Cracker Barrel Meatloaf Menu Prices 2026

What Does Cracker Barrel Meatloaf Taste Like?

Cracker Barrel’s own official description of The Best Classic Meatloaf is “Second only to mom’s. Made with a hearty blend of beef, onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes.” That’s a savory, tomato-forward meatloaf built on ground beef with sauteed vegetables mixed through it, rather than a sweet glazed style — served with a choice of two or three classic sides and buttermilk biscuits or corn muffins.

Cracker Barrel doesn’t publish additional public marketing copy or flavor claims beyond that official description — it’s presented on the menu as a simple, homestyle comfort-food entree rather than a signature dish with its own backstory, the way Orange Chicken is for Panda Express.

For calorie and allergen information beyond this taste description, see our Cracker Barrel Nutrition Menu guide or Cracker Barrel’s own official nutrition page.

Cracker Barrel Meatloaf Ingredients & Recipe

This is a menu-price guide, not a recipe site, so we’re not publishing a copycat recipe or an ingredient-quantity breakdown for Cracker Barrel Meatloaf — even though “Cracker Barrel meatloaf recipe” is a genuinely popular search. Here’s the honest state of what Cracker Barrel itself publishes: the official description names a hearty blend of beef, onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes as the core of the dish, but Cracker Barrel does not publish exact quantities, a binder (egg, breadcrumbs), seasoning list or a step-by-step method on its official site.

If you’re looking for a copycat recipe with exact quantities and steps, that content exists across many independent recipe sites and video creators online — we’re not the source for that here, since we only report what Cracker Barrel itself confirms about pricing, calories and its own official description, not third-party recipe attempts.

Regular Entree Prices

The regular Meatloaf entree comes with your choice of two or three classic sides and buttermilk biscuits or corn muffins, running $12.49–$14.49 across the three restaurants checked. Available after 10:30 AM at the Atlanta store checked.

Weekday Lunch Special

A smaller, single-side weekday lunch portion of Meatloaf runs $9.49 at the three restaurants checked, weekdays only, after 10:30 AM — part of Cracker Barrel’s Daily Specials lineup, cheaper than the regular dinner-size entree above.

Add It To Any Breakfast

Meatloaf can also be added to any classic breakfast platter or the Sweet Cream Caramel Apple Pancakes as a “$5 Take Home Meal” — Meatloaf and Mac & Cheese runs $5.00 and 480 Cal at every restaurant checked on 8 Sep 2026, letting you take home a full lunch or dinner portion alongside your breakfast order.

Family Meals

Cracker Barrel sells two Meatloaf Family Meals, Served Hot and feeding roughly 4-5 people, running $50.99–$55.99 across the three restaurants checked. Both were only available after 10:30 AM at the Atlanta store checked.

Catering

Catering-sized Meatloaf — a Hot and Ready to Share A La Carte tray, a Buffet Style tray with two or three sides, or 10 Individually Plated Meals — ran $83.99–$130.99 across the three restaurants checked.

Calories & Allergens

Calorie figures above come from Cracker Barrel’s own official national nutrition data at crackerbarrel.com/nutrition, matched to each item as of 8 Sep 2026. The regular entree runs 450 Cal; the smaller weekday lunch portion runs 220 Cal; a whole Family Meal (feeding 4-5) runs 3,670 Cal in total.

Cracker Barrel does not publish a separate printed allergen menu at the stores checked, and its own official guidance warns that cross-contact is possible in its shared kitchens. For full allergen and gluten-free guidance, use Cracker Barrel’s official resources linked above, or ask restaurant staff directly before ordering. Our dedicated Nutrition Menu guide covers this in more depth across the full menu.

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