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{{Short description|1930–1984 hotel in Whitman, Massachusetts}}
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The '''Toll House Inn''' of [[Whitman, Massachusetts]], was established in 1930 by Kenneth and [[Ruth Graves Wakefield]]. Toll House [[chocolate chip cookie]]s are named after the inn.
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The '''Toll House Inn''' was an [[inn]] located in [[Whitman, Massachusetts]], established in 1930 by Kenneth and [[Ruth Graves Wakefield]]. The ''Toll House'' [[chocolate chip cookie]]s are named after the inn.<ref name=netf>[https://newengland.com/today/food/toll-house-cookies/ Toll The Original Chocolate Chip Cookie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808131246/https://newengland.com/today/food/toll-house-cookies/ |date=2021-08-08 }} by Aimee Tucker on New England Today Food, March 26, 2020</ref>


==History==
==History==
Contrary to its name and the sign, which still stands despite the building having burned down in 1984, the site was never a [[toll house]], and it was built in 1817, not 1709. The use of "toll house" and "1709" was a marketing strategy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Classic cookie creators |publisher=SS living |newspaper=South Shore Living |date=Nov 2011 |url=http://www.ssliving.com/South-Shore-Living/November-2011/Classic-Cookie-Creators/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012717/http://www.ssliving.com/South-Shore-Living/November-2011/Classic-Cookie-Creators/ |archivedate=2013-10-05 }}.</ref>

Ruth Wakefield cooked all the food served and soon gained local fame for her [[dessert]]s. According to early accounts, Wakefield created the first [[chocolate chip cookie]] using a bar of [[semi-sweet chocolate]] made by [[Nestlé]] while adapting her butter drop dough cookie [[recipe]].<ref name="ideafinder">{{cite web | website= Idea finder | url= http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/tollhouse.htm | title= Toll House Cookie History – Invention of Toll House Cookies | accessdate= 2009-07-30 | archive-date= 2009-03-17 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090317233412/http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/tollhouse.htm | url-status= live }}</ref><ref name= "toll_house_cafe">{{cite web | website= Very Best Baking | url= https://www.verybestbaking.com/articles/nestle-toll-house-story | title= The Nestlé Toll House Story | accessdate= 2015-09-21 | archive-date= 2015-09-05 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905120831/https://www.verybestbaking.com/articles/nestle-toll-house-story | url-status= dead }}</ref><ref name="inventor">{{cite web|url= http://www.women-inventors.com/Ruth-Wakefield.asp|title= Ruth Wakefield: Chocolate Chip Cookie Inventor|accessdate= 2009-07-30|website= Women Inventors|archive-date= 2020-11-06|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201106002116/http://www.women-inventors.com/Ruth-Wakefield.asp|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name= "mit"/> In 1938, Wakefield and her assistant, Sue Brides, used chocolate after wanting to "do something a little more interesting with" their already popular butterscotch nut cookie.<ref name= "Baker's Daughter">{{cite web | website= WCVB5 | date= June 21, 2017 | url= https://www.wcvb.com/article/bakers-daughter-reveals-real-recipe-for-toll-house-chocolate-chip-cookies/10199253 | title= Baker's daughter reveals 'real recipe' for Toll House chocolate chip cookies | accessdate= 2021-09-30 | archive-date= 2017-12-27 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171227113121/http://www.wcvb.com/article/bakers-daughter-reveals-real-recipe-for-toll-house-chocolate-chip-cookies/10199253 | url-status= live }}</ref>


The new dessert soon became very popular. Wakefield contacted Nestlé and they struck a deal: the company would print her recipe on the cover of all their semi-sweet chocolate bars, and she would get a lifetime supply of chocolate. Nestlé began marketing chocolate chips to be used especially for [[cookies]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} Wakefield wrote a [[cookbook]], ''Toll House Tried and True Recipes'', that went through 39 printings.<ref name= "mit">{{cite web |url= http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/wakefield.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20030403224649/http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/wakefield.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2003-04-03|title=Inventor of the Week Archive: Chocolate Chip Cookie |accessdate= 2009-08-01|website=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]}}</ref>
Contrary to its name and the sign, which still stands despite the building burning down in 1984, the place was never a [[toll house]] and it was built in 1817, not 1709. The "toll house" and the "1709" was a marketing strategy.<ref>{{Citation|title=Classic cookie creators |publisher=SS living |newspaper=South Shore Living |date=Nov 2011 |url=http://www.ssliving.com/South-Shore-Living/November-2011/Classic-Cookie-Creators/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012717/http://www.ssliving.com/South-Shore-Living/November-2011/Classic-Cookie-Creators/ |archivedate=2013-10-05 |df= }}.</ref>


