10 January, 1977
Ruth Jones Wakefield died in Plymouth, Massachusetts, at the age of 73. Her
legacy lives on through the enduring popularity of the chocolate chip cookie and
her contributions to American culinary culture.
1 January, 1938
Ruth Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie at the Toll House Inn in
Whitman, Massachusetts. While experimenting with a butterscotch nut cookie
recipe, she substituted baking chocolate with chopped semi-sweet chocolate bars
from Nestlé, creating a novel dessert.
