10+ Fast-Food French Fry Recipes — Hacked!

If you've ever wondered how McDonald's achieves its signature flavor, this recipe breaks down all the ingredients and details so you can make McDonald's signature fries at home.

Get the recipe: McDonald's french fries

Melted American cheese, caramelized onions, and homemade thousand island dressing adorn these animal style fries.

Get the recipe: In-N-Out's animal style fries

The starchy slurry is essential to achieving supercrisp sweet potato fries.

Get the recipe: thick-cut sweet potato fries

Hand-cut, double-fried, and tossed with salt and pepper, Islands Restaurant's fry recipe is a great place to start if you're making fries for the first time.

Get the recipe: Islands Restaurant hand-cut fries

If you don't happen to live near a McDonald's location that serves garlic fries, have no fear! You can re-create them at home with garlic, parmesan, parsley, and salt.

Get the recipe: McDonald's garlic fries

This crazy dish from Outback contains exactly what you think: a breaded and fried blooming onion with a stack of french fries, loaded with melted cheese and bacon pieces.

Get the recipe: hacking Outback's blooming onion topped with bacon cheese fries

If potato wedges from KFC are more your style of french fry, consider this homemade take dredged in plenty of seasonings.

Get the recipe: jo jo potato wedges

You know how dipping french fries in a chocolate milk shake is extremely satisfying? Well, McDonald's Japan cut out the middle man and started drizzling chocolate syrup on top of its fries. In case you're curious, we've hacked the recipe.

Get the recipe: McDonald's chocolate french fries

Loaded fries, aka fries topped with taco fixings, are all the rage at Taco Bell. You now can try them at home, thanks to this blogger. Just don't forget to make a nacho cheese sauce!

Get the recipe: taco fries

If you own a spiralizer, then you can make curly fries, just ike Arby's. Toss them in paprika, onion powder, and garlic powder to give them the signature taste.

Get the recipe: curly fries

Just in case you thought it couldn't get weirder, McDonald's released a pumpkin spice french fry. When we hacked the recipe at home, taste testers were into the weird flavor combo.

Get the recipe: McDonald's chocolate-pumpkin spice french fries