Recipe Booklet, "Favorite Chocolate Recipes made with Nestle's Semi-Sweet Chocolate," 1940

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Artifact Overview

In the late 1930s, Ruth Wakefield "invented" the chocolate chip cookie. She chopped up a Nestle's semisweet chocolate bar and added the pieces to her sweet cookie batter. The cookies were hugely popular, leading Nestle to score its chocolate bar and include a small chopper for easy cutting. Soon, Nestle began mass producing morsels. The Toll House recipe was included on every package.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Booklet

Date Made

1940

Subject Date

1940

Creator Notes

Published by Peter Cailler Kohler Swiss Choc. Co., Inc. of New York, New York.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2008.44.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Length: 2.75 in
Width: 4.875 in
Height: 0.188 in

Inscriptions

on cover: Favorite Chocolate Recipes Made with Nestle's Semi-Sweet Chocolate. on first page: The Story of the Famous Toll House Chocolate Cookies...Copyright 1940, by Peter Cailler Kohler Swiss Choc. Co., New York, N.Y. on facing page: The Original Recipe from the Famous Toll House Inn at Whitman, Mass.