Wakefield died in 1977, and the Toll House Inn [https://www.wickedlocal.com/picture-gallery/archive/2018/11/23/back-in-the-day-at/65734587007/ burned down from a fire] that started in the kitchen on [[New Year's Eve]] 1984.<ref name="stack1985">{{cite news| last = Stack | first = James | date = January 6, 1985 | title = A landmark burns | newspaper = [[The Boston Globe]]}}.</ref> The inn was not rebuilt. The site, at 362 Bedford Street, is marked with a historical marker and mounted restored sign.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Fontes| first = Kristina| title = A Taste of Old Colony History: Bake historical recipes with Old Colony History Museum| work = Taunton Daily Gazette| accessdate = 2023-10-18| url = https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2021/01/27/taste-old-colony-history-toll-house-cookies/4267868001/| archive-date = 2023-10-29| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231029144619/https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/local/2021/01/27/taste-old-colony-history-toll-house-cookies/4267868001/| url-status = live}}</ref> Although there are many manufacturers of chocolate chips today, Nestlé still publishes Wakefield's recipe on the back of each package of Toll House Morsels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/185/Nestle-Toll-House-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies|title=Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies - Recipe File|website=Cooking For Engineersaccess-date=2018-05-26|access-date=2017-10-06|archive-date=2017-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007042608/http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/185/Nestle-Toll-House-Chocolate-Chip-Cookies|url-status=live}}</ref>
Ruth cooked all the food served and soon gained local fame for her [[dessert]]s. In 1936, while adapting her butter drop dough cookie [[recipe]], she became the [[inventor]] of the first chocolate chip cookie using a bar of [[semi-sweet chocolate]] made by [[Nestlé]].<ref name="nestle">{{cite web|url= http://www.nestlecafe.com/TollHouseHistory/tabid/56/ |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090130025350/http://www.nestlecafe.com/TollHouseHistory/tabid/56/Default.aspx |archivedate= 2009-01-30 |title=Toll House History. Take a step back in Nestlé history |publisher= [[Nestlé]] |accessdate= 2009-07-30}}</ref><ref name="ideafinder">{{cite web | publisher = Idea finder | url= http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/tollhouse.htm |title=Toll House Cookie History – Invention of Toll House Cookies|accessdate= 2009-07-30}}</ref><ref name= "toll_house_cafe">{{cite web | publisher = Very best baking | url= https://www.verybestbaking.com/articles/nestle-toll-house-story |title=The Nestlé Toll House Story |accessdate= 2015-09-21}}</ref><ref name="inventor">{{cite web|url= http://www.women-inventors.com/Ruth-Wakefield.asp |title= Ruth Wakefield: Chocolate Chip Cookie Inventor|accessdate= 2009-07-30}}</ref><ref name= "mit"/> The new dessert soon became very popular. Ruth contacted Nestlé and they struck a deal: The company would print her recipe on the cover of all their semi-sweet chocolate bars, and she would get a lifetime supply of chocolate. Nestlé began marketing chocolate chips to be used especially for [[cookies]].<ref name="nestle"/> Ruth wrote a [[cookbook]], ''Toll House Tried and True Recipes'', that went through 39 printings starting in 1940.<ref name= "mit">{{cite web |url= http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/wakefield.html|title=Inventor of the Week Archive: Chocolate Chip Cookie |accessdate= 2009-08-01|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]}}</ref>


