Cracker Barrel Calories & Nutrition (31 plates)

At Cracker Barrel a dish comes with choices its nutrition guide prints as separate rows, so this page counts each dish with them: of the 31 dishes that fit a 1,500-calorie cap, 25 come with 2 sides and an optional bread, 4 come with a choice of side and 2 come with an optional dressing. Every total and meal here adds those choices at their printed values; the lightest plate is The Best Classic Meatloaf (weekday lunch) at 335 calories with its lightest choices.

Source: Cracker Barrel nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed October 12, 2026

• 31 plates
• 335 cal lightest plate
• 28 plates ≤ 1,000 cal
• 102g top protein in one plate

As of October 2026, 28 of the 31 Cracker Barrel dishes we track come to 1,000 calories or less with their lightest choices, and the most protein in one plate is 102 g (Steak & Chicken Combo (smokehouse grilled chicken), 775 calories).

How Cracker Barrel meals are counted here

• A Cracker Barrel lunch or dinner entrée comes with two or three classic sides and a choice of buttermilk biscuits or corn muffins; the widget prints the entrée alone (its New York Strip Steak row lists only the steak, its seasoning and its glaze), so meals here add the two sides. The bread is optional here because the widget prints it one piece at a time — a biscuit at 140 cal, a corn muffin at 190 — while the restaurant brings more than one, so a meal counts the single piece it names, or says no bread.
• Cracker Barrel's weekday lunch plates come with two classic sides and the same bread choice as its dinners.
• Burgers and sandwiches come with one classic side and no bread choice; the widget prints the sandwich alone.
• Cracker Barrel's entrée salads are printed undressed — the widget marks all four dressings optional on the row — and its order page makes Dressing Choice required. The widget prints each dressing at 2 oz and at 2.5 oz without saying which size a salad gets, so meals here count the larger, or say no dressing.

A meal is one plate (the dish and a valid pick for each of its choices, never the same row twice) and at most one drink, and its totals are the printed rows added together. 79 dishes are listed but never put in a meal: the widget and Cracker Barrel's own menu disagree about breakfast: the widget prints Uncle Herschel's Favorite at 150 cal, the two eggs alone, with every meat and side marked optional, while the menu says it comes with a breakfast meat, two sides and biscuits and gravy, and the two print different figures for the same plate (Old Timer's Breakfast 150 cal against 700, Sausage & Egg Hashbrown Casserole 1,020 against 1,100, Bacon & Egg 940 against 880, Blueberry Pancakes 620 against a 770 cal Blueberry Pancake Plate), so no breakfast plate can be composed honestly from this source (33), no menu fact says what this dish comes with (24), a seasonal offer, not on the menu all year (9), an early-dinner portion Cracker Barrel's own menu does not list, so nothing says what it comes with (3), served only on its day of the week (8) and served only on one day of the week: crackerbarrel.com lists these two as Wednesday Lunch Broccoli Cheddar Chicken and Thursday Lunch Turkey & Dressing (2). 5 starters are listed on their own and never counted as a meal.

• Sides (17): mashed potatoes, steak fries, mac & cheese, dumplings, breaded fried okra, sweet whole baby carrots, cole slaw, whole kernel corn, pinto beans, boiled cabbage, country green beans, lima beans, steamed broccoli, turnip greens, a sweet potato casserole, cornbread dressing and seasoned buttery rice.
• Breads (2): a biscuit and a corn muffin.
• Dressings (4): balsamic vinaigrette, blue cheese dressing, buttermilk ranch and honey mustard.

Complete Cracker Barrel meals under 800 calories

The best plate and drink under 800 calories for each goal, as the MinMax app builds it.

Cracker Barrel dishes, lightest plate first

Each dish with what it comes with, alone and with its lightest choices.

Cracker Barrel starters

Dishes these meals leave out

Cracker Barrel nutrition (lowest calories first)

Calories and macros for the 270 Cracker Barrel rows we track, as printed: dishes, sides and choices, drinks and the rest. Also available as JSON.

Source: Cracker Barrel nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed October 12, 2026. Figures are estimates and may change — verify with Cracker Barrel. Read how we gather and check this data.

What Cracker Barrel dishes come with, in the chain's own words:

• “Our famous recipe meatloaf with two classic sides. Served with buttermilk biscuits or corn muffins. We suggest enjoying it with mashed potatoes.” (crackerbarrel.com, read 2026-09-16)
• “Half pound of 100% pure ground beef grilled to order** topped with Colby cheese, mayo, lettuce and tomato on a toasted buttermilk bun. Topped with pickles. Served with one classic side. We suggest enjoying with steak fries.” (crackerbarrel.com, read 2026-09-16)
• “Dressing Choice” (crackerbarrel.com, read 2026-09-16)
• “Tender, juicy 10 oz New York strip steak with buttery garlic sauce. Served with two or three classic sides and buttermilk biscuits or corn muffins.” (crackerbarrel.com, read 2026-09-16)
• “Classic Sides” (app.everybite.com, read 2026-09-16)
• “Breads” (app.everybite.com, read 2026-09-16)

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• Cracker Barrel calorie calculator (build a plate under your cap)

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