National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is recognized annually on August 4. With the invention of chocolate chip cookies dating back about a century, it is no wonder this dessert, ranked “most popular dish” on YouGov’s survey, has its own day. Here is what to know about National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, including how it came about and a couple of deals that will help you satisfy your craving.
The origin of Chocolate Chip Cookies
As USA Today reports, Ruth Wakefield, a chef who ran the Toll House Inn with her husband in Whitman, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing chocolate chip cookies in 1937 when she cut a semi-sweet chocolate bar into bits and added them to her Butter Drop Do cookies. She published a recipe for the cookies in 1938, and Nestlé began promoting the recipe on its packaging and in the company’s ads.
While Wakefield is credited, there is evidence that chocolate chip cookies were around in the 1870s. In her 2017 book “BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts,” author and pastry chef Stella Parks explains how she discovered chocolate chip cookies being advertised in supermarket ads in the early 1930s and recipes for “Chocolate Jumbles” cookies made with grated chocolate printed as far back as 1877.
Still, Wakefield having “popularized and developed a recipe that is still in use 100 years later is incredibly impressive,” Parks told the Gastropod podcast, which is hosted on the food news site Eater, in April 2022.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Day Deals
As AARP reports, regardless of who created them, chocolate chip cookies are here to stay, and Aug. 4 will be your chance to snag one either for free or at a discount. Celebrate the classic treat freebies and deals for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, including two deals just for AARP readers!
Insomnia Cookies
Insomnia Cookies will be offering a free Chocolate Chunk Cookie with any purchase from Aug. 1 to Aug. 4, according to a company Instagram post.
Sweet Addison’s
Sweet Addison’s is celebrating National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day this year by offering 15% off sitewide with code SWEET15 through the weekend.
Cookies & Dreams
Cookies & Dreams announced it will sell chocolate chip cookies for $2 in-store and online on Aug. 4, no codes or purchase minimums necessary, according to AARP.
Tate’s Bake Shop
All chocolate chip products from Austin, Texas-based Tate’s Bake Shop will be on sale at a discount on August 4. Get 30 percent off your online order when you enter the promo code COOKIES30 at checkout — no minimum purchase required.
DoubleTree by Hilton
Anyone who stops by one of the 400 U.S. DoubleTree by Hilton hotels on Aug. 4 will be able to get a free “complimentary signature, warm chocolate chip cookie,” or an allergy-friendly version.
Jacques Torres Chocolate
Jacques Torres Chocolate, gourmet chocolate shops, based in New York, is offering 25 percent off its signature chocolate chip cookies and chocolate chip cookie mixes, both in stores and online. Discounts will be automatically applied to your online or in-person order on August 4, but you have to buy at least one chocolate chip cookie box or mix to get the deal online.
Gopuff with Fat & Weird Cookies
Gopuff is partnering with Fat & Weird Cookies to offer a two-for-$10 promotion. The delivery service is also offering a 25 percent discount on Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix. Both deals are available from August 4 through 10 and will be automatically applied at checkout when you make a qualifying order. Note that Gopuff always has a small order fee of $4.95 for orders below $12.95. Search for Fat & Weird Cookies or Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookie mix on the Gopuff website to get these deals.
My Cookie Dealer
My Cookie Dealer is offering a special promotion for AARP readers. Get 30 percent off any online order placed from August 3 through 5 when you enter the code AARP at checkout.
REAL Cookies
REAL Cookies — a company that sells cookies free of gluten, grains, dairy, eggs, corn or soy — is celebrating with a special deal for AARP readers. Use the promo code AARPCookie to get 20 percent off online orders placed between August 1 and August 14. No minimum purchase required.
Maman
Place a Maman pickup or delivery order of $20 or greater on August 4 to receive a free classic chocolate chip cookie. Go to the Maman website or use the Maman app to get the deal.
Ray’s Cookies
Order from Ray’s Cookies between now and August 31 to get 15 percent off your purchase of $15 or greater. Just enter the code ZBARVPHEJ3WX at online checkout.
Sweet Girl Cookies
Go to the Sweet Girls Cookies website, and use the promo code CCFREESHIP to get free shipping on all Sweet Girl Cookies’ classics by the dozen boxes. This deal is live from August 1 through August 5.
Operation Cookies
The veteran-owned company Operation Cookies is offering customers a free half-dozen cookies when they buy a dozen between now and August 4. Just use the promo code CHOC_CHIP at online checkout.
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