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that's the way the cookie crumbles 

cookie represents an object of desire. the state of crumbling represents that the object of desire is no longer attainable in its desired form, or that the object of desire has reached its culmination within a state of decline.
High school senior: "I wasn't accepted into my top choice university."
Father: "Sometimes that's just the way the cookie crumbles."

Boy: "My girlfriend and I finally broke up. We had been arguing for weeks."
Friend: "That's the way the cookie crumbles."

hand in the cookie jar 

When you are in the act of coitus and a guy or girl (because it could go both way) sticks their hand into the girls' vagina for the pleasure of the girl. Similar to fingering
1. Sebastian "Dudeee, last night I was with this fox and I stuck my hand in the cookie jar" ;)

2. Bianca "Hey girlyyyy, last night I was with this HOTTT guy and he stuck his hand in the cookie jar!"

that's the way the cookie crumbles 

A phrase meaning, basically, "That's the way things are, you cannot change it". Usually said to calm someone who's whining overmuch, an usually with little effect.
Man 1: I went on vacation and my fern died!

Man 2: That's the way the cookie crumbles.

That's the way the cookie crumbles 

As if to say "That's how life rolls." It's also a good response for when somebody says something you don't know HOW to respond to. It's also just a cute thing to say.
1.
Girl. Classic vegetable is better than chicken noodle.
Boy. No it's not.
Girl. How?
Boy. That's the way the cookie crumbles!

2.

Boy. Your eyes are beautiful.
Girl. Uhm...that's the way the cookie crumbles!

3.

Boy. You're so weird lawlz.
Girl. That's the way the cookie crumbles.

that's the way the cookie crumbles 

it can mean, "that's life" or "that's how it goes" at the end of a conversation about bad things.
"My dog died last night, and then I broke a nail."
"That's the way the cookie crumbles, honey!"

Eat The Cookie 

Where two or more guys stand in a circle and jack off onto a cookie. And then whoever skeet skeets last is forced to eat it.
Welp Dan you skeet'd last so I guess that means you have to eat the cookie.
Eat The Cookie by Sars4U June 23, 2009