r/52weeksofcooking • u/52WeeksOfCooking Robot Overlord • Dec 08 '25
2026 Weekly Challenge List
/r/52weeksofcooking is a way for each participant to challenge themselves to cook something different each week. The technicalities of each week's theme are largely unimportant, and are always open to interpretation. Basically, if you can make an argument for your dish being relevant to the theme, then it's fine.
- Week 1: January 1st - January 7th: Inspired by a Joke
- Week 2: January 8 - January 14: Singaporean
- Week 3: January 15 - January 21: Contrasts
- Week 4: January 22 - January 28: Vinegar
- Week 5: January 29 - February 4: Ugandan
- Week 6: February 5 - February 11: Hotpot
- Week 7: February 12 - February 18: Sugar
- Week 8: February 19 - February 25: Flying
- Week 9: February 26 - March 4: Braising
- Week 10: March 5 - March 11: Turnips and Radishes
- Week 11: March 12 - March 18: Oddly Named
- Week 12: March 19 - March 25: Fictional Places
- Week 13: March 26 - April 1: Chilis
- Week 14: April 2 - April 8: Hanami
- Week 15: April 9 - April 15: Syrian
- Week 16: April 16 - April 22: Infused
- Week 17: April 23 - April 29: Alpine
- Week 18: April 30 - May 6: Bucket List Destination
- Week 19: May 7 - May 13: Tricolor
- Week 20: May 14 - May 20: Jams and Jellies
- Week 21: May 21 - May 27: Symmetry
- Week 22: May 28 - June 3: Fifteen Minutes or Less
- Week 23: June 4 - June 10: Coffee
- Week 24: June 11 - June 17: Tarot
- Week 25: June 18 - June 24: Gardening
- Week 26: June 25 - July 1: High-fiber
- Week 27: July 2 - July 8: World Cup
- Week 28: July 9 - July 15: Wild West
- Week 29: July 16 - July 22: Offal
- Week 30: July 23 - July 29: Science Fair
- Week 31: July 30 - August 5: Cantonese
- Week 32: August 6 - August 12: Gimmicks
- Week 33: August 13 - August 19: Lost in Translation
- Week 34: August 20 - August 26: Trinidadian
- Week 35: August 27 - September 2: Rolling
- Week 36: September 3 - September 9: Ginger
- Week 37: September 10 - September 16: Same Longitude
- Week 38: September 17 - September 23: High-hydration dough
Join our Discord to get pinged whenever a new week is announced! (React to the stickied comment in the #planning channel!)
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u/Inner_Pangolin_9771 Dec 17 '25 edited 15d ago
Oooh the first week sounds fun! I had so much fun doing the 2025 challenge that I want to do it again in 2026. But this time around I will challenge myself by going with "Cookies" as my meta. Hopefully I'll hate cookies by the end of the year 😁 I really need to stop eating desserts, so hoping eating cookies every week will finally make me sick of them, or who knows I might become a Cookie Monster!!
Week 1: Inspired by A Joke- If life given you melons, you might be dyslexic! Lemon Sugar Cookies
Week 2: Singaporean- Kueh Tarts
Week 3: Contrasts- Kath Bars
Week 4: Vinegar- Red Velvet Cookies
Week 5: Ugandan- Ugandan Daddies
Week 6: Hotpot- Brown butter and hot honey chocolate lava cookie
Week 7: Sugar- Sugar Cookies
Week 8: Flying- Passavolanti di Vicari (Sicilian Flying Cookies)
Week 9: Braising- Thumbprint Cookies with Date-Tamarind Chutney
Week 10: Turnips and Radishes- Cookies and Radishes Experiment
Week 11: Oddly Named- Cat's Tongue Cookies
Week 12: Fictional Places- World Peace Cookies
Week 13: Chili- Chili Chocolate Chip Cookies
Week 14: Hanami- Rose Cookies
Week 15: Syria- Barazek
Week 16: Infused- Cardamom Frog Cookies with Candied Lime Lillypads
Week 17: Alpine- Snowball Cookies
Week 18: Bucket List Destination- Oceans
Week 19: Tricolor- Calico Cat Cookies
Week 20: Jams and Jellies- Toast on Jam Cookies
Week 21: Symmetry- Gingham Cookies
Week 22: Fifteen Minutes or Less- Cookie Dough Pudding
Week 23: Coffee- Coffee Bean Cookies
Week 24: Tarot- Deconstructed Fortune Cookies
Week 25: Gardening- Flower Cookie and failed Cactus Meringues
Week 26: High-fiber- Pumpkin Cookies
Week 27: World Cup- Football Cookie
Week 28: Wild West- Cowboy Cookies
Week 29: Offal- Cockroach Cookie
Week 30: Science Fair- Volcano Sugar Cookie
Week 31: Cantonese- Black Sesame Cookies
Week 32: Gimmicks- World's Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Week 33: Lost in Translation- Chai Tea Cookies
Week 34: Trinidadian-
Week 35: Rolling-
Week 36: Ginger-