Cookies Through the Ages ⏳🍪

From Ancient Ovens to Barbie Pink Boxes 

Cookies may feel like a modern indulgence, but they’ve been sneaking into human history for centuries. Wherever there was an oven, there was a baker dropping spoonfuls of dough to test the heat—and from those little “test cakes,” cookies were born. Let’s take a delicious stroll through time. 

🌍 Ancient Beginnings – Persia (7th Century) 

Historians trace the first cookies back to Persia, where sugar was first widely cultivated. Bakers made tiny, spiced “test cakes” to check oven temperatures. They were practical… but also so tasty that people started making them on purpose. 

🚢 The Spread of Sweetness – Middle Ages 

As sugar spread through Europe via trade routes, so did cookies. By the Middle Ages, cookies had taken on regional personalities: 

Germany: Lebkuchen (gingerbread) 

Italy: Biscotti (hard, dunkable treats) 

France: Macarons (delicate almond bites) 

Cookies became travel-friendly too—easy to carry on long journeys (medieval meal prep, if you will). 

🍪 The New World Arrival – 1600s 

European settlers brought cookies to America. Dutch immigrants called them koekjes (“little cakes”), which later became “cookies.” (South Africans still call them koekies, so really, we’re keeping it old-school.) 

🍫 The Chocolate Revolution – 1930s 

Fast forward to 1938: Ruth Wakefield invents the chocolate chip cookie by accident at the Toll House Inn. Nestlé jumps on board, chocolate chips are born, and the world never looks back. 

🌐 Modern Cookie Mania 

Today, cookies are everywhere: 

Instagram reels of gooey cookie breaks. 

Pop-ups selling outrageous stuffed creations. 

Luxury brands (hi, that’s us 👋) boxing them in bold packaging and making them sexy again. 

From ancient Persia to your coffee table, cookies have never gone out of style—they’ve just evolved with us. 

✨ The Gooey Legacy 

And now? Cookies are stepping into their boldest era yet. At My Koekie, we’ve taken centuries of cookie evolution, added a cheeky South African twist, and wrapped it in Barbie pink luxury. Because cookies aren’t just timeless—they’re irresistible. 

👉 Bite into history, modernised. Order your My Koekie box today and taste how centuries of baking led to gooey perfection. 💖🍪 

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