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{{Infobox food
| name = Cookie
| image            = 2ChocolateChipCookies.jpg
| image_size       = 250px
| caption          = [[Chocolate chip cookie]]s
| alternate_name   = Biscuit
| place_of_origin          = [[Persia]], 7th century AD<ref name="whatscookingamerica" /><ref name="thevintagenews.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/17/cookies-originated-persia-shortly-use-sugar-became-relatively-common-region/ |title=Cookies originated from Persia, shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region. |date=2016-09-17 |website=The Vintage News |language=en |access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref>
| course           = [[Snack]], [[dessert]]
| served           = Often room temperature, although they may be served when still warm from the oven
| commons          = Category:Cookies
}}

A '''cookie''' is a sweet [[biscuit]] with high sugar and fat content. [[Cookie dough]] is softer than that used for other types of biscuit, and they are cooked longer at lower temperatures. The dough typically contains [[flour]], [[sugar]], [[Eggs as food|egg]], and some type of [[Cooking oil|oil]] or [[fat]]. It may include other ingredients such as [[raisin]]s, [[oat]]s, [[chocolate chip]]s, or [[Nut (food)|nuts]]. Cookie texture varies from crisp and crunchy to soft and chewy, depending on the exact combination of ingredients and methods used to create them.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Makes Some Cookies Chewy and Some Crisp? {{!}} America's Test Kitchen |url=https://www.americastestkitchen.com/articles/4179-what-makes-some-cookies-chewy-and-some-crisp |website=www.americastestkitchen.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cookie chemistry {{!}} King Arthur Baking |url=https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/blog/2016/03/14/cookie-chemistry-2 |website=www.kingarthurbaking.com |language=en}}</ref>

People in the United States and Canada typically refer to all sweet biscuits as "cookies". People in most other [[English-speaking world|English-speaking countries]] call crunchy cookies "biscuits" but may use the term "cookies" for chewier biscuits and for certain types, such as [[chocolate-chip cookie]]s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title = British desserts, explained for Americans confused by the Great British Baking Show|url = https://www.vox.com/2015/11/29/9806038/great-british-baking-show-pudding-biscuit|access-date = 2015-12-03|last = Nelson|first = Libby|publisher = Vox|date = 29 November 2015|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151202041535/http://www.vox.com/2015/11/29/9806038/great-british-baking-show-pudding-biscuit|archive-date = 2 December 2015}}</ref>

Cookies are often served with [[Drink|beverages]] such as [[milk]], [[coffee]], or [[tea]] and sometimes [[dunking (biscuit)|dunked]], which releases more [[Flavoring|flavour]] by dissolving the sugars,<ref>Lee, Laura. ''The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation''. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2001.</ref> while also softening their texture. Factory-made cookies are sold in [[grocery store]]s, [[convenience store]]s, and [[vending machine]]s. Fresh-baked cookies are sold at [[bakery|bakeries]] and [[coffeehouse]]s.

==Terminology==
[[File:Holiday Cookie Tray.jpg|thumb|Traditional American [[Christmas]] cookie [[tray]]]]
In many English-speaking countries outside [[North America]], including the United Kingdom, the most common word for a crisp cookie is "[[biscuit]]".<ref name=":0" /> Where biscuit is the most common term, "cookie" often only refers to one type of biscuit, a chocolate chip cookie.<ref>{{cite news |title=14 Foods You Didn't Know Were Called by Different Names in the U.K. |url=https://www.rd.com/list/british-food-names |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=Reader's Digest}}</ref> However, in some regions both terms are used. The container used to store cookies may be called a [[cookie jar]].

