This year, we've been making our favorite menu items at home—and now you can, too! These are the best copycat recipes of the year.
The Best Copycat Recipes of 2024
Updated on Nov. 15, 2024
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Cheesecake Factory Pasta da Vinci
Pasta Da Vinci is one of Cheesecake Factory’s best-loved belt-busting recipes that you can actually create at home. There’s even a lighter version that’s kinder on your calorie count. However you customize it, it’s an easy dinner to make with everyday ingredients.
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Copycat Chick-fil-A Chicken Salad
This copycat Chick-fil-A chicken salad recipe is a spot-on take on the much-missed former fast-food item. Serve it as part of a copycat Chick-fil-A spread, or enjoy it whenever you want a solid chicken salad recipe.
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Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites
Starting your morning right just got easier (and tastier) with these copycat Starbucks egg bites. Filled with savory bacon and gooey cheese, they're the perfect grab-and-go breakfast.
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Copycat Texas Roadhouse Rolls
With this best-ever copycat Texas Roadhouse rolls recipe, you and your family will be line dancing on your kitchen table with glee!
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Copycat Chick-fil-A Nuggets
These copycat Chick-fil-A nuggets taste just like the real thing without going out or ordering in. Nuggets are best when hot and fresh, and straight from the pan is freshest of all.
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Honey Baked Ham
Salty, sweet and packed with fragrant spices, this recipe for honey baked ham is perfect for the most special of occasions, and it can easily feed a crowd!
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Copycat Panera Mac and Cheese
This copycat Panera mac and cheese recipe comes pretty close to the real deal. Serve it in a bread bowl to get the full cafe experience!
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Copycat Starbucks Iced Toasted Vanilla Oat Milk Shaken Espresso
This copycat Starbucks iced toasted vanilla oat milk shaken espresso tastes (and smells) just as delicious as the real thing, and you can make it in your own home!
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Copycat Olive Garden Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara
This copycat Olive Garden chicken and shrimp carbonara will bring the tasty goodness of the original straight to your kitchen. Crispy pieces of chicken and shrimp are tossed in a rich Parmesan cream sauce and paired with al dente pasta for an absolute crowd-pleaser. —Lauren Habermehl, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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Bang Bang Shrimp
Copycat bang bang shrimp tastes better than the real deal at Bonefish Grill! The cornstarch-coated shrimp crisp up to perfection and the three-ingredient bang bang shrimp sauce lends a creamy, spicy, sweet coating.
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Copycat P.F. Chang’s Lettuce Wraps
Make copycat P.F. Chang's lettuce wraps in under 30 minutes—that's faster than takeout!
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Copycat Panera Tomato Soup
Recreate the comfort of Panera tomato soup with our easy 30-minute copycat recipe.
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Copycat Chick-fil-A Sauce Recipe
This simple copycat Chick-fil-A sauce recipe calls for only four ingredients and tastes exactly like the chain's secret sauce.
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Copycat Cheesecake Factory Celebration Cheesecake
Some extra-special days call for extra-special desserts. Our copycat Cheesecake Factory celebration cheesecake recipe offers seven full layers of delightful dessert, all in one gorgeous sight. Since this recipe uses cake and pudding mixes and a pre-made cheesecake filling, it's much easier to create than it looks. That alone is worthy of a celebration!
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Copycat Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars
The holidays just got sweeter! Follow our recipe to enjoy delicious copycat Starbucks cranberry bliss bars without leaving your house.
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Copycat Olive Garden Shrimp Scampi
Copycat Olive Garden shrimp scampi is made with shrimp, asparagus, tomatoes and angel hair pasta, all tossed in a cream sauce. It's a simple but elegant dish to make at home.
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Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino
Whip up this copycat Starbucks pumpkin spice Frappuccino when you don't want to wait in line but the urge for a pumpkin spice latte is strong.
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Copycat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup
Help yourself to ever-ending refills of this copycat Olive Garden minestrone soup.
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Copycat Cracker Barrel Hash Brown Casserole
Learn how to replicate the best-ever copycat Cracker Barrel hash brown casserole. This recipe is as good as the real deal!
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Chicken Gnocchi Soup
This creamy chicken gnocchi soup tastes just as good as Olive Garden's! Our copycat recipe uses leftover cooked chicken and store-bought potato gnocchi, so the one-pot soup is ready to eat in under 30 minutes.
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Copycat Chipotle Pico de Gallo
Made with juicy Roma tomatoes, jalapeno, fresh cilantro and lime, this copycat Chipotle pico de gallo tastes just like the restaurant version.
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Copycat Chili’s Salsa
This copycat Chili's salsa recipe proves that re-creating your favorite restaurant recipes doesn't have to be complicated. You need only a few pantry staples, a good blender and tortilla chips!
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Copycat Chipotle Corn Salsa
With just a few simple ingredients, you can make a spot-on copycat Chipotle corn salsa recipe. It's perfectly tangy and sweet, with a mild heat to keep you diving back in for bite after bite.
