Sonic's Holiday Menu Is in the App Now and Nationwide November 2 — Five New Items, and Sonic Priced Only the $7 Big Deal Meal

Sonic's parent company, Inspire Brands, published the winter lineup on October 26, 2026. The announcement sets two dates rather than one: the menu was available that same day in the SONIC App, and it arrives at Sonic Drive-In locations nationwide on November 2, 2026.

That gap is the practical fact for a reader this week. App users have had about a week of early access; everyone ordering at the stall gets the lineup on November 2. The announcement describes no regional restrictions and no market-by-market rollout beyond those two dates.

Five items are named: the Santa Slush Float, the Smoked Gouda and Bacon SONIC Smasher, the Merry Berry Fizz, the Holiday Creamy Vanilla, and a refreshed $7 Big Deal Meal. Jenna Rankin, vice president of product category management and culinary at Sonic, said the winter menu pairs flavours and value with a dessert-drink made for holiday memories.

The Santa Slush Float is the item Sonic leads with. The company describes it as a slush in merry cherry and sweet vanilla flavours, layered with vanilla soft serve, topped with a cherry and served in a Santa-themed cup.

Sonic calls it a limited-time treat. It has not said how long that is, and it has not said whether the Santa cup itself is a collectible or produced in limited numbers. The item is listed on Sonic's own limited-time menu as of October 31, 2026, with no price shown against it.

Sonic also notes that it donates a portion of sales of Drinks, Slushes, Blasts and Shakes to public education through its Limeades for Learning programme, while supplies last, and says it has donated more than $32 million since 2009.

The one savoury addition is the Smoked Gouda and Bacon SONIC Smasher, offered as a double or a triple. Sonic's announcement describes smoked gouda, bacon and black pepper aioli on hand-smashed Angus beef patties.

Sonic's own product page for the burger describes it more fully, and differently: two hand-smashed Angus beef patties layered with melted smoked Gouda, grilled onions, crispy bacon and black pepper aioli, on a toasted potato bun. Grilled onions appear on the menu page and not in the announcement, so anyone reading only the press release would not know the burger has them. The product page also describes the patties as made to order.

Both the double and the Smoked Gouda and Bacon Triple SONIC Smasher are listed separately on Sonic's limited-time menu. Neither listing carries a price, and neither carries a calorie figure.

The two other new drinks are soda-based, and each comes in a full-sugar and a zero-sugar version.

The Merry Berry Fizz is made with Sprite or Sprite Zero. Sonic's announcement names cranberry syrup among its components in its own FAQ, a detail its main description omits.

The Holiday Creamy Vanilla is made with Coca-Cola or Coca-Cola Zero, and Sonic says it is inspired by Coca-Cola's holiday releases. Sonic's FAQ adds vanilla syrup and sweet cream to the description. All four variants — both sodas in both sugar levels — are listed individually on Sonic's limited-time menu.

The fifth item is not new so much as rebuilt. Sonic says the refreshed $7 Big Deal Meal is a Sonic Cheeseburger, a choice of medium Tots or Fries, a small Premium Chicken Bites, and a medium drink — a soft drink or iced tea.

Brand Eating reports that the small Premium Chicken Bites take the place of a sundae in the previous version of the deal. Sonic's announcement does not say what the meal contained before, so that comparison comes from the coverage rather than from Sonic.

Sonic's limited-time menu also lists a $9 Big Deal Meal alongside the $7 one. The announcement mentions only the $7 version, and does not say whether either is limited-time.

Across the whole winter lineup, Sonic has attached a price to exactly one thing: the $7 Big Deal Meal. The Santa Slush Float, the Smasher in either size, the Merry Berry Fizz and the Holiday Creamy Vanilla all appear on Sonic's own limited-time menu with no price against them, and the Smasher's dedicated product page carries none either.

Per-item figures are circulating in coverage, and they are worth naming precisely because of where they come from. Brand Eating lists $2.99 for the Santa Slush Float, $8.49 and $9.49 for the double and triple Smasher, $4.59 for the Merry Berry Fizz and $5.09 for the Holiday Creamy Vanilla — and states plainly that these are the prices at its nearest Sonic in Los Angeles.

Sonic is a franchised drive-in chain and prices vary by location, so a figure observed at one Los Angeles stall is not a national price and is not Sonic's number. This page therefore prints none of them as the price. If you want to know what the Santa Slush Float costs where you are, the honest answer today is that Sonic has not published it.

No end date, for anything. The Santa Slush Float is called a limited-time treat and the Limeades for Learning note adds "while supplies last", but no last day is given for it or for any other item in the lineup. A winter menu implies a winter-length run; Sonic has not committed to one.

No prices beyond the $7 meal, as above. No calorie or nutrition figures in the announcement. No statement of which locations will carry the items, beyond "nationwide" on November 2. And nothing on whether the Santa-themed cup is limited in supply.

This page will be re-checked on November 2, when the nationwide rollout is due, to confirm the lineup actually reached the stalls on the date Sonic gave.