That’s why I like eating cookies! Ingredients of Cookie Monster’s Favorite Snack Revealed (But You Might Not Want to Try Them Yourself)
The messy blue muppet from the children’s classic Sesame Street is instantly recognizable, but did you know that Cookie Monster’s favorite treats are real?
Puppet Wrangler Lara MacLean joined the Sesame Workshop, an American non-profit organization responsible for producing the educational children’s program, in 1992 and spent years baking Cookie Monster snacks in her New York home.
According to The New York Timesshe started as an intern and hasn’t left since, making the infamous cookies from her own home because the ovens at Sesame Workshop are too small for her batches.
She came up with the recipe herself in 2000 after the hit television show’s creative team struggled to perfect the Cookie Monster’s own treats.
It turns out that their rice crackers and foam just weren’t cutting it – they got stuck in Cookie’s fur or didn’t look right.
Puppet Wrangler Lara MacLean joined the Sesame Workshop, an American non-profit organization responsible for producing the educational children’s program, in 1992 and spent years baking Cookie Monster (pictured) cookies in her New York home
Lara uses pancake mix, instant coffee, water, puffed rice and grape nuts for her batch.
And the chocolate chips are actually blobs of colored glue. She refrains from adding oils, fats and sugars, so as not to stain the doll’s coat.
Lara told The New York Times that the treats are barely edible – describing them as “kind of like a dog treat.”
She jokingly explained that she once made a large batch shortly before her landlord came to visit and told him, “I’m really sorry, I can’t offer you a cookie.” He probably just thought I was really mean!’
Cookie Monster has been played by David Rudman since 2001.
He says super-gentle batches are best because they lead to more crumbs and more fun – perfect for Cookie, who is known for getting bits and pieces stuck in his blue fur.
And despite his name, Cookie doesn’t just eat cookies. His diet now extends to fruits and vegetables, and he has even been seen gobbling inanimate objects such as mailboxes.
Some of Jim Henson’s most notable creations include Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, Elmo and Ernie
With a total of 54 seasons, Sesame Street is one of the longest-running television programs in the world.
The film is available to watch on streaming platform MAX, but was previously released on HBO, best known for Game of Thrones, but debuted in 1969 on NET, National Educational Television.
The show features the muppets – created by the late Jim Henson as a mix of the words marionette and marionette in the 1950s.
Some of Jim’s most notable creations include Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, Elmo and Ernie.