Top 15 Most Popular Recipes in 2023 (2024)

I received more traffic to my website this year than ever (other than the pandemic year when everyone was at home baking!), and I’m so grateful for all the comments and reviews left on recipes.

I recognize the time it takes to check back and leave a review; it is so helpful for others that look through the comments before making a review. And it means a lot to me! So thank you!

Below are the recipes that were the most popular on my website this year both in terms of traffic and reviews.

#15 Banana Chocolate Chip Snack Cake

Cake for a snack? Sign me up! So many rave reviews on this easy snack cake. Erin commented: I haven’t ever had something like this, it was so good! I loved all the flavors together and it was so easy! I’m with you Mel, I can’t decide if it’s breakfast or dessert!

#14 Creamy Beef and Noodle Soup

Creamy Beef and Noodle Soup

This soup is incredible. I’ve made it dozens of times this year, and it’s ridiculously yummy served with these breadsticks.

#13 Quick and Easy Pizza Dough

Quick and Easy Pizza Dough

Chari left this comment on this recipe: I use the recipe weekly and have it memorized and written on my heart. Best pizza dough recipe and so versatile.

Same, Chari, same. I hear from readers all the time how they have tried every recipe in the book for homemade pizza dough with little success…until this recipe! It’s quick, easy, and makes the best pizza ever.

#12 Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls

Serve these rolls with homemade cinnamon butter and you’ll never have to put on real pants and leave your house again.

#11 Sour Cream Banana Bread

Sour Cream Banana Bread

This recipe has made the “most popular” list for ten years running, I think. It is one of the tastiest banana bread recipes on the planet.

#10 Soft and Chewy Drop Sugar Cookies

Soft and Chewy Drop Sugar Cookies

If you want the best and easiest sugar cookies of your life, make this recipe. This review on these sugar cookies made me smile.

Annie writes: Honestly, the best sugar cookie I have ever made. And I’ve been baking since 1970 ! No more cut out cookies for me, these are my go to from now on. I rolled them into walnut size balls and dipped them in vanilla bean sugar. They taste like toasted marshmallows.

#9 Monkey Bread

The Best Monkey Bread

There is a reason this recipe is consistently so beloved and so popular. It makes the most delicious monkey bread (from scratch! move over canned biscuits!).

#8 The Best Gravy for Any Occasion

The Best Homemade Gravy

Sometimes it’s hard for new recipes to compete with these “most popular” lists because they haven’t had as much time online to gain fans and popularity! But this homemade gravy recipe and tutorial is the exception! I posted this right before Thanksgiving, and it quickly surpassed many recipes that had been living on my site for years in popularity. Good gravy can fix anything! That’s a great motto to live by.

#7 Leftover Turkey Soup

Amazing Leftover Turkey Soup

Let’s hear it from Barbara who left this comment! (Also, this soup works exceptionally well with cooked chicken subbed in for the leftover turkey.)

This recipe certainly belongs in the Soup Hall of Fame! Full disclosure: I was just the go-fer while my husband made the soup. In any case, the soup is truly among the very best we’ve ever had…and we are in our late 70s! We now plan to get an extra-large turkey at Christmas and use the leftovers for Round 2 of the soup. Don’t know how well it freezes but we’ll soon find out. Meantime, do yourself a terrific favor —Make The Soup!!

#6 The Best Homemade Salsa

With over 2,300 five-star reviews, you know a recipe is a keeper. I plant a garden just for this salsa so I can make jars and jars of it to get us through the year (apparently so do hundreds of you!). It’s the very best salsa, and you can’t convince me otherwise. 😉

#5 French Bread Rolls

This recipe has stood the test of time and been my go-to, all-purpose roll for almost 20 years now. It makes fantastic dinner rolls, hamburger buns, sandwich/hoagie buns and more. Kyra says: Oh. My. Goodness. Heavenly! My first attempt at homemade dinner rolls and even my picky husband absolutely loved them. I will never even consider trying another recipe. I give this 100 stars

#4 Chocolate Fondue

Perfect Chocolate Fondue

This chocolate fondue recipe is wildly popular (especially around New Year’s and Valentine’s Day). And you won’t believe how easy it is! Get those strawberries, bananas and rice krispie treats (my top three fave dippers) ready for dipping action!

#3 Cranberry Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip

Cranberry Jalapeno Cream Cheese Dip

This recipe is another one that has consistently been one of the most popular and most made recipes on my site year after year. Pamela sums up the deliciousness with this comment: Love this, and it is quite the hit for parties! I also just eat it out of the bowl by the spoonful!! Nice and crunchy, tasty, tart and Christmasy!

#2 The Best Quesadillas

The Best Chicken Quesadillas

Really. The best quesadillas. And if you don’t think you need a recipe for quesadillas, think again. The simple tips in this easy recipe will have you rethinking that philosophy and embracing this quesadilla recipe wholeheartedly. After all, it was the SECOND MOST POPULAR recipe on my blog garnering millions of views (with hundreds of you making it to rave reviews!).

#1 Homemade French Bread

Homemade French Bread

Ah, this beloved French bread recipe has been a staple for me (and here on the blog) for decades. The nearly 3,000 5-star reviews don’t lie. It will likely be the best bread you ever make, and it has been the most popular recipe on my site for years and years. It’ll take a miracle for this recipe to get unseated as #1!

Which of these recipes have you made? Do you have any favorites that didn’t make the list?

Happy new year, friends! 🎉

Top 15 Most Popular Recipes in 2023 (2024)

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2024's Best Recipe Websites: Our Picks
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17 Dishes Every Home Cook Should Know How to Make, According to Chefs
  1. 01 of 17. Eggs. Victor Protasio. ...
  2. 02 of 17. Rice. Diana Chistruga. ...
  3. 03 of 17. Roast Chicken. Julia Hartbeck. ...
  4. 04 of 17. Bolognese. Photo and Styling by Julia Gartland. ...
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  7. 07 of 17. Steak. ...
  8. 08 of 17. French Fries.
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What is the best recipe website? ›

Top 8 Best Recipe Websites [for 2023]
  1. Allrecipes. Taking the top position is Allrecipes, a top-tier recipe website that is estimated to have over 25 million visitors each month. ...
  2. The Food Network. Another outstanding player in the culinary game is The Food Network. ...
  3. Yummly. ...
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How to find trending recipes? ›

Google Trends will also show you related search terms and search terms that are rising in popularity. It's a slick way to brainstorm ideas for new recipes!

Who made the first recipe? ›

The earliest known written recipes date to 1730 BC and were recorded on cuneiform tablets found in Mesopotamia. Other early written recipes date from approximately 1600 BC and come from an Akkadian tablet from southern Babylonia. There are also works in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs depicting the preparation of food.

What is the first thing you should do with every recipe? ›

The first step in following a recipe is to be sure to read through the ingredients needed as well as the instructions for what you will be doing before you ever begin mixing your batters or doughs. (This is one of the first steps in Mise En Place.)

Where do people go for recipes? ›

Cooking websites and blogs, such as Allrecipes, Food.com, and Epicurious. Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Cooking and recipe books, both physical and digital. Cooking and recipe apps, such as Yummly and Cookpad.

Where do recipes come from? ›

The earliest surviving recipes, which give instructions for a series of meaty stews, are inscribed on cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. Recipes also survive from ancient Egypt, Greece, China, and Persia. For millennia, however, most people weren't literate and never wrote down cooking instructions.

What is the place where we cook food? ›

A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment.

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