Chocolate chip cookies – they’re iconic, and yet, they’re everywhere. These drop cookies are such a classic, and yet, how much do you really know about chocolate chip cookies? Today, we are breaking into the cookie jar and revealing:
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The history behind chocolate chip cookies,
What makes the perfect chocolate chip cookie,
Modern and creative extensions upon the classic chocolate chip cookie
That’s a mouthful, but guess what? That’s exactly how I like my chocolate chip cookies. By the mouthful! That’s good enough for me - let’s go!
1. Who Invented Chocolate Chip Cookies?
Ruth Graves Wakefield is credited as the person who invented the chocolate chip cookie. She and her husband owned the Toll House Inn, a tourist lodge in Whitman, Massachusetts, in 1930. Chocolate chip cookies were invented in 1938, Ruth was experimenting with a crispy butterscotch pecan cookie that had been popular with her guests. She wanted to add chocolate cubes to the recipe, but finding she was out of those, she grabbed a Nestlé semisweet chocolate bar from her cupboard and used an ice pick to chip off little pieces to add into the batter, hence, chocolate “chips.” It was such a sensation that it hit the newspapers, and people would write in requesting the recipe for the so-called “Toll House Cookie,” the original chocolate chip cookie that put the Toll House Inn on the map!
2. Today’s chocolate chip cookie
The original chocolate chip cookie was a thin, crispy cookie with nuts and chunks of chocolate; however, today, there are as many variations on chocolate chip cookies as there are home bakers and cookie lovers! But what is the difference between a chewy cookie and a crispy cookie? Today’s New York chocolate chip cookie-lovers prefer a thick cookie that brings crispy edges and chewy middle together into one package. With a tantalizing crunch on the outside and a lush, moist center oozing with melted chocolate chips, our take on the classic is sure to satisfy and leave you craving more! Check out our classic chocolate chip cookie: big enough to be a whole snack, with bite after bite of chocolate chips!
3. Beyond the classic: getting creative!
While the chocolate chip cookie is a classic and sacrosanct in its own right, it is also famously a perfect canvas for expression and innovation! New York bakeries have pushed the boundaries making them ultra thick and super crispy, even served shots of milk out of chocolate-chip cookie shot glasses! The fascinating permutations are endless:
Cookie cakes: a mall staple from back in the day!
Cookie ice cream sandwiches: one of our bakery’s specialties!
Inverted chocolate cookies: cocoa powder in the dough and white chocolate chips!
Peppermint or pumpkin chocolate chip cookies: seasonal additions to the classic
Tahini chocolate chip cookies: vegan replacement for gluten free cookie lovers!
As much as we love the classic, and you’ll love our classic chocolate chip cookie, we’d love to show you how much fun we have with a chocolate chip cookie! Visit us at 936 Fulton Street in Brooklyn to try all of our permutations of the chocolate chip cookie.
