20 Copycat Recipes You’ll Want To Make Forever (2024)

Published February 18, 2024

• Copycat IKEA Swedish Meatballs

  

  Have you ever gone all the way to IKEA just to buy Swedish meatballs? You won't have to once you realize how easy it is to make these copycats with a creamy sauce that you'll want to serve on top of mashed potatoes.

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• Copycat Pollo Campero Fried Chicken

  

  This air-fried copycat of the popular Pollo Campero fried chicken uses lime instead of buttermilk and adds bold seasonings like oregano, cayenne, sazón, andadobo.

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• Copycat Chipotle Sofritas

  

  If you love the vegetarian protein that Chipotle uses in burritos, tacos, and bowls, this is the sofritas recipe you need to recreate it at home using tofu.

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• Copy Cat Trader Joe's Cauliflower Gnocchi

  

  You'll be amazed at how easy it is to turn fresh cauliflower into gnocchi like the Trader Joe's version. You'll be even more amazed at how much this low-carb gnocchi tastes like potato gnocchi.

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• Copycat Crunchwrap Supreme

  

  It's hard to beat the Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme, but this version might take the cake. Especially when you use higher quality ingredients.

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• Copycake Cracker Barrel Hashbrown Casserole

  

  The secret to recreating Cracker Barrel's hashbrown casserole is using refrigerated hashbrowns, not frozen ones. Once you know the secret, it takes just five minutes to put it together and 30 minutes to cook.

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• Copycat Starbucks Egg Bites

  

  These egg bites are so similar to the Starbucks versions in all but one way. They're much less expensive when you make them yourself. Cream cheese makes them fluffy and Gruyère and bacon make them irresistible.

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  Olive Garden's roasted chicken and gnocchi soup a creamy broth with spinach is a fan favorite. This version is just as good, is a fraction of the cost, and takes just 30 minutes to make.

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• Copycat Chipotle Guacamole

  

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  Chipotle’s guacamole is always fresh and full of avocado chunks and speckled with fresh produce. So is this version made with ripe avocado, garlic, red onion, jalapeños, cilantro, and lime. It tastes remarkably similar to the restaurant's and you won't get an upcharge for it.

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• Copycat Wendy's Chili

  

  This recipe tastes and looks like the fast food version—a mixture of three-bean soup and hamburger tortilla soup.Using RO*TEL is the secret to making sure the homemade version is virtually indistinguishable from Wendy's.

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• Copycat Chipotle Chicken

  

  It's hard to tell the difference between this copycat Chipotle Chicken and the real deal. With it, you can make bowls, tacos, burritos, and more, and save yourself the expense of eating out or delivery fees.

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• Copycat Shamrock Shake

  

  Now you can enjoy the deliciousness of a McDonald's Shamrock Shake whenever you want by making it yourself with real ice cream. You can add something special you can't at the McD's, too, if you want—vodka, whiskey, or Irish Cream.

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• Copycat Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo

  

  It only takes 20 minutes—less time than it takes to get in the car and drive to Olive Garden—to make this pasta with "legit" Alfredo sauce. So creamy. So garlicky. So like Olive Garden's but from your own kitchen.

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• Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Bread

  

  Starbucks doesn't always have its pumpkin bread, but you can have all the flavors of its moist, pumpkin-y, baking spic-y bread with this recipe that makes two loaves.

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• Copycat Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup

  

  Panera makes really good soups and its broccoli cheddar is one of the best. This version tastes just like the original with plenty of heavy cream and two types of cheese. Good bread on the side is a must.

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• Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks

  

  Olive Garden's breadsticks are the stuff of legends, in part because they're so fresh and warm. But these copycat breadsticks come out of your oven, hot and ready to brush with melted garlic butter.

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• Copycat Levain Fall Chocolate Chunk Cookies

  

  New York City's Levain Bakery makes large chocolate chunk cookies made with ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, and molasses. It's seasonal so even if you're in NYC, you can't always get one. If you make these copycat cookies, you can have them whenever you want.

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• Copycat Neiman Marcus Million Dollar Dip

  

  Created in the 1950s at a Neiman Marcus restaurant, this dip is like a "zhushed-up pimento cheese." The bacon, cream cheese, mayo, and cheddar cheese mixture is super easy to make, and the perfect dip for a buttery round cracker such as a Ritz.

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• Copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits

  

  Seasoned with garlic andOld Bay seasoning, these cheddar biscuits are easy to make and taste so much like the famous Red Lobster biscuits. Can't eat the entire dozen at once? Freeze unbaked biscuits to bake another time.

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• Copycat Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake

  

  Top layers of chocolate ice cream, creamy chocolate fudge, crunchy Oreo pieces, and creamy vanilla ice cream with a whipped cream frosting. It's not hard to make, but it does take some time to build and then 8 hours to freeze. Ultimately, you'll be impressed with this super fresh ice cream cake that rivals Diary Queen's cake.

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