Joe Frogger

English thumb|Freshly baked batch of Joe Froggers Etymology en Joseph Brown Joe Frogger#History 1750 1834, the keeper of Black Joe’s Tavern in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The cookies were invented by Brown’s wife, Lucretia Thomas Brown (1772–1857), who worked at the tavern.Julia Blakely Smithsonian Libraries Unbound Joe Froggers: The Weight of the Past in a Cookie November 1, 2016 https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2016/11/01/joe-froggers-weight-past-cookie/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250806082329/https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2016/11/01/joe-froggers-weight-past-cookie/ 6 August 2025 There are many different stories about how the cookies came to be called Froggers. According to some sources, they were named for the froglike shape the batter would form when it hit the hot iron skillet.Pam Matthias Peterson Marblehead Myths, Legends and Lore The History Press 2007 2011 9781614232247 Chapter 2. Magic, Witches and Fortune Telling “Black Joe, Aunt Creesy and Love Potions” unpaginated https://books.google.com/books?id=xWh2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT20 According to others, they were named for the frogs in the nearby mill pond.The Boston Globe Joe Froggers: A Marblehead taste tradition James F. Lee October 4, 2018 https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2018/10/04/joe-froggers-marblehead-taste-tradition/9FJiAj2OCxEADfP7IYhy4I/story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250120205540/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2018/10/04/joe-froggers-marblehead-taste-tradition/9FJiAj2OCxEADfP7IYhy4I/story.html 20 January 2025 The name may be a misspelling or a play on “Joe Floggers”, which were a kind of pancake, also used as a ship’s provision. Noun Joe Frogger en US A large cookie flavoured with molasses and rum. References Further reading en eponyms