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Author of the article: Rita DeMontis Publishing date: May 13, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read • Photo by igoriss /Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content National Chocolate Chip Day is coming up this Saturday, May 15 – but, seriously, do we need a special day to recognize such a delicious occasion? Well, the history of the chocolate chip cookie is just as delightful and delicious as the cookie itself: Back in the late 1930s, famous chef and baker Ruth Graves Wakefield started experimenting with a traditional cookie recipe to serve to the guests at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts that she and her husband owned. Wakefield added chopped up pieces of a Nestle semi-sweet chocolate bar to her traditional cookie dough, resulting in the invention of the famous Toll ....