Utah Knows How To Celebrate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

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It is time to celebrate the chocolate chip cookie. This time of year is marked by a national chocolate chip cookie day. On August 4th we all gather around the cookie counter and raise our chocolate chippy offering and salute the comfort food of choice. There are even places that will bonus you a cookie for free or a discounted price.

Chocolate Chip Preference

In a recent survey about 75% of cookie consumers say that chocolate chip is the most iconic, recognized and loved variety. In Utah according to several sources we favor the chocolate variety more than any other. According to The Tasting Table RubySnap has the highlight chocolate chip cookie worth saluting in Utah. They also listed favorite chocolate chip cookie experiences for each state in our chocolate chip studded union. according to them our neighbors in Nevada offer the luxury of CurlyTop Baker in Las Vegas. If you get a chance to drop by one of these bakeries, they say it will be worth the visit.

Impressive Cookie Statistics

Too properly celebrate this special time of year we need to sit back and appreciate the power of the cookie in our everyday life. Here are three stats that might help you appreciate the cookie in Utah even more:

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- In the United States cookies generates over $4 billion in annual retail sales. That's a lot of chips on the table.

- How about this for a point of pride. The top five cookie-consuming states are Utah, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming

- About 41% of us eat cookies once a week or more with the average household purchasing 250 cookies per year. Let's see 250 divided by 52 weeks, hmmm some households are doing more than their part.