Years ago, a reader wrote probing for details on a mystery that had vexed him: What’s the deal with the cookies that Cookie Monster eats? The email said nothing else. I chuckled and filed the note in ...

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A thief at a convenience store wore a disguise. He walked into the store in Forest Grove, Ore., dressed as Cookie Monster and ate half a package of cookies and fled.

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Years ago, a reader wrote probing for details on a mystery that had vexed him: What’s the deal with the cookies that Cookie Monster eats? The email said nothing else. I chuckled and filed the note in ...

A “puppet wrangler” has revealed how she bakes cookies for Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster, but they are not the warm, buttery treat you would expect. Lara MacLean has worked over three decades for the ...

It turns out Cookie Monster is chomping down on real cookies when he's on-screen. Lara MacLean, who bakes the cookies, shared her recipe with The New York Times. But you probably wouldn't want to make ...

New Sesame Street project aims to transform the eating habits of kids – and it’s working Bert and Ernie jump rope and munch apples and carrots, and Cookie Monster has his namesake treat once a week – ...

Cookie Monster now has beef with the US economy. The beloved Sesame Street character took to X Monday to rant about “shrinkflation” — a portmanteau of the words shrink and inflation where items shrink ...