National Cookie Day Timeline

1963

Chips Ahoy!

Chips Ahoy! debuted their cookie brand in 1963.

Late 1930s

Toll House Cookies

Ruth Wakefield, who ran the popular Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, brought the Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie into being, which is considered the first chocolate chip cookie.

1912

Oreos

Oreos, which were originally made as a knockoff of the first chocolate sandwich cookie called Hydrox, made its way to stores.

1853

The original Keebler elf

Godfrey Keebler opened his neighborhood bakery in Philadelphia.