The Top Keep It Sweet Desserts of 2011: The most popular desserts from the blog in 2011 and a look back at the year.

Fabulous gluten-free, diary-free treat for the New Year—crunchy, crisp exterior and chewy, fudgy, chocolaty interior studded with walnut.

Peanut butter cookies topped with a chocolate kiss!

Holiday donation baking: crushed candy canes sprinkled atop chocolate cookies.

Chocolate Cherry Fudge Bites – Vegan, Gluten-free, Sugar Free, Corn Free

Spicy chocolate whoopie pie cookies filled with sweet chocolate caramel cream. vegan

Chocolate Madeleines

A wonderful crispy and chocolaty cookie based on Martha Stewart’s Chocolate Crackles. (in German)

Melt-in-your-mouth chocolate cookies with cinnamon and chile powder. Ole!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies – only 3 ingredients and no-bake!

Salted Chocolate Cookie Cups

Sea salt and thyme chocolate chunk cookies – a sophisticated twist on the standby favorite.

A holiday twist on a classic – The peppermint Mallomar!

Finally! I’ve found the perfect whole grain chocolate chip cookie recipe. It’s everything I hoped it could be.

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Crisps ~ Only 3 ingredients

Nutella Crunch Cookies – a tender Nutella cookie with the crunch of hazelnuts which toast to perfection as the cookie bakes.

These espresso meringues are delicately flavored with cinnamon and cocoa, allowing them to delight sophisticated palates and children alike.

Peanut butter thumbprint cookies with chocolate centers!

Getting that Christmas feeling going – Chocolate Cookies With Cinnamon and Pine Nuts

Chocolate sandwich cookies with minty buttercream

Tender peanut butter cookies with a secret hidden center of melty chocolate – somebody catch me, I’m feeling faint!

Chocolate Chip Cookies made with Brown Butter and Whole Wheat Pastry Flour!