Every build on the Culver’s secret menu comes out of parts already stocked behind the counter. The CurderBurger stacks Wisconsin Cheese Curds onto a ButterBurger Cheese. Secret Menu Poutine puts those same curds and a ladle of gravy over crinkle cut fries. Wisconsin Cheese Curds carry most of the list, which figures for a chain that grew up in the dairy state.
None of it is printed anywhere. Nobody at the register will recognise a nickname, so ordering works by description instead, part by part. Each build is rung up as the item it starts from, plus whatever gets added alongside it as a side.
The short answer
The Culver’s secret menu is a set of off-menu builds assembled from stock ingredients and ordered by describing them. The CurderBurger, Secret Menu Poutine and Buffalo Cheese Curds all start from something already on the counter. Each one is rung up as the item it begins with.
Culver’s secret menu at a glance
$6.44
curderburger base
$3.96
secret poutine base
$5.94
buffalo curds base
$6.06
sourdough swap base
$5.94
chili curds base
$6.19
custard shake base
Culver’s Secret Menu Items and How to Order Them
The Culver’s secret menu leans on three things the kitchen already holds in quantity. Cheese curds, gravy and frozen custard turn up in almost every build. The ButterBurger becomes a CurderBurger the moment a handful of curds goes under the top bun. Crinkle cut fries become poutine once curds and gravy land on them, and the whole lot goes in one box.
Ordering works by description rather than by name. Ask for the parts in the order they go on, and the counter can ring each one up as a side. Culver’s menu prices cover the base item, and the extras land on the same ticket. Nothing here has a line of its own.
Culver’s Secret Menu ButterBurgers
The CurderBurger drops a handful of Wisconsin Cheese Curds under the top bun of a ButterBurger Cheese. The sourdough swap moves that same patty onto the bread the Sourdough Melt is built on. BBQ sauce, bacon and a couple of onion rings turn the third one into something closer to a pub burger than a ButterBurger. Every one of them starts from a burger Culver’s already builds.
| Item | How to order | Base price | Base calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| CurderBurger | Order a ButterBurger Cheese with Wisconsin Cheese Curds as the side, then stack the curds onto the patty under the top bun. | $6.44 | 460 |
| Sourdough ButterBurger Swap | Ask for a ButterBurger built on the sourdough bread the Sourdough Melt uses instead of the standard bun. | $6.06 | 390 |
| BBQ Bacon Onion Ring ButterBurger | Order a ButterBurger Cheese with bacon and onion rings, ask for BBQ sauce, then lay two or three rings on the patty. | $6.44 | 460 |
Culver’s Secret Menu Cheese Curds and Custard
Wisconsin Cheese Curds carry most of this list, because the kitchen already batters and fries them to order. Gravy turns a Medium of crinkle cut fries into poutine, and hot sauce with ranch on the side makes buffalo curds. Chili and jalapenos give the loaded version. A shake spun from chocolate custard rather than vanilla and syrup finishes it.
| Item | How to order | Base price | Base calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Menu Poutine | Ask for crinkle cut fries with Wisconsin Cheese Curds and a side of gravy poured over the top. | $3.96 | 350 |
| Buffalo Cheese Curds | Order Wisconsin Cheese Curds with hot sauce and ranch on the side, then toss the lot together in the box. | $5.94 | 490 |
| Loaded Chili Cheese Curds | Ask for Wisconsin Cheese Curds with chili and jalapenos on the side and spoon them over the curds. | $5.94 | 490 |
| Real Chocolate Custard Shake | Ask for the shake to be spun from chocolate frozen custard rather than vanilla custard with syrup stirred in. | $6.19 | 570-1,030 |
Culver’s 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.