We know how hard it is to walk by our bakery without grabbing yourself a yummy sweet treat. This is why our chocolate chip cookies have become one of the most popular items sold in the bakery. They’re the epitome of the phrase, “bet you can’t eat just one.” While we’ve all consumed our fair share of Publix cookies, how much do you know about the delicious chocolate chip cookie we sell in our bakeries?
We Want Cookies
Customers rave about how amazing the chocolate chip cookies that are sold in our bakery are, but what makes them so delicious? We have the answers for you! They’re made with the special Publix touch, love and lots of chocolate chips! Here are some sweet facts you probably didn’t know about our cookies.
- Our scrumptious chocolate chip cookie recipe has been used for more than 30 years.
- Each delicious cookie consumed is packed full of about 45-50 semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Fun fact! One pound of chocolate chips equals about 4,000 chocolate chips.
- Our bakeries have a lot of chocolate chip cookies on hand because we sell about 1,182,976,680 chocolate chip cookies every year. That means more than 5.9 trillion chocolate chips are used every year to make Publix chocolate chip cookies. That’s crazy!
- There is one secret to our recipe we’re willing to share! We let the cookies finish baking on the pan out of the oven for the last few minutes of their baking time.
- Our cookies taste so fresh because they’re baked daily in our stores.
- Did you know kids are able to get cookies for free in our bakery? In fact, more than 10 million cookies are given to kids every year.
Now that we’re all craving Publix chocolate chip cookies, go and grab some from your local Publix bakery! Do you know any interesting chocolate chip cookie facts? Share them with us in the comments below.
I don’t think the math adds up for 5.9 trillion chocolate chips.