A chocolate chip cookie is a drop cookie that features chocolate chips
or chocolate morsels as its distinguishing ingredient.
Chocolate chip cookies originated in the United States around 1938, when
Ruth Graves Wakefield chopped up a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar and
added the chopped chocolate to a cookie recipe.
Generally, the recipe starts with a dough composed of flour, butter,
both brown and white sugar, semi-sweet chocolate chips, eggs, and
vanilla. Variations on the recipe may add other types of chocolate, as
well as additional ingredients such as nuts or oatmeal. There are also
vegan versions with the necessary ingredient substitutions, such as
vegan chocolate chips, vegan margarine, and egg substitutes. A chocolate
chocolate chip cookie uses a dough flavored with chocolate or cocoa
powder, before chocolate chips are mixed in. These variations of the
recipe are also referred to as ‘double’ or ‘triple’ chocolate chip
cookies, depending on the combination of dough and chocolate types. 🍪