In Scotland, the term "cookie" is sometimes used to describe a plain [[bun]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9026125/cookie|title=cookie - food|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224235442/https://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9026125/cookie|archive-date=2008-02-24}}</ref>

Cookies that are baked as a solid layer on a [[sheet pan]] and then cut, rather than being baked as individual pieces, are called '''bar cookies''' in [[American English]] or '''traybakes''' in [[British English]].<ref name=":0" />

==Etymology==

The word ''cookie'' dates from at least 1701 in Scottish usage where the word meant "plain bun", rather than thin baked good, and so it is not certain whether it is the same word. From 1808, the word "cookie" is attested "...in the sense of "small, flat, sweet cake" in [[American English]]. The American use is derived from [[Dutch language|Dutch]] {{lang|nl|koekje}} "little cake",  which is a diminutive of "{{lang|nl|koek}}" ("cake"), which came from the [[Middle Dutch]] word "{{lang|dum|koke}}"<ref name="etymonline">{{cite web |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/cookie |title=cookie (n.) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=etymonline.com |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901174010/https://www.etymonline.com/word/cookie |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> with an informal, dialect variant {{lang|nl|koekie}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/dialect-vertaler.php?woord=koekie|title=7 vertalingen voor het dialectwoord 'koekie'|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907165444/http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/dialect-vertaler.php?woord=koekie|archive-date=2014-09-07}}</ref> According to the [[Scottish National Dictionary]], its Scottish name may derive from the [[diminutive form]] (+ suffix ''-ie'') of the word ''cook'', giving the [[Middle Scots]] ''cookie'', ''cooky'' or ''cu(c)kie''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cookie, Cooky, Cu(c)kie, n. |url=https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/cookie |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Dictionary of the Scots Language}}</ref> There was much trade and cultural contact across the [[North Sea]] between the [[Low Countries]] and Scotland during the [[Middle Ages]], which can also be seen in the [[history of curling]] and, perhaps, [[History of golf|golf]].{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

==Description==
[[File:Různé druhy cukroví (2).jpg|thumb|right|A dish of assorted cookies, including [[sandwich cookies]] filled with [[jam]]]]
[[File:Biscits or cookiess.jpg|thumb|224x224px|Cookies baking in an [[oven]]]]
Cookies are most commonly baked until crisp or else for just long enough to ensure a soft interior. Other types of cookies are not baked at all, such as varieties of [[peanut butter]] cookies that use solidified [[chocolate]] rather than set eggs and wheat gluten as a binder.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Community |first=The Allrecipes |title=No Bake Cookies |url=https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9832/no-bake-cookies-i/ |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=Allrecipes |language=en}}</ref> Cookies are produced in a wide variety of styles, using an array of ingredients including sugars, [[spice]]s, chocolate, [[butter]], peanut butter, [[nut (fruit)|nut]]s, or dried [[fruit]]s.

A general theory of cookies may be formulated in the following way. Despite its descent from cakes and other sweetened breads, the cookie in almost all its forms has abandoned water as a medium for cohesion. Water in cakes serves to make the batter as thin as possible, the better to allow bubbles—responsible for a cake's fluffiness—to form. In the cookie the agent of cohesion has become some form of oil. Oils, whether in the form of butter, vegetable oils, or lard, are much more [[viscous]] than water and evaporate freely at a far higher temperature. Thus, a cake made with butter or eggs in place of water is much denser after removal from the oven.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Rather than evaporating as water does in a baking cake, oils in cookies remain. These oils saturate the cavities created during baking by bubbles of escaping gases. These gases are primarily composed of steam vaporized from the egg whites and the [[carbon dioxide]] released by heating the baking powder. This saturation produces the most texturally attractive feature of the cookie, and indeed all fried foods: crispness saturated with a moisture (namely oil) that does not render soggy the food it has soaked into.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

==History==
[[File:Thumbprint Cookies (7712226646).jpg|thumb|left|Thumbprint cookies]]
Cookie-like hard wafers have existed for as long as baking has been documented, in part because they survive travel very well, but they were usually not sweet enough to be considered cookies by modern standards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcookies.html|title=The Food Timeline: history notes--cookies, crackers & biscuits|author=Lynne Olver|work=foodtimeline.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717061521/http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcookies.html|archive-date=2012-07-17|author-link=Lynne Olver}}</ref>

