In this post I’ll be sharing some of the best copycat recipes to try at home.
You’ll love this collection of nearly one hundred of your favorite restaurant copycat recipes as well as name brand products that we all love.
These are the best copycat recipes created by talented cooks and the best part is that you can create them at home in your own kitchen to enjoy anytime that you want.
The tasty copycat dishes you’ll find in this post are just like the real thing and sometimes even better!
I love having a great collection of easy recipe choices to enjoy in the comfort of your home in case you just can’t get out for some reason. Ahem, we all know what that is like all to well.
Let’s get started with these mouth-watering foods that you’re sure to enjoy!
Better than Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits Recipe
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love those addictive little cheese biscuits that you get at your local seafood restaurant. Lord knows that I can eat more than my fair share of them too.
This is one of my very favorite copycat recipes because this version is even better than the original. I promise that you won’t be disappointed in these addictive biscuits and will be making them often.
Starbuck’s Egg White Bites Copycat Recipe
Skip the long lines at the drive thru of the local coffee house on your busy weekday mornings. Create these better than the restaurant egg white bites that are so flavorful and delicious.
Make a double batch and keep some on hand to heat in the microwave for quick on the go meals.
McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin Copycat Recipe
I can testify that these English muffin breakfast sandwiches are so much better made with ingredients that you love. This is one of our favorite breakfast meals at this house and we enjoy it nearly every weekend.
I love that we get to use our favorite brand of breakfast sausage to ensure this easy meal is packed with flavors we enjoy.
Switch things up and use Canadian bacon instead of sausage to make your own original McMuffin copycat sandwich.
You’ll love my handy trick to the baked eggs that are just like the real deal at the restaurant.
More Amazing Homemade Copycat Recipes
Enjoy this collection of over ninety amazing recipes for the copycat versions of your favorite restaurants and brands such as:
- Chick-fil-a copycat recipes
- Olive Garden copycat recipes
- Taco Bell copycat recipes
- Cracker Barrel copycat recipes
- Panda Express copycat recipes
And so many more!
Best Homemade Copycat Recipes
Delicious copycat recipes from your favorite restaurants and brands that you can create at home in your own kitchen.
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Grilled Nuggets in the Air Fryer
Chick-Fil-A grilled nuggets copycat recipe with 27 grams of protein, 1 gram of carbs, and 1 gram of fat per serving. Now you can skip the long lines and dig into juicy little chicken nuggets from the comfort of your own home.
Homemade Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing
This Chick Fil A copycat avocado lime ranch dressing tastes just like the original, and you can make it at home in a matter of minutes using common ingredients.
One Pot Hamburger Helper Beef Pasta Recipe
One-pot Hamburger Helper ground beef pasta is an easy recipe to make, and a hearty and filling meal for the whole family, even the pickiest eaters. Kids love that creamy cheddar cheese sauce.
Banana Bread Starbucks Copycat Recipe
Starbucks Copycat Banana Bread is super moist, loaded with sweet bananas, and topped with walnuts.
Original Glazed Donuts (Krispy Kreme Recipe Copycat)
These original glazed donuts are light and chewy and a good way to get anyone out of bed in the morning. Who can resist a Krispy Kreme recipe copycat?
Apple Crisp Macchiato {Starbucks Copycat}
Starbucks Apple Crisp Macchiato, you're going to want to try this copycat recipe! Made with espresso, apple brown sugar simple syrup, and steamed milk, this sweet fall coffee drink is the perfect seasonal treat!
Homemade Mounds or Bounty Chocolate Bars
Homemade Mounds or Bounty Chocolate bars are always a crowd pleaser over the holidays. They also make perfect gifts when wrapped up in small boxes or baggies and adorned in some ribbon or bows!
Longhorn Steakhouse Wild West Shrimp Copycat Recipe
Longhorn Steakhouse copycat recipe for Wild West Shrimp
IHOP Copycat Pancakes Recipe-Butter Your Biscuit
These IHOP Copycat Pancakes are super soft and fluffy, and amazingly delicious! I guarantee your family will love them!
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Grilled Nuggets
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Grilled Nuggets are so easy to make any time you have the craving. With a few simple (and secret) ingredients, you’ll have homemade grilled nuggets that taste just like Chick-Fil-A!
Make-Ahead Sunflower Crunch Salad
This kale, cabbage, and sunflower coleslaw copycat version of grocery store bag salad superior in taste and freshness!
