The Applebee’s secret menu is not printed anywhere, and no server will hand you a card for it. Every build starts from something already on the printed menu. Say the change out loud and the kitchen can usually make it.
Bacon Mac ’N Cheese Burger is the best known of them. It stacks a side onto a burger. The others pair a dip, a sauce or an extra side with an appetizer, or rework a burger, a dessert or a drink.
The short answer
Ordering off the Applebee’s secret menu means asking for a listed dish with changes, so you pay its normal price plus any side you add. Bacon Mac ’N Cheese Burger, Beer Cheese Wings, Spinach and Artichoke Flatbread and Taco Meltdown are among the seven builds listed here. Vegan Burger Swap, Dessert Fusion and Virgin Bahama Mama complete the seven.
Applebee’s secret menu at a glance
$15.99
bacon mac n cheese burger
$14.99
beer cheese wings
$14.29
taco meltdown
How the Applebee’s Secret Menu Works
Applebee’s builds most plates to order, which is what makes these swaps possible in the first place. A side of mac and cheese, a dip or a sauce can move from its own plate onto another. Kitchens do this every shift without naming it.
Give the dish its real name first, then the change, rather than asking for an Applebee’s secret menu item by name. Prices follow the base plate and any extra side gets rung in separately. Busy shifts and stock gaps mean a build can be refused.
Applebee’s Secret Menu Burger and Wing Builds
Bacon Mac ’N Cheese Burger takes a Classic Bacon Cheeseburger and buries it under a side of four-cheese mac. Beer Cheese Wings borrows the pretzel dip for a plate of Boneless Wings. Vegan Burger Swap takes the Impossible Cheeseburger and asks for it without cheese or mayonnaise. Each build is priced from its base plate, with the extra side rung in separately.
| Item | How to Order | Base Price | Base Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon Mac ’N Cheese Burger | Classic Bacon Cheeseburger with a side of Four-Cheese Mac and Cheese stacked on top | $15.99 | 1,320 |
| Beer Cheese Wings | Boneless Wings with a side of the beer cheese dip, poured over or served alongside | $14.99 | 660 |
| Vegan Burger Swap | Impossible Cheeseburger built without cheese or mayonnaise | $14.99 | 960 |
Applebee’s Off-Menu Appetizer Orders
Spinach and Artichoke Dip goes onto a kids flatbread and comes back as something close to a pizza. Taco Meltdown pours nacho cheese over Chicken Wonton Tacos. Both start from an appetizer the kitchen already makes, so nothing unusual is needed.
| Item | How to Order | Base Price | Base Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spinach and Artichoke Flatbread | Spinach and Artichoke Dip with a kids flatbread, spread across it | $12.99 | 990 |
| Taco Meltdown | Chicken Wonton Tacos with a side of nacho cheese drizzled over before eating | $14.29 | 590 |
Applebee’s Secret Menu Dessert and Drink Orders
Dessert Fusion takes a Brownie Bite and finishes it with vanilla ice cream and a caramel drizzle. Virgin Bahama Mama is the Bahama Mama built at the bar without the rum, so anyone who is not drinking can still order it. Both start from an item already on the Applebee’s menu.
| Item | How to Order | Base Price | Base Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dessert Fusion | Brownie Bite with vanilla ice cream and a caramel drizzle over the top | $3.99 | 420 |
| Virgin Bahama Mama | Bahama Mama built at the bar without the rum | $8.99 | 280 |
Applebee’s Secret Menu 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.