The end of an era...

When I was young, I fell inlove with Mother's Circus Animal cookies. You know the ones...the pink and white frosted animal-shaped cookies, covered in rainbow-colored non-pariels (sprinkles)? But my Mom didn't want to buy them for us because they had too much sugar. So, when I was old enough to buy my own snacks, guess what I practically overdosed on? You got it! Mother's Circus Animals cookies!

Thus began my love affair with Mother's cookies. My dearly departed paternal grandmother, Nana Rosa, used to buy the variety pack that came with the Iced Oatmeal, Taffy, & those Iced Raisin cookies in it. She loved the Iced Raisin ones, I always remember that : ) I fell inlove with the Taffy cookies.

So, you can imagine how I felt when I heard on the news yesterday that after 92 years, Mother's cookies went bankrupt and will cease production immediately! I was so sad! And you know what that means, right? Whatever cookies are on the store shelves right now....that's ALL THERE IS !!! If I want to enjoy those beloved cookies, for the last time in my lifetime, I must stock up NOW!

They will keep quite a while unopened and I have even considered freezing some packages! LOL Do you know that I could probably buy a bunch and resell them on EBay for a profit?! How hilarious is that?! I bet there are people out there who would buy them! I heard the other day on the news that a guy paid an insane amount for the last hot dog sold at Yankee Stadium! And guess what he did with it? He ate it! (you thought I was going to say something crazy like he preserved it in bronze, didn't you? Ha!) And all the proceeds of the sale went to charity, so that's cool.

So, if you are a fellow Mother's cookies lover like me, run, don't walk, to your local market and stock up on your favorites now, before they are gone....it's the end of an era, I tell ya...so sad...

Eliana