Top Secret Recipes--Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits and Shakes: Creating Cool Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand Name Drinks

Be the first to write a review

Overview

Todd Wilbur shares his best-kept secrets for making knockoffs of your favorite drinks-right in your own kitchen and without spending a lot of money. Readers can re-create the delicious taste of America's best-loved brand-name soft drinks, beverages, dessert drinks, mixers, and liqueurs by following Todd's easy, step-by-step instructions. If ...
See more details below
Paperback
$13.98
BN.com price
(Save 6%)$15.00 List Price
Pick Up In Store

Pick Up In Store

Reserve and pick up in 60 minutes at your local store

Other sellers (Paperback)
  • All (67) from $1.99   
  • New (13) from $8.08   
  • Used (54) from $1.99   
Top Secret Recipes--Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits and Shakes: Creating Cool Kitchen Clones of America's Favorite Brand Name Drinks

Available on NOOK devices and apps  
  • Nook Devices
  • NOOK HD/HD+ Tablet
  • NOOK
  • NOOK Color
  • NOOK Tablet
  • Tablet/Phone
  • NOOK for Windows 8 Tablet
  • NOOK for iOS
  • NOOK for Android
  • NOOK Kids for iPad
  • PC/Mac
  • NOOK for Windows 8
  • NOOK for PC
  • NOOK for Mac
  • NOOK Study
  • NOOK for Web

Want a NOOK? Explore Now

NOOK Book (eBook)
$12.99
BN.com price

More About This Book

Overview

Todd Wilbur shares his best-kept secrets for making knockoffs of your favorite drinks-right in your own kitchen and without spending a lot of money. Readers can re-create the delicious taste of America's best-loved brand-name soft drinks, beverages, dessert drinks, mixers, and liqueurs by following Todd's easy, step-by-step instructions. If it comes in a glass, cup, bottle, or mug, it's here for you to clone at home. Discover how to make your own versions of:

* 7-Up®
* Starbuck's® Frappuccino®
* Nestea®
* Sunny Delight®
* Dairy Queen® Blizzard®
* McDonald's® Shamrock Shake®
* 7-Eleven® Cherry Slurpee®
* Grand Marnier® & Amaretto

Plus: Dozens of specialty drinks from T.G.I. Friday's®, Chili's®, Hard Rock Cafe®, Outback Steakhouse®, Applebee's®, House of Blues®, Olive Garden®, Red Lobster®, Claim Jumper®, and many more of your favorite restaurant chains.

Author Biography: Todd Wilbur is the author of Top Secret Recipes, More Top Secret Recipes, Top Secret Restaurant Recipes, Low-Fat Top Secret Recipes, and Top Secret Recipes Lite!

Read More Show Less

Editorial Reviews

From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble Review
Anybody thirsty for a brand-name drink? Welcome to the knockoff beverage center. From Starbucks® and McDonald's® to Applebees®, Dairy Queen®, and Jamba Juice®, Todd Wilbur has created clones of America's most popular brand-name drinks that you can make at home.

Of course, this little recipe book is perfect for everyone who wants to make a Starbucks Frappuccino®, an A&W Cream Soda®, or a 7-Eleven Cherry Slurpee® at home. But it's also great fun for all of us who like to play "guess the secret ingredient" when we're drinking a Yoo-hoo® or a Snapple Peach Iced Tea®, and helpful to those of us who like to play "guess how many calories" when we're drinking a Dairy Queen Blizzard®. (Calories are not listed, but you can estimate pretty well, working from the ingredient list.)

In addition to sodas, smoothies, and shakes, Wilbur has also cloned dozens of specialty drinks from T.G.I. Friday's®, Outback Steakhouse®, Red Lobster®, Hard Rock Café®, Planet Hollywood®, and House of Blues®. If your friends demand Planet Hollywood Shooters® or Hard Rock Hurricanes®, you'll be ready. Wilbur has also created recipes for Grand Marnier®, Bailey's Irish Cream®, and Amaretto®.

