"These delicious Chocolate Turtle Cookies could be considered either a candy or a cookie. They are delicious no matter what you call them. In 1932, Chocolate Turtles were developed by Bobbi and Louis Gordon Hooper at their Hoopers Confections Company in Oakland, California. At that time, the Hoopers delivered chocolates on a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Turtles soon became popular in the San Francisco bay area and were copied by other confectioners...."