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WHITMAN, Mass. (WBZNewsRadio) - It's National Chocolate Chip Cookie day and Massachusetts is baking up a major celebration, after all the iconic treat was invented right here in the Commonwealth.
It was back in 1938 when Chef Ruth Graves Wakefield was trying to make "regular" cookies, when she decided to toss in chunks of chocolate for an extra flare. Fortunately for the future of the chocolate chip cookie, those chunks didn't melt, leaving the cookie with delicious chips of cocoa. Thus the chocolate chip cookie was born by accident.
It wasn't until 1963 that Chips Ahoy hit American shelves and it wasn't until 1991 that Ben & Jerry's released their version of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream.
In 1997, the chocolate chip cookie was officially designated as the state cookie of Massachusetts.
Now a days, the chocolate chip cookie is an American staple. Whether you like it soft, crunchie, chewy or "raw" in your ice cream, there is a concoction for everyone in the family.
"Baking cookies... being in the kitchen baking, it really brings people together." One person told WBZ's Jim MacKay, and we couldn't agree more. And if baking isn't your thing, don't worry, there are plenty of deals being offered by cookie-companies all day long.
WBZ's Jim MacKay (@JimMackayOnAir) reports
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