Copycat Popeye's Red Beans And Rice
Bring a little of Louisiana home with this Copycat Popeye’s red beans and rice recipe.
Honey Sesame Chicken (Panda Express Copycat)
This Honey Sesame Chicken is a healthy copycat recipe of a Panda Express favorite.
Homemade Chalupa (Taco Bell Copycat)
Taco Bell copycat Chalupa! The pillow-y, soft from the center, lightly crisp and golden exterior of taco shaped Indian fry bread, generously topped with beans, cheese, sauce, lettuce, and sour cream, this homemade Chalupa recipe is the perfect combination of taste and texture!
Olive Garden Copycat Minestrone Soup
Olive Garden copycat minestrone soup tastes just like the restaurant version right at home.
Wendy's Chili Copycat Recipe
Copycat Wendy's Chili is so delicious and an easy copycat recipe to make at home. Serve it in a regular bowl or your favorite bread bowls for a hearty comforting meal.
Low Carb Yogurt | Noosa Copycat
This low carb twist on the Australian style Noosa Yogurt is a creamy treat that is easy to make using an instant pot. You can eat it plain, or try one of the four flavors included in the recipe.
Copycat Cheesecake Factory Honey Wheat Bread
If you have ever been to the Cheesecake Factory to eat and have scarfed down basket after basket of their delicious honey wheat bread, then you will be excited to hear about my newest recipe — Copycat Cheesecake Factory Honey Wheat Bread.
Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks
Copycat Olive Garden breadsticks are our spot on version of the classic dish. These soft, buttery breadsticks are as delicious as the ones they serve in the restaurant in the comfort of your home.
Breadsticks are also great for cleaning every delicious bite of that Olive Garden alfredo sauce off of your plate.
How To Make Torchy's Queso Recipe
Copycat Torchy's gourmet taco shop queso recipe. Grab your tortilla chips and enjoy this wonderful queso dip.
Copycat Noodles and Company Pasta Fresca Recipe
This copycat Pasta Fresca recipe from Noodles and Company is such an easy meal that's ready in less than 30 minutes! Add your favorite protein like chicken, shrimp or beef or keep it as a meatless vegetarian meal! Save money and make this restaurant favorite at home!
If you don't have shallots on hand, try it with red onions instead.
Zuppa Toscana {Olive Garden Copycat}
Loaded with sausage, bacon, potatoes, spinach, and cream, this classic Italian Zuppa Toscana recipe and Olive Garden soup copycat is pure comfort in a bowl!
Alice Springs Chicken
Alice Springs Chicken Recipe - an Outback Copycat dish you can make right at home. Honey mustard marinated chicken piled with tender mushrooms, bacon, and lots of delicious cheese.
Pink Drink Recipe (Copycat Recipe)
Our Pink Drink recipe is a cold, refreshing drink that is the perfect blend of berry and coconut flavors.
Copycat Raising Cane's Sauce
Raising Cane's Dipping Sauce is a tangy, creamy, peppery, and addicting dipping sauce that goes with literally everything. We love it with french fries, chicken tenders, and burgers.
Panera Cream Cheese Potato Soup Recipe
This copycat Panera Cream Cheese Soup Recipe is simply outstanding. Easy to make, this recipe can be doubled or tripled and freezes beautifully. If you are looking for an excellent potato soup recipe, make this – it is fantastic!
rosemary olive oil bagels | bruegger's copycat
These rosemary olive oil bagels are a near-perfect copycat for the ones you can get at Bruegger's Bagels. They're golden brown, chewy and tender, with nice herbal flavor from the olive oil and fresh minced rosemary.
Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup Recipe
Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup Recipe
Easy Homemade Almond Joy Bars
You can make Homemade Almond Joy bars in 15 minutes with just 5 everyday ingredients and, I promise, they taste even better than the original! Almond Joy copycat recipe.
Keto Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars » Homemade Heather
These keto cranberry bliss bars are so close to the Starbucks original that you won’t be able to tell the difference. This low carb copy cat Starbucks bliss bar recipe is simply to. die. for!
Lawry’s Famous Creamed Spinach
Creamed spinach is a steakhouse favorite side dish that pairs perfectly with any good cut of beef. This recipe is the one made famous by Lawry’s.
Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Bread
Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin bread- It's made with pumpkin, brown sugar and warm fall spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Light, fluffy, delicious and guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser.
BLOOMING ONION DIPPING SAUCE {Copycat Recipe}
Blooming Onion dipping sauce is CREAMY with a HINT OF HEAT that is perfect for your blooming onion! Try it on onion rings, french fries, chicken, steak, and potato chips!
