National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day is Aug. 4. Here's some sweet deals.
Chocolate chip cookies hold a special place in people's hearts and stomachs, as further proven by YouGov's most popular dish survey that ranked the often-gooey dessert as the most popular dish for the second quarter of 2025, beating out the likes of nachos, lasagna and more.
With the invention of chocolate chip cookies dating back about a century, it is no wonder the dessert has its own day. Here is what to know about National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, including how it came about and a couple of deals that will help you satisfy your craving.
What is the origin of chocolate chip cookies?
Ruth Wakefield, a chef who ran the Toll House Inn with her husband in Whitman, Massachusetts, is credited with inventing chocolate chip cookies in 1937 when she cut a semi-sweet chocolate bar into bits and added them to her Butter Drop Do cookies. She published a recipe for the cookies in 1938, and Nestlé began promoting the recipe on its packaging and in the company's ads.
While Wakefield is credited, there is evidence that chocolate chip cookies were around in the 1870s. In her 2017 book "BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts," author and pastry chef Stella Parks explains how she discovered chocolate chip cookies being advertised in supermarket ads in the early 1930s and recipes for "Chocolate Jumbles" cookies made with grated chocolate printed as far back as 1877.
Still, Wakefield having "popularized and developed a recipe that is still in use 100 years later is incredibly impressive," Parks told the Gastropod podcast, which is hosted on the food news site Eater, in April 2022.
Regardless of who created them, chocolate chip cookies are here to stay, and Aug. 4 will be your chance to snag one either for free or at a discount. Here are some National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day deals.
Insomnia Cookies
Insomnia Cookies will be offering a free Chocolate Chunk Cookie with any purchase from Aug. 1 to Aug. 4, according to a company Instagram post.
Sweet Addison's
Sweet Addison's is celebrating National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day this year by offering 15% off sitewide with code SWEET15 through the weekend.
Tate's Bake Shop
The Austin, Texas-based company is celebrating National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day by offering 30% off all chocolate chip products on tatesbakeshop.com with code COOKIES30 at checkout (no minimum order value).
DoubleTree by Hilton: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day freebie
Anyone who stops by one of the 400 U.S. DoubleTree by Hilton hotels on Aug. 4 will be able to get a free "complimentary signature, warm chocolate chip cookie," or an allergy-friendly version.
Cookies & Dreams
Cookies & Dreams announced it will sell chocolate chip cookies for $2 in-store and online on Aug. 4, no codes or purchase minimums necessary, according to AARP.
Jonathan Limehouse covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at JLimehouse@gannett.com.
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