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The history of Marblehead's signature rum and molasses cookie

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A batch of Joe Frogger cookies. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
A batch of Joe Frogger cookies. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Rum, molasses, nutmeg and clove might sound like seasonal flavors this time of year, and they are, but they're also the flavors of the Joe Frogger cookie, a regional delicacy that connects Gingerbread Hill in Marblehead all the way to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

Read a buildout of this segment, and see the cookie recipe, here.

This segment aired on November 22, 2022.

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