Which snack was created in 1930 by Ruth Graves Wakefield at the Toll House Inn?

The chocolate chip cookie was created in 1930 by Ruth Graves Wakefield at the Toll House Inn.

Wakefield and her husband operated the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. The best-known account says she added chopped Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate to a cookie mixture, expecting it to melt into the dough. Instead, the chocolate softened while retaining small pieces, producing the characteristic chocolate-studded cookie.

The recipe became known as the Toll House cookie and was published in Wakefield's 1938 cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes. Nestlé later printed the recipe on its chocolate-bar packaging and supplied scored chocolate pieces that were easier to chop. The company eventually introduced chocolate morsels specifically for baking.

Chocolate chip cookies are often confused with similar drop cookies containing nuts, raisins, or candy pieces. Their defining feature is the presence of chocolate chips or chunks distributed through a generally sweet, buttery dough. They are now one of the most familiar cookies in the United States and are widely produced around the world.