<P> "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?" or the Cookie Jar Song is a sing - along game of children's music . The song is an infinite - loop motif, where each verse directly feeds into the next . The game begins with the children sitting or standing, arranged in an inward - facing circle . </P> <P> The song usually begins with the group leader asking who stole a cookie from an imaginary (or sometimes real) cookie jar, followed by the name of one of the children in the circle . The child questions the "accusation," answered by an affirmation from the "accuser," followed by continued denial from the "accused ." The accuser asks who stole the cookie, followed by the accused's saying the name of another child in the circle . The call - and - answer is potentially infinitely recursive, limited only by the number of participants or the amount of time the participants wish to spend on it . </P>

Who ate the cookie from the cookie jar song