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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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We all know and love Cookie Monster—the blue scraggly puppet who's often accompanied by a mess of crumbs.

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 ...