Chilly calories: 12 beastly fast food beverages
The health police scorn fast-food burgers and fries for making it easy for diners to shovel surplus fat and calories into their mouths. But it turns out that some of the fattiest, highest-calorie offerings aren't eaten but drunk. We're talking iced coffee drinks, frosties, and shakes - some of which contain twice as many calories as a bacon double-cheeseburger.
Gulp!
Which chilly beverages are the beastliest? Keep clicking to see the most caloric cold drink offered by each of 12 popular fast-food chain restaurants.
12. Starbucks Java Chip Frappuccino
In a "venti" serving (24 ounces):
Calories: 560
Fat: 21 grams
Saturated fat: 14 grams
Sodium: Not disclosed on Starbucks website
11. Panera Bread Frozen Caramel
In a 16-ounce serving:
Calories: 600
Fat: 22 grams
Saturated fat: 15 grams
Sodium: 190 milligrams
10. Arby's Jamocha Oreo Swirl Shake
In a "regular" 20-ounce serving:
Calories: 630
Fat: 20 grams
Saturated fat: 11 grams
Sodium: 620 milligrams
9. Chick-fil-A Cookies & Cream Milkshake
In a large serving (20 ounces):
Calories: 700
Total fat: 33 grams
Saturated fat: 17 grams
Sodium: 1,000 milligrams
8. Jamba Juice Peanut Butter Moo'd
In an "original" serving (24 ounces):
Calories: 770
Total fat: 20 grams
Saturated fat: 4.5 grams
Sodium: 490 milligrams
7. Burger King Oreo BK Sundae Strawberry Shake
In a medium serving (22 ounces):
Calories: 980
Total fat: 34 grams
Saturated fat: 20 grams
Sodium: 600 milligrams
6. Dunkin Donuts Mocha Coolatta
In a large serving (32 ounces):
Calories: 990
Total fat: 47 grams
Saturated fat: 29 grams
Sodium: 170 milligrams
5. Wendy's Caramel Frosty Shake
In a typical large serving (serving size varies slightly according to store location):
Calories: 1,020
Total fat: 19 grams
Saturated fat: 12 grams
Sodium: 510 milligrams
3. Sonic M&M's Sonic Blast
In a large serving (20 ounces):
Calories: 1,130
Total fat: 60 grams
Saturated fat: 41 grams
Sodium: 570 milligrams
3. McDonald's Chocolate Triple Thick Shake
In a 32 ounce serving:
Calories: 1,160
Total fat: 27 grams
Saturated fat: 16 grams
Sodium: 510 milligrams
2. Jack in the Box Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Shake
In a large serving (24 ounces):
Calories: 1,170
Fat: 61 grams
Saturated fat: 38 grams
Sodium: 460 milligrams
1. Dairy Queen Georgia Mud Fudge Blizzard
And the winner is...Dairy Queen's Georgia Mud Fudge Blizzard. A large (21-ounce) serving delivers a whopping 1,450 calories, 83 grams
of fat, 28 grams of saturated fat, and 1,000 milligrams of sodium.
To put that into perspective, a quick calculation using WebMD's Food-o-Meter shows that you could scarf a bean-and-cheese burrito (189 calories, 6 g of fat), a fried chicken breast (364 calories, 18 g of fat), and a bacon cheeseburger (595 calories, 33 g of fat) and not even come close to the calories and fat in a Georgia Mud Fudge Blizzard.
Brrr? Maybe it should be blech.