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The 10 Most Popular Recipes From February 2018

The winning chocolate cake was twice as popular any other dish, and for good reason.
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Take one look at the HuffPost Taste Instagram account and you’ll get a good sense of the landscape of recipes being created by the most popular food bloggers on the internet. Then take a look at the number of likes for each of those dishes, and you can tell what people are really craving.

Sometimes (ahem, January) photos of fresh fruits, salads and smoothies hit the spot. But in February, comfort foods took the spotlight. Five of the 10 most popular recipes featured on the HuffPost Taste account were soups or stews, two were grains and three were ooey-gooey desserts.

The most popular recipe had twice as many likes as any other recipe. Once you take a look at it, you’ll know exactly why. Check out the top 10 dishes below.

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Vegetarian Lentil Tortilla Soup (Instant Pot + Slow Cooker)
Peas and Crayons
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9
Pea Pesto Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Arugula (Vegan + Gluten-Free)
Minimalist Baker
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8
Creamy Steel Cut Oats with Rainbow Chard and Pine Nuts
Wholehearted Eats
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7
Gooey Chocolate Chunk Blondies
Handle The Heat
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6
5-Ingredient Pesto Chicken Soup
Gimme Some Oven
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5
Nutella Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies
Handle The Heat
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4
Creamy Roasted Garlic Potato Soup with Crispy Brussels and Chili Oil
How Sweet Eats
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3
Pressure Cooker Ropa Vieja (Slow Cooker, Too)
A Calculated Whisk
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2
Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala
Savory Tooth
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1
Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake
Yammies Noshery
Get the Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake recipe from Yammie's Noshery

Now wouldn’t you like that cake, too? Get cooking and see what all the fuss is about.

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