25 Most Popular Recipes of 2025

This year-in-review features the top 25 new recipes of 2025, from the most popular reader favorites to the best new recipes added this year.

The Top 25 Recipes from 2025 (and a THANK YOU from my heart)…

As we move through 2025, I wanted to share the top 25 most-loved recipes from the past year. These are the recipes you cooked, saved, shared, commented on, and came back to again and again.

While the blog continued, 2025 looked very different behind the scenes.

Much of this year has been spent fighting cancer and recovering from surgery, which brought with it a truly ridiculous number of doctor appointments, tests, scans, and follow-ups. It’s been a season of learning patience, listening to my body, and facing fears — including slowly but surely beating my fear of the MRI machine. Hahaha!

There were days when my energy didn’t come easily and moments when showing up felt harder than ever. But through it all, this is my passion. It is what I love to do. I LOVE creating recipes and I want to THANK YOU for supporting what started out as my favorite hobby in the world and somehow turned into my business.

I am endlessly grateful for friends and family who have shown up in ways both big and small. And I am so thankful for you — for your messages, comments, encouragement, and kindness. Whether you knew exactly what I was going through or simply supported my work, you helped keep me moving forward on days when it mattered most. You have been so kind and I will always remember that!

Your support has reminded me why I started this journey in the first place…to share food that brings comfort, connection, and joy.

I’ll be honest — my energy isn’t quite what it was in 2024. But I am giving myself grace, focusing on healing, and working toward coming back stronger in 2026. This year has changed me, but it has also strengthened me in ways I didn’t expect. There have been so many lessons learned!

Thank you for cooking along with me.
Thank you for supporting my work.
Thank you for your kindness, patience, and love.

Let’s get back to the cooking! I have included the Top 25 NEW RECIPES for the year 2025. But here are some classic favorites that you keep coming back to…

Best Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe
Chinese Orange Chicken (better than take-out)
Fettuccine Alfredo
Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Cookies
Best Chicken Marinade
Boursin Cheese Pasta
Best Cornbread Recipe
Easy Mac and Cheese
Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Top 25 New Recipes of 2025:

Marry Me Gnocchi

This Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi is made with a sundried tomato cream sauce tossed in with pillowy gnocchi and topped with fresh parmesan cheese and basil. You will love this Marry Me Gnocchi! View Recipe

This French Onion Pot Roast recipe is made in your slow cooker for a set-it-and-forget-it meal packed with flavor. With sweet caramelized onions, beefy broth, and gooey Gruyère cheese, it's truly the best savory beef pot roast recipe!

French Onion Beef Pot Roast

This French Onion Pot Roast recipe is made in your slow cooker and packed with flavor. With sweet caramelized onions, beefy broth, and gooey Gruyère cheese, it's truly the best savory beef pot roast recipe! View Recipe This easy No-Bake Cheesecake Recipe is made with a luscious filling made with sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, and lemon juice, all piled onto a homemade graham cracker crust. This No Bake Cheesecake with sweetened condensed milk is perfect for when you want an effortless dessert that is easy to whip up and always a crowd pleaser.

This easy No-Bake Cheesecake Recipe is made with a luscious filling made with sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, and lemon juice, all piled onto a homemade graham cracker crust. This No Bake Cheesecake with sweetened condensed milk is perfect for when you want an effortless dessert that is easy to whip up and always a crowd pleaser.

No Bake Cheesecake (with sweetened condensed milk)

This easy No-Bake Cheesecake is made with a luscious filling made with cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, in a homemade graham cracker crust. View Recipe

This Cheesy Taco Rice Skillet is a hearty, one-pan meal that brings all your favorite Tex-Mex flavors together in under 30 minutes. This Mexican Taco Skillet is loaded with seasoned ground beef, uncooked rice, and diced tomatoes—then simmered in a savory blend of beef broth and spices until perfectly tender and topped with melted cheese. A total crowd-pleaser for families and busy weeknights.

Mexican Taco Rice Skillet

This Cheesy Taco Rice Skillet is a hearty, one-pan, under 30 minute meal. Mexican Taco Skillet is loaded with seasoned ground beef, uncooked rice, and diced tomatoes—then simmered in a savory blend of beef broth and spices until perfectly tender and topped with melted cheese. View Recipe Rich, decadent, dark chocolate cookies filled with chocolate covered toffee chunks. These Levain Bakery Chocolate Toffee Cookies are the perfect chocolate toffee cookie. For extra rich chocolate flavor, add a touch of espresso powder to make Levain Bakery Coffee Toffee Cookies.

Rich, decadent, dark chocolate cookies filled with chocolate covered toffee chunks. These Levain Bakery Chocolate Toffee Cookies are the perfect chocolate toffee cookie. For extra rich chocolate flavor, add a touch of espresso powder to make Levain Bakery Coffee Toffee Cookies.

