Chocolate facts

The chocolate chip cookie was discovered by accident when Ruth Wakefield (an American) was preparing chocolate cookies.  She neglected to melt the lumps of chocolate first, thinking they would melt during baking but they didn’t. You can find out more about chocolate, including it's origins and how it's made, at the California Academy of Sciences web page at http://www.calacademy.org/naturalhistory/chocolate/chocolate.php