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What we call “cookies” in the U.S. actually comes from the Dutch word “koekje,” meaning “little cake,” which entered American vocabulary in the early 1700s.

Animal shaped cookies date back to the 6th century, when people in Scandinavia baked animal shaped treats as symbolic offerings during winter festivals — making animal crackers one of the oldest playful snacks in the world.

Chocolate chip cookies, considered one of America’s favorite cookies, owe their popularity to widespread cookie baking traditions brought by early Dutch and English immigrants as far back as the 1600s.

Vanilla wafers were invented in the late 19th century by German-American baker Gustav A. Mayer on Staten Island.

Ready made pudding cups are the modern evolution of centuries-old pudding traditions — early puddings in medieval Europe were savory and sausage like, but sweet, creamy puddings only emerged in the 18th century as sugar and dairy became more accessible.

Some of the world’s earliest cookies were actually used as tiny “test cakes” — bakers would scoop just a spoonful of dough into the oven to check the temperature before baking full sized cakes, making cookies one of the earliest bite size “taste tests” in history.