At the end of a year, I like to look back and take “inventory” of my recipes and how they were viewed. In regard to the Most Popular Recipes of 2025, the recipes ranged all over the spectrum with Chocolate, German, and Venison Recipes coming in at the top.
Top Twelve Recipes for 2025
With over 40,000 views, this recipe for Chocolate Fudge Truffle Cheesecake has been in the top 3 for the last several years. This cheesecake deserves its spot, as it’s a chocolate-lover’s dream. Truly, it’s an amazing recipe that turns out every time I’ve made it. I love enjoying it on my birthday or for Valentine’s Day!
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Chocolate Fudge Truffle Cheesecake
This Chocolate Fudge Truffle Cheesecake is a chocolate-lover's dream dessert. It is a new take on my Chocolate Fudge Cheesecake recipe–made even better, and more chocolaty! More Fudgy! It reminds me of a wonderful chocolate candy truffle. So yummy!
Kielbasa Sauerkraut with Potatoes rose to #2 this past year with just over 28,000 views. This is also a great weeknight dinner or perfect for Oktoberfest.
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Kielbasa Sauerkraut and Potatoes
Kielbasa Sauerkraut and Potatoes is an easy one-dish recipe to make for your family as a weeknight dinner. Flavored with onion, garlic, thyme, and sage, it’s quite satisfying. Be sure to add this one to your favorite German or Polish recipes.
Pork Schnitzel with Cream Sauce drops a point and comes in at #3. This is always a popular recipe, especially for anyone looking for comfort food or a German dish. It’s an easy weeknight dinner to make for your family and pairs well with mashed potatoes or German Spaetzle with Cabbage!
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Pork Schnitzel with Cream Sauce
Here's a delicious recipe to try for your next Sunday Dinner or Oktoberfest celebration.
Thick Venison Chili once again earns a spot in my top five recipes with over 17,000 views this past year. A lot of my venison recipes have ranked in the top 50 recipes. For the first 15 years of our marriage, our family practically lived on venison that my husband hunted, both deer and elk. After much trial and error, I learned the best recipes for using the roasts, steaks, and burger. This is one of them!
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Thick Venison Chili
The first ten years of our marriage, we nearly lived on wild game, much of it deer or elk meat. Here's a chili recipe using ground venison that is thick, which my husband likes.
Angel Food Cake with Frosting once again comes in at Number Five and is still quite popular in searches. It’s pleasing to know so many people are looking at homemade versions of this recipe! The cake is light and airy with a hint of vanilla and citrus, and the 7-Minute Frosting is so good!
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Angel Food Cake with Frosting
Here's a recipe we made for the County Fair and also for birthdays. When you want a really delicious Angel Food cake, try this. The 7-Minute Frosting is so marshmallowy good!
Keep scrolling to see the delicious recipes that ranked #6 – #12 this past year.
This John Wayne Venison Casserole jumped ahead two spots coming in at #6 with nearly 13,000 views. It’s becoming a quiet popular potluck dinner recipe and is easy to make.
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John Wayne Venison Casserole
Our family loves John Wayne movies, so when I discovered this dish, adapted from an actual recipe that John Wayne submitted for a cookbook, I had to try it. This John Wayne Venison Casserole is perfect for your next potluck dinner. It always goes over very well.
At #7 is another popular German recipe. German Style Meatballs is a family favorite we make every year. Flavorful meatballs in a sweet and sour sauce, loaded with sauerkraut and cranberries. Members of our church like these meatballs so much, they’ve come to expect it each year.
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German Style Meatballs
Many people celebrate Oktoberfest with German food. Here is a family favorite we make for our annual German Dinner at church. Great with Bierocks and/or Spaetzel.
We start changing things up at #8 with my Moist Butter Cake with nearly 9,000 views. This layer cake is one of my favorites, especially the chocolate frosting. So yummy.
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Moist Butter Cake with Chocolate Frosting
Every now and then, I get a hankering for a moist buttery cake. Here’s one you can make from scratch!
Next up is my Glorified Rice Salad, which is especially nice to serve for Christmas or Easter. Made with white rice, whipped cream, crushed pineapple, and maraschino cherries.
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Glorified Rice Salad
This is a festive dish to serve for family or church gatherings–excellent for Christmas or Easter!
The #10 spot goes to a top viewed recipe since my blog began – Chicken Teriyaki on a Stick. It’s a simple recipe to make with chicken tenders and goes well with any Asian dinner.
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Chicken Teriyaki on a Stick
Here's a delicious recipe to make on the grill or under a broiler. Serve with Fried Rice, Crab Rangoon, or Egg Rolls.
#11 is a recipe seen at almost every family gathering. Orange Carrot Salad goes well with picnics, barbecue, or for holiday dinners.
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Orange Carrot Gelatin Salad
Orange Carrot Gelatin Salad is a tried-and-true recipe we enjoy at family gatherings that's perfect for picnics and barbecues, or even Thanksgiving Dinner.
The Twelfth recipe is a comfort food favorite I love to make in the fall or winter. Roast Beef and Noodles can be made with leftover pot roast or from scratch with stew meat or a small beef roast. Add homemade egg noodles for a wonderful dinner on a cold night. This dish is especially nice to make on a weekend when you have plenty of time to allow it to cook.
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Roast Beef and Noodles
There are few things better than to walk in from the cold to the savory scent of Roast Beef and Noodles cooking on the stove. I love Dutch Oven Cooking, and this is Comfort Food Deluxe. From the tender roast beef to the toothy, flavorful egg noodles and gravy poured over mashed potatoes.
As you can see, out of the Top Twelve Recipes for 2025, three are German Recipes, three are Desserts, two are Salads, two are made with Venison, and the remaining recipes fit into their own category. I hope you’ve enjoyed this post, and that it has given you ideas for recipes to make for your family.
This past year, Country at Heart Recipes had more than 512,000 pageviews. I also joined Mediavine for ad monetization last January which has been a wonderful experience! I owe much thanks and appreciation to all of you for continuing to visit and browse my recipes.
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