Episode 5602

	Sesame Street
	Cookie Monster's Big Puzzle
Air date	November 10, 2025
Season	Season 56

Picture	Segment	Description
	SCENE	Today, Cookie Monster is baking specialized cookies for all his friends on Sesame Street ("Cookie Cart"). After delivering Tamir's puzzle-piece-shaped cookie, Cookie Monster has one more cookie to share: an oatmeal cookie with chocolate chips and rainbow sparkles, Elmo's favorite kind of cookie just for him. Elmo walks by Cookie's Cookie Cart but seems to forget his cookie. Cookie Monster reminds Elmo, but Elmo rejects it, saying he had a big lunch and isn't hungry. Cookie Monster is perplexed...
	SCENE cont'd	Cookie Monster finds Tamir in the community center doing a jigsaw puzzle. Cookie comments on Tamir's puzzle-solving skills, to which Tamir explains that he likes figuring things out. This leads Cookie to ask him if he can help figure out a new favorite cookie for Elmo. Tamir agrees to solve this cookie puzzle, and the two head to the Cookie Cart...
	SCENE cont'd	Grover then spots Tamir's unfinished puzzle and thinks someone destroyed a picture. Abby Cadabby explains and asks Grover if he wants to put it together. Grover agrees and builds himself a moustache and a top hat out of puzzle pieces. When Abby explains that he needs to put the pieces together on the surface, Grover builds his face out of the pieces.
	SCENE cont'd	Cookie and Tamir have brainstormed a list of things Elmo likes but can't decide what he likes best. Cookie Monster thinks he's got it: Elmo loves his puppy, Tango; a Tango-shaped cookie would surely satisfy him.
	SCENE cont'd	Cookie Monster shows Elmo the Tango-shaped cookie. Elmo loves the look of it but reminds Cookie Monster that he's not hungry. Tamir and Cookie are confused: how could Elmo not want a Tango-shaped cookie? Cookie Monster shows Elmo a few more cookie shapes, but he rejects all of them. Tamir deduces that, since changing the shape of the cookie didn't help, they should change the size.
	SCENE cont'd	Cookie and Tamir bake a giant oatmeal-chocolate-chip-rainbow-sprinkle cookie and roll it over to Elmo. Cookie presents the giant cookie as Elmo's new favorite cookie. Elmo tells Cookie Monster he's not listening and gives him a direct request: "No more cookies." He and Tango walk away. Cookie Monster worries: if Elmo doesn't want his cookies, maybe he doesn't like him.
	SCENE cont'd	Grover grows restless of the time-consuming puzzle and attempts to take a short cut by ramming into it. Needless to say, this is unsuccessful.
	SCENE cont'd	Cookie sits disappointed in front of the giant cookie. Tamir remarks that at least Cookie gets to eat it now. Cookie Monster says he doesn't want to, which suddenly makes him understand: Elmo simply didn't want a cookie. Tamir is happy they solved the cookie puzzle, but now Cookie feels bad for not listening to Elmo.
	SCENE cont'd	Cookie Monster delivers one more box to Elmo, only this time, it's empty. Cookie apologizes, and he promises to listen to his friend. Grover and Abby arrive with the finished puzzle, which is of a cookie. Since Elmo doesn't want any cookies, Cookie Monster eats it.
	Cartoon	Tales from 123: Elmo Helps Cookie Open His Door During a game of fetch, Tango retrieves a mysterious key instead of her ball. Elmo searches around to see if he can find what the key is for. It's not for Grover's treasure chest or for the resident talking car, so Elmo guesses someone is missing their door key. Elmo makes a call on the Mighty Monster Megaphone to ask if anyone is missing their key. Cookie Monster is, and he freaks out because he can't access the cookies inside his apartment. Elmo assures Cookie that he has his key, but suddenly, a magnet exits the elevator and takes everyone's keys. Cookie is in despair as he's locked out of his cookies, so Elmo begins trying to unlock Cookie's door. As Cookie grows restless, eyeing the talking broccoli and eating wooden furniture, Elmo realizes that Cookie's keyhole is in the shape of a triangle. Tango grabs the triangle-shaped key off the magnet, and Cookie Monster is able to go home and stop eating inedible objects. When Elmo gets to his apartment to give Tango a treat, he realizes he left his key on the magnet.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck A young girl orders some angel hair pasta with vegetables. Cookie Monster initially thinks it's made of actual hair, until Gonger brings up the recipe. Cookie has already eaten all of their pasta noodles (naturally), so they set out to the pasta factory to see how more gets made and bring some back to cook. (First: Episode 4812)
	Muppets	Elmo's World: Colors (First: Episode 4723)