---
title: Recipes
description: Learn how to customize recipes and slot recipes in Chakra UI
---

:::info

Please read the [overview](/docs/theming/customization/overview) first to learn
how to properly customize the styling engine, and get type safety.

:::

## Recipes

### Extending variants

Use the `defineRecipe` function to define a recipe override.

Here's an example of extending the `Button` to add a new `xl` size

```tsx title="theme.ts"
const buttonRecipe = defineRecipe({
  variants: {
    size: {
      xl: {
        fontSize: "lg",
        px: 6,
        py: 3,
      },
    },
  },
})

const customConfig = defineConfig({
  theme: {
    recipes: {
      button: buttonRecipe,
    },
  },
})

export const system = createSystem(defaultConfig, customConfig)
```

Then you can use the new size variant in your components.

```tsx
<Button size="xl">Click me</Button>
```

### Adding new variant

Use the `defineRecipe` function to define a new recipe variant.

Here's an example of defining a boolean variant called `raised`.

```tsx title="theme.ts"
const buttonRecipe = defineRecipe({
  variants: {
    raised: {
      true: {
        boxShadow: "md",
      },
    },
  },
})

const customConfig = defineConfig({
  theme: {
    recipes: {
      button: buttonRecipe,
    },
  },
})

export const system = createSystem(defaultConfig, customConfig)
```

Then you can use the new variant in your components.

```tsx
<Button raised>Click me</Button>
```

### Custom recipe

Use the `defineRecipe` function to define a custom recipe all together.

Here's an example of defining a custom recipe called `Title`

```tsx title="theme.ts"
const titleRecipe = defineRecipe({
  baseStyle: {
    fontWeight: "bold",
    letterSpacing: "tight",
  },
  variants: {
    size: {
      md: { fontSize: "xl" },
      lg: { fontSize: "2xl" },
    },
  },
})

const customConfig = defineConfig({
  theme: {
    recipes: {
      title: titleRecipe,
    },
  },
})

export const system = createSystem(defaultConfig, customConfig)
```

Then, use the new recipe to create a components

```tsx
const Title = (props) => {
  const recipe = useRecipe({ key: "title" })
  const styles = recipe({ size: "lg" })
  return <Box as="h1" css={styles} {...props} />
}
```

## Slot Recipes

To effectively override an existing slot recipe, we recommend connecting to its
anatomy. Slot recipes are added to the `theme.slotRecipes` object.

### Extending variants

Here's an example of how to extend the `Alert` slot recipe to create an `xl`
size.

```tsx title="theme.ts"
import { alertAnatomy } from "@chakra-ui/react/anatomy"

const alertSlotRecipe = defineSlotRecipe({
  slots: alertAnatomy.keys(),
  variants: {
    size: {
      xl: {
        root: {
          fontSize: "lg",
          px: 6,
          py: 3,
        },
      },
    },
  },
})

const customConfig = defineConfig({
  theme: {
    slotRecipes: {
      alert: alertSlotRecipe,
    },
  },
})

export const system = createSystem(defaultConfig, customConfig)
```

Then you can use the new size variant in your components.

```tsx /size="xl"/
<Alert size="xl" title="..." />
```

### Adding new variant

Here's an example of how to extend the `Alert` slot recipe to add a new variant
called `shape`.

```tsx title="theme.ts"
import { alertAnatomy } from "@chakra-ui/react/anatomy"

const alertSlotRecipe = defineSlotRecipe({
  slots: alertAnatomy.keys(),
  variants: {
    shape: {
      rounded: {
        root: { borderRadius: "full" },
      },
    },
  },
})

const customConfig = defineConfig({
  theme: {
    slotRecipes: {
      alert: alertSlotRecipe,
    },
  },
})

export const system = createSystem(defaultConfig, customConfig)
```

Then you can use the new variant in your components.

```tsx /shape="rounded"/
<Alert shape="rounded" title="..." />
```

### Custom recipe

Here's an example of how to define a custom slot recipe called `Navbar`.

```tsx title="theme.ts"
const navbarSlotRecipe = defineSlotRecipe({
  slots: ["root", "badge", "icon"],
  base: {
    root: {
      bg: "blue.500",
      color: "white",
      px: 4,
      py: 2,
    },
    badge: {
      borderRadius: "full",
      px: 2,
      py: 1,
    },
  },
})

const customConfig = defineConfig({
  theme: {
    slotRecipes: {
      navbar: navbarSlotRecipe,
    },
  },
})

export const system = createSystem(defaultConfig, customConfig)
```

Then you can use the new recipe to create a components

```tsx
const Navbar = (props) => {
  const recipe = useSlotRecipe({ key: "navbar" })
  const styles = recipe()
  return (
    <Box css={styles.root}>
      {props.children}
      <Box css={styles.badge} />
      <Box css={styles.icon} />
    </Box>
  )
}
```