In 1938, Ruth Wakefield folded chopped chocolate into cookie dough, and created the chocolate chip cookie
The popular chocolate chip cookie's origin story is not as simple as believed. Ruth and Kenneth Wakefield's Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, became the birthplace of this iconic treat. The cookie, initially called the Chocolate Crunch Cookie, gained fame through cookbooks and widespread sharing. Its unique texture came from using chocolate chunks instead of melted chocolate.
The popular chocolate chip cookie's origin story is not as simple as believed. Ruth and Kenneth Wakefield's Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, became the birthplace of this iconic treat. The cookie, initially called the Chocolate Crunch Cookie, gained fame through cookbooks and widespread sharing. Its unique texture came from using chocolate chunks instead of melted chocolate.
