This is for everyone who love Fig Newtons -- and even those who don't -- because there are a lot of myths to debunk surrounding this popular soft cookie.

There's a an Instagram account that plates Fig Newtons like the high-end cookie-cakes they are.

I remember when I first tasted a fig outside a Newton. Until my grandmother plucked the plump fruit off a branch, I thought figs resided exclusively in those tidy little cakelike cookies. But here ...

Everyone knows Fig Newtons. They're one of the most popular cookies out there. But there's a surprising number of facts about them that people get wrong.

Fresh figs are roasted in a syrup of honey, butter, cinnamon and orange zest then sandwiched (or left open face) between crumbly oat cakes smeared with rich creme fraiche.

Fig Newtons are considered to be a healthy snack, but after taking a closer look at the ingredients, these cookies might not be as healthy as you think.

Often treated with untouchable reverence, the rich, sweet fig is best paired with the strong flavors of pickles, kimchi and browned butter.

Figs are probably one of the least thought-about fruits. Even though you’ve probably eaten a fair number of Fig Newtons in your life, those cookies could very well have been your only exposure ...

I wasn’t even sure what a fig looked like that wasn’t in a Newton, that mealy excuse for a cookie. The fig tree is native to the Mediterranean and western Asia.

In the kitchen, you reach for a basket of tender, dusky figs. You roast the fruit in honey and sandwich it between crumbly cookies.