Cookies appear to have their origins in 7th century AD [[Persia]], shortly after the use of sugar became relatively common in the region.<ref name="thevintagenews.com"/><ref name="whatscookingamerica">{{cite web |url=http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/CookieHistory.htm |title=History of Cookies - Cookie History |publisher=Whatscookingamerica.net |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104004501/http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/CookieHistory.htm |archive-date=2008-11-04 }}</ref> They spread to Europe through the [[Muslim conquest of Spain]].<ref name=":1" />{{Dubious|Cookies from Persia|date=March 2025}} By the 14th century, they were common in all levels of society throughout Europe, from royal cuisine to street vendors.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=History of Cookies |url=https://whatscookingamerica.net/History/CookieHistory.htm |website=whatscookingamerica.net |date=28 June 2015 |access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> The first documented instance of the figure-shaped [[gingerbread man]] was at the court of [[Elizabeth I|Elizabeth I of England]] in the 16th century. She had the gingerbread figures made and presented in the likeness of some of her important guests.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Surprising Reasons Why Gingerbread Men Became a Holiday Classic |url=https://time.com/4602913/gingerbread-men-history/ |access-date=August 31, 2021 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021082126/https://time.com/4602913/gingerbread-men-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

With global travel becoming widespread at that time, cookies made a natural travel companion, a modernized equivalent of the travel cakes used throughout history. One of the most popular early cookies, which traveled especially well and became known on every continent by similar names, was the [[Jumble (cookie)|jumble]], a relatively hard cookie made largely from nuts, sweetener, and water.

Cookies came to America through the Dutch in New Amsterdam in the late 1620s. The [[Dutch language|Dutch]] word "{{lang|nl|koekje}}" was Anglicized to "cookie" or cooky. The earliest reference to cookies in America is in 1703, when "The Dutch in New York provided...'in 1703...at a funeral 800 cookies...{{'"}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=van der Sijs|first1=Nicoline|title=Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages|url=https://archive.org/details/cookiescoleslaws00sijs|url-access=limited|date=Sep 15, 2009|publisher=[[Amsterdam University Press]]|location=Amsterdam|isbn=978-9089641243|page=[https://archive.org/details/cookiescoleslaws00sijs/page/n125 125]|edition=Paperback}}</ref>

The modern form of cookies, which is based on creaming butter and sugar together, did not appear commonly until the 18th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ochef.com/25.htm|title=History of cookies/biscuits|work=ochef.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302032040/http://www.ochef.com/25.htm|archive-date=2008-03-02|access-date=2008-03-01}}</ref> The [[Industrial Revolution]] in Britain and the consumers it created saw cookies (biscuits) become products for the masses, and firms such as [[Huntley & Palmers]] (formed in 1822), [[McVitie's]] (formed in 1830) and [[Carr's]] (formed in 1831) were all established.<ref name="FT">{{cite news |title=History Cook: the rise of the chocolate biscuit |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5f890020-bba6-11e8-8274-55b72926558f |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/5f890020-bba6-11e8-8274-55b72926558f |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=23 August 2021 |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref> The decorative [[biscuit tin]], invented by Huntley & Palmers in 1831, saw British cookies exported around the world.<ref name="FT"/> In 1891, [[Cadbury]] filed a patent for a [[Chocolate biscuit|chocolate-coated cookie]].<ref name="FT"/>

[[File:Bakarkhani cookies.jpg|thumb|The [[Bakarkhani]] cookie is part of [[Mughlai cuisine]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]].]]

