If Steve from Stranger Things Was a Cookie… He’d Be This Brown-Butter Chocolate Chip Classic
Steve is that cookie everyone loves. Warm, reliable, protective, secretly soft, and somehow always there right when you need him. So his cookie had to match that: a brown-butter chocolate chip cookie loaded with big chunks of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, and a little salt on top.
Ingredients
Dough (Steve’s classic cookie)
¾ cup unsalted butter, browned and slightly cooled
½ cup light brown sugar, packed
½ cup molasses sugar, packed
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 large egg + 2 egg yolks, room temperature
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1¾ cups all-purpose flour
¾ tsp baking soda
¾ tsp kosher salt
1 cup milk chocolate chunks
½ cup dark chocolate chunks (70–80%)
Flaky salt for topping
If you don’t have molasses sugar:
Use all light brown sugar
Add ½ tablespoon molasses
And if you don’t have molasses at all, just use the light brown sugar alone. Still works. The molasses just gives that deeper caramel flavor Steve totally deserves.
How To Make Steve’s Cookie
1. Brown the butter
Cook the butter until golden and nutty. Let it cool a bit — melted but not hot.
2. Mix the sugars + butter
Whisk brown butter with the light brown sugar, molasses sugar, and granulated sugar.
3. Add eggs + vanilla
Mix in the egg and the 2 yolks until smooth. Add vanilla.
4. Add the dry
Fold in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Don’t overmix.
5. Add the chocolate
Throw in the milk chocolate and dark chocolate chunks. Big pieces = big Steve energy.
6. Chill the dough
Refrigerate for 45 minutes. It keeps the cookies thick and chewy.
7. Scoop
About 2 tbsp dough per cookie.
8. Bake
350°F / 175°C
10–12 minutes
Edges set, centers soft. Pull them before they brown too much.
9. Finish with flaky salt
A tiny pinch on top makes the chocolate pop.
Why This Cookie Is Steve?
It’s warm, soft, comforting, and a total crowd-pleaser.
Classic, but with that extra brown-butter depth — just like Steve and all his unexpected character growth.
And let’s be honest… everyone loves chocolate chip cookies the same way everyone loves Steve Harrington.