If you’re in the mood for a little something sweet to eat – you’re in luck! May 15th is National Chocolate Chip Day! Sweeeet! This annual foodie holiday is "dedicated" to those oh-so-rich and creamy chocolaty morsels of deliciousness we love to eat.
The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie
Ruth Graves Wakefield “discovered” chocolate chips by accident when she was baking a batch of cookies back in 1937. Ms. Wakefield did not have a particular ingredient for her recipe, so she substituted a chopped-up chocolate bar, given to her by Andrew Nestle himself, and added the sweet pieces to the cookie batter and baked them to a golden brown. Although the chocolate pieces did not fully melt, they were soft, creamy and delicious. From that one simple substitution, cookies were never the same again!
In honor of National Chocolate Chip Day, why not celebrate the sweet occasion with a delicious and decadent recipe? What a perfect excuse to nibble on one or two of the fabulous chocolate treats we love to eat. Why not whip up a few of the decadent recipes listed below?
Decadent Chocolate Chip Recipes
- Original NESTLE Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies - What would a chocolate chip recipe list be without the original recipe?
- Mrs. Field’s Copycat Chocolate Chips Cookies – Nobody whips up a chocolate chip cookie like Mrs. Fields! Check out this copycat version and try it yourself!
- Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe – Talk about popular! This recipe has more than 4,000 Facebook “likes,” over 1,000 “pins” and nearly 4,000 reviews!
- Inside-Out Chocolate Chip Cookies – OMG! These cookies look fab-u-lous!
- Best Big, Fat Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie – This super-popular recipe that calls for all-purpose flour, baking soda, vanilla extract, unsalted butter, an egg, white sugar and semi-sweet chocolate chips, sounds like a winner!
- Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies – This recipe, from Betty Crocker, calls for granulated and brown sugar, all-purpose flour, an egg, baking soda, butter or margarine, salt, nuts and chips.
- The Chewy – This 5-star recipe, from Alton Brown, sounds yummy! Besides bread flour, kosher salt, baking soda, one egg, whole milk and light brown and granulated sugar, this recipe calls for 12-ounces of semisweet chocolate chips.
- S'mores Stuff Chocolate Chip Cookies - Bet you'll be wanting "s-more" of these cookies!
- Chocolate Chips - Here's an interesting recipe! You'll need dark chocolate and potato chips! Chocolate "chips" - get it?
- Fleur de sel Chocolate Chip Blondies – This 5-star recipe calls for brown and granulated sugar, all-purpose flour, eggs, vanilla extract, unsalted butter, chocolate chips and flew de sel.
- Banana Bread with Chocolate Chips and Chocolate Glaze – Feel a chocolate craving coming on? Check this 5-star recipe out!
- Chocolate Chip Waffles – This 5-star waffle recipe is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
- Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Cinnamon Cream – Get your morning off to a perfect start with this 5-star pancake recipe from the delightful Paula Deen!
- Chocolate Chip Pancakes – This recipe calls for milk, an egg, whole-wheat flour, baking powder and soda, chocolate chips and maple syrup.
- Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake – This simple recipe calls for Hungry Jack Buttermilk Complete Pancake Waffle mix. And if you don’t happen to have that on hand, you can make it yourself out of sugar, sour cream, chips, vanilla extract. Add some sugar walnuts and cinnamon for the yummy topping.
- Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake – This 5-star recipe, from Emeril Lagasse, includes bittersweet and white chocolate chips, walnuts and macadamia nuts.
- Chocolate Chip and Mascarpone Cupcakes – Here’s another 5-star recipe from Giada De Laurentiis.
- Chocolate Chip Cheesecake – Chocolate plus cheesecake equals perfection!
- Dark Chocolate Cherry Candies – These chocolaty treats call for pretzels, dried cherries, toasted almonds and dark chocolate morsels. Mmmm
- Chocolate Chip Martinis – Hold on to your taste buds! This delightful cocktail, from Rachael Ray, calls for white and dark crème de cacao, chocolate vodka, butterscotch schnapps and chocolate chips.
Enjoy!
