Chocolate Chunk Cookies by Back To Nature (2023)

FAQs

What's the difference between chocolate chunks and chocolate chips? ›

It comes down to, simply, each one's ability to melt. Chocolate chunks melt smoother and more evenly, and set up firmer, threading beautifully — and evenly — into the dough. Chocolate chips, however, are designed to hold its shape even in the highest of heat.

Believe it or not, everyone's favorite chocolate chip cookie is now over 80 years old! The original recipe was created in the late 1930s by Ruth Wakefield who famously ran the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts.

All Back to Nature products are made with plant-based ingredients, with the exception of a few products that contain honey.

In the case of chocolate chip cookies, though, you can definitely use them interchangeably. You'll notice the chocolate chips will be mostly be intact, while the chopped baking chocolate often melts into lovely little puddles of chocolate onto the cookie. Either way, you will almost always end up with a tasty treat!

Oreo Cookies

Oreo, the best-selling cookie brand in America, generates over $675 Million in annual revenue!

Invention. The chocolate chip cookie was invented by American chef Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1938. She invented the recipe during the period when she owned the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Massachusetts. In this era, the Toll House Inn was a popular restaurant that featured home cooking.

Cate is Cookie Girl, a legendary character in West Londons Notting Hill. From early years walking around Portobello Market selling cookies from a basket, via a best selling recipe book and popular column, she has worked hard to establish her successful baking business. But now her mid life crisis has hit hard.

Depending on the recipe, and more specifically how much refined sugars they contain vegan cookies probably aren't the healthiest option when it comes to a sweet treat. Opting for a recipe that uses natural fruit-sugars to sweeten them could be the healthiest option.

That means no eggs, butter or milk, as well as some sugars and honeys as well. A lot of times, regular baking calls for a lot of artificial and heavily processed foods whereas vegan baking usually uses better-for-you alternatives to less-than-healthy ingredients.

What does vegan mean in a cookie? ›

Vegan means that there are no animal products in your diet. Vegan ingredients are always plant-based, and some vegans even avoid honey because they refuse to steal from the bees. Vegan desserts won't use butter, milk, or eggs.

Traditional chocolate cookies and chocolate chip cookies are not considered to be healthy on their own due to the large amount of sugar and butter used to make them. However, you can still enjoy these cookies in moderation and as part of a healthy diet.

Cookie Trivia: Eating and Baking Cookies

Americans consume over 2 billion cookies a year … about 300 cookies for each person. The average American eats 35,000 cookies in a lifetime. 95.2 percent of U.S. households consume cookies.

The most cookies baked in one hour is 6,018 and was achieved by Frank Squeo and Baking Memories 4 Kids (both USA), in West Nyack, New York, USA, on 7 December 2019.

Fortunately, chocolate chips and chocolate chunks are interchangeable in recipes, so you can use whichever style of chocolate you prefer or simply use up whatever you have on hand without worry.

Chopped Dark Chocolate Bar

If you want to experience the extra softness and chewiness of your favorite chocolate chip cookies, chop up a bar of dark chocolate and mix the chunks in the dough. Dark chocolate, which contains from 50% to 90% cocoa solids, is often referred to as the best chocolate for cookies.

Baking chunks are made from milk chocolate that has been chopped into small pieces, making them ideal for adding to recipes. Adding milk chocolate baking chunks to a recipe can add a rich, chocolate flavor. They can be used in a variety of recipes, such as cookies, brownies, and cakes.