âAt that moment it was new and understandably rattling to him,â Condon says.
Created as an accompaniment to ice cream, the chocolate-chip cookie quickly became so celebrated that Marjorie Husted (a.k.a. Betty Crocker) featured it on her radio program. On March 20, 1939, Wakefield gave Nestle nestlÃ© the right to use her cookie recipe and The Toll house. name
Esther Price started the company in 1926 after her department store co-workers for whom she often made chocolates encouraged her to start her own business. Esther Price Candies employees Wendy Newcomb, left, and Tammy Brewer make peanut butter filling for chocolates.