Wilbur's step-by-step recipes are very easy and require no more advanced kitchen equipment than a pitcher and a blender or shaker. You may want to give him a special award for figuring out how to keep the ice cream from going all soft when other ingredients are stirred into a Dairy Queen Blizzard® look-alike. (Ginger Curwen)

USA Today
The mission: Decode the secret recipes for America's favorite junk foods. Equipment: Standard kitchen appliances. Goal: Leak the results to a ravenous public.
Read More Show Less

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780452283183
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 1/29/2002
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 386,871
  • Product dimensions: 5.45 (w) x 8.12 (h) x 0.69 (d)

Meet the Author

Todd Wilbur is the top-selling QVC cookbook author who’s been cloning recipes since the 1980’s. He’s the author of nine top secret recipes books. He’s toured extensively for his books, appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, and Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, among others. He lives in Las Vegas with his family.

Read More Show Less

Table of Contents

Top Secret Recipes Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits, & Shakes Introduction

Sodas
A&W® Cream Soda A&W® Root Beer Coco-Cola®
Orange Slice®
7UP®
Sonic Drive-In® Cherry Limeade Sonic Drive-In® Strawberry Limeade Sonic Drive-In® Ocean Water®
Squirt®
T.G.I. Friday's® November Sea Breeze Fling®
T.G.I. Friday's® Strawberry Surprise Fling®

Smoothies
Applebee's® Bananaberry Freeze Baskin-Robbins® Peach Smoothie Baskin-Robbins® Strawberry Smoothie Baskin-Robbins® Strawberry Banana Smoothie Baskin-Robbins® Wild Berry Banana Smoothie Jamba Juice® Banana Beery Jamba Juice® Citrus Squeeze Jamba Juice® Cranberry Craze Jamba Juice® Orange-A-Peel Jamba Juice® Peach Pleasure Jamba Juice® Strawberries Wild Orange Julius®
Pinapple Julius®
Strawberry Julius®
Red Robin® Chillin' Mango Smoothie Red Robin® Groovy Smoothie Starbucks® Tazoberry® Tea Starbucks® Tazoberry® & Cream T.G.I. Friday's® Tropical Oasis Smoothie

Shakes
Arby's® Jamocha Shake Baskin-Robbins® B.R. Blast
Cappucino Mocha
Cinnabon® Icescape®
Strawberry Orange Mochalatta®
Mochalatta Chill®
Dairy Queen® Blizzard®
Baby Ruth®
Banana Pudding Banana Split Berry Banana Chocolate Chip Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Hawaiian Whoppin'n'Wild Yukon Cruncher Jack in the Box® Oreo® Cookie Shake McDonald's® Mcflurry®
Butterfinger®
M&M's®
Oreo® Cookie Reese's®
McDonald's® Shakes
Chocolate Strawberry Vanilla
McDonald's® Shamrock Shak®e Sonic Drive-In® Cream Pie Shakes
Banana Chocolate Coconut Strawberry
Starbucks® Frozen Frappaccino
Coffee Caramel Mocha
Wendy's® Frosty

Other Sips
Arizona® Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey Arizona® Iced Tea with Ginseng Cinnabon® Strawberry Lemonade General Foods International Coffees®
Cafe Vienna French Vanilla Cafe Hazelnut Belgian Cafe Suisse Mocha Viennese Chocolate Cafe
Hawaiian Punch® Fruit Juicy Red Hot Dog on a Stick® Muscle Beach Lemonade®
Minute Maid® All Natural Lemonade Nestea® Natural Lemon Flavored Iced Tea Red Robin® Freckled Lemonade Red Robin® Strawberry Ecstacy
7-Eleven® Cherry Slurpee®
Snapple® Iced Tea
Cranberry Diet Lemon Lemon Orange Peach Rasberry Strawberry
Sunny Delight®
Yoo-Hoo® Chocolate Drink Yoo-Hoo® Mix-Ups®
Chocolate-Banana Chocolate-Mint Chocolate-Strawberry

Spirits
Schnapps & Liqueurs
Bailey's® Irish Cream Dekuyper® Thrilla Vanilla® French Vanilla Liqueur Disaronno® Amaretto Grand Marnier® Liqueur Hiram Walker® Anisette Liqueur Hiram Walker® Creme De Banana Liqueur Hiram Walker® Creme De Cacao Liqueur Hiram Walker® Creme De Menthe Liqueur Hiram Walker® Creme De Strawberry Liqueur Hiram Walker® Razz Attack® Rasberry Schnapps Hiram Walker® Root Beer Schnapps Kahlua® Coffee Liqueur Marie Brizard® Watermelon Liqueur Midori® Melon Liqueur