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Steak Diane (Cheesecake Factory Copycat)
The steak Diane at Cheesecake Factory is made with tender, pan-seared beef tenderloin steak medallions and a rich mushroom wine sauce. This copycat Cheesecake Factory steak Diane recipe tastes so much like the original for a fraction of the price.
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Copycat Olive Garden Salad and Dressing
Love that creamy, sweet, tangy Olive Garden salad dressing? Us too! Here's the ultimate copycat recipe for the popular salad and dressing.
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Copycat KFC Fried Chicken
This copycat KFC fried chicken recipe leads to drumstick perfection—all herbs and spices (and one secret ingredient) included.
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Copycat McDonald's Iced Coffee
Don't want to make a trip to the drive-thru? This copycat McDonald's iced coffee recipe can be made at home with four ingredients.
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Animal Style Fries
With this easy copycat recipe, you can enjoy In-N-Out animal style fries whenever the craving strikes.
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Copycat McDonald’s Sweet-and-Sour Sauce
You can have copycat McDonald's sweet-and sour sauce ready in under 10 minutes!
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Copycat Panera Autumn Squash Soup
Why wait for the fall menu to arrive at Panera? With our copycat Panera autumn squash soup recipe, you can enjoy this fan-favorite menu item any day of the year.
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Copycat Sonic Onion Rings
If you've ever made homemade onion rings, they may not have tasted like Sonic onion rings. That's because they use an ingredient you wouldn't suspect to be in this fan-favorite fried food. This copycat recipe for Sonic's onion rings let's you in on the secret.
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Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake
This copycat Cheesecake Factory chocolate mousse cheesecake is so rich and creamy that you're going to want to make it as often as possible.
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Copycat Domino's Cheesy Bread
No driving to pick up dinner, no delivery fees, just all the cheese—that's the beauty of our copycat Domino's cheesy bread recipe.
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Copycat Taco Bell’s Cheesy Gordita Crunch
You can make a spot-on copycat of Taco Bell's Cheesy Gordita Crunch at home in under 30 minutes.
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Mardi Gras Mustard
Good news, spice lovers: Popeyes' cult-favorite sweet-and-spicy sandwich spread is easy to make at home. Make Mardi Gras mustard the next time you make fried chicken, or use it as a dipping sauce for fries and pretzels.
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Copycat Applebee’s Chicken Wonton Tacos
Applebee's chicken wonton tacos may be discontinued at restaurants, but they can be brought back to life in your kitchen thanks to this copycat recipe.
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Copycat Taco Bell Mexican Pizza
In just about an hour, you can enjoy this copycat Taco Bell Mexican pizza in your home kitchen. Add your fave toppings!
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Copycat Cheesecake Factory Shrimp Scampi
Indulge in succulent shrimp, perfectly cooked pasta and a rich, buttery garlic sauce with this homemade shrimp scampi that rivals Cheesecake Factory's, bringing restaurant-quality flavors to your dinner table.
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Copycat Applebee’s Spinach Artichoke Dip
This best-ever copycat Applebee's spinach artichoke dip recipe can be made with just a few simple ingredients—and it's ready in 45 minutes!
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Copycat Chick-fil-A Avocado-Lime Ranch Dressing
This easy avocado-lime ranch dressing is a Chick-fil-A copycat recipe. It's perfect for enhancing salads, veggies and wraps with a zesty kick.
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Copycat Little Caesar’s Pretzel Crust Pizza
If you’re hankering for pizza takeout, let us show you how to make the copycat Little Caesar's pretzel crust pizza with just a few simple ingredients!
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Copycat Cracker Barrel Meat Loaf
Get a taste of your favorite Cracker Barrel meat loaf with this easy-to-make copycat recipe! Here's a step-by-step guide.
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Chicken Salad With Greek Yogurt
This 15-minute Chicken Salad Chick copycat recipe has become one of my very favorite meals. But it needn’t even be a meal! The chicken salad is so scrumptious on crackers or as the dip on a crudite platter. —Laura Wilhelm, West Hollywood, California
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Kung Pao Chicken
Homemade kung pao chicken brings bold, spicy flavors right to your kitchen. It’s a take-out classic that comes together in less time than you'd wait for delivery.
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Ted Lasso Biscuit Recipe
Dying to try the biscuits in the pink box that Ted gifts to Rebecca every morning? So were we! That's why we came up with our own copycat Ted Lasso biscuit recipe to make at home.
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Copycat Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette
Learn how to make a spot-on copycat version of Chipotle's honey vinaigrette in two unbelievably simple steps.
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Copycat Applebee’s Quesadilla Burger
This mouthwatering copycat Applebee's quesadilla burger combines juicy beef with layers of cheese, bacon, spicy ranch dressing and fresh pico de gallo. The homemade version is just as good as the restaurant version—or dare we say better?
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Copycat KFC Mashed Potato Bowl
Our copycat KFC mashed potato bowl, filled with layers of creamy mashed potatoes, crispy chicken and cheesy goodness, is even better than the original.
