From appetizers to desserts and casseroles to cake, check out our top 100 recipes of the year!
By: Jamie Garcia, Editor, RecipeLion.com
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It's that time of year again! Time to recap the most popular recipes of the year according to you, our readers! From casseroles and cake to chicken and slow cooker recipes, we've got it all. In the list below, you're sure to find some of your favorites dishes, and hopefully you'll find some brand new recipes to love too! From breakfast to dinner and everything in between, our top 100 list includes a mix of blogger favorites and our own test kitchen creations. Please enjoy RecipeLion's top 100 recipes of 2016.
Table of Contents
- Best Appetizer Recipes, Sides, and Sharables
- Top Breakfast Recipes of the Year
- Our Best Beef and Chicken Recipes
- Top Casserole Recipes of the Year
- Top Slow Cooker Recipes of the Year
- The Best Dessert Recipes of the Year
Best Appetizer Recipes, Sides, and Sharables
These are our most popular appetizers, sides and shareable plates of the year. Whether you're in the mood for some delightful crab rangoon, a comforting bowl of soup, or perhaps a pasta salad, you'll find all your favorite recipes of the year below!
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Zucchini Parmesan Crisps
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Easy Crab Rangoon Recipe
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Old Fashioned Macaroni Salad
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4 Ingredient Pizza Pull-Apart Bread
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Amish Church Soup
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Old Standby Amish Macaroni Salad
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Cowboy Crack
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Applebee's Hot Artichoke and Spinach Dip Copycat
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Copycat Sawmill Gravy
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Hawaiian Roll Baked Sandwiches
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Copycat Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Potato Soup
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KFC's Coleslaw
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4-Minute Corn Pudding
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Homemade Amish Friendship Soup
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Funeral Sandwiches
Top Breakfast Recipes of the Year
Our top breakfast recipes this year included lots of patries! From doughnuts to cinnamon roll casserole, the obvious choice for breakfast in 2016 was a sweet one. In case you need a savory fix, we've also got a delicious Monte Cristo sandwhich and a hash brown casserole that are out of this world. Check out the best of breakfast below!
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Monte Cristo Brunch Sandwiches
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Blueberry Muffin Bread Recipe
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Amish Light-As-A-Feather Doughnuts
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Holy Cow Cinnamon Roll Casserole
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In-Your-Sleep Apple Cider Doughnut Bites
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Easy Hashbrown Casserole
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Better Than Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnut Bites
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Better Than Anything Cinnamon Pull Aparts
Our Best Beef and Chicken Recipes
Beef and chicken reigned supreme in 2016 and were your top choices for protein. Lemon chicken, meatloaf, and goulash are just a few of the comforting dishes you'll find below, although any of these recipes will make a delicious dinner! Go ahead and relive some of the best chicken and beef recipes of the year -- we know we will.
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Creamy Lemon Butter Chicken
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Grandma's Goulash
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Old Fashioned Salisbury Steak
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Stupidly Easy Wicked Beef
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4-Ingredient OMG Chicken
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KFC Inspired Fried Chicken
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Old Fashioned German Goulash
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Tin Foil Hobo Dinners
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Cracker Barrel Style Old Country Store Meatloaf
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Simple Shepherd's Pie
Top Casserole Recipes of the Year
Casseroles were by far the obvious favorite in 2016, and for agreat reason -- they're delicious and so easy to make! Our top casserole recipes of 2016 included old classics like Mama's Pizza Casserole, John Wayne Layered Casserole, and Baked Pierogi Casserole. There were a few newcomers as well. You don't have to choose just one, however. Enjoy the most popular casseroles of the year below!
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One Pot Cheesy Hamburger Casserole
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Crazy Good Tater Tot Casserole
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Happy Hubby Ground Beef Casserole
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"More Please!" Cheeseburger Casserole
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Amish Zucchini Casserole
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Great Depression Casserole
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Ground Beef Taco Pie
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30-Minute Cowboy Casserole
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John Wayne Layered Casserole
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Simple Southwest Ground Beef Casserole
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Stupidly Easy Italian Crescent Casserole
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Chicken Salad Casserole
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Awesome Oven-Baked Frito Pie
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Layered Doritos Casserole
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Ultimate King Ranch Casserole
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Baked Pierogi Casserole
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Mama's Pizza Casserole
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Bisquick Creamy Chicken Casserole
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Busy Day John Wayne Casserole
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My Husband's Favorite Casserole
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Easy Dump and Bake Chicken Casserole
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Deliciously Meaty Macaroni Beef Casserole
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Mamaw's Mexican Casserole
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Amish After-Church Casserole
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Easy Cheesy Green Bean Casserole
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Olive Garden Eggplant Parmigiana
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Easy Pizza Spaghetti Bake
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One-Pot Cabbage Casserole
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French Onion Soup Casserole
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Ground Beef Crescent Casserole
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Impossibly Easy Fiesta Bake
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Poor Man Husband Casserole
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Jiffy Cornbread Casserole
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Poor Man Layered Cabbage Casserole
Top Slow Cooker Recipes of the Year
Slow cooker recipes were quite popular this year! From pork chops and casseroles to chicken and meatloaf, these hearty slow cooker meals were the cream of the crop in 2016. If you need something easy to make for dinner tonight, any of these fabulous recipes are sure to please.
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All Day Creamy Ranch Pork Chops
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Slow Cooked Cabbage Roll Casserole
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4-Ingredient Dump and Go Russian Chicken
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Dump and Go Cowboy Chicken
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Knock Your Socks Off Slow Cooker Chicken
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Melt-In-Your-Mouth Slow Cooked Swiss Steak
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Slow Cooker Golden Chicken with Noodles
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Stupid Chicken
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Crazy Slow Cooker Pork Chops
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Magic Slow Cooker Meatloaf
The Best Dessert Recipes of the Year
We've finally made it to the list you were all waiting for -- dessert! Cakes were the clear front-runner this year, which will come as no surprise, although a few dessert salads also made the cut. Please enjoy our most popular dessert recipes of the year and treat yourself to one (or three!) -- you deserve it.
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Cannoli Poke Cake
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4-Ingredient Caramel Apple Dump Cake
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Grandma's Great Depression Cake
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Grandma's Magic Cake
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Old-Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake
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Pineapple Mansion Cake
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Preacher Cake
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Texas Tornado Cake
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Millionaire's Cake
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Old-Fashioned Apple Pudding Cake
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Unforgettable Lemon Pudding Cake
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Hubby's Favorite Dump Cake
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Warm Lemon Pudding Cake
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World's Best Ambrosia Salad
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4-Ingredient Chocolate Pudding Dump Cake
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Holy Cow Cake
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Traditional Ambrosia Salad
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5-Minute Watergate Salad
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Layered No-Bake Banana Split Dessert
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Layered Pineapple Dream
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Layered Pumpkin Delight
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