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Who invented chocolate chip cookies, popsicles, and Coca-Cola? Have you ever wondered how new foods get invented? Sometimes people discover a new food by accident. Other times, they landon the perfect recipe after lots of experimenting.Keep reading to learn how a few of America's most popular treats were invented.Chocolate Chip CookiesChocolate chip cookies seem like they've been around forever. Really, they are just a little less than 100 years old. A woman named Ruth Wakefield invented chocolate chip cookies. Wakefield and her husband Kenneth owned a restaurant in Massachusetts. It was called the Toll House Inn. The inn was famous for its desserts. Wakefield's butterscotch cookies were a big favorite.One day, Wakefield tried something new. She cut a chocolate bar into small pieces and added it to the butterscotch cookie dough. The chocolate melted into gooey chunks in the cookies. Guests loved the new cookies. Wakefield called them "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies."Soon, Wakefield's cookie recipe ran in a Boston newspaper. Wakefield also added the recipe to her cookbook. The ingredients included two Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bars cut into tiny pieces. Nestlé is a food company. It sells chocolate and other foods and drinks.The recipe became very popular. People started buying up Nestlé chocolate bars to make Wakefield's cookies. Nestlé even added lines to the chocolate bars to make them easier to break apart. Later, Nestlé began making chocolate chips. You may have seen bags of these chocolate chips at the grocery store or made cookies with them yourself. Wakefield's chocolate chip cookie recipe is on the back of every bag.Coca-ColaDr. John S. Pemberton was a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia, in the 1800s. A pharmacist is a person who mixes medicines. In 1886, Pemberton started trying to make a new medicine. He wanted to make a syrup to help people with headaches. He mixed together with sugar, water, caffeine, oils, and other ingredients. The syrup used the coca plant and a nut called the kola nut. Pemberton called the sticky brown syrup Coca-Cola.Pemberton wanted to sell Coca-Cola as a medicine. He asked a pharmacist in Atlanta to mix the syrup with water and sell it as a treatment for headaches. People liked the taste of the syrup. Once, bubbly water was added to the syrup by accident. This made it taste even better.Pemberton died in 1888. Soon a man named Asa G. Candler took ownership of the Coca-Cola recipe. Before long Candler had opened the Coca-Cola company. He started selling Coca-Cola all over the United States. Today people drink it all around the world.PopsicleFrank Epperson was the first person to put a frozen treat on a stick. In 1905, Epperson was 11 years old. He put a fruity drink in a glass and used a wooden stick to stir it. Later, he left the glass, with the stick still in it, outside by accident.When he went back for the glass the next morning, the drink was frozen. The cold weather at night had caused the drink to freeze around the stick. Epperson pulled the stick out of the glass. He licked the ice that was stuck around it. It was cold and sweet. He called it an Epsicle, short for Epperson's icicle.Later, Epperson made these frozen treats for his children. His children called them "Pop's 'sicles." The treats were so popular that Epperson started selling them at events. Epperson's business continued to grow. Today, people buy billions of Popsicles every year!Life SaversIn 1911, Clarence Crane opened a chocolate company in Cleveland, Ohio. However, Crane didn't sell much chocolate in the summer. The candy melted too quickly in the heat. So Crane decided to make hard candies instead. Those would not melt.One day, Crane went to the pharmacist. He noticed the machine the pharmacist used to make flat pills. Crane wondered if he could use the same machine to make peppermints. It worked!Crane decided to put a hole in the center of his mints. He thought the rings looked like life preservers. Those are the large floating rings you see on boats. They are thrown into the water to save people. So Crane called his candy Pep-O-Mint Life Savers. Today, they are just called Life Savers, and they are still one of the top candies in America. 1. What happened as a result of Frank Epperson giving his frozen treats to his children? He left his fruity drink outside and he licked the sweet ice. He started handing out the treats in a glass cup. His children began to call the treats by the name they have today. His children convinced him to put a stick inside of his treats. 2. How did Clarence Crane make Life Savers? He pressed peppermints until they were flat and then added chocolate. He asked a pharmacist to make pill candy and then put peppermint inside. He looked at a life preserver and tried to make a candy that looked like it. He used a pill machine to make the hard candy and then put a hole in it. 3. Which answer choice accurately compares how Dr. John S. Pemberton and Asa G. Candler experienced selling Coca-Cola? Pemberton thought selling it would make him famous, while Candler thought selling it would make him rich. Pemberton thought selling it would fix headaches, while Candler thought selling it would help other illnesses. Pemberton wanted to sell Coca-Cola all over the world, while Candler only wanted to sell it in the United States. Pemberton wanted to sell Coca-Cola to make people feel better, while Candler wanted to sell it as a tasty drink. 4. With which statement would the author MOST likely agree? Nestlé benefited from the popularity of Ruth Wakefield's chocolate chip cookie recipe. Coca-Cola had a better taste and texture before fizzy water was added to it. Frank Epperson's mistake with the fruity drink almost ruined his idea for Popsicles. Clarence Crane's business did poorly at first because people disliked hard candies.