Pineapple Dole Whip Recipe {Disney Copycat}
Relive the Disney magic by making this Pineapple Dole Whip at home. With just three ingredients and a blender you can enjoy this Disney Dole Whip recipe in minutes! This sweet and creamy frozen pineapple dessert is sure to bring a sparkle to your day.
Copycat Panera Mac and Cheese Recipe
This is THE recipe for Panera Mac and Cheese. I got it from their website a while back when they posted it for a short time! You MUST try this easy stovetop recipe.
Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino
Save money by making your own pumpkin spice frappuccinos at home. This copycat recipe can be blended together in minutes and tastes even better than Starbucks!
Copycat Maggiano's Tuscan Mussels
These Copycat Maggiano’s Tuscan Mussels are a fast and easy Italian seafood recipe perfect as an appetizer or main course!
Copycat KFC Chicken Recipe
Air Fryer Copycat Dunkin Donuts Stuffed Bagel Minis
Air Fryer Copycat Dunkin Donuts Stuffed Bagel Minis are 2 ingredient bagels that are then filled with cream cheese for the perfect breakfast snack.
Copycat McDonald's Big Mac
No need to go to McDonald’s for a Big Mac when you can make this copycat recipe, using fresh ingredients from your own kitchen. So GOOD!!
DIY Impossible Burger 2.0 Recipe Make it at Home
This DIY Impossible Burger 2.0 recipe is easy to make at home using commonly found ingredients. It’s vegan and gluten-free, too! Burger King copycat.
Copycat Crockpot Trader Joe's Vegetarian Harvest Chili
Make your own easy copycat crockpot Trader Joe’s harvest chili. This soup is vegetarian and so yummy.
Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing - Chick-fil-A Copycat Recipe
This avocado lime ranch dressing is made with buttermilk, avocado, fresh cilantro, spices, and lime for a tangy, zesty twist on a classic salad dressing.
An extra squeeze of lime juice over your salad really enhances the whole meal.
Bang Bang Shrimp (Bone fish Grill Copycat)
This Bonefish grill copycat bang bang shrimp is easiest party shrimp recipe that you can make. In just 10 minutes you have the most delicious, crispy, spicy shrimp that’s easily a crowd pleaser!
Churros Bites - Copycat Disney recipe
These cinnamon sugar Disneyland churros are easy to make at home!
Chipotle Guacamole Recipe
This simple guacamole is a spin off of the famous Chipotle guacamole recipe that everybody loves! It’s so easy to make and can be prepared in less than 15 minutes!
Starbuck's Pink Drink Copycat recipe
Homemade copycat version of Starbuck’s wildly popular Pink Drink. Made with ingredients anyone can find, it’s a refreshing homemade drink option.
Copycat Cracker Barrel Chicken and Dumplings Recipe
THIS COPYCAT CRACKER BARREL CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS RECIPE IS A SOUTHERN STYLE DINNER THAT IS PRACTICALLY THE DEFINITION OF COMFORT FOOD!
Panera Mac and Cheese Copycat Recipe
This recipe for Panera Mac and Cheese tastes as creamy and delicious as you've come to love and enjoy...only it's made in your very own kitchen!
Mango Dragon Fruit Refresher (Starbucks Copycat)
When you need a flavorful drink, try our Mango Dragon Fruit Refresher Recipe. It’s a Starbucks copycat recipe with a twist, and you’ll love it on a hot summer day.
Just Like Starbucks Ginger Molasses Cookies Copycat Recipe
You don’t have to go all the way to Starbucks to enjoy gingersnap molasses cookies. You can recreate your own Starbucks ginger molasses cookies in the comfort of your own kitchen!
How to make Chocolate Glazed Donuts - Dunkin Donuts Copycat Recipe
Dunkin Donuts chocolate glazed donuts recipe
Copycat Starbucks S'mores Frappuccino
Blooming Onion Sauce {Outback Copycat}
Blooming Onion Sauce is a copycat version of the Outback Steakhouse dipping sauce perfect for their famous bloomin onion. A flavorful sauce that is simple to make with pantry ingredients.
Copycat Starbucks Medicine Ball - Make this "secret recipe" at home!
Copycat Starbucks Medicine Ball shows how to make this popular cold fighter super tea. A great soothing tea for cold and flu season.
