Secret Behind Cookie Monster's Cookies Revealed

Sesame Street's puppet wrangler, Lara MacLean, bakes the 'barely edible' cookies using pancake mix, puffed rice, Grape-Nuts, instant coffee, and colored hot glue.

• The cookies that Cookie Monster eats on Sesame Street are real and are baked by the show's puppet wrangler, Lara MacLean.
• The recipe for the cookies includes pancake mix, puffed rice, Grape-Nuts, instant coffee, and water. The chocolate chips are dots of colored hot glue.
• The cookies are designed to be soft and crumbly to create a comedic effect when Cookie Monster eats them.
• Each episode typically requires an average of two dozen cookies.
• Despite their appearance, the cookies are described as 'barely edible' and similar to a dog treat.

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