A great question! My Chinese family says American-invented Fortune cookies were handmade and only in the United States are they a dessert giveaway. And, since the older workers retired, there has been few new workers to learn how to fold HOT soft cookie sheets into fortune cookies. Also, factories dedicated to making fortune cookies, once upon a time located in lower east side of New York City, now million dollar condos. Price of butter up, too, not worth giving away. No cookies for you, Jersey City!