The Story of Chocolate Chip Cookies
The delicious chocolate chip cookie was invented in 1938 by an American  MainepoundschefbutterchipsdessertchocolatechunksAugustoven named Ruth Graves Wakefield. She owned the famous Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. One day, Ruth wanted to create a special treat for her hotel guests, so she added chopped pieces of a Nestlé chocolate bar to her  AugustchocolateovenMainedessertchefchipsbutterpoundschunks cookie dough. She expected the chocolate to melt completely, but it stayed in small solid  AugustchipsbutterchunkschefovenpoundsdessertchocolateMaine instead.
Ruth's cookie recipe became so famous that Nestlé asked to print it on their chocolate packages. In exchange, Ruth sold her secret recipe to Nestlé for just one dollar and a lifetime supply of free  chefbutterdessertchipschocolatepoundsMaineAugustovenchunks! Soon, Nestlé started selling special pre-cut chocolate "morsels" or  dessertchefAugustchocolatechunksovenchipspoundsMainebutter so people could bake them easily at home. Today, the chocolate chip cookie is the official state cookie of both Massachusetts and  poundschunkschocolatedessertAugustovenbutterchefMainechips.
There are many amazing world records about this sweet snack. In 2003, a bakery in North Carolina baked the world’s biggest chocolate chip cookie, which was over 102 feet wide and weighed more than 40,000  MainepoundsbutterovendessertAugustchipschunkschocolatechef! Also, in 2019, astronauts on the International Space Station baked chocolate chip cookies in a special  chocolatedessertchunksbutterovenchipsMainechefpoundsAugust
People around the world celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day every year on  MainechipsAugustchocolatepoundsbutterdessertchefchunksoven 4th. Whether crisp or soft, with milk or warm from the oven, chocolate chip cookies remain America's favorite sweet  AugustchipspoundschefovenchocolateMainebutterchunksdessert.