Mother's are back!
 

Today at Albertson's I saw that.....

Mother's Cookies are back!!

At least the display had a few of them, namely the animal cookies.

Nabisco bought the recipes. But my first experience with the new owners was disappointing.

Dare I hope... Flaky Flix??? :D

Check the pull dates.

I bought some of the frosted oatmeal and the animal cookies. I was not impressed. You are not alone in your disappointment.

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Sad cheese cookies

Well damnit - now I have to go buy them so I can complain too. ;)

I still have some of the old original ones in my freezer (they still have not expired). I'll have to get some of the new ones to compare.

My understanding was they used the same recipes and the same manufacturing plant, run by the same people. Unless something changed I'd have thought they would taste the same.

Otherwise, this would conclude to revise a new meaning to the term

"Mother Fvucker"

:rolleyes:

I used to live within sniff distance of a Mothers bakery. It was hell. The good kind.

I still have some old ones too, guess I should do a side by side comparison also. I had hopes that they would taste as good but you're making it sound like all hope is lost, bummer.

Well, I will be up for the taste test, I'll pick some up at Safeway today. If they have Animal Circus Cookies.

Well, not at the Safeway here in FiDi. I'll have to look at the one closer to home.

I tried ours ... they say Nabisco Classic but they LOOK like Mothers...they were ok but didn't seem to be as good as the original :(

We bought the animal cookies a couple of weeks ago and they are different.

The problem lies in the base cookie. I think it was Ms. T that figured it out...but they now seem to use animal cracker cookies (like the circus box ones) and simply frost them like the old Mother's circus animal cookies.

The kids liked them and I guess they were fine, but they aren't Mother's. :(

I think I figured it out: they are now only made of 97% sugar instead of the old 98%

Really??

The package looked so close that I didn't notice the name was different....

Those of you with old batches should let them go stale for your taste test, so you'll like the new ones better

I read that as: those of you with old bitches...

And I thought - let them go stale? Is that code for getting old?

Ok, I did a side-by-side comparison of the animal cookies.

First off, the ingredient listing is different. If it's the same recipe, then why is the ingredient listing different? It seems the ingredients are the same, just in a different order which may mean different amounts of the ingredients, or not. The nutritional information is the same, so there can't be too much difference in amounts of fat or sugar.

As far as taste, at first bite I thought it was the same. But after a few I started to notice a suttle difference. The cookie was crispy, I had no issue with that. But there was a difference that seemed like the original was buttery or creamy. The new ones more dry and shortening- like. They contain Hydrogenated Palm oil so they may have changed the amount or even the supplier. It would make since they would change ingredients to the ones they already work with rather than those Mother's works with. It's also interesting that they contain Hydrogenated Palm oil because it was the second ingredient in the listing , but there was a "no trans fat" lable on the front which is missing from the new package, and it's been lowered in the new listing.

So, there is a difference, but to my taste it's small enough to be acceptible.

You know - gasp - I guess I was never all that big a fan of Mother's cookies.

Sad to hear they might not be as good as they used to be. Means I'll most certainly be avoiding them.

I saw Circus Animal cookies at Albertson's and it was the exact same style as the old bag. I didn't buy any though.

I want my Flaky Flix... :(

I want my MTV

o-Kay, I bought a bag of the Nabisco Classics, they looked good, and taste nothing like Mothers Cookies. :( So, Nabisco performed some kind of cookie chicanery on the unsuspecting Mothers Cookie lovers of the world.

I checked online and saw that it was Kelloggs (not Nabisco) who bought the Mothers recipes and brands. Kelloggs is supposed to bring back Mothers cookies sometime in 2009. I sent them a message and asked about it, no idea if they will respond or not.

You damn Nabisco Elves know right where you can stick these not really Mothers Circus Animal Cookies. Bastards.

So further searching tells me that Kelloggs is making them. There is a coupon, but these were not in the local Safeway in FiDi, only the crappy Nabisco Imposters I spent hard earned $$ on. Now to find the real deal and taste test them.

Snowflake,

When I was in Albertsons they had actual Circus Animals in the original Mother's branded bag. It was not the Nabisco Classic bag (I have seen it, this was no it).

Thanks BtD. I was fooled! No Mothers packaging at the FiDi Safeway, I will check the Safeway on Webster this weekend.

They're back? Great! Now I can go back to not buying them again.

True, not buying them, and not being able to buy them are two different things.

Though the result is the same. No cookies.....

I keep forgetting to post. Bought official Mother's by Kellog Circus Animal cookies the other day.

They got it right! I am pleased.

Still no Flaky Flixs... :(

Or sugar wafers.

I thought I saw some Mother's sugar wafers the other day.

They are pretty darn close, aren't they?

No, that was just some mother.

Just got a bag, I'm with you GD, they got it right :D

All my office mates are very happy right now.

We never did get the end of this story.

That was it.

You can never really count on those cookies.

Because they are flaky?

You crack me up! :D

When I saw (and bought) the frosted animal cookies, it was the Nabisco brand. They were not good, neither were the iced oatmeal. I bought a bag of Mother's brand animal cookies and those were pretty darn close to the original and not a disappointment at all.

Reading this thread reminded me we had some. We are now enjoying their sugary goodness

I think the cookie is a little bit crispier than the originals, but in a good way. More importantly, they got the vital frosting:cookie ration correct, and the frosting tastes right.

Finally bought a bag. They are perfect!!!!! I didnt eat them often enough to notice any changes and they taste the same to me.

I haven't seen flaky flix or sugar wafers (by Mother's) though :(

Had a couple tonight

Susan bought a couple of bags