Cracker Barrel Chicken n’ Dumplins Menu Prices 2026

What Does Cracker Barrel Chicken n’ Dumplins Taste Like?

Cracker Barrel’s own official description is “Hand-made dumplins simmered low & slow to tender, pillowy perfection.” That’s a homestyle Southern dish — soft, doughy dumplings simmered in a savory chicken broth alongside shredded chicken, rather than a thick chicken pot pie filling or a drop-biscuit style dumpling. It’s served with a choice of two or three classic sides and buttermilk biscuits or corn muffins.

Cracker Barrel markets it as one of its signature “Cracker Barrel Classics” comfort-food dishes, consistent with the chain’s Southern, home-cooking positioning — but doesn’t publish additional flavor claims beyond the official description above.

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 Chicken n’ Dumplins 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 Chicken n’ Dumplins, even though it’s a popular “how do I make this at home” search. Here’s the honest state of what Cracker Barrel itself publishes: the official description names hand-made dumplins and chicken, simmered low and slow as the core of the dish, but Cracker Barrel does not publish exact flour-to-liquid ratios, broth ingredients, 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 Chicken n’ Dumplins entree comes with your choice of two or three classic sides and buttermilk biscuits or corn muffins, running $10.49–$12.49 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 Chicken n’ Dumplins runs $8.99–$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.

Dumplins as a Side

Dumplins alone, ordered as an Individual Side without the chicken, ran $2.99–$3.09 across the three restaurants checked — available after 10:30 AM at the Atlanta store checked. It’s the cheapest way to get a taste of Cracker Barrel Chicken n’ Dumplins without the full entree.

Family Meals

The Chicken n’ Dumplins Family Meal, Served Hot and feeding roughly 4-5 people, ran $40.99–$42.99 across the three restaurants checked — available after 10:30 AM at the Atlanta store checked. A family-sized side of Dumplins alone (to add to any Family Meal) runs $16.49–$17.49.

Catering

Catering-sized Cracker Barrel Chicken n’ Dumplins — 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 $71.99–$120.99 across the three restaurants checked. A catering side of Dumplins alone runs $32.99–$33.99.

Biscuit & Dumpling Mix (Retail)

Cracker Barrel also sells a Cracker Barrel Biscuit and Dumpling Mix as a packaged grocery item to take home — a dry mix, not a prepared dish — running $5.99–$6.29 at the three restaurants checked. Calories weren’t captured for this retail item in our research, since it’s a packaged product rather than a menu dish.

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 and the weekday lunch portion both run 360 Cal; the standalone Individual Side runs 240 Cal; a whole Family Meal (feeding 4-5) runs 3,170 Cal in total.

Chicken n’ Dumplins contains gluten (the dumplings themselves, plus the biscuits or corn muffins served alongside). 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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