In 1930, Ruth Graves Wakefield of the Toll House Inn ran out of baker's chocolate and decided to chop up a block of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate instead, hoping that it would melt and blend into the cookie dough. When the pieces kept their crunch while oozing chocolatey goodness, people couldn't get enough, and the chocolate chip cookie was born.
Their popularity has only grown. These days, Americans eat 7 billion chocolate chip cookies every year.
Yelp looked at reviews from bakeries, cafés, and creameries around the US to find the single-best one in every state.
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Talia Lakritz is a Life correspondent at Business Insider covering politics and power through a visual storytelling lens. She has reported from the White House as well as military installations, mansions, and museums across the country, bringing readers inside fascinating places through immersive features.Previously, she wrote for The New York Jewish Week and SciShow Space.Talia holds a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Barnard College of Columbia University and ordination as an interfaith minister from One Spirit Learning Alliance. She hopes to one day visit all 50 states and all 14 public presidential libraries.Politics and power:
