Chocolate chip cookie Two Chocolate chip cookies Course Dessert or snack Place of origin United States Region or state Whitman, Massachusetts Created by Ruth Graves Wakefield, Toll House Inn Invented circa 1938 Main ingredients Flour, sugar, brown sugar, butter or margarine, chocolate chips, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, salt Variations Multiple, including adding nuts, oatmeal, peanut butter Cookbook: Chocolate chip cookie Media: Chocolate chip cookie