35+ DIY Take-Out Meals, Desserts & Cocktail Kits From CT Restaurants

After weeks of being cooped up at home, you may be looking at ways to pass the time and explore your creative side. Fortunately, Connecticut restaurants, bakeries, and caterers are here to the rescue with fabulous DIY options to bring their delicacies into your kitchen. Sweet tooths and kiddos can partake in all kinds of cupcake and baking kits while the 21 and over crowd can get all of the ingredients to make their own restaurant worthy cocktails. There are also pizza kits, pasta kits, and more. Check out our full guide here!

Agave Grill, Hartford: Offering Margarita kits and taco kits!  Both are $30 and come with all the fixings to make your own at home.

Alina’s Cakes & Cookies, Fairfield: Their cupcake decorating kits come with 8 cupcakes as well as decorating supplies like buttercream frosting and sprinkles

At the Barn, Granby: Check their facebook page and social media platforms for information on their virtual happy hours.

Barcelona Wine Bar, West Hartford, Stamford, Fairfield, New Haven: Barcelona Wine Bars are offering 3 cocktail kits, with the infusions & juices of their most popular mixed drinks for $8 - just add your own spirits. Each kit makes 4 drinks and comes with a recipe card for easy mixing at home. Each of these recipes uses a specialty vermouth/aperitivo, which you can buy bottles from Barcelona Wine Bar as well. Additionally, we have a gintonic kit for 1 ($12) that comes with a 50mL of Hendrick's gin, a bottle of fever tree tonic and an assortment of garnishes. We have house-made mimosa mixers for $4, currently offering Guava-Lemon-Lavender & Orange-Peach-Grapefruit. Lots of fun stuff!

Bartaco, Westport, Stamford, Fairfield: Margarita carafe kit now available for take out and delivery (makes for 6 drinks)—includes: mini bottles of tequila, triple sec, fresh squeezed lime, agave + salt.

Blind Pig Pizza, Hartford: Make your own Pizza Kits available all day every day! $10 includes 1 dough, sauce, cheese, 1 topping and Parmesan cheese.

Bruxelles Brasserie, Norwalk: Gin Bowls To Go! Each comes with a bottle of European Craft Gin and Premium Tonics. Now you can enjoy the weekend even if it is at home! Just make your selection, ice your glass and enjoy!

Cake Gypsy, Avon: Grab one of their adorable DIY Unicorn Cupcake Kits or choose one of their other themed kits, like Dinosaur or Puppy Love

Capitol Lunch, New Britain: For$20, the “Take home Cappy kit” comes with 12 uncooked hot dogs to grill at home, 12 buns, and a pint of their signature meat sauce.

Conspiracy, Middletown: Check out their Facebook page to see their current selection of cocktail kits.  Plus, they’ll also post a schedule for their virtual cocktail classes, in which you can pick up the ingredients and learn to make it with them online.

Elm Street Diner, Stamford: They’re DIY Donut kits are INSANE! They come with their signature plain donuts and all kinds of frostings, toppings, and fillings so you can make your own creations. Call 203-325-1141 to order yours for curbside pick-up.

Foundry Kitchen & Tavern, Newtown: Foundry is going back through their menus and archives remembering their favorite cocktails from over the years. They will feature a new one each week in their cocktail kits, which make about 14 drinks.

Four Brothers Pizza, Westport: Now, you can get Make Your Own Pizza Kits from them.

Fresca Tequila Bar & Grill, Colchester: In addition to their, DIY Margarita kits they are now offering Sangria Kits.  Choose red or white.  Each comes with a 16oz ball jar with fresh juice, a can of ginger ale, and a blood orange.

Gaudi Tapas & Wine, Danbury: Have you ever wanted to learn to make paella?  Now you can- online!  For $55, they will deliver all the ingredients and a paella pan to your house and lead you through the process on Zoom!

Grano Arso, Chester: A pound of fresh spaghetti, fettuccine, or rigatoni crafted by chef-owner Joel Gargano serves as the base of their Pasta Kits.  Kits, which run from $24 to $30, also include your choice of sauce and garnishes like basil, pecorino or parmigiano Reggiano cheese.  A instruction card will help you make a restaurant worthy meal.

