Freddy’s Makes Bunless Bowls a Permanent Menu Choice

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers added steakburger, chicken and veggie burger bowls to its permanent menu on June 9, 2026, expanding a menu that already accommodated bunless orders.

The launch announcement describes a romaine base with diced tomatoes, diced onions, Monterey Jack and cheddar cheeses. Steakburger Bowls add two beef patties and chopped bacon. Chicken Bowls offer grilled or crispy chicken breast with bacon. The Veggie Burger Bowl uses a black bean patty without bacon in its listed recipe.

Dressing choices are Fry Sauce, Ranch, Honey Mustard and Thousand Island. Freddy’s says the Steakburger Bowl supplies 55 grams of protein. The announcement provides no common price, calorie table or sales results.

The bowls are available in restaurants and drive-thrus, plus pickup and delivery through the chain’s app and website. Their permanent status gives them a place on the continuing menu, with no promotional end date announced.

Lettuce wraps already crossed the menu#

Freddy’s had documented bunless choices almost four years earlier. A July 2, 2022, company post listed eight menu selections available in lettuce wraps, spanning several steakburgers, chicken sandwiches and the veggie burger.

The steakburger choices included the Original Double, Bacon & Cheese Double, Double Steakburger California Style and Original Double Patty Melt, with a triple option also mentioned. Grilled, crispy and spicy chicken completed the chicken list. That range shows that removing bread was already possible across different proteins and existing named recipes, rather than being confined to one sandwich.

The chicken club provides a recipe comparison#

A later April 29, 2025, chicken-club description explains the earlier sandwich format in more detail. Freddy’s offered both crispy and grilled chicken clubs on a toasted bun or in a lettuce wrap.

Those clubs included chicken breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and Swiss cheese. Customers could alter the toppings. The company described its clubs as single sandwiches, without the extra bread layer associated with a traditional stacked club.

The new chicken bowl changes that standard combination: romaine becomes the base, Monterey Jack and cheddar replace the listed Swiss, and four dressings provide the finishing choice. It is a separate named recipe within an already flexible menu.

Ordering options predated the new format#

In a July 29, 2025, menu discussion, Freddy’s described ways to customize a single steakburger. Customers could swap the bun for lettuce, change meat, cheese or vegetables, and choose sauces on the burger or alongside it.

The company said customers could customize through its app and in restaurants. Digital ordering showed selected changes and their effect on price. Guests could also select a side and drink or frozen-custard treat when building a combo.

Its app description added the ability to save customized orders for later viewing or reordering. Customers could find a nearby restaurant and schedule carryout, delivery or dine-in orders. These were documented features of the earlier ordering system, without evidence of how often diners used each option.

That earlier menu explanation also described how calories were presented. A combo’s displayed figure covered the standard sandwich preparation; sides, drinks and treats were shown during customization. For a customer comparing meals, the standard sandwich figure left additional choices to be tallied during ordering.