Panera Bread keeps no official off-menu list. The Panera Bread secret menu is a set of fan and staff combinations built from items already on the counter. Seven builds remain after each base item was checked against the current ordering menu. Each one is described to a team member in plain words, and a cafe may decline it.
Mac & Cheese anchors three of the builds, and bagels anchor two more. The drink station and the bakery case supply the last two.
The short answer
Panera Bread secret menu items are ordinary menu items ordered a different way. Each row prices the dish it starts from. Pizza Bagels start at $2.19 and the Arnold Palmer at $3.39, while the mac and cheese builds start at $7.99 and $10.79.
At a glance
$2.19
Pizza Bagels price
$12.19
Bagel Sandwich Swap price
$7.99
Mac & Cheese Grilled Cheese price
$10.79
Tomato Soup Mac & Cheese price
$3.39
Arnold Palmer price
$3.99
Milkshake price
Panera Bread Secret Menu Items and How to Order
Ordering from the Panera Bread secret menu means describing the build to a team member, since no register button carries an unofficial name. Each row starts from a listed item, and the base item’s price and calories come from the menu page. A second item bought for a build adds its own price.
Panera Bread Secret Menu Bagel Builds
Pizza Bagels start from an Asiago or plain bagel, halved and topped with pizza sauce, mozzarella and pepperoni before toasting. Asiago Bagel carries 350 calories ($2.19), and Plain Bagel carries 280 at the same price. The bagel allergen declarations sit on the allergen page.
Bagel Sandwich Swap moves a sandwich filling onto an Asiago, Everything or Cinnamon Crunch bagel. Bacon Turkey Bravo (850 calories as a Whole, $12.19) serves as the example row, and any other sandwich can take its place.
| Item | How to Order | Base Price | Base Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza Bagels | Ask for an Asiago or plain bagel halved and topped with pizza sauce, mozzarella and pepperoni, then toasted | $2.19 | 350 |
| Bagel Sandwich Swap | Ask for a sandwich served on an Asiago, Everything or Cinnamon Crunch bagel in place of its usual bread; this row prices Bacon Turkey Bravo as the example | $12.19 | 850 |
Panera Bread Secret Menu Bowl Mix-Ins
Mac & Cheese Grilled Cheese tucks Mac & Cheese inside a Grilled Cheese before the sandwich goes on the press. Grilled Cheese carries 810 calories as a Whole ($7.99), and a Mac & Cheese Cup adds 490 calories ($5.99). Tomato Soup Mac & Cheese stirs a smaller pour of Creamy Tomato Soup into Mac & Cheese. A Mac & Cheese Bowl carries 980 calories ($10.79), and a Creamy Tomato Soup Cup adds 240 ($5.29).
Chili Mac & Cheese stirs chili into a Mac & Cheese Bowl as well, and the chili adds its own price and calories. All three builds combine two items, and each item rings up at its own listed price.
| Item | How to Order | Base Price | Base Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mac & Cheese Grilled Cheese | Ask for a Grilled Cheese with a Mac & Cheese Cup ($5.99, 490 calories) tucked inside before the sandwich is pressed | $7.99 | 810 |
| Tomato Soup Mac & Cheese | Order a Mac & Cheese and a Creamy Tomato Soup Cup ($5.29, 240 calories), then stir a smaller pour of the soup into the mac | $10.79 | 980 |
| Chili Mac & Cheese | Order a Mac & Cheese Bowl ($10.79, 980 calories) and ask for chili stirred through it, with the chili billed as a second item | $10.79 | 980 |
Panera Bread Secret Menu Drinks and Shakes
Arnold Palmer splits one cup between iced tea and lemonade at the drink station. Iced Tea carries 5 calories and Agave Lemonade carries 210, both at $3.39 for a 20 fl oz cup. Regulars also mix in green tea and passion papaya tea, and the seasonal drinks join in when they return.
Milkshake is the odd one out, because Panera Bread does not officially sell milkshakes at most locations. The build blends a Brownie with half-and-half, ice and chocolate syrup. Brownie carries 520 calories ($3.99).
| Item | How to Order | Base Price | Base Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold Palmer | Fill one cup half with iced tea and half with lemonade at the drink station | $3.39 | 5 |
| Milkshake | Panera Bread does not officially sell milkshakes at most locations, so ask whether the cafe will blend a Brownie with half-and-half, ice and chocolate syrup | $3.99 | 520 |
Panera Bread Secret Menu FAQs
About the author
Sophia W. Steadham writes MenuQuill. She is a food blogger and restaurant review expert who has spent years eating her way through American chain menus, from small-town drive-thrus to national roll-outs.