May 15, 2012

Chocolate Chip Day!

 
Chocolate chips are a required ingredient in chocolate chip cookies which were invented in 1937 when a woman named Ruth Wakefield of the Toll House Inn added cut-up chunks of a semi-sweet Nestle chocolate bar to a cookie recipe. The cookies were a huge success, and Wakefield reached an agreement in 1939 with Nestlé to add her recipe to the chocolate bar's packaging in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate. Initially, Nestlé included a small chopping tool with the chocolate bars. In 1941 Nestlé and one or more of its competitors started selling the chocolate in chip (or "morsel") form.

Bake something yummy with chocolate chips today...or just eat a handful!


Stay Cozy & Chocolatey too!
Carrie

8 comments:

  1. Hi Carrie! I LOVE this little tidbit of information! Chocolate chip cookies are a staple at our house ... I make them all the time with Nestle's toll house chips! Whenever I need that little chocolate fix (which I often do), I grab a handful of those puppies right out of the bag in my freezer and it does the trick! (I buy the SUPER DUPER EXTRA LARGE bag at Costco.)

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  2. i'll get right to that, carrie!

    enjoy your yummy day

    xo
    elyse

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  3. oh dear.. youve inspired me to go in search of something chocolatey in the kitchen!
    xoxo
    vivian

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  4. That looks yummy, what is that dessert called?! I've never seen one like it. I'm such a chocoholic!~TJ

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  5. Now I need something with chocolate chips in them!!!!

    Melinda

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  6. There's a bag waiting to be broken into right now! Chocolate makes the day even better!!!!

    Loved the history lesson. I had no idea!

    xxoo
    Becky

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  7. Of course a woman invented chocolate chip cookies! lol Great to reconnect with you Carrie!

    xoxo
    Karyn

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