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As SFist_Jonathan reported last week, Mother's Cookies inexplicably called it quits, having to file for bankruptcy protection. While most of us have somehow found the will to live since hearing the news, there's a great way to honor the tasty treat from your childhood and from...just last week. By sporting the above wearable memorial.
The t-shirt, which reads "Lights down, little cookies," is designed by the good folks over at Cloth Moth, who "[celebrate] the life of the Original Circus Cookie and crosses all 60 of [their] collective fingers and toes in hopes it will return." God willing.
Anyway, you can order your shirt for $25 a pop, right here. (Slashfood)
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That is really cool. Thanks for posting this and letting us know...this is great!! A nice bit of happy news on a day with a lot of sad news...
Tasty treat from my childhood? These things are (were) a tasty treat from like 3 days ago that I will be sad to see gone.
On another note, I think I can safely blame these fine cookies for a family member's diabetes.
good point, thecharlie. guess it's been some time since i've had them. alas.
I have four bags in my refrigerator.
Hmm... I prefer the Keebler frosted animal crackers actually.
I also refuse to wear a shirt that will in any way associate me with that hipster wanksock modeling it.
"Hipster wanksock"!!! That's the best laugh I've had all day, Belgand.
As for the cookies... haven't had them in probably 15 years. Tasty, of course, but I never enjoyed the weird film the frosting left on my teeth. Ew.
"Wanksock"! I love you Bel!
"track bike not included"
i don't think he's a "hipster," so much as he is "young."
also, it's a cute shirt.
And now they are being auctioned off on ebay.
But Now $35.89!!!
Young, undernourished, what looks like black jeans, crappy hair and beard = hipster.
Prove me wrong, kids.
I can't believe I didn't know Mother's was closing! this is so sad! My late grandfather started out his career at Mothers washing cake pans, and by the time he retired in the early eighties he was the president of the company. My grandpa is the one who came up with giving away the baseball cards, if anybody remembers that from back in the day. He was the sweetest, funniest, goofiest, most loving, kind hearted, decent guy, and Mothers has always been dear to my heart because of my memories of him. It's been really sweet to see little reminders of him whenever I'm in the cookie aisle at the store, or I'm on BART approaching the coliseum about to see the giant mothers factory mural pass by...
He retired when I was really little but we always had Mother's cookies around the house and at family events and holidays, even at his service we had a huge spread of Mothers cookies.
This sucks. I need to go to the store and see if I can get my hands on any of the frosted oatmeal...