The best chocolate chip cookie in every state
- Yelp rounded up the best chocolate chip cookies in every state.
- From bakeries to cafés to creameries, they all look delicious.
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Did you know that chocolate chip cookies were invented by accident?
In 1930, Ruth Graves Wakefield of the Toll House Inn ran out of baker's chocolate and decided to chop up a block of Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate instead, hoping that it would melt and blend into the cookie dough. When the pieces kept their crunch while oozing chocolatey goodness, people couldn't get enough, and the chocolate chip cookie was born.
Their popularity has only grown. These days, Americans eat 7 billion chocolate chip cookies every year.
Yelp looked at reviews from bakeries, cafés, and creameries around the US to find the single-best one in every state.
Hope you've got a glass of milk ready.
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ALABAMA: Church Street Coffee and Books
Location: Birmingham, AL
ALASKA: Fire Island Rustic Bakeshop
Location: Anchorage, AK
ARIZONA: La Grande Orange Grocery
Location: Phoenix, AZ
ARKANSAS: The Root Cafe
Location: Little Rock, AR
CALIFORNIA: Antoine's Cookie Shop
Location: San Mateo, CA
COLORADO: Santa Fe Cookie Company
Location: Denver, CO
CONNECTICUT: Moon Rocks Gourmet Cookies
Location: Hamden, CT
WASHINGTON, DC: Baked & Wired
Location: Washington, DC
DELAWARE: Fractured Prune
Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE
FLORIDA: Gideon's Bakehouse
Location: Orlando, FL
GEORGIA: Ali's Cookies
Location: Atlanta, GA
HAWAII: Scratch Kitchen & Bake Shop
Location: Honolulu, HI
IDAHO: Great Harvest Bread Co
Location: Boise, ID
ILLINOIS: Sweet Mandy B's
Location: Chicago, IL
INDIANA: Amelia's
Location: Indianapolis, IN
IOWA: Scenic Route Bakery
Location: Des Moines, IA
KANSAS: Nothing Bundt Cakes
Location: Overland Park, KS
KENTUCKY: Please & Thank You
Location: Louisville, KY
LOUISIANA: Creole Creamery
Location: New Orleans, LA
MAINE: Standard Baking
Location: Portland, Maine
MARYLAND: Miss Shirley's Cafe
Location: Baltimore, MD
MASSACHUSETTS: Mike's Pastry
Location: Boston, MA
MICHIGAN: Avalon International Breads
Location: Detroit, MI
MINNESOTA: Sebastian Joe's
Location: Minneapolis, MN
MISSISSIPPI: Bop's
Location: Starkville, MS
MISSOURI: Hot Box Cookies
Location: St. Louis, MO
MONTANA: Park Ave Bakery
Location: Helena, MT
NEBRASKA: Eileen's Colossal Cookies
Location: Omaha, NE
NEVADA: Salted Malted Bakery & Creamery
Location: North Las Vegas, NV
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Lexie's Joint
Location: Portsmouth, NH
NEW JERSEY: Halo Pub
Location: Princeton, NJ
NEW MEXICO: Rude Boy Cookies
Location: Albuquerque, NM
NEW YORK: Levain Bakery
Location: New York, NY
NORTH CAROLINA: Sunflour Baking Company
Location: Charlotte, NC
NORTH DAKOTA: Boneshaker Coffee
Location: Bismarck, ND
OHIO: Blackbird Baking Company
Location: Lakewood, OH
OKLAHOMA: Green Goodies
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
OREGON: Ruby Jewel
Location: Portland, OR
PENNSYLVANIA: The Bakeshop on 20th
Location: Philadelphia, PA
RHODE ISLAND: Wildflour Vegan Bakery and Café
Location: Pawtucket, RI
SOUTH CAROLINA: Chow Daddys
Location: Hilton Head Island, SC
SOUTH DAKOTA: Coffea Roasterie
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
TENNESSEE: Jake's Bakes
Location: Nashville, TN
TEXAS: Tiff's Treats
Location: Dallas, TX
UTAH: Buds
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
VERMONT: Ponce Bistro
Location: Manchester, VT
VIRGINIA: Bakeshop
Location: Arlington, VA
WASHINGTON: Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery
Location: Seattle, WA
WEST VIRGINIA: Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery
Location: Shepherdstown, WV
WISCONSIN: Rocket Baby Bakery
Location: Wauwatosa, WI
WYOMING: Persephone Bakery
Location: Jackson, WY