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A food processor with cilantro ranch protein dip in it and triangular corn chip with dip on the tip being held above the food processor.

Cilantro Ranch Protein Dip

The Best S'more Fudge on brown parchment paper partially cut with two pieces of fudge stacked on top.

The Best S’more Fudge

Two egg rolls, sweet chili sauce, and a serving of fried rice on a plate.

Dhiana’s Indonesian Egg Rolls

A white bowl of churro muddy buddies.

Churro Muddy Buddies

6-photo picture collage of carrot cake, chocolate zucchini muffins, Samoa Rice Krispie treats, raspberry cheesecake brownies, tres leches cake, and magnolia bakery blueberry jamboree with the text of the title overlayed on the collage.

2023 Readers’ Favorite Dessert Recipes

A small bowl of cheese sauce sitting on a large Polish pottery platter filled with biscuit pretzel bites.

Easy Biscuit Pretzel Bites

A hand held above a bowl of Janeth's Corn Salad Dip holding a chip with dip on it.

Janeth’s Corn Salad Dip

A peacock patterned polish potter bowl of sun dried tomato hummus with chopped sun-dried tomatoes and a basil leaf in the middle drizzled with olive oil. Around the polish pottery bowl are sliced cucumbers, pretzels, sliced carrots, pita chips and sliced red bell pepper.

Sun Dried Tomato Hummus

A slow cooker with Little Smokies and barbecue sauce.

Slow Cooker Little Smokies

A large bowl of Funfetti Cake Batter Muddy Muddy Buddies

Funfetti Cake Batter Muddy Buddies

Brown sugar caramel popcorn in a large metal bowl

Easy Brown Sugar Caramel Corn

Mint Oreo cookies and mint muddy buddies scattered around a small white bowl of Mint Oreo Muddy Buddies.

Mint Oreo Muddy Buddies

A mini cherry cheesecake on top of three small plates with two forks on the left of the plate. Faded in the upper background are more little cheesecakes on a large plate.

Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

A dark blue bowl with polka dots filled with Feta Greek Salad dip on large circular blue plate with dots and surrounded by pita chips.

Feta Greek Salad Dip

A dark blue and white peacock patterned Polish pottery bowl filled with hummus topped with olive oil, red pepper flakes, and parsley. Carrot slices, pretzel chips and pita chips surround the bowl.

Easy Hummus Recipe

Broken Glass Jello Squares stacked on a small blue plate. Surround the plate are Euro coins. In the upper background is the corner of a glass dish with jello squares and a kitchen towel.

Broken Glass Jello Squares

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