Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster is a blue Muppet character from Sesame Street known for his enormous appetite for cookies. He appears in educational sketches that use humor to teach letters, numbers, self-control, and social behavior.

Cookie Monster on Sesame Street

Enthusiastic, impulsive, and warmhearted, Cookie Monster often speaks in simple grammar and becomes excited by food. He may lose control around cookies, but he can learn patience and share with others.

Cookies, self-control, and learning with friends

Cookie Monster has no fixed supernatural powers; his exaggerated eating and physical comedy support educational stories. His friendships with Elmo, Grover, and other Sesame Street residents show that the character is more than a single appetite joke.