Illustration from CakespyIt's hard to believe that the chocolate chip cookie is less than a hundred years old. (Some commenters really don't believe it.) But in its seventy-odd years of history, it's come an awfully long way. Cakespy has an illustrated timeline of the chocolate chipper, including such landmark events as the launch of Chips Ahoy (1963), Cookie Crisp (1977), and refrigerated cookie dough (1980), and the opening of City Bakery (1990). Biggest surprise for me: Cookie dough ice cream didn't appear until the '90s? I'd definitely projected it much farther back into my childhood....
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I buy free-range chicken, local apples, and strawberries only in season. But when it comes to desserts, whether or not they're made from all natural ingredients couldn't be further from my mind. After all, I grew up in the state that invented Marshmallow Fluff, on a steady diet of Pop-Tarts, Double-Stuff Oreos, and Hoodsie Cups. But lately, I've noticed a lot of "healthy" baking mixes on supermarket shelves. I was curious: how would they compare to standard versions? I decided to put Nature's Path Organic Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix ($4.49) to the test....
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