You knew it was coming!
This post was a lot of fun to put together. After compiling the most popular dessert recipes of 2011, here’s what I found:
You guys go crazy for:
- Anything NO BAKE!
- Quick & easy
- Chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate
- Chewy, crunchy things
- Peanut butter AND chocolate
- Short ingredient lists
- Healthy blizzards (1, 2, and 3)
- Bite-sized
- Healthy “dessert-like” snacks (see end of post for list)
- Cookie dough galore
- Classic desserts made vegan
- Balls, balls, balls
What kind of desserts did you love the most? Or maybe you want to let me know about a non-vegan dessert that you’d like to see “veganized” in 2012? Let me know in the comments below and I will add it to my list.
Here are the top 21 dessert recipes that you drooled over, indulged in, raved about, and baked (or didn’t bake) the most in 2011…
21. Peanut Butter and Jam Nanaimo Bars (a personal fav of mine & also no bake)
20. Sinless Sticky Toffee Pecan Pudding
19. 5-Ingredient Almond Butter Chews & Almond Butter Rice Crisp Treats (tied)
18. 5-Ingredient No Bake Date Squares
17. Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Spiced Doughnuts
16. Rustic Chocolate Chip Banana Cake
15. Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes with Raspberry Buttercream
14. Brownie Pumpkin Pie with a Crunchy Pecan Topping & Pumpkin Pie Brownie Cupcakes
13. Itty Bitty Carrot Cake Cookies
12. Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
11. Vegan and Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies – the crispers!
10. No Bake Double Chocolate Torte
9. Healthy Strawberry Oat Squares
8. Vegan Pumpkin Pie, three ways (with gluten-free crust option)
7. Dense, gooey, flakey Vegan Brownies, two ways (with killer gluten-free version!)
6. No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispies with “Fudge”
5. 80-calorie No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
4. Pumpkin Gingerbread with Spiced Buttercream
3. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard
2. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls
1. Double Chocolate Torte (I would have to agree with the #1 pick, although I’m partial to the no bake version too)
This torte photo was clearly before I learned how to white balance my photos…heh
If you are looking for a lighter treat, check out some of the healthier recipes below:
- Itty Bitty Carrot Cake Cookies
- Healthy Strawberry Oat Squares
- Rustic Chocolate Chip Banana Cake
- 80-calorie No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls + Blizzard
- 5-Ingredient Almond Butter Chews & Almond Butter Rice Crisp Treats
- 5-Ingredient No Bake Date Squares (high in natural sugars, but uses all natural ingredients)
- Almond Butter Rice Crisp Treats
On that note, I see carrot cake cookies in my future…
All your desserts look so tempting which is hard for someone like me who is dieting. Thanks for including a list of lighter desserts. Last year I made your brownie pumpkin pie with pecan topping and it was AMAZING! So I made it again. My little boy, who is dairy intolerant, loves it and so does everyone else.
Yummmm I remember all these desserts and have tried a few. :) Can’t wait to see what new ones you make in 2012.
Just had to stop by and say your photos are amazing!! So colourful and delicious looking!!
Hello Angela!
Agreed about your Double Chocolate Torte. I want to run to the kitchen to make this right now! :)
I’ve always found your writing, recipes, words and photos inspiring! Thank you for sharing it all! Love your blog — which is why you’re on my Versatlie Blog Award list!
http://ateaspoonofturmeric.com/2011/12/31/versatile-blogger-award/
Wishing you a happy and beautiful 2012!
Preena
Thank you Preena! Going to check it out… :)
If I didn’t have so many christmas cookies left in my freezer, filling my freezer, I’d make that banana bread asap.
I always get excited to see your gluten free desserts, but then get a bit bummed when most of those have nuts in them. My son has celiac and is allergic to all nuts (and lentils and peas).I would love to see any recipes that meet those needs!
Thank you for the suggestion Emily!
Hello Angela,
All the desserts look fabulous! I had my way with the “No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Crispies” a few times in the past year. I’m looking forward to trying a few more of these wonderful vegan recipes.
Looking forward to more recipes in 2012!
–Dorota
None of your recipe links takes me to the recipe…they just go to a comments page. Thought you’d want to know!
Would loooove to see a vegan lemon mergiune pie?
Happy new year, Angela!!!
Every.single.one.of.these.desserts. looks DELICIOUS!!!!
Sooo I can’t stop telling peoe about you’re amazing recipes! I’ve blogged about them,
Made them for my family (my family member got goosebumps eating your choc chip cookies!) and just been telling people to go to your site! I will have everyone converted to making your recipes sooner or later lol. I hope u come out with a cookbook soon, it would b cool to buy one and have a paper copy of the great stuff on here! Thanks for helping me enjoy cooking and being healthy and cruelty free :)
Thank you for your support! :)
Thanks for the dessert recap! I’ll be trying out a few of these in the next few weeks!
Hi Angela! I´d really like to see that white chocolate recipe of yours!!!
Hi Angela,
I make your no-bake date squares all the time! They are my fave and I can’t wait to try more of your delicious recipes!
I really need to try some of the balls, I’ve never made any before!
Where do you come up with these recipes…there amazing? Can’t wait to try the blizzard!!
I’ve only found your blog today. Looks amazing. It was through looking at Mac’ and Cheese recepies and found yours, and came across /the burger as well. Going to try both a some point, and I’ll be following the blog from now on. By the way, your name is my mittle name :-)
I’m not Vegan, but have been a vegetarian, and I’m eating more green food again, and I’m trying to have at least 3 a week. I wanted to comment the right place, but I’m sure you’d been forced to close on old comments due to spam, as do have I?
Hey Deborah! Thanks for your comment. So glad you stumbled across the blog. I did close old comments due to spam unfortunately. I might try re-opening if I can get them under control.
OH wow! You made my day. Thank you :-)
Hi, I really like your website and recipes. You were sort of looking for recipe ideas to veganize. I would like to come up with a recipe for vegan pecan pie, and I wonder if you have any ideas. The pecan pudding with carmel sauce looks sort of similar. I also don’t want to use any refined sweeteners, maple syrup and honey are okay. Seems like a good challenge. :)
My alternate title for this post is, “More Proof that Ange is a Genius.”
hah…I wish, but thank you my dear!