National Chocolate Cookie Day is Monday, Aug. 4, and you can celebrate the chewy, chocolatey treat with deals and freebies.

The chocolate chip cookie dates back over 80 years and was intended to accompany ice cream, according to the Sugar Association . The original recipe was created by Ruth Wakefield, a woman who ran the Toll House restaurant in Massachusetts.

Here's another fun fact: these delicious desserts were not called chocolate chip cookies. Wakefield referred to them as "Butterdrop Do Cookies," as documented in her cookbook from the 1930s.

Now that you've had a moment to reflect on its history, here are some deals to celebrate the chocolate chip cookie on Monday.

Insomnia Cookies

Insomnia Cookies will be offering a free Chocolate Chunk Cookie with any purchase from Aug. 1 t

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