Fast food chains and restaurants often keep their recipes under lock and key – think top-secret blends of herbs and spices, proprietary sauces and signature flavours you can't quite put your finger on. Recently, though, some of our favourite brands have been generous enough to share their classic recipes for us to try at home. Here are the official recipes for IKEA meatballs, Disney Park beignets, sausage and egg McMuffins and more.

Click or scroll through our gallery to discover 27 secret recipes revealed by famous brands – counting down to the most coveted of all.

Our ranking is based on the popularity of each dish and the demand to be able to recreate it at home, as well as on the opinions of our expert team. This list is unavoidably subjective.

From IKEA’s meatballs to Greggs' steak bake: chains that have released their famous recipes