Cracker Barrel is offering a Thanksgiving
Cracker Barrel is offering a Thanksgiving "Heat N Serve" Holiday family meal that feeds up to 10 people.

Looking for an excuse to eat at Cracker Barrel? You're in good hands.

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If you're tempted to let someone else do the heavy lifting this Thanksgiving, here's what's on the menu at Cracker Barrel. It's a good time to let someone else make your holiday meal.

Homestyle classics like turkey and sides are included in Cracker Barrel's Thanksgiving offerings. While you wait to pick up your order, try a wine-based Glitter Globe Spritzer cocktail or cinnamon roll pie breakfast.

For its busiest days of the year, the restaurant has multiple options to make sure you don't go without a meal.

This time of the year is busy for Cracker Barrel. More than 3.8 million pounds of turkey, 366,400 gallons of gravy and more than 3 million pounds of sweet potato casserole have been served at the chain restaurant.

The in-house meals are only part of the picture. Carryout meal options are also offered by Cracker Barrel.

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Cracker Barrel understands how important the holidays are for guests and how much time families spend preparing for gatherings with loved ones, according to senior vice president and chief marketing officer. With all the challenges families faced this year, they deserve to spend more time with their loved ones and Cracker Barrel has a variety of options to make the holidays more convenient and special Whether celebrating at home with our Thanksgiving Heat n' serve meals or enjoying the warm seasonal touches throughout our dining room, we have options for everyone to get in the holiday spirit

Whether you celebrate with family and friends in-store at Louisville's six area locations or at home, here are the mouth-watering Thanksgiving options.

Cracker Barrel Thanksgiving Heat n' Serve to-go menu

You can spend less time cooking and more time enjoying your family with Cracker Barrel's convenient Heat n' serve options, which provide a complete homestyle Thanksgiving turkey meal for any size gathering that can be picked up in advance of the holiday and stored in the fridge. It takes just a few steps to get from the oven to the table. The options are listed here.

This meal includes an oven roasted turkey breast with turkey gravy, sweet potato casserole, cornbread dressing, cranberry relish, choice of one country side and sweet yeast rolls. Within 72 hours, you can use it. There is a cost of $100.

The Thanksgiving heat n' serve feast includes two oven- roasted turkey breasts, cornbread dressing, turkey gravy, cranberry relish, sweet potato casserole with pecans, choice of two Country Sides, sweet yeast rolls, pumpkin pie and pecan pie. After 72 hours, you can serve. There is a cost of 1499.99.

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The meal includes turkey n' dressing, turkey gravy, cranberry relish, green beans, macaroni n' cheese, sweet potato casserole, and pumpkin pie. The cost is $899.99.

You can get to-go meals for pick up in November. If you place an order for Thanksgiving pickup, you will receive a bonus card for a Thanksgiving Feast or a Thanksgiving Dinner. You must place your order in-store or online at crackerbarrel.com.

Cracker Barrel Thanksgiving dessert menu

Cracker Barrel is offering Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Pecan, Pecan and Apple Pecan Streusel for $12.49. The Cinnamon Roll Pie is $12.99.

There is no dessert on Thanksgiving. Whole pies in chocolate, apple, and pumpkin are available for $12.49. There is a cinnamon roll pie at the store.

Is Cracker Barrel open on Thanksgiving?

Absolutely!

The Homestyle Turkey n' Dressing Meal includes roasted turkey breast, cornbread dressing and gravy, country green beans, sweet potato casserole, and cranberry relish. You can eat in or to-go on Nov. 24.

If you still have room for more delicious food on Black Friday, Cracker Barrel's limited-time offering, the Cinnamon Roll Pie Breakfast, features warm cinnamon rolls baked inside a pie crust and frosted with cream cheese icing. Fried apples are served with eggs, bacon or sausage. The cost is $9. It's available all the time.

Cracker Barrel wine options for Thanksgiving

Are you in the mood for a glass of wine? There is a full line of wine at Cracker Barrel. Guests can order a drink inspired by the glitter globes in the retail store. There is a red holiday glitter sprinkled on the wine and cranberry juice.

Guests can join the online wait list before they arrive and use the dine-in mobile pay feature at the table to skip the line. You can find more information at crackerbarrel.com/thanksgiving or your local store.

Reach features reporter Kirby Adams can be reached at kadams@courier-journal.com

The original article was on the Louisville Courier Journal.