Q 01/05

Ruth Wakefield developed her Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe at her inn in which US state?

A) Massachusetts

B) Pennsylvania

C) Connecticut

D) New York

Answer · why

A) Massachusetts

Massachusetts. In World War II the inn mailed its cookies to soldiers, and troops from across the US spread the craze beyond the East Coast.

Q 02/05

What was Ruth Wakefield reportedly given for her recipe, besides a promised $1?

A) A seat on Nestlé's board

B) A lifetime supply of chocolate

C) A share of every bag sold

D) A factory named in her honour

Answer · why

B) A lifetime supply of chocolate

A lifetime supply of chocolate, reportedly. In return, Nestlé printed her Toll House recipe on its chocolate packaging nationwide.

Q 03/05

What name did Nestlé give the small tear-shaped chocolate pieces it began selling for bakers?

A) Chips

B) Drops

C) Morsels

D) Bits

Answer · why

C) Morsels

Morsels. Before launching them, Nestlé sold its semi-sweet bars pre-scored into small segments so bakers could break them up for the recipe.

Q 04/05

Ruth Wakefield broke a semi-sweet chocolate bar into pieces for her first Toll House cookies using what?

A) A cheese grater

B) An ice pick

C) A meat mallet

D) A nutcracker

Answer · why

B) An ice pick

An ice pick. Despite the story that the cookie was a happy accident, Wakefield said she worked the recipe out on purpose.

Q 05/05

Oreo was launched in 1912 as an imitation of which earlier cream-filled sandwich cookie?

A) Hydrox

B) Vienna Fingers

C) Nutter Butter

D) Bourbon

Answer · why

A) Hydrox

Hydrox came first, launched in 1908, yet its imitator Oreo went on to overtake it in popularity.