==Classification==
[[File:Cookies about to bake.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|Cookie dough ready to be put in the oven]]
Cookies are broadly classified according to how they are formed or made, including at least these categories:
* {{Anchor|Bar cookies}} ''Bar cookies'' consist of batter or other ingredients that are poured or pressed into a pan (sometimes in multiple layers) and cut into cookie-sized pieces after baking. In [[British English]], bar cookies are known as "tray bakes".<ref name=":0" /> Examples include [[chocolate brownie|brownies]], fruit squares, and bars such as [[date square]]s.
* ''Drop cookies'' are made from a relatively soft dough that is dropped by spoonfuls onto the baking sheet. During baking, the mounds of dough spread and flatten. [[Chocolate chip cookie]]s (Toll House cookies), [[Oatmeal raisin cookie|oatmeal raisin]] (or other [[oatmeal]]-based) cookies, and [[rock cake]]s are popular examples of drop cookies. This may also include ''thumbprint cookies'', for which a small central depression is created with a thumb or small spoon before baking to contain a filling, such as [[jam]] or a [[chocolate chip]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rposIz_NyuIC&pg=PA251 |page=251 |title=Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book |first1=Jan |last1=Miller |access-date=January 6, 2017|isbn=9780696224034 |year=2006 |publisher=Meredith Books }}</ref> In the UK, the term "cookie" often refers only to this particular type of product.
* ''Filled cookies'' are made from a rolled cookie dough filled with a fruit, jam or confectionery filling before baking. [[Hamantash]]en are a filled cookie.
* ''Molded cookies'' are also made from a stiffer dough that is molded into balls or cookie shapes by hand before baking. [[Snickerdoodle]]s and [[peanut butter cookies]] are examples of molded cookies. Some cookies, such as hermits or [[biscotti]], are molded into large flattened loaves that are later cut into smaller cookies.
* ''No-bake cookies'' are made by mixing a filler, such as cereal or nuts, into a melted confectionery binder, shaping into cookies or bars, and allowing to cool or harden. Oatmeal clusters and [[rum ball]]s are no-bake cookies.
* ''Pressed cookies'' are made from a soft dough that is extruded from a [[cookie press]] into various decorative shapes before baking. [[Spritzgebäck]] is an example of a pressed cookie.
* ''Refrigerator cookies'' (also known as ''icebox cookies'') are made from a stiff dough that is refrigerated to make the raw dough even stiffer before cutting and baking. The dough is typically shaped into cylinders which are sliced into round cookies before baking. Pinwheel cookies and those made by [[Pillsbury Company|Pillsbury]] are representative.
* ''Rolled cookies'' are made from a stiffer dough that is rolled out and cut into shapes with a [[cookie cutter]]. [[Gingerbread man|Gingerbread men]] are an example.
* ''[[Cookie sandwich|Sandwich cookies]]'' are rolled or pressed cookies that are assembled as a [[sandwich]] with a sweet filling. Fillings include [[marshmallow]], jam, and [[icing (food)|icing]]. The [[Oreo]] cookie, made of two chocolate cookies with a [[vanilla]] icing filling, is an example.
[[File:Domino cookie pack (60th anniversary).jpg|thumb|A pack of [[Finland|Finnish]] ''[[Domino (cookie)|Domino]]'' cookies]]

