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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amelia Neath

Cookie Monster’s secret cookie recipe finally revealed

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A “puppet wrangler” has revealed how she bakes cookies for Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster, but they are not the warm, buttery treat you would expect.

Lara MacLean has worked over three decades for the Jim Henson Company, the people behind big puppet brands such as The Muppets and Sesame Street, explaining to The New York Times that one of her roles is to bake real cookies for the Cookie Monster.

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