🍪COOKIES🍪
What are you grateful for today?
Comment with something you are grateful for that starts with the letter Cc.
I am thankful for Cookies.
Cookies: Crumbs of History and a Dash of Fun
Ever wonder how cookies became the sweet little bites we know and love today? Their story dates back to the 7th-century Persia, where bakers first began experimenting with sugar in innovative and delicious ways. The Dutch gave us the word “cookie” (from “koekje,” meaning “little cake”), and from there, it took on a life of its own.
One of my favorite cookie origin stories? Chocolate chip cookies were a happy accident. In 1930, Ruth Wakefield ran out of baker’s chocolate and chopped up a Nestlé bar instead. Spoiler: the chunks didn’t melt the way she expected, but history was made.
Across the globe, cookies take on a whole new identity. Brits call them biscuits, the French have sablés, Italians offer biscotti—and despite popular belief, those crispy little fortune cookies were born in California, not China.
Want to talk cookie fame? Oreos are the top-selling cookie on the planet, and America alone consumes 2 billion cookies a year. That’s about 300 per person—no judgment here.
Oh, and here’s one for your trivia stash: the world’s largest cookie weighed in at over 40,000 pounds. Let that sink in.
And for the holiday bakers out there, mark your calendar for December 4th—National Cookie Day, as if we needed an excuse.
One last quirky bite: on Sesame Street, Cookie Monster’s “cookies” are painted rice cakes. (Gotta protect those puppets!)
There are many things to be thankful for! Expressing gratitude is beneficial for your well-being. It makes others happy as well as yourself. So, always remember to be grateful!
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