These were the things we all aspired to eat in 2013, according to Pinterest.
When you're just one single recipe riding the unending tide of nifty / trendy / cutesy / yummy food content that turns up on Pinterest, it takes a certain je ne sais quoi to rise to the top of the heap (although if the quoi is buffalo chicken, you're a shoo-in).
Here are the recipe pins that triumphed this year, according to Pinterest's Top Pins of 2013 roundup, along with our (highly unscientific) analysis of why.
Cinnamon Toast, The Pioneer Woman Way
WHAT'S PINTERESTING ABOUT IT: Very little! A true original.
PINTERESSENCE LEVEL: Impulse-buying fresh flowers.
Get the recipe at A Feast For The Eyes.
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Buffalo Chicken Beer Cheese Dip
WHAT'S PINTERESTING ABOUT IT: Buffalo chicken, creative application of beer, visible cheese.
PINTERESSENCE LEVEL: Stacking objects on top of each other.
Get the recipe at The Beeroness.
Meatball Bubble Biscuits
WHAT'S PINTERESTING ABOUT IT: Thing inside other thing, plus cute name.
PINTERESSENCE LEVEL: Chalking your hair for the first time.
Get the recipe at Pillsbury.
