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Tim Tam fudgy slice from Arnott’s The Cookbook. 

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Choc top: The 20+ most popular recipes of October reveal some sweet surprises

In a world where savoury recipes almost always dominate the most-clicked dish lists, it was refreshing to see a fudgy spin featuring a retro favourite take top honours.

21 recipes
Lemon and lime pie.
EASY

21. Adam Liaw’s lemon and lime pie

  • 2 hrs +
  • Adam Liaw
Quick buttered tomato spaghetti.
EASY

20. Adam Liaw’s quick buttered tomato spaghetti

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
This creamy mayo is made with low-fat yoghurt.

19. Spicy, cheesy air-fryer meatballs

  • Siobhan Wightman
Miso-glazed fish and edamame guacamole in crisp nori shells.
EASY

18. Crispy miso fish tacos with edamame guacamole

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Cowboy spaghetti.
EASY

17. Adam Liaw’s beefy cowboy spaghetti

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
French chicken with paprika.
EASY

16. Adam Liaw’s French chicken with paprika

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
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Two food traditions unite in this barfi-spiced chocolate caramel slice.

15. Pistachio barfi plus two more Indian-inspired sweets

  • Justin Narayan
Cordon bleu salad.
EASY

14. Adam Liaw’s chicken cordon bleu salad

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
A truly spectacular, tasty soup.

13. Jamie Oliver’s ‘truly spectacular’ spring soup

  • Jamie Oliver
Chilli crisp chicken tacos with coriander rice and salsa.
EASY

12. Speedy chilli crisp chicken tacos

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Chinese beef and black bean burger with chilli crisp chips.
EASY

11. Chinese spices and chilli crisp

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Ricotta, pea and pesto tart from The Frozen Peas Cookbook by Samuel Goldsmith

10. Ricotta, pea and pesto tart

  • Samuel Goldsmith
Tikka chicken skewers with crunchy coconut potatoes.
EASY

9. Chicken tikka skewers with crunchy coconut potatoes

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Asian-style milk bread provides a tender base for these strawberry iced finger buns.

8. Helen Goh’s strawberry iced finger buns

  • Helen Goh
Katrina Meynink’s pistachio morning buns nod to the cinnamon bun and pistachio craze of 2025.

7. Saganaki with camomile, honey and fennel (plus more on-trend recipes of 2025)

  • Katrina Meynink
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Italian lemon chicken.
EASY

6. Adam Liaw’s Italian lemon chicken

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Stokehouse Pasta and Bar’s rigatoni with prawn and calamari marinara.
EASY

5. The Stokehouse’s rigatoni with prawn and calamari marinara

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jason Staudt
Easy peasy sesame noodles.

4. Easy-peasy sesame noodles

  • Katrina Meynink
Toss the khao yum (Thai rice salad) to ensure maximum flavour in every bite.

3. Khao pad (classic Thai fried rice) and other Thai favourites

  • Nat Thaipun
Pearl cous cous with golden halloumi, zucchini and almonds.

2. Pearl cous cous with golden halloumi, zucchini and almonds and other nutritious salads

  • Sarah Pound
You can mix and match toppings on the Salada crack.

1. Tim Tam fudgy slice

  • Vanessa Horton