At which inn was the chocolate chip cookie invented?

At which inn was the chocolate chip cookie invented? The answer is the Toll House Inn. Ruth Graves Wakefield, who ran the inn with her husband Kenneth, is generally credited with creating the cookie in the 1930s in Whitman, Massachusetts.

Wakefield developed the recipe while experimenting with a popular butterscotch-nut cookie. She added chopped pieces of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate to the dough, expecting to create something different; the pieces softened but remained distinct instead of melting completely. The cookie became known as the Toll House cookie after the inn.

The recipe was first published in Wakefield's 1938 cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes, under the name Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies. Nestlé later printed the recipe on its chocolate packaging and developed small chocolate morsels for home bakers.

The often-repeated story that the cookie was invented entirely by accident is disputed. Wakefield later said she deliberately created a new variation, and historians note that earlier American cookies containing chocolate already existed. The Toll House Inn itself burned down in 1984, but its location is marked by a historical sign.