Store countertop vintage Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Jar. Measures 10 x 8 in. Ht x W. Clear glass jar with lid and several adverts on glass. Famous Amos Cookie Jar, glass Cookie Jar, Collectible Famous Amos Store Counter Cookie Jar, Famous Amos Advertisement Glass Cookie Jar, Collectibles, Kitchenalia, Cookie Jar, Famous Amos Ephemera, cookie storage, 3 cs Famous Amos cookie got started when Wally Amos used his aunt's chocolate chip cookie recipe and opened stores in downtown Sunset Boulevard LA. His gourmet snack food became a hit. At the time people did not snack, but once they had his cookie they came back for more. He overstepped his production and lost money, sold the company, but the new owners changed the recipe. No one was buying anymore. So the Company Took Wally back on the condition they use his original recipe.