Other types of cookies are classified for other reasons, such as their ingredients, size, or intended time of serving:
* ''Breakfast cookies'' are typically larger, lower-sugar cookies filled with "heart-healthy nuts and fiber-rich oats" that are eaten as a quick breakfast snack.<ref name="Bratskeir">{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/09/09/breakfast-cookies-healthy-and-yolo_n_5784478.html |title=22 Cookies That Are Totally OK To Eat For Breakfast |last=Bratskeir |first=Kate |date=9 September 2014 |website=huffingtonpost.ca |publisher=Huffington Post |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901170638/https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/09/09/breakfast-cookies-healthy-and-yolo_n_5784478.html |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Lactation cookies'' are cookies that are said to stimulate a breastfeeding parent’s milk production.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Are lactation cookies just cookies? |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/are-lactation-cookies-just-cookies |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=Office for Science and Society |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Low-fat cookies'' or ''diet cookies'' typically have lower fat than regular cookies.<ref name="Insel, Paul p. 335">Insel, Paul; Ross, Don; McMahon, Kimberley; Bernstein, Melissa. ''Nutrition''. Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2016  p. 335</ref>
* ''Raw cookie dough'' is served in some restaurants, though the eggs may be omitted since the dough is eaten raw, which could pose a [[salmonella]] risk if eggs were used. Cookie Dough Confections in New York City is a restaurant that has a range of raw cookie dough flavors, which are scooped into cups for customers like ice cream.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mic.com/articles/171646/raw-cookie-dough-is-all-the-rage-but-its-nutrition-facts-will-make-your-cookie-crumble |title=Raw cookie dough is all the rage. But its nutrition facts will make your cookie crumble |last=Kravitz |first=Melissa |date=23 March 2017 |website=mic.com |publisher=Mic |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621005943/https://mic.com/articles/171646/raw-cookie-dough-is-all-the-rage-but-its-nutrition-facts-will-make-your-cookie-crumble |archive-date=21 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Skillet cookie|''Skillet cookies'']], also known as ''pizookies'', are big cookies that are cooked in a cast-iron skillet and served warm, while they are still soft and chewy. They are either eaten straight from the pan or cut into wedges, often with vanilla ice cream on top.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.canadianliving.com/food/baking-and-desserts/recipe/skillet-chocolate-chip-cookie |title=SKILLET CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=October 2018 |website=canadianliving.com |publisher=Canadian Living |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901222851/https://www.canadianliving.com/food/baking-and-desserts/recipe/skillet-chocolate-chip-cookie |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Supersized cookies'' are large cookies such as the Panera Kitchen Sink Cookie.<ref name="Ettman">{{cite web |url=https://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/what-not-to-eat/its-hard-to-believe-restaurants-sell-these-supersized-cookies/ |title=It's hard to believe restaurants sell these supersized cookies |last=Ettman |first=Leah |date=30 October 2017 |website=nutritionaction.com |publisher=Nutrition Action |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901165624/https://www.nutritionaction.com/daily/what-not-to-eat/its-hard-to-believe-restaurants-sell-these-supersized-cookies/ |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> These very large cookies are sold at grocery stores, restaurants and coffeeshops.
* ''Vegan cookies'' can be made with flour, sugar, nondairy milk, and nondairy [[margarine]]. [[Aquafaba]] icing can be used to decorate the cookies.
*''Cookie cakes'' are made in a larger circular shape usually with writing made of frosting.

==Reception==
Leah Ettman from Nutrition Action has criticized the high-calorie count and fat content of supersized cookies, which are extra large cookies; she cites the Panera Kitchen Sink Cookie, a supersized chocolate chip cookie, which measures {{frac|5|1|2}} inches in diameter and has 800 calories.<ref name="Ettman"/> For busy people who eat breakfast cookies in the morning, Kate Bratskeir from the ''Huffington Post'' recommends lower-sugar cookies filled with "heart-healthy nuts and fiber-rich oats".<ref name="Bratskeir"/> A book on nutrition by Paul Insel et al. notes that "low-fat" or "diet cookies" may have the same number of calories as regular cookies, due to [[added sugar]].<ref name="Insel, Paul p. 335"/>

==In popular culture==
There are a number of slang usages of the term "cookie". The slang use of "cookie" to mean a person, "especially an attractive woman" is attested to in print since 1920.<ref name="etymonline"/> The catchphrase "that's the way the cookie crumbles", which means "that's just the way things happen" is attested to in print in 1955.<ref name="etymonline"/> Other slang terms include "smart cookie" and "tough cookie." According to ''The Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms'', a smart cookie is "someone who is clever and good at dealing with difficult situations."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aboutenglishidioms.com/2011/04/the-cookie-idioms-smart-cookie-tough-cookie/ |title=The Cookie Idioms: Smart Cookie, Tough Cookie |last=Mason |first=Joanne |date=28 April 2011 |website=aboutenglishidioms.com |publisher=About English Idioms |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901174800/http://www.aboutenglishidioms.com/2011/04/the-cookie-idioms-smart-cookie-tough-cookie/ |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The word "cookie" has been vulgar slang for "vagina" in the US since 1970.<ref name="Partridge, Eric 2009. p. 229">Partridge, Eric. ''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English''. Taylor & Francis, 2009. p. 229.</ref> The word "cookies" is used to refer to the contents of the stomach, often in reference to vomiting (e.g., "pop your cookies", a 1960s expression, or "toss your cookies", a 1970s expression).<ref name="Partridge, Eric 2009. p. 229"/> The expression "cookie cutter", in addition to referring literally to a culinary device used to cut [[Rolling pin|rolled]] cookie dough into shapes, is also used metaphorically to refer to items or things "having the same configuration or look as many others" (e.g., a "cookie cutter [[tract house]]") or to label something as "stereotyped or formulaic" (e.g., an action movie filled with "generic cookie cutter characters").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cookie-cutter |title=cookie-cutter |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=dictionary.com |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901224048/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cookie-cutter |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
"Cookie duster" is a whimsical expression for a [[mustache]]. [[Soggy biscuit]] or ''ookie cookie'' is a game wherein multiple men will simultaneously masturbate around a cookie and the last person to ejaculate onto it is forced to eat it.<ref name="slang-dict">Jonathon Green, ''The Cassell Dictionary of Slang'', 1998, page 1110</ref>

