Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Healthy For You?
A cookie a day keeps the sadness away
Chocolatey, gooey, and crunchy, chocolate chip cookies go straight to the heart, undoubtedly baking your day better and any occasion sweeter. Cookies are delights that can be enjoyed with any beverage, any time of the day, and also make for the perfect travel snack or on-the-go binge. Cookies also give the sugar rush we all need at times as well as ideal to satiate your sweet tooth. Not to mention, cookies have a separate fan base with a special love for the best chocolate cookies. Dessert time is probably the only time you will willingly accept cookies is in the form of chocolate cookies, isn’t it?
Hmmmm, mouth-watering already aren’t you?
We all love an indulgent chocolate chip cookie but do you know the history of these decadent and delicious chocolate chip cookies?
It was a fine day in 1938 when American chefs Sue Brides and Ruth Graves Wakefield invented the recipe at the Toll House Inn, Massachusetts. Chocolate Chip Cookies also popularly known as "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies" are also meant to be an accidental invention after the wide popularity of butterscotch nut cookies. The chefs were known to add Nestlé's semi-sweet chocolate bar into a cookie. Later, Nestlé struck a barter deal with Wakefield, wherein she gave the recipe to Nestlé and in return received a lifetime supply of chocolate from the company.
Besides being tasty treats, chocolate chip cookies also carry a delicious history too!
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Now we all have been led to believe that all desserts or sweets are unhealthy for us. Perhaps, it was built around the whole myth that white sugar is bad for us and brown sugar or natural sugars are super healthy. But they’re as good as myths only. Sugars can be healthy for you and so can chocolate chip cookies!
Cookies can be healthy too if they’re handmade cookies made with the right ingredients. You can easily bake wheat flour cookies with the crunch of low-fat chocolate chips. Needless to mention, some cookie brands have healthy variants to the classic chocolate chip cookies too.
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Let’s understand how chocolate chip cookies can be healthy for you?
Cookies are the perfect source of carbohydrates. On a busy day or heavy traveling schedule, they’re the ideal choice to make any hunger bangs at bay. Being high in carbohydrates, chocolate chip cookies cause our brain to release the feel-good hormone commonly known as “serotonin” So when one consumes chocolate chip cookies, one tends to feel happier and satiated for longer.
When made in wheat flour or oats flour, chocolate chip cookies become rich in vitamins, dietary fiber and a vital source of B-complex.
Chocolate chip cookies also enhance the other simple experiences of life such as a simple cup of coffee by the sunset or a sweet bonding moment with your loved ones, realising oxytocin in your brain. Oxytocin as a hormone is said to boost heart health, improve brain function, and increase your lifespan.
Even when you’re on a diet but are hungry for that sweet bite, healthy and handmade chocolate chip cookies make for those delectable treats to satisfy your cravings, guilt-free!
Move on from the myth and binge on the best cookies in Mumbai from Sweetish House Mafia- one of the finest online bakery shops in Mumbai.
From healthy chocolate chip cookies to chocolate walnut brownies to gluten-free cookies, you can relish a variety of cookies, brownies, and pound cakes to sweeten up your day!
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