was so sad! if i were allowed to eat them right now, i would definitely get a bag for superfluous chow down! sad...i miss sugar! :)
Oh. man, that really does suck. Love those things.
I'm now extremely pleased to find out that Kellogg's has purchased the trademarks and recipes to these sacred cookies. Sure, they won't technically be made by the same hands, machines, or people… but hopefully this won't impact the cookie in any way. Now what am I going to do with all those extra bags I bought? ;)