Levain Bakery Chocolate Toffee Cookies (Coffee Toffee Cookies)

Rich, decadent, thick chocolate cookies filled with chocolate covered toffee chunks. View Recipe

One Pan Baked Dumplings

These viral baked dumplings from TikTok are the ultimate easy dinner hack! Crispy dumplings are baked in a creamy coconut curry sauce and topped with cilantro, chili crunch oil, and sesame seed. View Recipe

Spanish Rice Recipe

This easy Spanish Rice Recipe — also known as Mexican rice — is a flavorful, vibrant side dish made with sautéed onions, long-grain rice, Mexican spices, and fresh tomato sauce. View Recipe World's Best Buttered Noodles Ingredients. These buttered noodles are the easiest comfort food ever made with tender pasta, butter, and parmesan cheese. You only need 3 ingredients to make this butter parmesan pasta (also known as Burro e Parmigiano).

World’s Best Buttered Noodles

These buttered noodles are the easiest comfort food ever made with tender pasta, butter, and parmesan cheese. You only need 3 ingredients to make this butter parmesan pasta (also known as Burro e Parmigiano). View Recipe These Lunch Lady Frosted Brownies are rich, fudgy brownies topped with a silky, velvety chocolate frosting. These Frosted Brownies are the best chocolate dessert bar recipe. If you love chocolate, you will love these Brownies with Chocolate Frosting.

Lunch Lady Frosted Brownies

Rich, decadent, fudgy brownies topped with chocolate frosting. These Lunch Lady Brownies are the perfect frosted brownies recipe. View Recipe If you are looking for a moist, tender, flavorful, melt-in-your-mouth banana bread, this is the best banana bread recipe! It is made with both butter and oil, sour cream and buttermilk, and ripe, sweet bananas for baking up the most perfect banana bread.

Best Banana Bread Recipe

How to make the best banana bread using both oil and butter, sour cream and buttermilk, sweet ripe bananas, all topped with a brown sugar topping. View Recipe Tender, juicy, flavorful shredded beef with corn tortillas, fresh homemade guacamole, and a touch of cilantro and onion. These Slow Cooker Beef Tacos are so easy to make and everyone loves them!

Tender, juicy, flavorful shredded beef with corn tortillas, fresh homemade guacamole, and a touch of cilantro and onion. These Slow Cooker Beef Tacos are so easy to make and everyone loves them!

Mexican Shredded Beef Tacos

Tender, juicy shredded beef tacos made in a slow cooker. These chuck roast tacos with guacamole are an easy weeknight dinner recipe. View Recipe This chocolate mousse recipe is a rich and decadent chocolate dessert but is super simple to make. This is a quick and easy chocolate mousse recipe without eggs and relying on whipped heavy cream for a light and airy texture. This is the best chocolate mousse recipe!

Easy Chocolate Mousse

This is an easy chocolate mousse recipe made with only 4 ingredients. No eggs. No double boiler. The best chocolate mousse recipe! View Recipe This tender Poached Coconut Milk Chicken with aromatics, creamy coconut milk, red Thai curry paste, and spices all atop rice is made in less than 30 minutes and is perfect for a weeknight dinner.

Coconut Milk Chicken

Tender poached coconut milk chicken in a sauce with aromatics, creamy coconut milk, thai curry paste, and spices. View Recipe

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

This Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad is made with fresh corn, pasta, red onion, jalapeno, fresh cilantro, all tossed in a perfectly spiced dressing and topped with cotija cheese, Mexican spices, and fresh lime. View Recipe Want to know the secret to make the Best Rice Krispies Treats ever? The secret is brown butter and extra marshmallows to make the most flavorful, gooey Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats imaginable. People are going to begging you for the recipe!

Want to know the secret to make the Best Rice Krispies Treats ever? The secret is brown butter and extra marshmallows to make the most flavorful, gooey Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats imaginable. People are going to begging you for the recipe!

Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats

How to make brown butter rice krispies treats. The secret to making the best rice krispies treats is brown butter and extra marshmallows. View Recipe

One Pot French Onion Pasta

This One Pot French Onion Pasta takes everything you love about French onion soup and turns it into a creamy and cheesy pasta dish. This popular dinner recipe on TikTok is made in just one pot, with caramelized onions in a savory creamy broth, and topped with Gruyère and Parmesan cheese. View Recipe This Homemade Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread is golden, cheesy, spicy, and just a little sweet, and is the ultimate upgrade from basic boxed cornbread. It has a moist, fluffy center amd layered with sharp cheddar cheese and jalapenos for the perfect Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread recipe.

Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread

Homemade Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread is golden, cheesy, spicy, and just a little sweet, and is the ultimate upgrade from basic boxed cornbread. View Recipe These high-protein cottage cheese bagels are soft, chewy, super easy, and easy to whip up for a quick breakfast. If you are looking for a no-yeast bagel recipe that’s easy, protein-packed, and made with just a few ingredients, this is your go-to. Makek homemade bagels in less than 30 minutes and with over 10 grams of protein in each bagel, they are a great way to start your day!

