Old Fashioned Coconut Cookies - WHERE TO GET THEM??

[P Troy]

In article <721e4355.03051...@posting.google.com>,
pd...@yahoo.com (Peter) wrote:

> I am looking for those rectangular-shaped coconut cookies that were
> popular when I was a kid (born in 1951). They're crispy (not chewy
> like a macaroon) and have ridges running lengthwise along the top.
> It's not a heavy coconut flavor, but it's definitely coconut. They
> were not very expensive, and some neighborhood stores even sold then
> by the piece like penny candy.
>
> I've searched the web and have found all kinds of "extinct" nostalgic
> candies like Sky Bars and shoestring licorice, but no old time
> cookies. If you know of a web site selling them, that would be great.
> I'm also willing to purchase by mail or phone if anybody has a store
> name and location. Thanks much.
>
> P.S. No recipes, please, I'm not much of a cook!

Um, I could swear Stella d'Oro makes such a thing, as part of a variety
pack. They may also sell them separately. I think I remember these, too.

--
Phil Troy

[JE Anderson]

"Peter" <pd...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:721e4355.03051...@posting.google.com...

> I am looking for those rectangular-shaped coconut cookies that were
> popular when I was a kid (born in 1951). They're crispy (not chewy
> like a macaroon) and have ridges running lengthwise along the top.
> It's not a heavy coconut flavor, but it's definitely coconut. They
> were not very expensive, and some neighborhood stores even sold then
> by the piece like penny candy.
>
> I've searched the web and have found all kinds of "extinct" nostalgic
> candies like Sky Bars and shoestring licorice, but no old time
> cookies. If you know of a web site selling them, that would be great.
> I'm also willing to purchase by mail or phone if anybody has a store
> name and location. Thanks much.
>
> P.S. No recipes, please, I'm not much of a cook!

I think Peak Freen makes a similar cookie as well...that may be Canadian
only, not sure.

Good luck

Janet

[WiNK]

Mother's Cookies makes a variation of these called "Cocadas" and they are
fabulous......crunchy coconut and it has the ridges....also rectangular
shaped. Do you have Mother's cookies??

Nadine

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[UGAK9]

I can get these cookies at my local Wal-Mart in their Sam's Choice brand.
Just as good as the old original!!

[Thierry Gerbault]

Thus spake Zarathustra... Oops, no, that was Peter on 20 May 2003:

> Hi Phil -- I found the 800 number for Stella D'oro in New Jersey, so
> I'll give them a call to check. I haven't seen any Stella D'oro
> products since I moved west of the Mississippi (although I should try
> Trader Joe's, they have some hard-to-find items, especially from the
> East Coast). Thanks for the tip. I do remember Stella D'oro made some
> kind of egg biscuit or something. Can't remember what it was called,
> it was shaped like a doughnut, hard as a rock, and actually didn't
> have much flavor -- but somehow still enjoyable! Thanks again. Peter
>
> P Troy <phil.d...@atverizon.dot.net.invalid> wrote in message
> news:<phil.dot.troy-ED0...@news.bellatlantic.net>...

>
>> Um, I could swear Stella d'Oro makes such a thing, as part of a
>> variety pack. They may also sell them separately. I think I remember
>> these, too.
>

I buy Stella D'oro at Albertson's in Phoenix.

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Regards...

Thierry

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