America's SECOND FAVORITE Cookie

     Do you know what America's favorite cookie is? I had thought I did, until I was ready to post this fun fact blog entry. Originally I had thought that Chocolate Chip Cookies were America's sweetheart. I mean lets face it....there's the debate as to which is better....chewy or crunchy...which chip melts better (Nestle, Hershey, or even Ghiradelli)...and is it safe to eat raw chocolate chip cookie dough. 
    All I know that in my household...my mother still requests me to make her chocolate chip cookies, over all the other recipes I can make for her. I have to fight my husband from dipping in to my mixing bowl and eating the raw dough, (And as a chef...I will tell you NO...it is not okay to eat a standard  raw dough or batter of any kind due to potential food-born illness risks.) 
     However, upon doing research for this intro to the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcake challenge....I was educated in the fact that chocolate chip cookies are AMERICA'S SECOND FAVORITE COOKIE. THAT'S RIGHT...SECOND FAVORITE! It turns out that America's favorite cookie is Oreo. However here are some fun facts about  chocolate chip cookies to get you in the mind set for tonight's blog entry from Chef Rosie.

• The chocolate chip cookie was accidentally invented in 1930 by Ruth Wakefield who ran a bed & breakfast with her husband Kenneth.

When Ruth's Chocolate Crunch Cookie recipe was featured on an episode of The Betty Crocker Cooking School of the Air radio program, the popularity of the humble chocolate chip cookie exploded and the cookie soon became a favorite all across America. The popularity of the cookie further increased after Ruth published the still popular, Toll House Tried And True Recipes, featuring the "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie," in 1936.

• Due to the enormous popularity of the cookie recipe, sales of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate skyrocketed and Andrew Nestlé and the Wakefields struck a deal.

To read the whole story about the invention of the chocolate chip cookie and Ruth Wakefields desalings with Nestle....click here:

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-chocolate-chip-cookie-was-invented-by-accident-2013-3

Stay sweet,

Chef Rosie xoxo