Today is National Chocolate Chip
Cookie Day!
Did you know that half of all the
cookies sold in the US today are chocolate chip? Locally, our home-made
chocolate chip cookies have been a top-seller at the Doughbox Bakery since
1976. Our recipe was even featured in an issue of Midwest Living Magazine!
Research shows that the invention of
the chocolate chip cookie was actually a delicious surprise! The story goes that
in 1930 Ruth Wakfield was making cookies for guests at a small inn when she
realized she was out of baker’s chocolate. According to NESTLÉ®, she substituted
semi-sweet chocolate chunks into the dough expecting them to melt. Instead, the
chocolate held its shape and softened to a delicious, creamy texture . . . and
the chocolate chip cookie was born!
The “Toll House Crunch Cookies”
became a hit for guests at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts and the
recipe was soon published in a Boston newspaper and eventually on the wrapper
of the Nestle Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar.
Thank you to Ms. Wakefield for this
unexpected, yet delicious discovery!
Stop by the Doughbox Bakery soon to
try our version of the Chocolate Chip Cookie or check out our recipe that was
featured in Midwest Living as one of the "Six Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes." Enjoy!
