What is a fortune cookie? Why do we eat them? For the goodness of the cookie, or for the mystery that lies within the fortune? I once had one at Pinkberry, a frozen yogurt place where i was employed. The cookie wasn’t bad, but the fortune wasn’t for me. Where else would you find a fortune that says “the fortune you seek is in another cookie?” I obviously got a fortune cookie for the fortune. How would that person who made that line feel if they bought a box of chocolate and inside had a paper that said “the chocolate you seek is in another box?” Probably not so well…