File today's post under the "which came first" category. This time it's about chocolate chip cookies and how they came to be. In 1937 the Toll House Inn was owned by the Wakefield's and Ruth was known for her cooking/baking skills. Wanting to change up a favorite recipe she decided to use semi sweet chocolate instead of bakers chocolate, instead of melting the chocolate as she normally would she used an ice pick to make tiny pieces and was pleased to see they had retained their shape when they were baked instead of melting. Needless to say the cookies were a hit and Nestle bought the recipe to print on their semi sweet chocolate bars plus they started making the bars in 160 segmented pieces that came with their own cutting tool. It wasn't until around 1940 that they started selling chocolate chips in bags. Even the simplest objects have their own background and yes the cookie came before the chocolate chip.
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