Most Popular Recipes of 2018

First, can we discuss the rate at which 2018 flew by? Was it the blink of an eye or the flap of a butterfly’s wings? 2019 is knocking on our doors and we can’t look forward to a new year without reflecting back on the previous. What was the best part of your 2018?

I LOVE looking back on the year and seeing which recipes have been your favorite. What’s most exciting is when a recipe I published that year falls into the top ten category, especially since that recipe has 7 years of page views to compete with. (See #7!)

I gathered these top 10 popular recipes from looking at the page views of my posts as well as the positive reviews. If you’re looking for the best of the best on SBA, these 10 recipes are it!

#10 Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

These soft chocolate chip cookies received a lot more attention this year than previous years! Just goes to show that a CLASSIC never goes out of style. Crisp cookie lovers? Here are my crispy chocolate chip cookies. GET THE RECIPE.

#9 Homemade Cake Pops

My homemade cake pops are made completely from scratch – no cake mix or canned frosting! You can actually TASTE the homemade. The love, the passion, and the care that goes into creating each adorable pop. GET THE RECIPE.

#8 Homemade Soft Pretzels

These easy homemade soft pretzels are made start to finish in less than 45 minutes! You need the simplest, most basic ingredients possible and I guarantee each one is in your kitchen right now. Spicy nacho cheese sauce optional 🙂  GET THE RECIPE.

#7 Strawberry Cake

This homemade strawberry cake completely blew me away (and readers, too- over 650 comments)! It’s made with REAL ingredients – no artificial strawberry flavor. Just pure strawberries in both the cake and frosting! GET THE RECIPE.

#6 Chocolate Buttercream

My tried and true favorite chocolate buttercream is incredibly CREAMY, silky, smooth, and rich. Like a decadent brownie in frosting form. Melts in your mouth and is unbelievable on chocolate cupcakes. GET THE RECIPE.

#5 Lemon Blueberry Layer Cake

My lemon blueberry layer cake finds a way into the top 10 every year since I published it back in 2014! Made with real lemons and studded with blueberries, it’s deliciously sweet – all topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. GET THE RECIPE.

#4 Salted Caramel

Only 4 ingredients and no candy thermometer needed for my homemade salted caramel recipe. It’s liquid gold and here are 50 ways to eat it! GET THE RECIPE.

#3 Best Banana Cake

Truly the best banana cake I’ve ever had! It’s supremely moist with cream cheese frosting, tons of banana, brown sugar, and cinnamon flavor. GET THE RECIPE.

#2 Super Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

These super moist chocolate cupcakes are for true chocolate fans- there’s a double dose with both a chocolate cupcake base AND a smooth and silky chocolate buttercream (#6 above!). GET THE RECIPE.

#1 20 Minute Honey Garlic Shrimp

The most popular recipe on my site! 20 minute honey garlic shrimp is easy, healthy, and quick. Dinner in 20 minutes and the sauce is lick-your-lips good, especially over rice. GET THE RECIPE.

And my personal #1? It’s so hard for me to choose as I have about 1,000 recipes between my website and cookbooks, so I’ll narrow it down to a favorite recipe published on the blog in 2018. No-Bake S’mores Cake is most definitely my favorite 2018 recipe! So simple and that toasted marshmallow meringue is absolute heaven.

Q: Which SBA recipes are your favorites? Thank you so much for baking and cooking my recipes. It truly means the world to me!!

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