Is there a mathematical reason why chocolate chip cookies have 37% (1/e) chocolate in them?

Source: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/651823/is-there-a-mathematical-reason-why-chocolate-chip-cookies-have-37-1-e-chocola?newsletter=1&nlcode=97485%7cd140
Someone once briefly explained to me why it is that chocolate chip cookies have 37% chocolate in them. To the best of my memory it has to do with the way trying to place dots in a circle in a random and scattered way behave, which turns out to be 1/e or ≈37.
Chocolate Chip Cookie 37% 1/e

Interesting article for chocolate lovers!

Source: http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/651823/is-there-a-mathematical-reason-why-chocolate-chip-cookies-have-37-1-e-chocola?newsletter=1&nlcode=97485%7cd140

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Author: mathtuition88

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