20 “accidental” inventions and discoveries

Chocolate chip cookies

Ruth Graves Wakefield was the co-owner of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts. In 1936, not having enough chocolate for her cookies, she replaced it with Nestlé’s semi-sweet chocolate chips. She discovered that these chips didn’t melt during the cooking process…with delicious results! Nestlé thought this was such a good idea that they decided to print the recipe on the packaging of their chocolate chips. Nestlé Toll House cookies hit the shelves a few years later!

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