Best Desserts of 2024

As the year draws to a close, it's time to check out the Best Desserts of 2024! These are the top 10 most popular recipes from Live to Sweet, the most baked by you this year!

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Here they are: the Best Desserts of 2024! These are the top 10 most baked recipes from Live to Sweet this year! No matter which is your favorite, I think we can agree it was one sweet year!

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10 - Chocolate Cherry Pie

When I dreamed up this Chocolate Cherry Pie, I imagined it being made in the middle of summer, but you have all been making it year-round! With tons of traffic for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, this gorgeous pie is in the top ten for the fourth year in a row (of the four years I've made this list!), holding the #10 spot on the blog this year! I've been doing

Chocolate Cherry Pie

This Chocolate Cherry Pie has juicy, fresh cherries and chopped dark chocolate in a crisp, flaky chocolate pie crust! I think the two-tone lattice gives it a little pizazz, too! 🙂

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9 - Oatmeal Brownies

This recipe is close to my heart (as are a few others in this list)! My mom has been baking these since before I was born, and I don't think I've lived a Christmas without eating one (okay...perhaaaaps more than one each Christmas). This old family favorite recipe holds the #9 spot on the blog for 2024!

Oatmeal Brownies

These fudgy Oatmeal Brownies have a buttery, crisp oatmeal crust! A recipe tried-and-true from my childhood, and a regular occurrence at my house during the holidays!

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8 - Honey Lavender Latte Cookies

I am *enchanted* with these Honey Lavender Latte Cookies! You saw the unique and delicious possibilities of this recipe, and enough of you made them to put this recipe in the top 10 two years in a row, holding the #8 spot for this year!

Honey Lavender Latte Cookies

These Honey Lavender Latte Cookies are espresso sugar cookies frosted with honey lavender buttercream! They're your favorite drink in cookie form!

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7 - Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake

This Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake is no-bake, delicious, and has a stunning presentation! Appearing in the top 10 for the first time this year, it holds the #7 spot!

Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake

This No Bake Strawberry Crunch Cheesecake is layers of strawberry and vanilla bean cheesecake in a graham cracker crust, topped with strawberry crunch topping! Completely no bake and delicious, you'll want this beauty on repeat in your kitchen!

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6 - Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers

I developed the recipe for these Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers because they were a childhood favorite that I wanted to make from scratch. Apparently you all feel the same about this classic, as it debuts in the top 10 this year at the #6 spot!

Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers

These Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers are crisp homemade graham crackers dipped in chocolate! Whether you use dark, milk, or white chocolate (or a combination of all three) is up to you!

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5 - Honey Cookies

These Honey Cookies are simply perfect, and deserving of their spot as the #5 most popular recipe on the blog, in the same spot as last year! These cookies are 4/4 for making the top ten the past four years! You can make them plain, drizzle them with glaze, or spend an afternoon making them into a patterned masterpiece! They are so versatile, it's no wonder that so many of you chose to make them, too!

Honey Cookies

These Honey Cookies are tender and chewy, with the floral flavor of honey! Drizzled with a honey vanilla bean glaze, these cuties are simple and delicious!

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4 - Chocolate Ganache Cake

This Chocolate Ganache Cake is simple, decadent, and a stunning addition to any table! With such wide appeal, I'm not surprised to see it in the #4 spot, up from #5 last year!

Chocolate Ganache Cake

This Chocolate Ganache Cake is one layer of soft chocolate cake drenched in dark chocolate ganache! The cake mixes up easily (no mixer required!), and the ganache takes about five minutes. So easy and delicious!

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3 - Lemon Lavender Cake

This Lavender Lemon Cake is a popular recipe in Spring, for Easter, and all summer long! It's so beautiful and delicious, it's no wonder that it holds the #3 spot for the year, and that it's made the top ten three years in a row since it was published on the blog!

2 - Date Pinwheel Cookies

The recipe for these Date Pinwheel Cookies are one of my absolute favorites! This recipe has been in my family for decades (4 decades, if not 5!), and tastes like home to me! I'm delighted to see this recipe in the #2 spot this year, up from #4 last year!

Date Pinwheel Cookies

These Date Pinwheel Cookies have a buttery brown sugar dough filled with swirls of dates and pecans. These babies are crisp, chewy, crunchy, and gooey all in one bite!

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1 - Cinnamon Pie

Here it is the most popular recipe on the blog in 2024: Cinnamon Pie with Apple Cider Meringue! Pinterest went crazy for this gorgeous pie in the Fall! I was so honored that so many people made it for their Thanksgiving feasts this year, pushing it into the top 10 for the first time since it was published in 2022, and securing the #1 spot on the blog this year!

Cinnamon Pie with Apple Cider Meringue

This Cinnamon Pie has a flaky pastry crust filled with a cinnamon cream cheese filling, piled high with apple cider meringue, then topped with homemade apple chips!

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Honorable Mentions

So, as it turns out, some of the most popular recipes on the blog this year weren't desserts! They were breakfast or components of desserts, so I didn't want to list them in the top ten. That said, since these were some of the most popular recipes on the blog (and not to be missed!), I wanted to include them here!

Homemade Vanilla Sugar

This Homemade Vanilla Sugar combines the sweet, rich, warm flavor of vanilla beans with granulated sugar for the ultimate flavor enhancer! Add it to baked goods, flavor your tea, use it to rim cocktail glasses, and more!

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Strawberry Pastry Cream

This Strawberry Pastry Cream is a delicious twist on a classic! The rich flavor, creamy texture, and beautiful color will make you swoon!

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Lavender Sugar

This Homemade Lavender Sugar combines sweet, aromatic lavender with granulated sugar for the ultimate flavor enhancer! Add it to baked goods, flavor your tea, use it to rim cocktail glasses, and more!

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Buttermilk Frosting

This Buttermilk Frosting is perfect for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and more! You'll love how quick and easy it is--not to mention the lovely tangy-and-sweet buttermilk flavor!

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Buttermilk Chocolate Chip Muffins

These Buttermilk Chocolate Chip Muffins are soft, moist, and bursting with mini chocolate chips! These muffins are a tried-and-true recipe that you and your family will love!

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Now that we've reminisced about the Best Desserts of 2024, here's to all things sweet in 2025! I have so many ideas, and can't wait for you to bake all my recipes along with me in the new year! Wishing a very happy New Year to each of you!