[[Cookie Monster]] is a [[The Muppets|Muppet]] on the [[children's television series|children's television show]] ''[[Sesame Street]].'' He is best known for his voracious appetite for cookies and his famous eating phrases, such as "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!" (or simply "COOKIE!"), and "Om nom nom nom" (said through a mouth full of food).<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4432415.stm |title=Cookie Monster curbs cookie habit |date=2005-04-11 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=2008-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308132543/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4432415.stm |archive-date=2008-03-08 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="first">{{cite video |date=7 April 2004 |title=Sesame Street - "The First Time Me Eat Cookie" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2z4GqUSd8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031042052/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2z4GqUSd8 |archive-date=31 October 2018 |time=0:30 |quote=Me was just a mild-mannered little kid. In fact, back then, me think me name was Sid. Yeah, yeah. |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_4059 has Sesame Street episode info --><ref name="twitter">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/sesamestreet/status/20796273130 |title=Cookie Monster: Me wasn't ... |work=Sesame Street (sesamestreet) on Twitter |date=10 August 2010 |quote=Me wasn't born with name "Cookie Monster." It just nickname dat stuck. Me don't remember me real name… maybe it was Sidney? |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415205831/https://twitter.com/sesamestreet/status/20796273130 |archive-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="YouTube">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc2yFoq09ug&t=442 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211029/fc2yFoq09ug| archive-date=2021-10-29|time=7:22 |title=The Cast of 'Sesame Street' Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions |work=WIRED Autocomplete interview |date=22 February 2017 |quote=Is Cookie Monster's real name Sid? Yeah, truly it is. Me real name Sid Monster.}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[Cookie Clicker]] is a game where players click a cookie to buy upgrades to make more cookies.

==Notable varieties==
{{see also|List of cookies}}
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* [[Alfajor]]
* [[Angel Wings]] (Chruściki)
* [[Animal cracker]]
* [[Anzac biscuit]]
* [[Berger Cookies|Berger cookie]]
* [[Berner Haselnusslebkuchen]]
* [[Biscotti]]
* [[Biscuit rose de Reims]]
* [[Black and white cookie]]
* [[Blondie (confection)|Blondie]]
* [[Bourbon biscuit]]
* [[Chocolate brownie|Brownie]]
* [[Butter cookie]]
* [[Chocolate chip cookie]]
* [[Chocolate-coated marshmallow treat]]
* [[Blondie (confection)|Congo bar]]
* [[Digestive biscuit]]
* [[Fat rascal]]
* [[Fattigmann]]
* [[Flies graveyard]]
* [[Florentine biscuit]]
* [[Fortune cookie]]
* Fruit squares and bars ([[Date square|date]], fig, lemon, raspberry, etc.)
* [[Ginger snap]]
* [[Gingerbread house]]
* [[Gingerbread man]]
* [[Graham cracker]]
* [[Hamentash]]
* [[Hobnob biscuit]]
* [[Joe Frogger]]
* [[Jumble (cookie)|Jumble]]
* [[Kifli]]
* [[Koulourakia]]
* [[Krumkake]]
* [[Linzer torte|Linzer cookie]]
* [[Macaroon]]
* [[Meringue]]
* [[Nice biscuit]]
* [[Oatmeal raisin cookie]]
* [[Pastelito]]
* [[Peanut butter blossom cookie]]
* [[Peanut butter cookie]]
* [[Christmas cookies|Pepparkakor]]
* [[Pfeffernüsse]]
* [[Pizzelle]]
* [[Polvorón]]
* [[Qurabiya]]
* [[Rainbow cookie]]
* [[Ranger Cookie]]
* [[Rich tea]]
* [[Christmas cookies|Riposteria]]
* [[Rosette (pastry)|Rosette]]
* [[Rum ball]]
* [[Rusk]]
* [[Russian tea cake]]
* [[Rock cake]]
* [[Sablé (biscuit)|Sablé]]
* [[Sandbakelse]]
* [[Şekerpare]]
* [[Shortbread]]
* [[Snickerdoodle]]
* [[Speculoos]]
* [[Springerle]]
* [[Spritzgebäck]] (Spritz)
* [[Stroopwafel]]
* [[Sugar cookie]]
* [[Tea biscuit]]
* [[Toruń gingerbread]]
* [[Tuile]]
* [[Wafer]]
* [[Speculoos|Windmill cookie]]

