A popular desert treat that carries well and can be enjoyed anywhere is the cookie.
Cookies come in many different varieties that can be shaped into different sizes and thickness.
In the kitchens of America mothers and children alike enjoy the sweet sensation of baking a fresh batch of cookies.
In Palo Alto, California one such Mom has turned her cookie baking skills into a multi million dollar business.
Debbie Fields is the founder of Ms.
Fields Cookies that has franchises in malls and shopping centers all over the country.
Starting from her own kitchen Debbie would bake up batches of cookies for her family and friends.
Her secret was to make large cookies that would equal three to four regular sized cookies.
People are going to eat three or four of the delicious treats anyway so why not make a bigger cookie that could be devoured in a single serving, thought Ms.
Fields.
So that is what she did.
She made the most extravagant cookies with the most decadent chocolate and single handedly started a gourmet cookie movement from her home kitchen.
Her recipes became a popular item for her husbands work buddies and she was always being asked to mix up a batch of made from scratch cookies or brownies.
After a couple of years of being approached to go into business Debbie gave in and opened her first store in 1977.
Debbie had a goal to make people happy by selling them the best chocolate chip cookie they had ever tasted.
After taking California by storm, Ms.
Fields realized that her brand would be spreading out across the country and she demanded that only the freshest, premium ingredients be used by the franchisees that bought into Americas cookie crazy.
After more than 30 years, Ms.
Fields is still the most recognized premium brand of cookies ever made