In these segments, the Muppet characters of Sesame Street talk about healthy habits, such as eating properly and exercising.

Marlow Stern, " Ask Siri What Zero Divided By Zero Is and Receive the Best Response Ever", The Daily Beast, 30 June 2015. An example of the use of both Cookie Monsters is Monsterpiece Theater: Twin Beaks, with one puppet for the Alistair Cookie scenes and the other for the storyline's "Agent Cookie.After eating a cookie to prove he still likes cookies, Cookie Monster asked if the Peabody Award, a round medallion on a small pedestal, was a cookie. Cookie Monster’s Foodie Truck– If you have a young child who likes picture books, this is a great option.

Each time the Muppet narrator, a human-looking fellow, fixes himself a tray of Wheels, Flutes and Crowns, they disappear before he can eat them. Though his bid to host Saturday Night Live failed, he was allowed to appear with Jeff Bridges when Jeff hosted the show and sang the Christmas song " Silver Bells". In the Sesame Street parody Avenue Q, the character of Trekkie Monster is loosely based on Cookie Monster, sharing his speech pattern and addictive personality.The guttural singing style in death metal bands is commonly (if facetiously) compared to Cookie Monster's low-pitched, gravelly voice. John Lennon's song " Hold On", recorded in 1970 (only a year after Sesame Street debuted), features Lennon shouting "Cookie! Also, that is not a lifestyle that should be promoted worldwide, especially for kids who have to teach healthy habits.

Despite his voracious appetite for cookies, Cookie Monster shows awareness of healthy eating habits and enjoys fruits, vegetables and eggplant too. He is known to have a mother, a younger sister, and a cousin, identical in design, who does not like cookies. Cookie Monster evolved from a monster created by Jim Henson for a General Foods Canada commercial in 1966.On March 16, 2016, Apple released an ad titled "Timer" starring Cookie Monster, where he uses the "Hey Siri" feature in the iPhone 6S to set a timer and play an album while he waits for cookies to bake. Known from then on as the Beautiful Day Monster, he made a number of appearances on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.

Later, Lois finds him in the women's bathroom, cooking a spoonful of cookie dough with a cigarette lighter in the same manner as a heroin addict. As his name implies, his primary craving is cookies, but he can (and often does) consume anything and everything, from apples and pie to letters, flatware, and hubcaps. Two subtly different Cookie Monster puppets have been used interchangeably since the 1980s: One puppet (pictured at top) first appeared in season 16 and has a larger, wider mouth; the other (bottom), which appeared in Follow That Bird and thereafter, has a smaller, more curved mouth.

Frank Oz, is one of the foremost Muppet performers and Jim Henson's closest collaborator, he performed Cookie Monster.