Healthier Homemade Tagalongs (Girl Scout Peanut Butter Cookies)
Calling all peanut butter lovers! These Healthier Homemade Tagalongs are a girl Scout cookie copycat recipe made with simple, wholesome ingredients!
Bitchin Sauce Original Recipe
Copycat San Diego Bitchin' sauce recipe. This vegan homemade bitchin sauce recipe is great as a dip, spread on toast, put on vegetables, or thinned a little for a dressing. One bite and you’re hooked.
Olive Garden Giant Stuffed Shells Copycat Recipe
Olive Garden Stuffed Shells are one of their most popular dishes. They’re cheesy, saucy and delicious – plus – easy to make!
Air Fryer Chicken Quesadillas (Copycat Taco Bell Quesadilla Recipe)
Make this super tasty Taco Bell Quesadilla recipe with the copycat Taco Bell quesadilla sauce in your air fryer. You're going to love it, I promise!
NO Pickle Juice Chick-Fil-A Nuggets Copycat Recipe
Copycat Chick-Fil-A Nuggets that are just as good if not tastier than the original
Easy McGriddle Recipe McDonalds Copycat
Learn how to make a McGriddle with a special secret that makes it the best McDonald's copycat recipe you'll find! These McGriddles are easy to make and DELICIOUS!
Popeye's Chicken Sandwich Copycat Recipe
Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich is a crispy, savory, fried chicken cutlet on a buttery brioche bun, topped with spicy mayo and tangy pickles. Learn how to make a chicken sandwich from scratch that’s just as amazing as Popeye’s, but you don’t have to wait in line for it.
Chipotle Corn Salsa (10 Minute Copycat Recipe!)
Easy and flavorful copycat Chipotle Corn Salsa recipe, made in just a few minutes with a handful of simple ingredients. You won’t believe how easy this recipe is with either frozen or canned corn, plus you can make it well ahead of time to serve at your next backyard bbq or get together! Serve it with tacos, fajitas, or tortilla chips for dipping!
Roasted Cauliflower with Gastrique Sauce - Copycat Livery's Recipe
You'll love this copycat Roasted Cauliflower with Gastrique Sauce recipe, especially if you're vegan or gluten-free.
Taco Bell Baja Sauce Recipe (Copycat)
Taco Bell Baja sauce is a delicious way to season your tacos, nachos, or other Mexican type food.
It’s a creamy sauce that has just the right amount of kick and adds the perfect finishing touch to the food.
Kale Crunch Salad (Chick-Fil-A Copycat)
This Kale Crunch Salad is light, fresh and crunchy. It takes only 10 minutes from start to finish. This Paleo kale salad is great for a quick and easy lunch, light dinner, and meal prep. The homemade dressing is sweet, savory and so flavorful!
Best Copycat Chick-fil-A Frosted Lemonade Recipe
This Chick-fil-A Frosted Lemonade is a blend of lemonade and vanilla ice cream. It’s an easy frozen lemonade milkshake recipe that’s perfect for a hot summer’s day. AND, it tastes most like the original with NO added sugar!
Vegan Snickers Bars (Healthy, Gluten-Free)
The best ever healthy homemade vegan snickers bar recipe. Chewy nougat with salted peanut caramel, roasted peanuts and chocolate. This easy, gluten-free and no-bake recipe makes a much healthier copycat treat than the originals!
Orange Julius Copycat Recipe
This Orange Julius recipe is creamy and sweet with the perfect mixture of vanilla and orange flavors! Make this copycat recipe at home for a delicious orange smoothie for breakfast or an afternoon treat.
Copycat Starbucks Lemon Loaf
Copycat Starbuck's Lemon Loaf Recipe
Chipotle Sofritas Recipe
Just as good as the original—this copycat Chipotle Sofritas Recipe is saucy, spicy, and loaded with mouth-watering flavors! It's easy to make—just pan-fry the tofu, then simmer in the smoky sauce.
Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana
This hearty Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana will warm you up in the colder months and leave you feeling satisfied. Creamy potatoes, flavorful chicken sausage and spinach are mixed with a creamy broth to create a delicious soup!
Minestrone Soup Recipe [Instant Pot or Stove]
Rich, tomatoey Minestrone Soup recipe loaded with vegetables, beans, and shell pasta. If you like Olive Garden Minestrone vegetable pasta soup, you'll love this easy copycat recipe made for Instant Pot or stove.
Texas Roadhouse Green Beans Recipe (copycat)
This Texas Roadhouse green beans recipe is an excellent replica of the popular restaurant side dish - a great copycat that's full of bacon and flavor.
