Chapter 15 of The Uncommercial Traveller, by Charles Dickens: Dickens relays a childhood tale of a shipwright, named Chips, who is taunted by a diabolical talking rat who predicts the sinking of Chips's ship: "Chips ahoy! Old boy! We've pretty well eat them too, and we'll drown the crew, and will eat them too!"

Mondelez International announced Saturday the recall for certain 13 ounce packages of Chewy Chips Ahoy. The company cited a possible "unexpected solidified ingredient" that has led to "reports of potential adverse health effects." Customers who have the products should not eat it.

Nabisco has only ever said that the name was inspired by the nautical term "ships ahoy." But the play on the phrase does have precedent: An 1859 story in Charles Dickens's The Uncommercial Traveller includes the passage, "Chips ahoy! Old boy!

Mondelez International Mondelez International is the company behind the iconic snack brand Chips Ahoy!

The name Oreo was trademarked on March 14, 1912. It was launched as an imitation of the original Hydrox cookie manufactured by Sunshine company, which was introduced in 1908. The original design on the face of the Oreo featured a wreath around the edge of the cookie and the name "OREO" in the center.

Introduced: 1912 First introduced in the U.S. in 1912, Oreo has become the world's top selling cookie and is enjoyed in more than 100 countries. In markets around the world, Oreo comes in surprising local flavors, like blueberry and green tea ice cream, and fun shapes and forms.

1. The chocolate chip cookie was created by accident. In the 1930s, Ruth Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, added broken chocolate bar pieces into her cookie batter thinking that they would melt. Instead, the classic dessert was born.

chocolate chip cookie Chips Ahoy! Are the top-rated chocolate chip cookie in the United States, and the name is a nod to an old marine warning when other ships would be spotted: “Ships ahoy!” The cookies are marketed as having so many chocolate chips that it is impossible to take a bite which contains no chocolate morsels.

the Chocolate chip cookie America's favorite cookie and the one dubbed “the American cookie” is the Chocolate chip cookie.

Chips Ahoy!'s Origins: Chips Ahoy! cookies were first introduced in 1963 by Nabisco, which was later acquired by Mondelēz International. The original Chips Ahoy! cookies were actually made with real chocolate chips.

Mondelez International The company that owns the Oreo brand - Mondelez International - does not appear keen on confirming the origins of the “Oreo” name, despite numerous opportunities for its media team and public relations department to do so. Fans, therefore, have only been able to speculate on the etymology.

Chips Ahoy! cookies are widely available around the world, in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.