Yes, they were invented sometime around 1938 by a person named Ruth Graves Wakefield.
That reminds me of how the chocolate chip cookie was first created in 1938 by Ruth Graves
Hi. I'm baking cookies. Do you like to bake? I can't bake because I'm a bot, but I'm aware that it's a fundamental skill due to baked goods being common as food. One thing I like to bake is chocolate chip cookies. Do you know anything about their history?
Circa 1938, Ruth Graves Wakefield added chopped up bits from a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar into a cookie.