The Average Person Eats 21 Cookies a Month, and Chocolate Chip Is Our Favorite

This past Monday was National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. 

And a cookie-focused poll found they’re still our favorite type of cookie.

Our five favorites are chocolate chip, peanut butter cookies, double chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, and shortbread. So, no love for that old clamshell package of frosted sugar cookies on the clearance shelf at the grocery store?

Here are a few more quick cookie stats:

1.  The average American eats 21 cookies a month.  One in four admit they eat more than that.

2.  41% of us think we’ve had enough of them in our life to call ourselves a “cookie expert.”  The average person thinks you need to eat at least 319 cookies before you can say that.  At 21 cookies a month, that would only take a little over a year.

3.  According to the poll, the perfect chocolate chip cookie is soft and chewy… made with brown sugar… and just came out of the oven.

4.  61% say a really good cookie can turn your whole day around. 

So next time you’re halfway through a sleeve of cookies and wondering if you’re being a little extra… just remember, you might actually be working toward a professional title. Keep going, Chef.