[5] Some updated modern recipes have replaced shortening (a hydrogenated fat) with different varieties of oil.

Some recipes recommend using cream of tartar as the raising agent, rather than baking soda, to give the cookie an extra tangy taste.

The cookie is common to Mennonite and Amish communities and was a favorite treat of the Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley.

[6] In more recent times, the snickerdoodle cookie has transformed into a popular flavor of desserts, sugary sweets, drinks, candies, etc.

For example, General Mills created a snickerdoodle flavored Chex Mix Muddy Buddies to their snack line.