chocolate chipn.
/ˌtʃɒk(ə)lət ˈtʃɪp/, U.S. /ˌtʃɔk(ə)lət ˈtʃɪp/, /ˌtʃɑk(ə)lət ˈtʃɪp/ Originally North American.
Originally: an item of confectionery made from or coated in chocolate (cf. chip n.2 2e). Later: a small (esp. drop-shaped) piece of chocolate used in sweet biscuits, cakes, desserts, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > chocolate as sweetener > [noun]
chocolate chip1877
choc chip1903
1877 Oakland (Calif.) Daily Evening Tribune 12 Apr. (advt.) Molasses and chocolate chips fresh and delicious at Bacon't palace of Sweets.
1887 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 21 May Chocolate chips are always popular among the habitues of eastern watering places, and for economy and deliciousness there is nothing in the saccharine trade to compare with them.
1905 Theatre Mag. Mar. p. viii/1 (advt.) Honey Comb Chocolate Chips. Pure honey-molasses taffy, spun out to finest, airiest crisp, then coated with rich, pure chocolate.
1961 Tried & True Cookbk. 114 Pour into mixture of pecans, chocolate chips and Marshmallow Creme. Drop on foil paper to cool. Makes 3 dozen.
1985 C. B. Wine Across Table 124 Yum Yums are made with Graham wafers, chocolate chips, walnuts and condensed milk.
2009 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 17 July a5/2 We ate banana boats made with chocolate chips, peanut butter and marshmallows.
Compounds
C1. General attributive, as chocolate chip cake, chocolate chip ice cream, etc.
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1930 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Feb. 86/3 Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is made by adding one cupful of chipped cooking chocolate to one quart of vanilla ice-cream before freezing.
1940 Better Homes & Gardens Nov. 42/2 Chocolate Chip Cookies... Chocolate Chip Cake.
1968 Times 21 Dec. 2/3 Her favourite chocolate chip ice-cream.
1995 Vermont Life Autumn 21 A plate piled high with pecan, banana-dot or chocolate-chip griddle cakes.
2003 Church Times 7 Mar. 15/1 With its chocolate-chip cake, the Co-op has launched the first supermarket own-brand fairtrade cake.
C2.
chocolate chip cookie n. a sweet biscuit containing chocolate chips.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > other biscuits
dorcake14..
cracknelc1440
hard breada1500
crackling1598
Naples biscuit1650
gingerbread man1686
chocolate biscuit1702
biscotin1723
sponge biscuit1736
maple biscuita1753
butter biscuit1758
nut1775
Oliver biscuit1786
funeral biscuit1790
rock biscuit?1790
ratafia1801
finger biscuit1812
Savoy drop1816
lady's finger1818
snap1819
Abernethy1830
pretzel1831
wine-biscuit1834
gingersnap1838
captain's biscuit1843
lebkuchen1847
simnel1854
sugar cookie1854
peppernut1862
McClellan pie1863
Savoy ring1866
Brown George1867
beaten biscuit1876
digestive1876
Osborne1876
Bath Oliver1878
marie1878
boer biscuit1882
charcoal biscuit1885
biscotti1886
fairing1888
snickerdoodle1889
pfeffernuss1891
zwieback1894
Nice1895
Garibaldi biscuit1896
Oswegoc1900
squashed fly1900
amaretto1905
boerebeskuit1905
Romary1905
petit beurre1906
Oswego biscuit1907
soetkoekie1910
Oreo1912
custard cream1916
Anzac1923
sweet biscuit1929
langue de chat1931
Bourbon biscuit1932
Afghan1934
flapjack1935
Florentine1936
chocolate chip cookie1938
choc chip cookie1940
Toll House cookie1940
tuile1943
pizzelle1949
black and white1967
Romany Cream1970
papri1978
1938 Washington Post 23 Dec. 16/3 One of the most chipper recipes entered for cookie honors is the chocolate chip cookie, submitted by Mrs. J. H. King.
1975 New Yorker 21 July 83/2 For dessert, Keen Specials, which are to chocolate-chip cookies what Frank's hot cooked salami is to salami.
2010 P. Murray Skippy Dies 363 Two glasses of Sunny D that have appeared on the counter along with a big plate of chocolate-chip cookies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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