Between the lunch rush and the dinner one, Sonic cuts the price of its drinks in half. Sonic happy hour runs every afternoon at participating drive-ins, covering the slush machine, the fountain and the tea urn rather than the food board. Sonic opens a second window late in the evening at drive-ins that run it.
Prices in the tables below are the board figures each cup carries at any hour, and the discount comes off those.
The short answer
Sonic happy hour runs from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM every day at participating drive-ins, taking half off drinks. Slushes, fountain soft drinks, lemonades, limeades and iced teas all qualify, at every cup size the drive-in pours. Many drive-ins run a second late-night window from 8:00 PM to close.
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Sonic Happy Hour Prices
Sonic pours the discount across drinks rather than food, covering every flavour on the slush machine, every fountain tap and every cup of brewed tea. The reduction runs as a straight half rather than a flat figure. A zero-sugar build therefore comes down by the same proportion as a full-sugar one. Sonic happy hour leaves calorie counts untouched, so the tables carry the same figures at any hour. Full-price rows for the rest of the menu run down the rest of the menu.
Take-up varies by drive-in, since franchisees decide which promotions to run. The Sonic app is the other route regulars use, and it applies the same drink pricing outside the afternoon window. Asking at the speaker settles it either way, because the crew keys the discount in by hand.
Sonic Happy Hour Times
The Sonic happy hour window runs the same two hours every day of the week, weekends included. That separates it from weekday-only bar deals. It sits between lunch service and the dinner rush, and a second late-night window opens at drive-ins that offer it.
| Days | Happy Hour | Late Night |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Sunday | 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM | 8:00 PM to close |
Sonic Happy Hour Slush Prices
Sonic churns flavoured ice in the machine rather than pouring from a tap, and every standing flavour comes down inside the discount. Cherry, blue raspberry, blue coconut, grape, green apple, cranberry, peach and mango run alongside the POWERADE build. The real fruit versions blend actual fruit through the same ice, and bubble slushes drop chewy bubbles into the cherry and green apple pours.
| Item | Calories | Menu Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Slush | 310 | $2.59 |
| Green Apple Slush | 270 | $2.59 |
| Cherry Slush | 270 | $2.59 |
| POWERADE Mountain Berry Blast Slush | 270 | $2.59 |
| Blue Raspberry Slush | 260 | $2.59 |
| Blue Coconut Slush | 260 | $2.59 |
| Grape Slush | 260 | $2.59 |
| Peach Slush | 250 | $2.59 |
| Mango Slush | 250 | $2.59 |
| Medium Cherry Flavor Bubble Slush | 320 | $1.99 |
| Medium Green Apple Flavor Bubble Slush | 320 | $1.99 |
| Cherry Limeade Slush | 320 | $3.49 |
| Strawberry Slush | 290 | $3.09 |
| Limeade Slush | 280 | $3.19 |
| Lemonade Slush | 280 | $3.19 |
Sonic Happy Hour Soft Drink Prices
The fountain side covers the whole Coca-Cola lineup plus the house pours. Ocean Water mixes Sprite with blue coconut syrup, and Big Red carries a red cream soda flavour. The diet and zero-sugar builds sit at the same board figure as the full-sugar ones. Every cup comes over pellet ice the drive-in makes on site.
| Item | Calories | Menu Price |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Water | 200 | $2.69 |
| Hi-C Fruit Punch | 190 | $2.29 |
| Coca Cola | 180 | $2.29 |
| BARQ’S Root Beer | 170 | $2.29 |
| Sprite | 170 | $2.29 |
| Fanta Orange | 170 | $2.29 |
| Big Red | 170 | $2.29 |
| Dr Pepper | 160 | $2.29 |
| POWERADE Mountain Berry Blast Drink | 80 | $2.29 |
| Diet Coke | 0 | $2.29 |
| Coca-Cola Zero | 0 | $2.29 |
| Diet Dr Pepper | 0 | $2.29 |
| Sprite Zero | 0 | $2.29 |
Sonic Happy Hour Lemonade and Limeade Prices
Sonic builds its limeades with real lime wedges dropped into the cup. The discount covers the cherry, strawberry and cranberry versions along with the plain one. Lemonades work the same way with lemon, and the dragon fruit, blue raspberry and cranberry builds add fruit syrup on top. Diet cherry limeade and diet limeade carry the sugar-free pours.
| Item | Calories | Menu Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cranberry Lemonade | 330 | $3.19 |
| Strawberry Lemonade | 310 | $3.69 |
| Dragon Fruit Lemonade | 300 | $3.19 |
| Blue Raspberry Lemonade | 280 | $3.19 |
| All Natural Lemonade | 270 | $3.19 |
| Cherry Limeade | 240 | $2.69 |
| Cranberry Limeade | 240 | $2.69 |
| Strawberry Limeade | 220 | $2.69 |
| Sonic Limeade | 170 | $2.69 |
| Diet Cherry Limeade | 15 | $2.69 |
| Diet Limeade | 5 | $2.69 |
Sonic Happy Hour Iced Tea Prices
Sonic brews its tea on site and pours it sweet or unsweet, and both qualify for the discount. Half-and-half builds split the cup between sweet and unsweet tea, or between tea and lemonade. The sugar lands wherever the order puts it.
| Item | Calories | Menu Price |
|---|---|---|
| Half Sweet Tea / Half Lemonade | 220 | $2.29 |
| Sweet Iced Tea | 170 | $2.29 |
| Half Unsweet Tea / Half Lemonade | 130 | $3.19 |
| Half Sweet Tea / Half Unsweet Tea | 90 | $2.29 |
| Unsweet Iced Tea | 0 | $2.29 |
Sonic Happy Hour Questions
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.