CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY
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Ruth Wakefield and her husband ran the Toll House Inn in Wakefield Massachusetts. It was a tourist lodge where traditionally travelers paid a toll, changed horses, and ate a home-cooked meal. Ruth cooked and served all the meals and desserts at the Inn.
She liked to experiment with cookies. Ruth invented the chocolate chip and the chocolate chip cookie when she chopped a Nestle Toll House chocolate bar and added it to her cookie recipe of flour and sugar (half white sugar and half brown sugar).
Ruth wrote a best-selling cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes
In 1938 her cookbook included the recipe for a chocolate chip cookie, the “Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie.” It was named the Toll House after the inn. Because she used Nestle Chocolate bars in her recipe, their sales skyrocketed.
Andrew Nestlé and Ruth Wakefield decided to form a business deal. Wakefield gave Nestlé the right to use her cookie recipe and the Toll House name for one dollar and a lifetime supply of Nestlé chocolate. This is when the Nestle chocolate company began to produce chocolate chips, especially for use in cookies, and print the recipe for TOLL HOUSE COOKIES on every package.
This holiday pairs perfectly with National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day – August 4th
You can celebrate CHOCOLATE CHIP DAY by:
- Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies: Whip up a batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies and enjoy the warm, gooey goodness straight from the oven.
- Make Chocolate Chip Pancakes: Add chocolate chips to your favorite pancake batter for a decadent breakfast treat.
- Have a Chocolate Chip Taste Test: Sample different brands of chocolate chips and see which one you like the best.
- Create a Chocolate Chip Dessert Bar: Set up a dessert bar with a variety of treats made with chocolate chips, like brownies, cupcakes, and chocolate chip ice cream sundaes.
- Make a Chocolate Chip Trail Mix: Mix together chocolate chips, nuts, and dried fruit for a sweet and satisfying snack.
- Visit a Chocolate Factory: Take a tour of a local chocolate factory and learn how chocolate is made.
- Have a Chocolate Chip Bake-Off: Host a friendly competition with friends or family to see who can come up with the most creative and delicious chocolate chip recipe.
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