History
In the small town of Whitman, Massachusetts stood the Toll House Inn, a lodge owned and operated by a dietitian and food lecturer, Ruth Wakefield. Her cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes the 1938 edition, featured a revolutionary Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie, which rapidly gained popularity in American homes. Toll House Cookies were sent sent to soldiers during WWI in care packages.
The cookie was perfect for a time when depression prevailed. It brought warmth and richness in a portable dessert. By the 1950s Nestle and Pillsbury had already because to mass produce the sensation with factory lines.
Nestle claims that the invention of the chocolate chip cookie was an accident. Ruth ran out of bakers chocolate and decided to substitute it with pieces of Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate, hoping that it would melt evening into the batter. However, the chocolate held its shape and the chocolate chip cookie that we know today was born. This statement has been contradicted by Ruth's statement that the invention was her attempt to add variety to her existing thin butterscotch cookies with ice cream. One of her coworker also claim that an experienced chef like Ruth would have known that the chocolate would not melt evenly.
Nestle and Ruth decided that Ruth can have an unlimited supply of Nestle's chocolate in return for the rights to print the recipe on the chocolate chip packaging.
Under the recommendations of a third grader, the chocolate chip cookie is officially Massachusetts' state cookie.
The cookie was perfect for a time when depression prevailed. It brought warmth and richness in a portable dessert. By the 1950s Nestle and Pillsbury had already because to mass produce the sensation with factory lines.
Nestle claims that the invention of the chocolate chip cookie was an accident. Ruth ran out of bakers chocolate and decided to substitute it with pieces of Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate, hoping that it would melt evening into the batter. However, the chocolate held its shape and the chocolate chip cookie that we know today was born. This statement has been contradicted by Ruth's statement that the invention was her attempt to add variety to her existing thin butterscotch cookies with ice cream. One of her coworker also claim that an experienced chef like Ruth would have known that the chocolate would not melt evenly.
Nestle and Ruth decided that Ruth can have an unlimited supply of Nestle's chocolate in return for the rights to print the recipe on the chocolate chip packaging.
Under the recommendations of a third grader, the chocolate chip cookie is officially Massachusetts' state cookie.
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Chocolate chip cookie. (2014, May 5). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:32, May 5, 2014,
from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chocolate_chip_cookie&oldid=607127369
Bellis, M. (2014, April 15). History of Chocolate Chip Cookies - Ruth Wakefield. About.com Inventors. Retrieved May 5,
2014, from http://inventors.about.com/od/wstartinventors/a/Chocolate_Chip.htm
Michaud, J. (2013, December 22). A History of the Chocolate-Chip Cookie. The New Yorker. Retrieved May 5, 2014, from
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/12/sweet-morsels-a-history-of-the-chocolate-chip-cookie.html
Ruth Wakefield. (n.d.). : Chocolate Chip Cookie Inventor. Retrieved May 5, 2014, from http://www.women-
inventors.com/Ruth-Wakefield.asp