What began as a simple family recipe transformed into a global brand, and today, Wally Amos‘s legacy continues to uplift the next generation of Black entrepreneurs through a $150,000 grant initiative.

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Wally Amos served his country in the military and also delivered many memorable appearances on TV, including 'Taxi' plus several other renowned programs. Beyond that, he ...

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Amos died Tuesday at his home in Honolulu, with his wife, Carol, at his side, from complications with dementia, according to his children. HONOLULU (AP) — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the ...

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Everybody knows Famous Amos cookies: the simple, crispy, delicious sweet treats you’ve been buying in little bags from vending machines for as long as you can remember. Fewer people could tell you ...

Family, friends, and lovers of sweet treats worldwide are remembering Wallace Amos, best known as “Wally” Amos, or “Famous Amos.” The cookie connoisseur opened his first chocolate chip shop on Sunset ...

A revealing new podcast hosted by Sarah Amos, daughter of Famous Amos founder Wally Amos, pulls back the curtain on the life of the cookie empire leader's rise and near-crumble. Wally Amos served in ...

Everybody knows Famous Amos cookies: the simple, crispy, delicious sweet treats you’ve been buying in little bags from vending machines — or in bulk from Costco if you’re a superfan — for as long as ...

Wally Amos poses in the doorway of his store in Kailua, Hawaii, with a hot batch of cookies recently. Amos, who created the Famous Amos cookie empire three decades ago and eventually lost ownership of ...

HONOLULU -- Wallace "Wally" Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children's literacy advocate, has died. He was 88. Amos created the ...

On March 10, 1975, when Wally Amos opened Famous Amos, a shop dedicated solely to selling cookies at the corner of Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard and Formosa Avenue, it was an improbable idea in an ...