Spirits
Cocktails
Applebee's® Bananaberry Split Applebee's® Blue Skies Applebee's® Perfect Margarita Applebee's® Summer Squeeze Bahama Breeze® Bahama Mama Bahama Breeze® Caribbean Magic Bahama Breeze® Malimbo Breeze Bahama Breeze® Verry Berry Good Bennigan's® Emerald Isle Iced Tea Bennigan's® Irish Coffee Bennigan's® O'Malley's Orange Cooler Bennigan's® Rasberry Road Iced Tea The Cheesecake Factory® Caribbean Cooler The Cheesecake Factory® Key Lime Martini The Cheesecake Factory® J.W. Pink Lemonade The Cheesecake Factory® Twilight Zone The Cheesecake Factory® Tropical Martini Chevy's® 100% Agave Margarita Chevy's® House Rocks Margarita Chevy's® Lava Lamp Margarita Chevy's® The Sunburn Margarita Chevy's® Ultimate Orange Margarita Chevy's® Watermelon Chili's®Fresh Fruit Margarita (On The Rocks)
Chili's® Calypso Cooler Chili's® Chambord 1800 Margarita Chili's® Jamaican Paradise Chili's® Mandrin Blush Chili's® Margarita Presidente Chili's® Tropical Sunburn Chili's® Twisted Lemonade Claim Jumper® Absolutely Electric Lemonade Claim Jumper® Bermuda Sunset Claim Jumper® Hawaiian Punch Claim Jumper® Mai Tai Claim Jumper® Otter Pop Claim Jumper® Root Beer Float Claim Jumper® Shark on the Beach Claim Jumper® Tropical Storm Hard Rock Cafe® The Hard Rock Hurricane Hard Rock Cafe® Lynchburg Lo-Rider Hard Rock Cafe® Shooters
Lemon Drop Purple Hooter
House of Blues® Eve's Revenge Martini House of Blues® Hob Blue Martini House of Blues® Hob Cruiser House of Blues® Mo' Betta Blues Joe's Crab Shack® Joe Makin' Me Java Joe's Crab Shack® Joe's Ya Ya Joe's Crab Shack® Red Snapper Joe's Crab Shack® Secret Passion Punch Joe's Crab Shack® Shark Tooth Joe's Crab Shack® Swamp Moss Olive Garden® Chocolate Almond Amore Olive Garden® Italian Margarita Olive Garden® Strawberry Siciliano Olive Garden® Venetian Sunset Outback Steakhouse® Coral Reef 'Rita Outback Steakhouse® Don't Koala Me, I'll Koala You Cooler Outback Steakhouse® Great Barrier Punch Outback Steakhouse® Melbourne Cooler Outback Steakhouse® Wallaby Darned P.F. Cheng's® Buddha's Dream P.F. Cheng's® Heat Wave P.F. Cheng's® Nutty Uncle Cheng's Favorite P.F. Cheng's® The Poolside Planet Hollywood® The Comet Planet Hollywood® Cool Running Planet Hollywood® Meet Jack Black Planet Hollywood® Shooters
Blue Hawaii Bubble Gum Grape Crush Peanut Butter & Jelly
Planet Hollywood® Sweet Death Becomes Her Planet Hollywood® Terminator Red Lobster® Bahama Mama Red Lobster® Butter-Tini Funtini Red Lobster® The Hawaiian Funtini Red Lobster® Red Passion Colada Red Robin® Absolut Lemonade Red Robin® Jamaican Shake Red Robin® Sand in Your Shorts Red Robin® T.N.T.
T.G.I. Friday's® Banana Split Bender Blaster T.G.I. Friday's® Electric Lemonade T.G.I. Friday's® Hawaiian Volcano T.G.I. Friday's® June Bug T.G.I. Friday's® Lights of Havana T.G.I. Friday's® Strawberry Shortcake Blender Blaster Z'Tejas® Z' Big Stick Margarita Z'Tejas® Famous Chambord Rasberry Margarita

Spirits
Mixers
Beau Rivage® Bloody Mary Mix Mara® Simple Syrup Mr & Mrs T® Bloody Mary Mix Mr & Mrs T® Sweet & Sour Mix Restaurant-Style Mai Tai Mix Restaurant-Style Pina Colada Mix Restaurant-Style Sweet & Sour Mix

Trademarks

Bibliography

Index

Read More Show Less

Recipe

STARBUCKS FRAPPUCCINO®

It was in 1995 that Starbucks® stores started selling this frozen drink, one of the company's most successful new products. The Frappuccino® is blended with strong coffee, sugar, a dairy base, and ice. Each one is made to order and each one is guaranteed to give you a throbbing brain freeze if you sip too hard. The drinks come in several different varieties, the most popular of which I've cloned here for your frontal lobe-pounding, caffeine-buzzing pleasure.

