I have found them under the Keebler Right Bites Fudgeshoppe name. I have found them at Target and Meijers. Also, saw them at the hostess outlet shop
Nilla Wafers is the Nabisco brand name for vanilla wafers.
Nabisco no longer produces Rye Triscuits. The original Rye flavor has been discontinued, but Triscuits are still available in a variety of other flavors. You may find the Rye flavor in some specialty or vintage food stores.
The customer relations department may be the best place to start.
anis
The most popular commercial brand of cream filled chocolate cookies is the Oreo, made by Nabisco. Similar cookies can be made at home with dark chocolate refrigerator cookies or roll-and-cut cookies made into sandwiches with buttercream frosting. An intensely dark cocoa, such as "black cocoa" sold through King Arthur flour, will produce a very dark cookie similar to Oreos; the buttercream filling can be made with plain vegetable shortening (not "butter-flavor") to keep the filling bright white.
They are thin cookies which flavor is chocolate
Milk is used for improved flavor, and gives cookies their tender, crisp texture.
Yes, you can substitute butter for oil in cookies, but keep in mind that it may change the texture and flavor of the cookies.
Yes. It adds flavor as chips in cookies.
ginger
A good substitute for molasses in cookies to achieve a similar flavor profile is dark corn syrup or maple syrup.
I cannot answer for your grandmother, but this grandmother often uses lard in cookies that do not require butter for flavor.