Wally Amos is the genuine, ebullient and gregarious father of the gourmet chocolate chip cookie.
Additionally, he is an advocate for reading who believes that the recipe for ending illiteracy in America is to read to your child daily.
He is a motivational speaker who travels the world, and he is the author of ten inspiring books with love as the common ingredient, and a tireless advocate of conducting life with an affirmative attitude.
“When I was 12, I moved from Florida to New York City to live with my aunt, Della Bryant. We certainly had no monetary wealth, but Aunt Della’s home was always rich in the principles and qualities vital to a child’s upbringing. And it was filled with the aroma of her delicious chocolate chip cookies. It’s true that her basic recipe for cookies became the foundation for much of my success. But it was her recipes for life that sustain me to this day.”
Wally’s baking hobby led him to open the world’s first cookie store in Los Angeles in 1975. Today, decades later, he’s still in business at Chip & Cookie®, the only company baking from pure, unadulterated Wally Amos recipes. You can order them right here for family, friends and gift giving.
Chip & Cookie®, by the way, has the ingredients for fundraising success! A program available across the country, it helps schools, church groups, scouts, athletic teams and others earn money locally. With free shipping, 50% profit, and Wally’s recipes behind them, Chip & Cookie® cookies are a proven fundraising winner!
In 2010, Chip & Cookie® introduced a unique, double-canister Wally Amos cookie jar. Based on the characters Chip and Cookie, the adorable namesake mascots of Wally’s company, the jar has been in high demand among cookie jar collectors. Wally promises it is “the first in a series.”
Beginning in 1995, Wally and some extraordinary partners shifted the focus of another of his companies to target the market for a wide variety of high-quality, homemade style muffins. Uncle Wally’s® now has a product range from deliciously indulgent to absolutely healthful muffins. And a big reputation for innovation.
Uncle Wally’s® products are now available in over 10,000 stores, including some of the biggest names in food service and retailing. These merchants are quality driven, as are you.
Wally’s passion for watermelon has become well known; he wears a signature Watermelon hat, watermelon-themed aloha shirts and has all sorts of watermelon collectibles. So how did this delicious food come to be a symbol of vile racial stereotyping? The question always intrigued him. “I’ve read a lot of scholarly material on the subject,” Wally says, “and I can only conclude that when one group sets out to oppress another, they don’t spend a lot of time offering rational explanations for their acts.”