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{{Portable Infobox Song
|title1 = Milk and Cookies
|image1 = Cry_baby_cover.jpg
|artist = [[Melanie Martinez]]
|album = Cry Baby
|album link = Cry Baby (album)
|released = August 14, 2015
|recorded = ~May 2014
|genre = Alternative pop
|length = 3:26<br><small>(see [[#Official versions|official versions]])</small>
|label = [[Atlantic Records]]<br>[[Warner/Chappell Music]]
|writer(s) = Melanie Martinez<br>[[Kinetics]]<br>[[SmarterChild]]
|producer(s) = [[Michael Keenan]]<br>SmarterChild
|previous track=Tag, You're It|next track=Pacify Her|mv=Tag, you're it Milk and Cookies Double Feature|audio=Melanie Martinez - Milk and Cookies|keybpm=C Harmonic Major • 90 BPM}}
"'''Milk and Cookies'''" is a song by [[Melanie Martinez]] that is featured as the tenth track on her debut album, ''[[Cry Baby (album)|Cry Baby]]''.

Melanie posted a snippet of the song on Instagram on August 6, 2015. The song's music video was part of a double feature video along with "[[Tag, You're It]]". The double feature was released on August 23, 2016.

== Theme ==
This song is a continuation of the storyline from "[[Tag, You're It]]" after [[Cry Baby (character)|Cry Baby]] was kidnapped. In this song, Cry Baby is so distraught that something in her snaps and she kills her kidnapper with poisonous milk and cookies. She wears black to symbolize his impending death, since black is commonly worn at funerals, and sarcastically mentions how good she looks in it.

Originally, the song was about a girl killing her boyfriend with poisonous milk and cookies. Melanie once described the song as a "weird sequel" to "[[Dead To Me]],"<ref>http://www.groundsounds.com/2014/05/28/interview-dollhouse-singer-melanie-martinez-plays-nice-groundsounds/</ref> with the latter being about planning out the murder and the former about actually carrying it out. 

The song has a general theme of taking revenge. 

==Lyrics==
{{Lyrics|lyrics = <poem>
'''[Verse 1]'''
1, 2, melatonin’s coming for you
3, 4, baby, won't you lock the door? 
5, 6, I'm done with this
7, 8, it's getting late, so close your eyes, sleep for days

'''[Pre-chorus]'''
Hush little baby, drink your spoiled milk
I'm fucking crazy, need my prescription filled
Do you like my cookies? They're made just for you
A little bit of sugar, but lots of poison, too

'''[Chorus]'''
Ashes, ashes, time to go down
Ooh, honey do you want me now?
Can't take it anymore, need to put you to bed
Sing you a lullaby where you die at the end

'''[Verse 2]'''
9, 10, never want to see you again
11, 12, I pull off black so well
Shit behind the curtain that I'm sick of sugarcoatin'
Next time you're alone, think twice when you grab the phone

'''[Chorus]''' 
Ashes, ashes, time to go down
Ooh, honey do you want me now?
Can't take it anymore, need to put you to bed
Sing you a lullaby where you die at the end

'''[Chorus]''' 
Ashes, ashes, time to go down
Ooh, honey do you want me now?
Can't take it anymore, need to put you to bed
Sing you a lullaby where you die at the end
</poem>}}

== Official versions ==
{{OV|track1=Final
|album1=''[[Cry Baby (album)|Cry Baby]]''
|date1=August 14, 2015
|producer1=[[SmarterChild]], [[Michael Keenan]]
|length1=3:26
|recdate1=~May 2014
|recdate3=~May 2014

|track2=Clean version
|album2=''[[Cry Baby (album)|Cry Baby]]''
|date2=August 14, 2015
|producer2=[[SmarterChild]], [[Michael Keenan]]|length2=3:26|recdate2=~May 2014

|track3=Instrumental
|album3=Unreleased
|producer3=[[SmarterChild]], [[Michael Keenan]]|date3=June 15, 2016 <small>(leaked)</small>
|length3=3:26}}

==Gallery==
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== Music video ==
The music video is in a double feature with "Tag, You're It" and occurs immediately after Cry Baby was kidnapped by the Big Bad Wolf. Cry Baby wakes up in a toy chest in the [[Big Bad Wolf]]'s house. She pushes her way out, as a scene of Cry Baby's singing head in a jar is shown. This scene is shown multiple times throughout the video. The room Cry Baby finds herself in is a kitchen with paintings of children and a vintage refrigerator. There is a note on the refrigerator reading, "Leave cookies on the table no later than three O'clock OR ELSE!". Cry Baby acts as if she's about to cry, but instead angrily gets ingredients and supplies out. Meanwhile, Big Bad Wolf watches Cry Baby bake cookies through a vintage television in his living room. It is apparent that he lives in a cave. Cry Baby then sees the bottle of poison the [[Cashier|cashier]] at the grocery store gave her laying on the floor. Cry Baby pours the poison into the batter as Big Bad Wolf gets a phone call. There is no response on the other line, so he hangs up, missing Cry Baby adding poison to his food. The cookies finish baking as the clock hits three, and Cry Baby puts them out on the table. The wolf goes to the kitchen to eat them. As he eats a cookie, he begins to choke and Cry Baby attacks him and pours milk onto him. She kills the Big Bad Wolf, and then leaves his home through the closet.

===Cast===
*[[Cry Baby (character)|Cry Baby]]: [[Melanie Martinez]]
*[[Big Bad Wolf]]: [[Cottontail]]

===Errors ===
*When Cry Baby puts the cookies into the oven, there is no icing on them. When she takes them out, there is suddenly icing on the cookies. It is unknown if this is intentional or an error.

==Trivia==
*This was the last song from the standard album to reach 100 million streams on Spotify.
*On February 28, 2020, this song was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. It was the last song from the standard edition of ''Cry Baby'' to receive a certification.
* The music video was in a "double feature" video alongside the music video for "Tag, You're It."
**The music video was edited in 4 days.
**The music video has the same telephone used in the music video of "[[Soap]]."
**Strangely, it is not available on Apple Music or iTunes.
*There are multiple references of popular nursery rhymes and lullabies throughout the song.
** The lyrics where Melanie counts 1, 2...  3, 4... 5, 6... etc. are based on the [http://genius.com/A-nightmare-on-elm-street-one-two-freddys-coming-for-you-annotated Freddy Krueger song] from the horror film ''[[Wikipedia:A Nightmare on Elm Street|Nightmare on Elm Street]]''.
*** It is also a homage to the Nursery Rhyme,"[[wikipedia:One, Two, Buckle My Shoe|One Two Buckle My Shoe]]."
**"Hush little baby, drink your spoiled milk" is also a reference to the traditional lullaby "[[wikipedia:Hush,_Little_Baby|Hush Little Baby]]."
**"Ashes, ashes, time to go down" references the nursery rhyme "[[wikipedia:Ring a Ring o' Roses|Ring Around the Rosie]]", also known as "Ring a Ring o' Roses". It contains the lyric "Ashes, ashes, we all fall down", which Melanie uses to reference the Big Bad Wolf's death.
*There is a faint music box that can be heard near the final chorus.
*Melatonin is also mentioned in "[[Zzzz]]", "[[Coloring Book]]", and "[[Walkie Talkie]]".
**It is likely the original name for Cry Baby's character.
**Strangely, this is the only released song that mentions this.
*The line, "Next time you're alone, think twice when you grab the phone" is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Scream (1996 film)|Scream]].''
*This is Melanie's least streamed song from standard version of ''Cry Baby'' on Spotify. On the deluxe version, "[[Teddy Bear]]" is the least streamed.

==References==
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