These high-protein cottage cheese bagels are soft, chewy, super easy, and easy to whip up for a quick breakfast. If you are looking for a no-yeast bagel recipe that’s easy, protein-packed, and made with just a few ingredients, this is your go-to. Makek homemade bagels in less than 30 minutes and with over 10 grams of protein in each bagel, they are a great way to start your day!

Cottage Cheese Protein Bagels

Quick, easy, chewy homemade bagels with over 10 grams of protein in each bagel and made with only 5 ingredients. View Recipe Ricotta Parmesan Meatballs. How to make the juiciest, moist meatballs made with creamy ricotta cheese and parmesan cheese. Sharing all of the tips for making the best ricotta meatballs.

Ricotta Parmesan Meatballs. How to make the juiciest, moist meatballs made with creamy ricotta cheese and parmesan cheese. Sharing all of the tips for making the best ricotta meatballs.

Ricotta Meatballs

How to make the juiciest, tender, flavorful Ricotta meatballs made with ricotta cheese and parmesan cheese. These Ricotta Parmesan Meatballs will be a hit! View Recipe

Rich, thick, and soft, these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies taste just like Levain Bakery but made at home. These Levain Bakery Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Chip cookies are the perfect soft peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie!

Levain Bakery Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Rich, thick, and soft, these peanut butter chocolate chip cookies taste just like Levain Bakery but made at home. View Recipe Penne alla Vodka is a classic Italian-American dish featuring a rich, creamy tomato sauce with a touch of vodka. While the alcohol cooks off, the vodka adds a subtle depth and brightness that sets this recipe apart from a standard marinara or tomato cream sauce. You will love this Love at First Bite Pasta!

Penne alla Vodka is a classic Italian-American dish featuring a rich, creamy tomato sauce with a touch of vodka. While the alcohol cooks off, the vodka adds a subtle depth and brightness that sets this recipe apart from a standard marinara or tomato cream sauce. You will love this Love at First Bite Pasta!

Love at First Bite Pasta

This Penne alla Vodka is the best tomato cream sauce pasta and will be love at first bite. View Recipe

Tres Leches Rice Pudding

This is the best rice pudding recipe! This Tres Leches Rice Pudding is made with three kinds of milk, tender rice, and a hint of cinnamon come together in the creamiest, dreamiest dessert you've ever tasted. View Recipe

Seven-layer dip is a colorful, Tex-Mex-inspired appetizer featuring layers of refried beans, guacamole, seasoned sour cream, salsa, shredded cheese, fresh tomatoes, and sliced black olives. It’s popular because it’s easy to make, makes a stunning presentation, is delicious, and always a hit at parties or game-day gatherings. Whether you’re hosting a Super Bowl watch party or a casual family get-together, a classic 7 layer dip is guaranteed to impress.

7 Layer Dip Recipe

This popular appetizer dip has layers of refried beans, guacamole, seasoned sour cream, salsa, shredded cheese, fresh tomatoes, and sliced black olives. It is a hit at parties or get togethers. View Recipe Chex Scotcheroos are an easy, delicious, no-bake treat that combines crunchy cereal, sweet peanut butter, and a chocolate-butterscotch topping. It’s a take on the classic Scotcheroos recipe, but we’re swapping out the usual Rice Krispies cereal for Rice Chex to make them crunchier. You are going to love this easy no-bake dessert.

Chex Scotcheroos

Easy, delicious, no-bake treat that combines crunchy cereal, sweet peanut butter, and a chocolate-butterscotch topping. It’s a take on the classic Scotcheroos recipe, but we’re swapping out the usual Rice Krispies cereal for Rice Chex.View Recipe These are the best bran muffins you’ll ever make -- they are moist, tender, and packed with fiber for a healthy and delicious breakfast or snack. This easy homemade bran muffin recipe uses wheat bran, buttermilk, and simple ingredients to create a perfectly soft texture without being dry. Learn how to make healthy bran muffins with tips, variations, and answers to all your baking questions.

Best Bran Muffins

How to make moist, tender, flavorful homemade bran muffins. View Recipe

Here are some of my favorite recipes from this year that aren’t listed above:
Raspberry Cream Pie
Kerry’s Special Potatoes
Nourishing Honey Ice Cream
Italian Cowboy Caviar
Chocolate Frosted Cookies
Banoffee Pie
Brown Butter Pumpkin Cookies
Gluten Free Monster Cookies

What have been your favorite recipes of 2025? I would love to hear them in the comments! Thank you for all of your support, comments, and for trusting me in your kitchen. It means so much to me! Here’s to a happy and healthy 2026!