Despite their association with Chinese restaurants in the United States, fortune cookies originated in Japan and are not common in China. Fortune cookies were likely developed by Japanese immigrants in California during the late 19th or early 20th century.
They are served as a post-meal treat in Chinese-American restaurants but are virtually unknown in China. They are crisp wafers typically made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil, containing a small piece of paper with a fortune or lucky numbers inside.
As far back as the 1870s, some confectionary shops near Kyoto, Japan carried a cracker with the same folded shape and a fortune tucked into the bend, instead of its hollow inside. It’s called the “tsujiura senbei,” or “fortune cracker,” according to Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food, which recounts the history of the cookie. There's a full article with old photos on this here.
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