The history of chocolate chip cookies : it is a cookie came into being by accident.
In 1930, dietician Ruth Wakefield ’s skill in the kitchen, particularly at baking and making mouthwatering desserts, drew in visitors from all over the northeast. One of her favorite recipes, which dated back to Colonial days, was for Butter Drop Do cookies.
A recipe called for Baker’s chocolate, and, finding herself without, Ruth chopped up a bar of Nestle Semi-Sweet Chocolate and added the tiny bits to her dough. The chocolate was supposed to melt and spread through the dough. It didn’t. That day in 1937, the history of chocolate chip cookies began.
The chocolate kept its shape during baking, but melted just enough to have that nice gooey texture we all love. The new cookies were a hit, and Ruth’s recipe for “Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies” was published in newspapers throughout New England. Sales of Nestle’s Semi-Sweet Bar took off.
In 1939, the chocolate chip cookie hit the big time when Betty Crocker (who didn’t really exist, but had her own radio show) featured them on the air in her “Famous Foods from Famous Eating Places” series.
Ruth, being the smart businesswoman that she was, approached Nestle and struck a deal. Nestle got to print her recipe (which later became the Toll House Cookie Recipe) on all their Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bars, and Ruth got free chocolate for life.
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