Copycat Recipes: Restaurant Favorites Made at Home
You know exactly what you want. The Chick-fil-A mac and cheese. That soup from Chili’s you think about when it gets cold. The Frosty. The problem is the drive, the line, and the bill.
So we make them at home. Every recipe on this page is a restaurant or store bought favorite we have cracked in our own kitchen, tested until it tastes like the real thing, and in most cases better, because you made a whole pan of it. Regular grocery store ingredients. No special equipment. Weeknight timing.
Start with the Chick-fil-A mac and cheese if you are new here. It is the most made copycat on this site for a reason. Then work your way down. We add new ones every month.
Want the printable version? Our free Copycat Restaurant Favorites pack has seven of these recipes on printable cards, and it comes with all 13 of our free recipe packs when you join the email list.
Chick-fil-A
The one that started this whole obsession. The mac and cheese alone has 287 reviews.
Chili’s
Southwest egg rolls, enchilada soup, and the Monterey chicken. Half the appetizer menu, made in your own kitchen.
Cracker Barrel
Grilled tenders, chicken and dumplings, and the hashbrown casserole. Sunday breakfast without the wait for a table.
Starbucks
Pumpkin cream cheese muffins, refreshers, frappuccinos, and the fall latte lineup. Coffee shop prices are optional.
Panda Express and Chinese Takeout
Teriyaki chicken, orange chicken, bourbon chicken, fried rice. The takeout order, better and cheaper.
Outback, Longhorn and Texas Roadhouse
Bloomin onion sauce, Alice Springs chicken, hot spinach dip, and the rolls with the cinnamon butter.
Chipotle
The bowl, the chicken marinade, and the honey vinaigrette. Build it exactly how you order it.
Panera, Olive Garden and Cheesecake Factory
Broccoli cheddar soup, zuppa toscana, brown bread, and the pineapple upside down cheesecake.
Fast Food and Drive-Thru
Maid Rite, the Frosty, Arby’s beef and cheddar, the McMuffin, KFC wedges and slaw, Taco Bell nacho fries, and more.
Bakery and Snack Aisle
Crumbl cookies, Lofthouse cookies, Cosmic Brownies, Nutter Butters, Cheez-Its, Pop Tarts, and a Honey Baked Ham for the holidays.
What Should We Copy Next?
There is always a list on the fridge. Tell us the restaurant dish you wish you could make at home over on our Facebook page, and if enough of you ask for the same one, it goes to the top. Every copycat we have ever published lives in the Copycat Recipes category, and the newest ones show up there first.
