Have you ever wondered about what goes into the making of a delicious fortune cookie? Fortune cookies have an uncanny ability to remind people of the most fun times of their childhood. Sharing their cookies with friends, swapping them at lunch, baking cookies with parents on a Sunday, and many such touching memories are associated with a bite of a fortune cookie, no matter how much time has passed in life.



Although these types of cookies can be made in almost any flavor that you can think of, many people agree that chocolate fortune cookies are among the most favored of all. An addicted bunch love the aroma of chocolate mixed with butter and baked fresh out of the oven! And, if it is a double chocolate cookie, then so much the better.

Whoever thought of adding oatmeal to cookie dough must have known how great it can taste, too. Some people even add canned fruit cubes or dried banana, orange, berry or raisin pieces to the fortune cookie dough to add that extra zing to the taste. A lot of people love to discover the nuts and fruits embedded in the fortune cookie while biting into them.

In addition, fortune cookies can also be covered in chocolate dips. These can be dark or white dips. As many people don't have the time or the patience to make cookies at home, they often resort to the tinned versions of these cookies, too. Although some of these tinned cookies are pretty good, most of them tend to turn stale and hard, if they are kept on the shelf for a few months. One way to bring back some of the flavor and taste to these tinned cookies is to dip them in your own favorite flavor of chocolate and add a few pieces of nuts on the top. A lot of people also prefer using M&Ms, to stud them on the surface.

Fortune cookies, especially the chocolate dipped fortune cookies, are fast becoming the most popular form of special gift items. Not only are they easy to make and have a wide variety of options as far as packing and decorating them is concerned, they also bring a sense of romance and mystery with them, because of the fortune hidden inside each one.

You can use simple cellophane paper to wrap them, and tie them up with ribbons. Adding a personal message is definitely a great idea. There are beautiful Chinese gift boxes readily available in the market, that can be used to pack these fortune cookies.

The best thing about fortune cookies is that you can choose to make them in as many flavors as you want to. However, chocolate coated fortune cookies in white chocolate, orange, vanilla or caramel have proven to be popular crowd pleasers. A lot of people leave the edges of the cookie uncoated with the chocolate dip, so that it remains easier to crack open the cookie, allowing the fortune to be retrieved without having chocolate smeared all over the hands.

Using mint chips, candy or granola bars, peanut butter confections or dried berries for the fortune cookie is also a tasty idea. As long as you can keep each flavor distinct, and don't go overboard with the taste, it is always fun to experiment with these delicious pieces of chocolate heaven. Like love, chocolate is also considered to evoke feelings of passion and happiness. Therefore, carefully decorated and customized chocolate dipped fortune cookies are simply great gifts for all types of occasions.