Salted homemade chocolate chip cookies?

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When did it become fashionable for people to start salting chocolate chip cookies. I am NOT talking about the 1/2 teaspoon of salt, which may not even be necessary. I am talking about SALTING the cookies after they are baked. Three times out of the last five or so I have tasted home made chocolate chip cookies, they were RUINED because the person who baked them placed salt on them. I mean, if I wanted to salt the cookies, I would pull out a salt shaker.while eating them.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

2012? Something like that. It came with salted butter caramel being so huge. You're supposed to use large flaked maldon salt, not table salt. Yeah, plus the popularity of pink salt, people think it looks cute.

Anonymous · Answer

Eww...salt on chocolate chip cookies?   I'm with you on this one.    I really can't explain why except it's just another food fad gone amuck.

Hilury · Answer

People are GROSS

heart o&#39; gold · Answer

Hm...I started seeing salted caramels a few years ago.  I can see a teeny amount of additional salt being yummy.  Would love to try smoked salt cookies.

As for the salt in the recipe, it IS necessary for a proper balance.  It keeps the cookies from being too sweet.

Miss YumYums · Answer

I blame Himalayan pink salt for this trend.  Froufrou fancy salts morphed into salted caramel and suddenly everyone's adding crunchy salt to desserts.

There's a time and place for feeling the crunchy salt on your food but ffs, not every food, not every day.

CantHaveItBothWays · Answer

It started about five years ago.  It's a matter of opinion whether they're ruined or not.  In my opinion, the salt makes them taste better.  There's no right or wrong way to make them.

Salted homemade chocolate chip cookies?

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