Make double-strength coffee by measuring 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per cup (serving) in your coffee maker. The drink will even be more authentic if you use Starbucks® beans and grind them yourself just before brewing.

1/4 cup double-strength coffee, cold
1 cup low-fat milk
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 cups ice

  1. Make double-strength coffee by brewing with twice the coffee required by your coffee maker. That should be 2 tablespoons of ground coffee per each cup of coffee. Chill before using.
  2. To make drink, combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed until ice is crushed and drink is smooth. Pour into 2 16-ounce glasses, and serve with a straw.
Makes 2 "Grande" drinks.

SUNNY DELIGHT®

If you love the taste of Sunny D® but wish it was made with more than just 5 percent real fruit juice, this is the recipe for you. Rustle up some frozen juice concentrates and let them thaw out before measuring. Since tangerine juice concentrate is tough to find on its own, I designed the recipe to use the orange tangerine blend concentrate from Minute Maid®.

6 cups water
1 cup corn syrup
1-1/2 cups frozen concentrated Minute Maid® orange tangerine juice, thawed
6 tablespoons frozen concentrated apple juice, thawed
2 tablespoons frozen concentrated limeade, thawed
4 teaspoons frozen concentrated grapefruit juice, thawed
1 teaspoon Kool-Aid lemonade unsweetened drink mix

  1. Combine all ingredients in a 2-quart pitcher. Stir well.
  2. Chill for several hours before serving.
Makes 2 quarts.

YOO-HOO CHOCOLATE DRINK®

Watching his wife can tomatoes inspired Natale Olivieri to create a bottled chocolate drink with a long shelf life back in the early 1920's. When New York Yankee great Yogi Berra met Natale and tasted his new drink, he was an instant fan, and went on to help raise the funds that helped make Yoo-hoo® a national success.

I cloned this drink in the first book, Top Secret Recipes, but have since discovered an improved technique. Using a blender to mix the drink, as instructed in that version, adds too much unnecessary foam. So here now is a revised recipe that you shake to mix, that could fool even the most devoted Yoo-hoo® fanatics.

3/4 cup nonfat dry milk
3 tablespoons Nesquik® chocolate drink mix
1-1/2 cups cold water

Combine all ingredients in a container or jar with a lid. Shake until dry milk is dissolved. Drink immediately or chill in refrigerator.

Makes 1 14-ounce drink.

Copyright © 2002 by Todd Wilbur.

Read More Show Less

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
( 0 )
Rating Distribution

5 Star

(0)

4 Star

(0)

3 Star

(0)

2 Star

(0)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Review Guidelines
Add Recommendations
Your Name: Create a Pen Name or

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

  • - HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
  • - Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
  • - Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
  • - Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
  • - Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
  • - Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
  • - Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

  • - By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
  • - Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
  • - See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.
Search for Products You'd Like to Recommend

Recommend other products that relate to your review. Just search for them below and share!

Create a Pen Name

Your Pen Name is your unique identity on BN.com. It will appear on the reviews you write and other website activities. Your Pen Name cannot be edited, changed or deleted once submitted.

 
Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously
Sort by: Showing all of 4 Customer Reviews

  • Anonymous

    Posted December 23, 2005

    Well Worth It

    This book has great recipes that are easy to make. I bought it mainly for the Jamba Juice recipes, but it has so many others that my family loves, I've made plenty of the recipes. The ingredients are mostly easy to find. This book is worth every penny, and it's a fair price to begin with!

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted October 17, 2010

    No text was provided for this review.

  • Anonymous

    Posted September 30, 2010

    No text was provided for this review.

  • Anonymous

    Posted April 4, 2011

    No text was provided for this review.

Sort by: Showing all of 4 Customer Reviews
If you find inappropriate content, please report it to Barnes & Noble
Why is this product inappropriate?
Comments (optional)