Celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day Sunday by Visiting One of These 10 Mouth-Watering Eateries
Celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day Sunday by Visiting One of These 10 Mouth-Watering Eateries
Sunday we pay tribute to one of America’s favorite desserts with National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. The beloved treat was created nearby in Whitman, Mass., in 1938, when local chefs Ruth Graves Wakefield and Sue Brides sprinkled chopped pieces of a Nestle semi-sweet chocolate bar into their vanilla cookies. At the time, Wakefield owned the popular Toll House Inn, which was famous for its butterscotch nut cookies. She and Brides wanted to give diners something new and the Toll House cookie, as it was originally known, was born.
The two chefs could never have imagined how popular their creation would become. Today, at least 7 billion chocolate chip cookies are consumed annually in the United States.
In honor of National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day and given that it’s the official state cookie of Massachusetts, we thought it fitting to put together a list of 10 local restaurants and bakeries around Boston known for their delicious chocolate chip cookies. Our top spots:
1.
Cafe Madeleine
Must try: Classic chocolate chip cookie
This South End patisserie is renowned for its croissants, fruit tarts, cinnamon rolls, and other dazzling confections. But not to be missed are their incredible soft, yet crunchy chocolate chip cookies. A combination of sweet and salty flavors and loaded with butter and large chunks of chocolate, they top our list. Cafe Madeleine’s classic chocolate chip cookie has been voted one of the city’s best chocolate chip cookies by both Yelp and Baystate Bites. One bite and you’ll know why.
2.
Allium Market & Cafe
Must try: Perfect chocolate chip cookie
Allium’s specialty homemade chocolate chip cookies ooze with melted chocolate chunks and are sprinkled with sea salt. Their perfect chocolate chip cookie is made with butter, brown sugar, and premium French Valrhona chocolate
3.
Blunch
Must try: Triple chocolate chip cookie
This South End sandwich shop, located across from the Medical Campus, serves enormous chocolate chip cookies made with chunks, not chips, and featuring golden-brown edges and a soft center.
4.
Flour Bakery + Cafe
Must try: TCHO chocolate chip cookie
With nine locations in Boston and Cambridge (the Dalton Street eatery is the closest to BU’s campus), award-winning Flour Cafe + Bakery has become one of the most popular destinations for those with a sweet tooth. Pies, cakes, muffins, sweet breads, tarts—they’re all spectacular. Not surprisingly, Flour’s chocolate chip cookie exceeds all expectations by combining both milk chocolate and dark chocolate. It’s decadently delicious.
5.
Kohi Coffee Company
Must try: Salted chocolate chip cookie
Kohi Coffee Company has earned a reputation for its organic, fair trade, and single-origin coffee and espresso drinks, but they also serve up a chocolate chip cookie that is the perfect combination of sweet and salty.
6.
Clear Flour Bakery
Must try: Chocolate chunk cookie
A Brookline favorite, Clear Flour Bakery’s Italian- and French-inspired pastries are made with organic flour, and their chewy bakery cookies come in both standard sizes or in small bags to take on the go.
7.
Insomnia Cookies
Must try: Double chocolate chunk cookie
As the University’s unofficial go-to spot for cookies, Insomnia Cookies offers both a double chocolate chunk cookie and a triple chocolate chunk cookie—it’s all about how chunky you like yours.
8.
The Thinking Cup
Must try: Sea-salted chocolate chip cookie
This Boston-based coffee shop is best known for its Stumptown coffee, but crowds gobble up its sea-salted chocolate chip cookies as well. The cookies have a warm and gooey consistency with just a hint of saltiness. You can also order gluten-free chocolate chip cookies here, too.
9.
Bailey & Sage
Must try: Dark chocolate chip cookie
Bailey & Sage is famous for its artisan sandwiches and chopped salads served in Chinese takeout–like containers, but diners will be hard-pressed to resist their thick and chewy chocolate chip cookies. They’re worth every calorie.
10.
Sweet Tooth Bakery
Must try: Milk chocolate chip cookie
Sweet Tooth Bakery has a reputation for creating extravagantly beautiful cakes for birthdays and special occasions, but their milk chocolate chip cookies, which one fan likened to having a “religious experience,” are a must. They’re much sweeter than your average chocolate chip cookie.
Have a favorite spot to buy chocolate chip cookies that’s not on our list? Add it in the Comment section below.
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