13 Copycat Dessert Recipes: Your Restaurant Favorites at Home

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Craving your favorite restaurant desserts, but want to save the expense of going out to eat? Today, we’re excited to share some incredible copycat dessert recipes that will transport you straight to your favorite eatery anytime. That’s right, now you can indulge in your favorites without leaving home.

Are you ready to satisfy your sweet tooth–and seriously impress your family? Check out these 13 recipes that bring the magic of the best restaurant desserts home!

13 Favorite Copycat Dessert Recipes

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Copycat Starbucks Cake Pops 

This copycat Starbucks Cake Pops recipe is an easy, affordable way to recreate the trendy sweet pink treats on a stick. Make your own at home with vanilla cake mixed with frosting, a pink almond bark coating and white sprinkles.

Copycat Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake

This Copycat Olive Garden Lemon Cream Cake is entirely homemade and is every bit as good as the original—or, dare we say, even better!

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Chicken Salad Chick Grape Salad Recipe

The Grape Salad is one of the yummiest things on the menu at Chicken Salad Chick. Now, you can enjoy it at home with this easy recipe.

Copycat Panera Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Do you love the chewy chocolate chip cookies at Panera? Make them at home. This will become your new go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe!

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Copycat Disney Churros

Inspired by the iconic churros from the Disney Parks, these copycat Disney churros are a sweet treat your family will love.

Disney Dole Whip

Here’s another Disney treat! This Copycat Dole Whip recipe only uses two ingredients and takes just two minutes to make–even better, it tastes just like your Disney favorite!

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Cinnabon Copycat Cinnamon Rolls

With a pillowy soft dough, a rich cinnamon filling, and melt-in-your-mouth cream cheese frosting, these Cinnabon Copycat Cinnamon Rolls are irresistable!

California Pizza Kitchen Pumpkin Cheesecake

Make California Pizza Kitchen’s Pumpkin Cheesecake at home! This is a seasonal offering at the restaurant, but when you have the recipe, you get to enjoy it year-round!

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Copycat Crumbl Cookie Recipe

No need to stand in line to get in on the trendy Crumbl cookies–make them at home with this easy recipe.

Cheesecake Factory Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake

This copycat Cheesecake Factory Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake recipe is AMAZING! Wow your guests for Valentine’s Day, Christmas, birthdays, and dinner parties! 

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Cracker Barrel Carrot Cake 

If you like a moist and flavorful carrot cake, you will love this Cracker Barrel Carrot Cake recipe. This old fashioned carrot cake with pineapple, coconut, walnuts, raisins, and cream cheese frosting just might become a new family favorite!

Cracker Barrel Coca Cola Cake Recipe

Another Cracker Barrel copycat, this recipe for Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake is a must-make for chocoholics. And, it’s sure to be a hit at your next get-together.

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Cracker Barrel Banana Pudding

Let’s round out our list with one more Cracker Barrel favorite. This classic banana pudding, made with fresh bananas, is cold, creamy, lightly sweetened, and the vanilla wafers give it a little bit of crunch. Yum!

And, there you have it–13 tasty copycat recipes your family will love. So, whether you’re looking for a sweet afternoon snack, a show-stopping dessert to bring to a party, or you want to serve your family an amazing after-dinner delight, these recipes are sure to impress.

Enjoy, and let us know which one you’ll be making first!

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