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== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center" widths="175" heights="175" classes="center">
File:Maple spice cookies and thumbprint cookies.jpg|A variety of Maple spice cookies and thumbprint cookies
File:Cookie Cake.JPG|A cookie cake is a large cookie that can be decorated with icing or fondant like a [[cake]]. This is made by [[Mrs. Fields]].
File:Heart shaped cookies.jpg|Hearts shaped [[Valentine's Day]] cookies adorned with icing
File:McVitie's chocolate digestive biscuit.jpg|A [[McVitie's]] [[chocolate digestive]], a popular biscuit to [[Dunking (biscuit)|dunk]] in [[tea]]/[[coffee]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]
File:Fortune cookie.png|A fortune cookie
File:Meringue cookies.jpg|Meringue cookies
File:Oreo-Two-Cookies.jpg|Commercially sold [[Oreo]] cookies
File:Cookie stack.jpg|Choc-chip cookies
File:Cookies being sold.jpg|A cookie shop, filled with a wide range of cookies
File:CookieCuttersAl.jpg|Cookie cutters
File:Chef's Cookie Deep Dish - 27682832174.jpg|A cookie dessert, topped with [[ice cream]]
File:Chocolate chip cookies.jpg|A plate of chocolate chip cookies
File:Algerian_cookies.jpg|Algerian cookies
File:Little heart-shaped cookies in West Bengal, India.jpg|Little heart-shaped cookies from [[India]]
</gallery>

