60 of 60 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Clone Ranger Writes Again: Another keeper!, Nov 25 2009
By Penmouse - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Top Secret Recipes Unlocked: All New Home Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods (Paperback)
Ready to save a trip to the fast food joint while saving a bit of money? Todd Wilbur writes another book chock-full of clone recipes that can be fixed using every day ingredients found in most kitchen cupboards.
Have a yen for a Sonic burger then you'll find the recipe in this book. Are you wanting a cool McDonald's Sweet Iced Tea? You'll find a recipe for this tasty beverage. Trying to lose a few pounds and would love to have a Weight Watcher's friendly muffin? The Weight Watcher's Banana Muffin clone recipe is in this book.
Here's a brief run down of some of the clone recipes included in Wilbur's newest cookbook:
* Arby's Horsey Sauce
* Bisquick All-Purpose Baking Mix
* Boston Market Garlic Dill New Potatoes
* Burger King Zesty Onion Ring Sauce and Onion Rings recipe
* Carl's Jr. Six Dollar Burger
* Chick-Fil A Honey Roasted Barbecue Sauce
* Chipolte Mexican Grill Barbacoa Burrito
* Del Taco Fish Taco
* Fritos Hot Bean Dip
* Heinz Premium Chili Sauce
* Hellman's Best Food Mayonnaise
* Jack in the Box Pumpkin Pie Shake
* Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sausage
* KFC Cajun Wings
* Kozy Shack Rice Pudding
* Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Doughnuts
* Lipton Brisk Iced Tea
* Maid-Rite Loose Meat Sandwich
* McDonald's Cinnamon Minis
* Old Bay Seasoning
* Popeye's Buttermilk Biscuits
* Skyline Chili
* The Soup Nazi's Crab Bisque
* Starbucks Gingerbread Latte
* Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bar
* Stouffer's Macaroni and Cheese
* Subway Sweet Onion Sauce
* Taco Bell Baja Sauce
* Wendy's Garden Sensations Mandarin Chicken Salad
What I really like about cookbooks such as this as I can prepare the recipes at home which helps save money. I can also modify the recipes to reduce fat and lower calories therefore making them a bit healthier.
Well I'm off to prepare some yummy recipe clones!
UPDATE: We've been busy with Thanksgiving festivities, etc. but I did find time to make the Sonic Burger which my daughter loves to eat. We don't have a Sonic here so I was happy to give this recipe a try. She said, and we all agreed, the Sonic Burger was exactly how we remembered it. Very tasty too.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book--Gotta Get Em All!, Nov 29 2009
By Lauri Williams - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Top Secret Recipes Unlocked: All New Home Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods (Paperback)
I have most, if not all, of Todd Wilbur's books and I have not had a bad recipe yet. This new book is great because it has all new recipes and recipes you will use regularly--like Lawry's and Old Bay seasonings. I can't wait to try the McDonald's Cinnamon Melts. If they are as good as Todd Wilbur's Cinnabon recipe, I know they will be excruciating delicious! I also can't wait to try the Starbuck's cranberry bar, lemon cake and pumpkin bread recipes.
This guy must have very particular taste buds because he hits the nail on the head in his cloning practices time and again. If you can get your grubs on two of his other books, Top Secret Restaurant Recipes and Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2, you will keep yourself busy making delicious recipes forever without incurring the cost of eating out. All are must have books!
37 of 44 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
DISAPPOINTING! MOST OF THE RECIPES ARE REPRINTS.., Dec 2 2009
By Christi Jeffries "SJ" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Top Secret Recipes Unlocked: All New Home Clones of America's Favorite Brand-Name Foods (Paperback)
I'm a big fan of Todd Wilbur's cookbooks. My disappointment here was with the number of recipes that are already in his other books. I shelled out $24 bucks earlier in the year for the QVC book because they were supposed to be "exclusives". Now several of these show up this book 6 months later. I also prefer the restuarant recipes to the other recipes but how many hamburger "recipes" do you need. There's like 4 or 5 in here just describing how to do the toppings. This was very disappointing to me. My advice would be to look at the index before purchasing.