The first cookie may have come out of 7th century Persia—unsurprisingly, around the same time that sugar became a commodity in the area.
The word “cookie” appeared in print for the first time in North America in 1703. The word came from Dutch settlers who introduced their recipes for various types of “koekje”, which means “little cake.”
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.
Ruth Wakefield (June 17, 1903 – January 10, 1977) and her husband Kenneth owned a tourist lodge, the Toll House Inn, near Whitman, Massachusetts. Ruth cooked for her guests, and one of her favorite cookie recipes called for the use of baker's chocolate. One day in 1937, Ruth found herself without the needed ingredient, so she substituted a semi-sweet chocolate bar cut up into bits, but unlike the baker's chocolate the chopped up chocolate bar did not melt completely, the small pieces only softened. The guests liked these new cookies with chocolate “chips.” A few simple experiments led to her recipe for a chocolate chip cookie.
Ruth Wakefield sold her chocolate chip cookie recipe to Nestle for $1 and a lifetime supply of chocolate.
The word “cookie” appeared in print for the first time in North America in 1703. The word came from Dutch settlers who introduced their recipes for various types of “koekje”, which means “little cake.”
Fortune cookies were actually invented in America, in 1918, by Charles Jung.
Ruth Wakefield sold her chocolate chip cookie recipe to Nestle for $1 and a lifetime supply of chocolate.
The Cookie Monster sums up the sweet treat's deliciousness with the phrase, "Num, num, num, num, num!" In 1976, Sesame Street included National Cookie Day on its calendar for the first time on November 26th.
Because oils from cookies can be damaging to puppets, the cookies consumed by the Cookie Monster on Sesame Street are actually rice crackers painted to resemble cookies.
In 1987, Matt Nader of the Blue Chip Cookie Company a smallish company out of San Francisco, cooked up Cookie Day to promote their sweet treat. They chose December 4th as the day to celebrate their snack.
Nabisco's "Oreo's" are the world's best-selling brand of cookie at a rate of 6 billion sold each year. The first Oreo was sold in 1912.
Wally Amos, the inventor of Famous Amos Cookies, was also the talent agent who discovered Simon & Garfunkel.
Bruce Willis once bought 12,000 girl-scout cookies for military service members in the Middle East.
The average American will eat about 35,000 cookies in their lifetime.
Source Food For Thought by Ed Pearce
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