Cookies. One of the United States’ favorite desserts is being celebrated this year on December 4 through National Cookie Day. This holiday may seem pointless, however, according to Statista, people across the United States purchase over two billion cookies per year, and around 95% of households eat cookies.
Specifically, students and teachers around Foran love cookies. In fact, less than 1% of Foran students either do not like/eat cookies. Foran’s top cookie choices are chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies.
Most of the cookies Foran students and staff eat are either from Crumbl Cookies or are homemade. Crumbl Cookies was the most popular, with 41% of students showing a personal preference for the popular cookies.
Offering a new flavor every week, Crumbl Cookies offers a unique way for people all around the country to enjoy all different types of cookies through quality ingredients and customization options.
Junior Caroline Geddes states, “I enjoy how they offer a new flavor every week so nothing ever gets old. My personal favorite is the Reese’s Peanut Butter cookie.”
Other students also explained that some of their favorite cookies are Crumbl flavors; including S’mores, the traditional chocolate chip, snickerdoodle, and the Blue Monster.
Celebration of National Cookie Day began in 1987 when employee Matt Nader of the San Francisco-based Blue Chip Cookie Company created the holiday. It was originally developed as a fun activity, but it quickly became popular and even received an endorsement from Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster.
In fact, while not an official celebration, The Cookie Monster first proclaimed his own National Cookie Day in the 1980 book The Sesame Street Dictionary.
However, more historically, the origin of the cookie dates all the way back to the 7th century Kingdom of Persia, soon after the use of sugar became common among civilizations. Cookies then spread to Europe through the Muslim conquest of Spain.
Cookies were common at all levels of society throughout Europe by the 14th century, including in royal cuisine and being sold through street vendors in major cities. It took until about the 16th-17th century for cookies to finally reach America, during the Spanish conquest of the continent.
So, on this December 4, celebrate National Cookie Day by picking up/purchasing some cookies at any of Milford’s local bakeries or making cookies yourself at home; also remember to share some of your cookies with your family and friends.
