Did You Know: History of Nestle Toll House Cookies
Ruth Wakefield discovered NESTLE TOLL HOUSE COOKIES by accident. In the 1930’s, in her restaurant called The Toll House Inn, Ruth made her butter drop cookies and was out of bakers chocolate. She did have a Nestle chocolate bar that was semi sweet so she broke it into small pieces and added them to her butter drop cookies. Thinking the chocolate would melt, it instead held its shape in the cookie. Three years later, in 1940, Nestle started selling chocolate chips.
Nestle was granted permission to print the recipe and in return it is said that Ruth was paid $1.00 for the rights, all the chocolate she needed for a lifetime of baking and a consulting deal to work with Nestle on other recipes. To this day, Ruth Wakefields recipe is on the back of the Nestle chocolate chips bag.
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I did not know this – thank you for sharing a great story!
You’re welcome
I did know about this. 🙂
It’s a fascinating story!
It is indeed. 🙂
Awesome – I loved reading the history on these delicious cookies!
It is fascinating but I don’t know why did she only took $1.00.
Good to know culinary history 👍🏼🤓
I agree, so interested to find out how recipes are created!
Do you have a great spicy tamale recipe? I know they are a lot of work but someday I want to make them. If you do, could you put the link here? Thank you Randy!
She was a remarkable woman, and I still use her recipe.
So do I, it’s my family’s favorite too.
Great history on the chocolate chip cookie. Goes to show that mistakes are not always a mistake.
Great point, one mistake I have eaten way too many times to count. Lol
The original taste of homemade happiness sold for a dollar and a lifetime of chocolate – who would have known!
She deserved more! 🤣
Chocolate chip cookies are my favourite cookie. They should have paid her a dollar for every bag they sold!
Now that is a great idea!
Great story!
I know I would love free chocolate but $1.00 just doesn’t seem fair, I too loved this story.
Well I’m glad she got some notoriety for this recipe for the world’s most favorite cookie!
The best part was the free chocolate! 🤣
Yes, notoriety wears thin after a while, chocolate not so much! 🙂
Who knew a ln accidental discovery could be so lucrative?! I’d say she should’ve gotten more than $1!
I would think the free chocolate for life back then accounted for something, I know it would me! 🤣
So, we must therefore thank Ruth for the bags of chocolate chips on our shelves! Free chocolate 🫨🫨 … why do I never think of such things!!
Haha Yes we do! I read the restaurant had to be in her name and her husband’s. I’m guessing because that many years ago woman couldn’t get things like a loan. She deserved the notoriety!
! Thanks for sharing this history.
You’re welcome!