Editing Fortune cookie (section)

{{Short description|Cookie with printed paper fortune inside}}
{{Other uses|Fortune Cookie (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Fortune cookie
| image = Fortune cookies.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Unopened fortune cookies
| alternate_name = 
| country = United States
| creator = 
| course = 
| type = [[Cookie]] (wafer<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldstein |first1=Darra |title=The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-931339-6 |page=266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbi6BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA266 |language=en}}</ref>)
| served = 
| main_ingredient = [[Flour]], [[sugar]], [[vanilla]], and [[oil]]
| variations = 
| calories = 
| other = Unicode [[emoji]] 🥠
| place_of_origin = [[Japan]]
<br>[[United States]]
}}

A '''fortune cookie''' is a crisp and sugary [[cookie]] [[wafer]] made from [[flour]], [[sugar]], [[vanilla]], and [[sesame seed oil]] with a piece of paper inside, a "fortune", an [[aphorism]], or a vague [[prophecy]]. The message inside may also include a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] phrase with translation or a list of lucky numbers used by some as [[lottery]] numbers. Fortune cookies are often served as a dessert in [[American Chinese cuisine|Chinese restaurants in the United States]], [[Canadian Chinese cuisine|Canada]], [[Australian Chinese cuisine|Australia]], and other countries, but they are not Chinese in origin.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yating |first1=Yang |title=Canadian influencer's amazement at absence of fortune cookies in China restaurants triggers amusing online discussion about origins of snack |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3253332/canadian-influencers-amazement-absence-fortune-cookies-china-restaurants-triggers-amusing-online |access-date=1 May 2024 |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=1 March 2024}}</ref> The exact origin of fortune cookies is unclear, though various immigrant groups in [[California]] claim to have popularized them in the early 20th century. They most likely originated from cookies made by [[Japanese people|Japanese]] immigrants to the United States in the late 19th or early 20th century. The Japanese version did not have the Chinese lucky numbers and were eaten with [[tea]].