{{Infobox company | name = Fancy Fortune Cookies | logo = 180px|Fancy Fortune Cookies logo | vector_logo = | type = Privately held | foundation = 1988 | location = Indianapolis, Indiana | key_people = Mike L. Fry | area_served = Worldwide | industry = Confections | products = Flavored and Chocolate-dipped fortune cookies | homepage = http://www.fancyfortunecookies.com/ }}
'''Fancy Fortune Cookies''' is a company, founded by Mike L. Fry in 1988, that produces custom fortune cookies.
==History== thumb|Mike L. Fry In late 1987, former circus clown and children's show host Mike Fry got the idea to produce custom fortune cookies, and left his job on the children's television series ''Happy's Place'' to start the company.<ref>{{cite news|journal=Huntington Herald-Press|title=Seeking Cookie Fortune|date=December 15, 1988}}</ref> It was not until 1990 the company, then marketed under the name Misfortune Kookies and based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, started producing its first five flavors: strawberry, lemon, orange, blueberry, and mint. Their cookies included 100 different comical fortunes, and were carried by Bloomingdale's retail chain, as well as other retail outlets.<ref name="autogenerated2">Huntington Herald-Press newspaper, 1990 <!-- Bot generated title -->{{full citation needed|date=August 2017}}</ref> In 1992, the company relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana, and seven years later moved to its present location and doubled the size of its production facility.<ref>{{cite news|journal=Fort Wayne Journal Gazette|title=Wise Crackers: Hoosier inventor adds flavor buffet to fortune cookies|date=August 5, 2007}}</ref>
The company created an online retail site in 1995, making it the first on-line seller of flavored and gourmet fortune cookies.<ref>{{cite news|journal=Indianapolis Business Journal|title=Finding His Fortune: Entrepreneur's cookie biz grows by breaking tradition|date=April 30, 2007}}</ref> It appeared in The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation's ''100 Growth'' report for Indiana businesses two consecutive years, in 1998 and 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title=Excelerations: Indiana's Growth 100|date=November 5, 1998}}</ref>
The company continued to innovate, introducing giant fortune cookies in 1999. In 2011 they began selling caramel-dipped fortune cookies, another innovation because they don't require special shipping like chocolate-dipped cookies do.
==In the Media== Fry's success with Fancy Fortune Cookies has led to him being featured in books and articles. In ''The Fortune Cookie Chronicles'' by Jennifer 8. Lee, she mentions Fancy Fortune Cookies, and Mike Fry's invention of the gourmet fortune cookie as part of the history of the fortune cookie.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Fortune Cookie Chronicles|first=Jennifer 8|last=Lee|author-link=Jennifer 8. Lee|date=2009|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fortunecookiechr00leej/page/43 43-44]|isbn=9780446580076}} - Registration required to view.</ref> Additionally, he is featured in ''The One Minute Millionaire'' by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert Allen in which they discuss Fry's success as an entrepreneur.<ref>{{cite book|title=The One Minute Millionaire|url=https://archive.org/details/oneminutemillion00hans|url-access=registration|first1=Mark Victor|last1=Hansen|first2=Robert|last2=Allen|date=2002|isbn=9780609609491 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Fry|title=The Toy Story: An Inventor's Dream Come True|url=http://www.theenlightenedway.com/articles/toystory.shtml|date=September 16, 2002|access-date=August 8, 2017|archive-date=November 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113162231/http://www.theenlightenedway.com/articles/toystory.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Image gallery== <gallery> File:AppleFortuneCookies.jpg|Apple File:CoconutFortuneCookies.jpg|Coconut File:StrawberryFortuneCookies.jpg|Strawberry File:GiantFortuneCookie.jpg|Giant Fortune Cookie File:WeddingFortuneCookies.jpg|As wedding favors </gallery>
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==External links== *[http://www.fancyfortunecookies.com '''Fancy Fortune Cookies''' website] *[http://www.giant-fortune-cookies.com Giant Fortune Cookies] — ''sister site of Fancy Fortune Cookies''.
Category:Confectionery companies of the United States Category:Manufacturing companies based in Indianapolis Category:American companies established in 1988 Category:Food and drink companies established in 1988