The cookies that the Cookie Monster enjoys on Sesame Street, are actually painted rice cakes...

The word "cookie" comes from the Dutch word "koekje", meaning little cake...

English women used to eat gingerbread "husbands" to improve their chances of finding a real mate...

It’s commonly believed that the first chocolate chip cookie was created by accident. According to the story, in the 1930s, Ruth Wakefield, inventor of the Toll House Cookie, added pieces of a chocolate bar into her cookie batter, thinking the chocolate would melt. When it didn’t, chocolate chip cookies were born!