Where was the chocolate chip cookie invented? Ruth Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie at her lodge, The Toll House Inn. Yep, that’s right. That’s where we got the Toll House name from.

The original chocolate chip cookie was the invention of Ruth Graves Wakefield, who, with her husband, ran the popular Toll House Restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, in the 1930s. After being in ...

Food Stylist: Liza Jernow. This recipe is very close to the original created by Ruth Wakefield, the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, who ran the Toll House Inn in the 1930s. Julia Gartland ...