What dessert was an accident?

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asked Oct 7 in Other-Food Drink by FindingElmo (1,340 points)
What dessert was an accident?

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answered Oct 7 by KingVegeta (4,180 points)
The dessert that was an accident are chocolate chip cookies, Popsicles, Tarte Tatin and Crepe Suzette.

The accidents and mishaps led to new and loved sweet desserts and treats as a result of accidents such as broken chocolate bars in cookie dough and apples overcooked in butter and sugar that were also topped with pastry.

The food that was accidentally invented was corn flakes, popsicles, chocolate chip cookies and potato chips.

These foods were invented by accident and through various mishaps and forgotten experience as well as culinary frustration.

Other foods that are a result of accidental discoveries are nachos, microwave popcorn, and Worcestershire sauce.

Microwave popcorn was invented in 1945 by engineer Percy Spencer who noticed that a candy bar in his pocket had melted while he was experimenting with a magnetron for radar technology.

This then led to Percy Spencer to experiment with popcorn and the microwave popcorn snack was then born.

Nachos were invented in the 1940s by a woman named Ignacia "Nacho" Anaya, at the Piedras Negras restaurant in Mexico.

Ignacia "Nacho" Anaya created the nacho dish for hungry guests by quickly preparing a dish with some fried tortilla triangles, cheese and jalapeno peppers.

Corn Flakes were created in the late 1800s by the Kellogg brothers who were trying to create a health food and they accidentally left wheat berries on the counter, which caused them to flake.

They then later experimented with corn to create the familiar breakfast cereal called Corn Flakes.

Popsicles were invented in 1905 by 11 year old Frank Epperson who left a mixture of soda powder and water with a stirring stick outside on a cold night.

The next morning 11 year old Frank Epperson discovered it had frozen and years later he then commercialized his invented, which is now known as popsicles.

Chocolate Chip Cookies were invented in the 1930s by Ruth Wakefield, the owner of the Toll House Inn, who ran out of baker's chocolate and used broken pieces of a semi sweet chocolate bar instead, expecting them to melt into the cookie dough.

The chocolate chips remained, leading to the creation of the iconic chocolate chip cookie.

Potato chips were invented in 1853, by chef George Crum, who became frustrated by a customer complaining that his fried potatoes were too thick and soggy.

Crum then sliced potatoes paper thin and then fried them until they were crisp as a form of retaliation, and created the first potato chips.

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