A surprise prediction hides in plain sight inside an ordinary, freely-chosen fortune cookie. “Cryptic Cookie” is one of the most memorable effects you’ll ever perform.
You won’t find a more unique way to reveal a selected playing card than Dan Harlan’s “Cryptic Cookie”. It’s interactive, engaging, and way more fun than your ordinary card magic trick. This is the perfect way to end a meal with friends, family members, or potential clients.
Everyone grabs a fortune cookie and reads their fortunes out loud. You can even play the fun after-dinner game where everyone attempts to add a humorous phrase to the end of the fortune. After a good laugh, you grab everyone's attention by mentioning how you've heard that the people who write the fortunes often attempt to embed hidden messages.
A card is then selected and remembered (you could even do this before giving out the fortune cookies if you want).
You then take the fortune from the person who selected the card and fold it into quarters. As you do, the letters come together to reveal a coded message that perfectly identifies the selected card.
“Cryptic Cookie” is super easy to do. The fortune cookies are completely normal. All that's needed is a tiny bit of basic sleight of hand done during a moment where the audience doesn't even know a trick is happening yet. There is absolutely no pressure and it's well within the range of magicians of any skill level.
You’ll receive enough customized fortunes for 100 performances. They offer a variety of different card reveals and have been specially-written so they are easy to read and elicit great reactions. All you need is to grab some ordinary fortune cookies (or have a meal at a restaurant that serves them after dinner) and you’ll be good to go!
Spread good fortune to everyone you meet with "Cryptic Cookie" by Dan Harlan.