Harry’s Bishops Corner, West Hartford: Make your own pizza kits are available for takeout at HBC! Kits include dough, sauce, cheeses, and pepperoni as an option or add your own toppings at home. 12” Cheese $10, 12” Pepperoni $11.50, and 12” Gluten Free Cheese $14.

Hop Haus, Plainville: Order the Haus Mule Kit, which includes 200ml Titos Vodka, 2 Cans Gosling's Ginger Beer, 2 Limes, and 2 Titos Cups for $23.  Be on the lookout for their grill kits too, which are coming soon.

Jesup Hall, Westport: Get the ingredients to make their Buzzed Bee and Garibaldis cocktails at home

Kawa Ni, Westport: Get the goods to make Tokyo 75, Geisha, and soon to be sake bombs

La Figata, Granby:  Get their DIY pizza kits - 2 for $12! Instructions are included and they’ll post a video of theirr Pizza Chef Zach showing you all of the tips and tricks to making a perfect La Figata Pizza.

Luann’s Bakery, Ellington: Now offering a DIY cupcake kit!  They are open for curbside pick-up and local delivery.

Luna Pizza, Hartford: Their Take & Make Pizza Boxes are $10 each and include dough, sauce, cheese, and three toppings of your choice.  Call 860-233-1625 for takeout, curbside pickup, or delivery!

Match, Norwalk: They are teaming up with SoNo 1420 to bring you a full bottle cocktail kit including mule cups and mix for the whole bottle.

Moneta Moments, Windsor: They have cookie dough you can bake at home, cupcake kits and cute cookie kits

Mystic Cheese Company, Mystic: Arrange your own charcuterie board with Mystic Cheese Company.  Their kits include a half or full pound of Mystic Cheese and additions like salami, crackers, jam.  They cost $20-$40.

Pasta Cosi, Branford: Get one quart of sauce, 1 pound of sausage, 4 meatballs, and a bottle of wine for $50 so that you can create your own Italian feast.

Popover Bistro & Bakery, Simsbury: Be entertained and get a healthy boost with their make your own Pond Juicy Kits.

Romanacci, Westport, Trumbull, Norwalk: Enter their homemade pizza contest! They’ll provide the raw dough ($5 or $10 depending on the size), shredded cheese, and tomato sauce. The best looking entry wins a free large pizza.

Rush Bowls, Hartford: You can order all the ingredients to make their delicious smoothies at home

Russo’s Bakery, Enfield: Pizza Kits, Cannoli kits, and cupcake kits!

South End, New Canaan: DIY cocktail kits available via Curbside pickup 4-8pm. To pre-order, call 203-966-5200.

Southwest Café, Ridgefield: Make your own Fajitas and Margaritas now available for curbside pickup!

Sweets on Main, Branford: They have decorate your own cupcake kits with themes like unicorn and under the sea as well as decorate your own cookie kits.

Source Coffeehouse- Get the ingredients to DIY their famous avocado toast.

Taco Daddy, Stamford: Get all the ingredients to make Taco Daddy tacos in your own home.

TapRock Beer & Refuge, Unionville: Order a cocktail kit from them with any food takeout order and receive a cocktail recipe card and the ingredients to make it.

Taproot, Bethel: Recreate their tasty cocktails at home. Visit their Facebook page and social media pages for updates on the latest.

Tavern on State, New Haven: Each week, they’re offering a new DIY cocktail kit, which comes with all of the ingredients and garnishes as well as a tutorial.

Toro Loco, Farmington: Their DIY Margarita kits come in their signature house and strawberry guava flavors

The Whelk, Westport: Get your kit to make their signature Froggers at home

Zuppardi’s Apizza, West Haven & Derby (@ THC): Make their famous pie at home with their pizza kit.  For $25, get dough for two medium pizzas, sauce, a choice of two toppings, and mozzarella and pecorino cheeses.