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Ruth died in 1977, and the Toll House Inn burned down from a fire that started in the kitchen on [[New Year's Eve]] 1984.<ref name="stack1984">{{Citation | last = Stack | first = James | date = January 6, 1985 | title = A landmark burns | newspaper = [[Boston Globe]]}}.</ref> The inn was not rebuilt. The site is marked with a historical marker, and that land is now home to a [[Wendy's]] restaurant and [[Walgreens]] pharmacy. Although there are many manufacturers of chocolate chips today, Nestlé still publishes the recipe on the back of each package of Toll House Morsels.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
Toll House Inn Restaurant.jpg|Toll House Inn Restaurant, Route 18, Whitman, Massachusetts, prior to destruction in 1984 fire
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 12:54, 27 June 2024

For other uses, see Toll house (disambiguation).
Toll House Inn
The restored sign of the Toll House Inn, with a commemorative plaque underneath
Map
General information
Address362 Bedford Street
Town or cityWhitman, Massachusetts
CountryU.S.
Coordinates42°04′15″N 70°56′54″W / 42.0709°N 70.94825°W / 42.0709; -70.94825
Opened1930
Demolished1984; 40 years ago (1984)
OwnerRuth Graves Wakefield

The Toll House Inn was an inn located in Whitman, Massachusetts, established in 1930 by Kenneth and Ruth Graves Wakefield. The Toll House chocolate chip cookies are named after the inn.[1]

History[edit]

Contrary to its name and the sign, which still stands despite the building having burned down in 1984, the site was never a toll house, and it was built in 1817, not 1709. The use of "toll house" and "1709" was a marketing strategy.[2]

Ruth Wakefield cooked all the food served and soon gained local fame for her desserts. According to early accounts, Wakefield created the first chocolate chip cookie using a bar of semi-sweet chocolate made by Nestlé while adapting her butter drop dough cookie recipe.[3][4][5][6] In 1938, Wakefield and her assistant, Sue Brides, used chocolate after wanting to "do something a little more interesting with" their already popular butterscotch nut cookie.[7]

The new dessert soon became very popular. Wakefield contacted Nestlé and they struck a deal: the company would print her recipe on the cover of all their semi-sweet chocolate bars, and she would get a lifetime supply of chocolate. Nestlé began marketing chocolate chips to be used especially for cookies.[citation needed] Wakefield wrote a cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes, that went through 39 printings.[6]

Wakefield died in 1977, and the Toll House Inn burned down from a fire that started in the kitchen on New Year's Eve 1984.[8] The inn was not rebuilt. The site, at 362 Bedford Street, is marked with a historical marker and mounted restored sign.[9] Although there are many manufacturers of chocolate chips today, Nestlé still publishes Wakefield's recipe on the back of each package of Toll House Morsels.[10]

  • Toll House Inn Restaurant, Route 18, Whitman, Massachusetts, prior to destruction in 1984 fire
    Toll House Inn Restaurant, Route 18, Whitman, Massachusetts, prior to destruction in 1984 fire

References[edit]

  1. ^ Toll The Original Chocolate Chip Cookie Archived 2021-08-08 at the Wayback Machine by Aimee Tucker on New England Today Food, March 26, 2020
  2. ^ "Classic cookie creators". South Shore Living. SS living. Nov 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05..
  3. ^ "Toll House Cookie History – Invention of Toll House Cookies". Idea finder. Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  4. ^ "The Nestlé Toll House Story". Very Best Baking. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  5. ^ "Ruth Wakefield: Chocolate Chip Cookie Inventor". Women Inventors. Archived from the original on 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  6. ^ a b "Inventor of the Week Archive: Chocolate Chip Cookie". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 2003-04-03. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  7. ^ "Baker's daughter reveals 'real recipe' for Toll House chocolate chip cookies". WCVB5. June 21, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  8. ^ Stack, James (January 6, 1985). "A landmark burns". The Boston Globe..
  9. ^ Fontes, Kristina. "A Taste of Old Colony History: Bake historical recipes with Old Colony History Museum". Taunton Daily Gazette. Archived from the original on 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  10. ^ "Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies - Recipe File". Cooking For Engineersaccess-date=2018-05-26. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
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