Contrary to common belief, the chocolate chip was invented only 5 years after the creation of chocolate chip cookies. In honor of this important day in baking history we’ve compiled 10 quotes to help you celebrate:
“Kitchen-sink cookies,” Trishiffany proclaimed. “Sounds disgusting, right? But I’ve always been so torn about chocolate chips versus butterscotch chips, but here you don’t even have to choose. Walnuts and peanuts! Oatmeal and cornflakes! Raisins and dried cherries. Not to mention the shredded coconut. Sometimes we just need our little freedoms, you know?”
– Helen Phillips
“In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.”
-Salman Rushdie
“If I had any choice in the matter, I’d stay in my comfy bed and eat warm chocolate chip cookies all day.”
-Simone Elkeles
“They’re like chocolate-chip cookies, though. Can’t have just one.”
– Steve Berry
Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the main reason I have trust issues.
-Woody Paige
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“a dozen…chocolate chip cookies…a pot of coffee, and a good book are all I will need for the rainy weekend rolling in.”
– Adriana Trigiani
“How can you stay worried when someone gives you warm chocolate chip cookies?”
-Faith Hunter
“I’ve always found that if your life is hurtling out of control, it’s best to bake a batch of chocolate chip cookies.”
– Robin Brande
“When life gives you lemons, make chocolate chip cookies and make the whole world wonder what you’ve been up to.”
-Carolyn Brown
Lou pushes a plate of cookies
in front of us.
Chocolate pieces tease
like jewels in sand.
Please, she says, have some.
I don’t want to be impolite,
so I take five.
– Katherine Applegate