 
History of NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE
Back in 1930, Kenneth and Ruth Wakefield purchased a Cape
Cod-style TOLL HOUSE located halfway between Boston and
New Bedford, on the outskirts of Whitman, Massachusetts.
Originally constructed in 1709, the house served as a haven
for road-weary travelers. Here, passengers paid toll, changed
horses and ate much-welcomed home-cooked meals. It was
also here, over 200 years later, that the Wakefields decided
to open a lodge, calling it the TOLL HOUSE Inn.
 In keeping
with the tradition of creating delicious homemade meals,
Ruth baked for guests who stayed at the TOLL HOUSE
Inn. As she improved upon traditional Colonial recipes,
Ruth's incredible desserts began attracting people from all
over
New England.
One day, while preparing a batch of Butter Drop
Do cookies, a favorite recipe dating back to Colonial days,
Ruth cut
a bar of our NESTLÉ Semi-Sweet Chocolate into tiny
bits and added them to her dough, expecting them to melt.
Instead,
the chocolate held its shape and softened to a delicately
creamy texture. The resulting creation became
very popular
at the Inn. Soon, Ruth's recipe was published in a Boston
newspaper, as well as other papers in the New England
area. Regional sales of our delicious NESTLÉ Semi-Sweet
Chocolate Bar skyrocketed.
 Ruth eventually approached
NESTLÉ and together, we
reached an agreement that allowed us to print what
would become the TOLL HOUSE Cookie recipe on the wrapper
of
our Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar. Part of this agreement included
supplying Ruth with all of the chocolate she could
use to
make her delicious cookies for the rest of her life.
As
the popularity of the TOLL HOUSE cookie continued to
grow, we looked for ways to make it easier for people
to
bake.
Soon, we began scoring the Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar,
and packaged it with a special chopper for easily
cutting it
into small morsels. Shortly after, in 1939, we began
offering tiny pieces of chocolate in convenient,
ready-to-use packages
and that is how the first NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE
Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels were introduced.
Since
they were first used by Ruth Wakefield in what
would become the most popular cookie of all time,
NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Morsels have satisfied the chocolate
cravings of millions. Today, they're used to make
many of the hundreds
of delectable chocolate desserts all across America
and around the globe.
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