NARRATOR: Welcome to the sweet story of the iconic American dessert, chocolate chip cookies.
RUTH: It was 1930, and I was baking at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. I was trying to make a simple cookie for my guests.
NARRATOR: Ruth Wakefield's original plan was to make a chocolate butter cookie, but she didn't have any baker's chocolate on hand. Instead, she chopped up a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar and added it to her cookie dough.
RUTH: I thought the chocolate would melt and spread throughout the cookie dough, but it didn't.
NARRATOR: The result was a delicious, chunky chocolate chip cookie that would become an instant hit.
RUTH: I named them "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies" after my inn.
NARRATOR: The recipe was so popular that Nestlé began printing it on their chocolate bar packaging and even started producing pre-made chocolate chips.
Today, chocolate chip cookies are a staple in households worldwide, and Ruth's recipe has been adapted into countless variations. So, next time you bite into a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie, remember the story of Ruth Wakefield and how she accidentally created a classic American dessert.