Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum's “Captain Jocko's Chocos” chocolate chip cookies can now be ordered online and shipped to the hero in your life in time for Veterans Day. Only a limited number will be available, and they are expected to sell out quickly. A portion of each sale supports the USS Yorktown Foundation.
The chocolate chip cookie recipe is original to the historic USS Yorktown aircraft carrier and was used during World War II to feed the thousands of sailors on board. The bakery crew produced 10,000 cookies using a recipe that included 112 pounds of chocolate chips, 500 eggs, and 165 pounds of flour in each batch. In April 2022, Patriots Point partnered with local veteran-owned bakery The Front Porch Coffeehouse & Creamery to produce these cookies for the museum's gift shop.
Museum staff shared the cookies with WWII Yorktown veteran John McDade who said they taste just like he remembers from 80 years ago.
“They're very good, and I should know, I've eaten a lot of these,” McDade said.
Patriots Point and The Front Porch are accepting orders through October 28th and are limiting total sales to 100 half-dozen packages. All cookies will ship in time to arrive for Veterans Day on November 11th. The cookies are priced at $30 per package with a shipping rate of $12.50 per order.
Visit patriotspoint.org to place an order and learn more about the history of the cookies.