Copycat KFC Macaroni Salad
Bring back the retro days of Kentucky Fried Chicken with this copycat KFC Macaroni Salad recipe. Long ago removed from the KFC menu, you can easily make and enjoy this signature side at home. -- And believe me, it tastes every bit as good as the original!
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps (better than P.F. Chang's)!
Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps (better than P.F. Chang's)! A quick (less than 30 minutes), easy, and healthy dinner that tastes delicious! Gluten and dairy-free!
Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana
This Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana recipe is sure to become a family favorite! The classic Olive Garden soup with sausage, bacon, potatoes, kale, and cream is easily made in the electric pressure cooker.
Instant Pot Egg Bites (Easy Starbucks Copycat Recipe)
Enjoy delicious Starbucks egg bites at home with this quick and easy Instant Pot egg bites recipe.
Panera Copycat Autumn Squash Soup Recipe
Make this vegetarian Panera Copycat Autumn Squash Soup Recipe with butternut squash and pumpkin purée cooked in the Instant Pot, crockpot, or stovetop. It is creamy, hearty, and delish! Save big bucks by making yours at home… and shave off some calories too!
Easy Olive Garden Chicken Marsala Copy Cat Recipe
Looking for a recipe for Olive Garden chicken marsala? This is the best chicken marsala recipe and it is made in the Instant Pot, with stovetop directions included. This Instant Pot Chicken Marsala is as good as the Olive Gardens but you can make it at home.
Pasta Fagioli Soup
No more Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli! We're making it at home, and I know you'll like it better!
Copycat Mimi's Honey Bran Muffin
Ever had a Mimi’s Honey Bran Muffin? I haven’t been to Mimi’s in awhile – but I remember those bran muffins and this recipe is a beautiful copycat version! Soft, a little chewy, packed with amazing flavor and gooeyness and oh you might say that they are on the healthy-ish side!
Chick-fil-A Nuggets Recipe
With this Chick-fil-A Nuggets Recipe, now you can have your favorite chicken nuggets at home on any given Sunday you please!
Melting Pot Cheddar Cheese Fondue
This Melting Pot Cheddar Cheese Fondue is a simple recipe that makes a creamy, thick and cheesy fondue just as good as any restaurant. Cheddar cheese is combined with garlic and dark beer for a rich flavorful fondue that tastes great with your favorite dippers.
Olive Garden Salad Dressing - copycat recipe
Olive Garden seems to be know for so many favorites. Alfredo pasta, Zuppa Toscana, Pasta e Fagioli, those bread stick and my favorite….the crunchy, endless salad. I’m not gonna lie though…I probably wouldn’t love the salad as much without their famous dressing. YUM!
Well folks, now you can have that delicious salad dressing whenever you want! To top it off, it’s SUPER EASY to make!
Copycat White Castle Sliders
I’ve only had White Castle sliders once but I can tell you that if I lived in the USA instead of Canada, I’d be eating them all the time! For those like me, who love them but can’t just go to a local drive thru to get them, here is my amazing copycat recipe that tastes just like real White Castle Sliders! Honestly, they taste so authentic you’ll be looking around for Harold and Kumar.
PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Savory and delicious Chicken Lettuce Wraps! This recipe is a copycat version of the lettuce wraps from P.F. Chang’s restaurant. They are healthy and packed full of flavor!
Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta (Copycat)
If you’ve ever had the Chipotle Chicken Pasta at Cheesecake Factory, you know how incredible it tastes. It combines so many flavors into one unique dish that was special to inside those Cheesecake doors, but not anymore.
I’ve taken the recipe, broke it down, and recreated it to get that same spicy and creamy flavor in your own house.
Easy Banana Pudding Recipe
Our Easy Banana Pudding Recipe is made with basic kitchen ingredients. Bananas, vanilla wafers, milk, sweetened condensed milk and instant pudding mix combine with whipped topping for a creamy, indulgent dessert. Drizzle with caramel sauce and every spoonful will be heavenly!
PANDA EXPRESS CHOW MEIN
This amazing, easy, and quick stir-fried Panda Express Chow Mein Copycat Recipe is fantastic! Completely customizable and absolutely delicious! Throw in whatever veggies you have and enjoy.
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Barbara Miller
Monday 14th of March 2022
TY. That was a great post. I saved and downloaded many new recipes.
Julia Jordan
Tuesday 15th of March 2022
Thank you, Barbara! I hope that you enjoy the recipes. ~Julia