The Sunbeam Fortune Cookie Maker is a fun specialty appliance for making the distinctive treats at home. Users are encouraged to write their own fortunes to include within the cookies.

You're a secret spy and your covert device is, well, your microwave. Tuck your own custom message inside a fortune cookie in ...

The first step to making fortune cookies is to form the batter into rounds. After baking for 4 to 6 minutes, remove the cookies from the oven, and flip them. Get ready to work quickly.

Inside the museum, you’ll find a 1,500-pound, continuously operating fortune cookie machine. Anyone who wants to submit a message can do so via MOFAD’s website, Twitter, or in person.

OAKLAND, CA – JANUARY 24: Custom-designed fortune cookies are seen at the Fortune Cookie Factory on 12th Street near Alice Street in Chinatown on Jan. 24, 2019 in Oakland, Calif. Alicia Wong’s ...

As Kevin Chan, a co-owner of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, tells the Wall Street Journal: “Fortune cookies are a form of meditation… and people today need to meditate.

Fortune Cookie Factory, 261 12th St., Oakland. (510) 832-5552. The tours, which last about 20 minutes, are offered 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, $1 per person.