==Related pastries and confections==
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* [[Acıbadem kurabiyesi]]
* [[Animal crackers]]
* [[Berliner (pastry)]]
* [[Bun]]
* [[Candy]]
* [[Cake]]
* [[Churro]]
* [[Cracker (food)]]
* [[Cupcake]]
* [[Danish pastry]]
* [[Doughnut]]
* [[Funnel cake]]
* [[Galette]]
* [[Graham cracker]]
* [[Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme]]
* [[Kit Kat]]
* [[Halvah]]
* [[Ladyfinger (biscuit)]]
* [[Lebkuchen]]
* [[Mille-feuille]]
* [[Marzipan]]
* [[Mille-feuille]] (Napoleon)
* [[Moon pie]]
* [[Pastry]]
* [[Palmier]]
* [[Petit four]]
* [[Rum ball]]
* [[S'more]]
* [[Snack cake]]
* [[Tartlet]]
* [[Teacake]]
* [[Teething biscuit]]
* [[Whoopie pie]]
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==Manufacturers==
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* [[Arnott's Biscuits]]
* [[Bahlsen]]
* [[Burton's Foods]]
* [[D.F. Stauffer Biscuit Company]]
* [[DeBeukelaer]] 
* [[Famous Amos]] (division of [[Ferrero SpA|Ferrero]])
* [[Fazer]]
* [[Fox's Biscuits]]
* [[Interbake Foods]]
* [[Jules Destrooper]]
* [[Keebler]]
* [[Lance Inc.|Lance]]
* [[Lotte Confectionery]] (division of [[Lotte (conglomerate)|Lotte]])
* [[Lotus Bakeries]]
* [[McKee Foods]]
* [[Meiji Seika|Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.]]
* [[Mrs. Fields]]
* [[Nabisco]] (division of [[Mondelēz International]])
* [[Nestlé]]
* [[Northern Foods]]
* [[Otis Spunkmeyer]] (division of [[Aryzta]])
* [[Pillsbury Company|Pillsbury]] (division of [[General Mills]])
* [[Pinnacle Foods]]
* [[Pepperidge Farm]] (division of [[Campbell Soup Company]])
* [[Royal Dansk]] (division of [[Kelsen Group]])
* [[Sunshine Biscuits]] (historical)
* [[United Biscuits]]
* [[Walkers Shortbread]]
* [[Utz Brands]]
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==Product lines and brands==
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* [[Animal cracker|Animal Crackers]] (Nabisco, Keebler, Cadbury, Bahlsen, others)
* [[Anna's Swedish Thins|Anna's]] (Lotus)
* [[Archway Cookies]] (Lance)
* [[Barnum's Animals]] (Nabisco)
* [[Betty Crocker]] (General Mills, cookie mixes)
* [[Biscoff]] (Lotus)
* [[Chips Ahoy!]] (Nabisco)
* [[Chips Deluxe]] (Keebler)
* [[Danish Butter Cookies]] (Royal Dansk)
* [[Duncan Hines]] (Pinnacle, cookie mixes)
* [[Famous Amos]] (Kellogg)
* [[Fig Newton]] (Nabisco)
* [[Fox's Biscuits]] (Northern)
* [[Fudge Shoppe]] (Keebler)
* [[Girl Scout cookie]] (Keebler, Interbake)
* [[Hello Panda]] (Meiji)
* Hit ([[Bahlsen]])
* [[Hydrox]] (Sunshine, discontinued by Keebler)
* [[Jaffa Cakes]] (McVitie)
* [[Jammie Dodgers]] (United)
* [[Koala's March]] (Lotte)
* [[Leibniz-Keks]] (Bahlsen)
* [[Little Debbie]] (McKee)
* [[Lorna Doone (cookie)|Lorna Doone]] (Nabisco)
* [[Maryland Cookies]] (Burton's)
* [[McVitie's]] (United)
* [[Milano (cookie)|Milano]] (Pepperidge Farm)
* [[Nilla|Nilla Wafers]] (Nabisco)
* [[Nutter Butter]] (Nabisco)
* [[Oreo]] (Nabisco)
* [[Pillsbury Company|Pillsbury]] (General Mills, cookie mixes)
* [[Pecan Sandies]] (Keebler)
* [[Peek Freans]] (United)
* [[Pirouline]] (DeBeukelaer)
* [[Stauffer's]] (Meiji)
* [[Stella D'Oro]] (Lance)
* [[Sunshine Biscuits|Sunshine]] (Keebler)
* [[Teddy Grahams]] (Nabisco)
* [[Toll House Inn|Toll House]] (Nestle)
* [[Tim Tam]] (Arnott's)
* [[Vienna Fingers]] (Keebler)
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==Miscellaneous==
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* [[Christmas cookies|Christmas cookie]]
* [[Cookie cutter]]
* [[Cookie dough]]
* [[Cookie exchange]]
* [[Cookie Clicker]]
* [[Cookie Monster]]
* [[Sheet pan|Cookie sheet]]
* [[Cookie table]]
* [[Cookies and cream]]
* [[Girl Scout cookie]]
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==See also==
{{portal|Food}}
* [[List of baked goods]]
* [[List of cookies]]
** [[List of shortbread biscuits and cookies]]
* [[List of desserts]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Cumo | first=C. | title=Foods that Changed History | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-4408-3537-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqfACQAAQBAJ&pg=PA115| pages=115–117}}

==External links==
*{{wiktionary-inline}}

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