of course, not everyone is a fan of frozen treats. some prefer the indulgence of delicious fresh baked goods, like chocolate chip cookies. these people should be grateful for an accidental discovery made by an american housewife and inn owner in 1930. one day ruth wakefield was making chocolate cookie when she realized that she had run out of baker's chocolate. wakefield decided to subsitute broken-up pieces of a chocolate bar she had on hand. she assumed that the small pieces of chocolate would malt and mix into the butter. however, after taking the cookie out of the oven, wakefield discovered that the chocolate hadn't melted. instead, there were little chops of chocolate throughout the cookie. much to wakefield's delight, the chocolate chips cookie proved to be a great success with her family and guests. wakefield sold the recipe to the chocolate company nestle in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate chips. it wasn't long before the chocolate chips cookie become a world-famous treat