Sonic Menu Prices 2026: Slushes, Combos & Half-Price Happy Hour

A Medium Cherry Limeade at Sonic runs roughly $2.99 at most U.S. locations as of May 2026 — and just $1.49 during the daily Half-Price Drinks Happy Hour (2–4 PM, every day). The Mini is around $1.49 / $0.74 HH, Small ~$2.49 / $1.24 HH and Large ~$3.49 / $1.74 HH. Cherry Limeade is Sonic's single most-ordered drink and the defining item of the menu — it's been on the board essentially unchanged since the 1950s.

Sonic's Half-Price Drinks Happy Hour runs every day from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM local time at participating U.S. locations. During the window, every drink on the menu — fountain sodas, iced tea, slushes, limeades, Ocean Water, Real Fruit slushes, even Master Slush builds — is exactly 50% off. Shakes, Master Shakes and Master Blasts are not typically included (they're ice-cream items, not drinks), but app deals frequently discount those separately. The Happy Hour discount is automatic at the kiosk and stacks with most app rewards.

Yes. Every slush on the menu — Cherry, Blue Coconut, Watermelon, Lemon-Berry, Bahama Mama, the Real Fruit slushes, even custom Slush Master builds — drops to exactly 50% of the listed price between 2 PM and 4 PM daily. A Medium Cherry Slush moves from $2.99 to about $1.49, a Large goes from $3.49 to roughly $1.74, and a Mini drops to under $0.75. The Happy Hour discount makes Sonic the cheapest national fast-food drink in the country during the afternoon window.

The SuperSONIC Bacon Double Cheeseburger runs about $6.99 à la carte at most U.S. Sonic locations in 2026, with the combo (burger + medium tots + medium drink) priced around $10.49. The non-bacon SuperSONIC Double Cheeseburger sits closer to $6.49. Pricing varies by franchisee — California, the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast typically run 15–20% higher, while the chain's stronghold markets in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and the Southeast often hold at or below the prices shown. The Sonic app routinely lists the same burger at $1–$2 off the walk-up price.

Limeades are Sprite-based drinks with fresh-squeezed lime, served over crushed ice — they're effectively a tall, lightly carbonated, fruit-flavored soda. Slushes are pure frozen granular drinks (no carbonation), made by freezing flavored syrup into a coarse shaved-ice slushie. The Cherry Limeade is Sonic's iconic drink in the limeade category; the Cherry Slush is its equivalent in the slush category. Both are around $2.99 (Medium), both drop to ~$1.49 during Happy Hour, and both can be customized with the same flavor add-ins.

Sonic Tots are crispy, deep-fried tater tots — Sonic's signature side, used the way McDonald's uses fries. Sonic does serve french fries too, but the tots are the iconic option and what shows up on every combo by default. A Medium order is around $2.79, Cheese Tots (with melted cheddar) run $3.49 and Chili Cheese Tots are $3.99. Mini Tots at $1.99 are the cheapest hot-food item on the menu after the plain hot dog. Tots have been on the board since Sonic standardized the modern menu in the 1970s.

Yes — Sonic is the only national fast-food chain that still uses the drive-in carhop format. You park in a numbered stall, press a button on the menu kiosk to order, and a carhop walks your food out to the car. At a meaningful subset of locations (not all), carhops still wear quad roller skates. The drive-thru lane is the secondary order channel; the stalls are the primary one. The format has been Sonic's identity since the 1950s and is the main reason Sonic doesn't look like any other fast-food chain.

Sonic markets more than one million possible drink combinations through its 'Slush Master' customization platform. The core slush lineup is roughly a dozen flavors — Cherry, Blue Coconut, Watermelon, Lemon-Berry, Bahama Mama, Cotton Candy, Strawberry, Grape and several rotating seasonal flavors — but each one can be customized with free flavor shots (vanilla, cherry, coconut, peach, banana, raspberry, etc.) and premium Real Fruit add-ins ($0.50 each) for strawberry, blueberry, lime and others. Add cream, swap the base or stack flavors and the combination count explodes — hence the seven-figure marketing claim.

Almost always. The Sonic app (and My Sonic Rewards) typically lists items at $0.50–$2.00 below the walk-up board price, plus rotating daily deals — recent examples include the $0.99 Cheeseburger, $1.99 Master Shakes after 8 PM, and 50%-off chicken-strip dinners. App orders also stack on top of Happy Hour for drinks. If you visit Sonic monthly, installing the app effectively rebates a meal's worth of pricing across a typical year.

Most Sonic locations serve breakfast all day — the Breakfast Burrito, Toasters, French Toast Sticks and Cinnasnacks are typically available from open to close, including dinner-time orders. A small minority of stores cut breakfast at 11 AM, but the chain's official position since the 2010s has been all-day breakfast availability. The Breakfast Burrito at $3.99 is one of the cheapest full breakfast entrées at any national chain. Confirm with your local store via the Sonic app.