The Spread Of Recipes: Chocolate Chip Cookies Go To War

After their humble birth in a small inn in Massachusetts, the chocolate chip cookies history wanders through the battlefields of WWII. The soldiers from Massachusetts were receiving Toll House cookies in their care packages from home, and sharing them with their fellow American GIs. Soon, these soldiers from other parts of America were writing home for these delicious cookies.

Hundreds of letters poured into the Toll House Inn and a nationwide craze began for this most famous of Mrs. Wakefield's recipes. Chocolate chip cookies soon became a household staple.

Today, you'll find amongst the most popular cookie recipes, chocolate chip cookies lead the way. Half of all cookies baked in American homes are chocolate chip cookies. Recipes for the famous cookie have changed over the years, but you can still enjoy the original Toll House taste.

In my next post, I'll be sharing my own version of the Toll House cookie – one that goes back to the original. Get ready for baking the best by getting yourself this new super version of parchment paper for baking that I found online. The Le Creuset baking sheet makes clean-up a breeze and it's reusable – my new baking friend. Click here to see my new favourite baking goods shop where you can get the Le Creuset.