# What kind of cookie is a chocolate chip cookie without chocolate chips?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cookie-is-a-chocolate-chip-cookie-without-chocolate-chips/238719>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2004, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cookie-is-a-chocolate-chip-cookie-without-chocolate-chips/238719 "2004-04-07T11:14:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cookie-is-a-chocolate-chip-cookie-without-chocolate-chips/238719/41 "2004-04-13T15:31:37Z")

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I’m sure I put ‘really’ in italics. Not ‘hungry’

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**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cookie-is-a-chocolate-chip-cookie-without-chocolate-chips/238719/42 "2004-04-13T17:10:43Z")

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Well, I’d say that that the kind of cookie is simply “Very salty.” Since I’m actually fonder of butterscotch than I am chocolate (please, no “for shame” comments, they’re predictable and dull), I once made Chocolate Zip Cookies using the Toll House recipe. I suspect that because of the chocolate’s sweetness, Mrs. Wakefield added rather more salt to the base. I don’t recall if I used salted or unsalted butter, but most Americans use salted butter so you’d think that’s what she’d have calibrated the recipe for. I also recall that I didn’t use the nuts, either, although they also might help give it a more balanced flavor.

Anyway, I’d both reduce the salt and use unsalted butter if you make the recipe completely nekkid.

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**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cookie-is-a-chocolate-chip-cookie-without-chocolate-chips/238719/43 "2004-04-13T18:33:20Z")

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Dammit, I get through Easter without dipping into the kids sweets and then you guys start this. You’re all evil.

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**Author:** ![Dystopos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@Dystopos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dystopos)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cookie-is-a-chocolate-chip-cookie-without-chocolate-chips/238719/44 "2004-04-15T23:25:39Z")

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> [@AngelicGemma](#):
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> I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t eat an entire tray of cookies before they cool. Not unless I was really _hungry_ anyway! 😃

It’s all a matter of planning. Cook only what you mean to eat. And if it’s not enough, supplement by eating the dough 🙂

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