🍪
Subgroups
Unicode
U+1F36A
Variant status
Fully-qualified
Emoji version
E0.6

cookie

Definitions & examples

Signals a sweet treat and “you deserve a little something.” It’s cozy, homemade energy—snack break, bake sale, or a tiny reward after good work.

Cross-cultural

Often stands for oyatsu (snack time)—konbini treats, café posts, or seasonal cookies; cute and casual.

  • You just wrapped a long task and text your teammate.

    Ship done—treat yourself to a cookie 🍪, you earned it.

General

Playful “reward” or tiny bribe; gamers also drop 🍪 when joking about Cookie Clicker progress or idle-game grind.

Heads-up

In tech/product chats, 🍪 can mean web cookies (tracking/session/consent). If it’s not edible, add a word like “cookie banner” to avoid confusion. Too many food emojis can feel childish in formal threads.

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