When you watch Cookie Monster on Sesame Street merrily devouring cookie after cookie, it looks utterly irresistible. That mess of crumbs, that grab of sweet dough, it all feels like pure childhood joy ...

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.

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 ...

Years ago, New York Times Reporter Sopan Deb got an email that asked: “What’s the deal with the cookies that Cookie Monster eats?” At first, he laughed it off, but eventually he realized: He really ...

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 ...