High-Calorie Shockers that Will Make You Think Twice
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Au Bon Pain's carrot-walnut muffin is packed with nuts and veggies, unlike this glazed cake donut from Dunkin Donuts. Which has more calories? - 2/24
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While the muffin is packed with 570 calories, the donut has less with 360. - 3/24
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The Jamba Juice Chunky Strawberry Topper is the picture of health with yogurt, fruit and granola, unlike these four strips of bacon. But which is more fattening? - 4/24
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Surprise: While the bacon has just 180 calories, the yogurt-granola concoction is packed with 520. - 5/24
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While Applebee's Chicken Chopped Salad looks like a plateful of green goodness, the McDonald's Big Mac is a known stack of fat and carbs. - 6/24
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Still, it's the salad that you might want to avoid, as it has 860 calories compared to the Big Mac's 500. - 7/24
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A slice of vegetarian quiche from Belgian chain Le Pain Quotidien has it all—protein and lots of fresh veggies—while Au Bon Pain's chocolate croissant is simply sinful. Right? - 8/24
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Actually, it's the quiche that offers way more in terms of calories: 730 vs. the 340 of the croissant. - 9/24
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Photo by: Dunkin Donuts; Jamba Juice
Ah, a nice sweet drink treat can't be so bad, can it? But there's a clearly more fattening foe between Dunkin Donuts' Vanilla Bean Coolatta and Jamba Juice's Chocolate Moo'd Smoothie. - 10/24
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And it's the Coolatta, weighing in at 850 calories compared to the Chocolate Moo'd Smoothie's 430. - 11/24
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You're craving a glazed raised donut from Dunkin Donuts, but you're trying to be good, and instead stick with a cinnamon crunch bagel with cream cheese from Panera. Right choice? - 12/24
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Not if it's calories you're concerned about: The bagel with cream cheese is packed with 520 calories, while the humble donut has just 260. - 13/24
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The Asian Chicken Salad at Applebee's has nuggets of protein and a pile of fresh green fiber to boot, unlike the bacon avocado cheeseburger at Denny's. But which is more caloric? - 14/24
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Yep, it's the salad, with a whopping 1390 calories—though the cheeseburger, with 1140 calories, is not all that far behind. - 15/24
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Photo by: Cheesecake Factory, Pizzeria Uno
The Cheesecake Factory's Crispy Chicken Costoletta seems like a balanced alternative to the individual deep-dish pizza at Pizzeria Uno. Don't you think? - 16/24
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But the dish is still loaded with 2,610 calories—several hundred more than a 125-pound woman looking to maintain her weight should be eating in an entire day. Still, the pizza, with 1,750 calories, may not be the most ideal alternative. - 17/24
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Eating a Genji California Roll from Whole Foods is basically like consuming air—especially when compared to the chili at Wendy's. Right? - 18/24
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Well, not exactly. It may surprise you that the sushi roll is actually slightly more caloric, with 370 calories compared to the chili's demure 330. - 19/24
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OK, so drinks don't count in the calorie department, do they? They certainly should, especially if you're deciding between an Arizona Lemonade and a thick fruit smoothie from Au Bon Pain. - 20/24
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And it's the lemonde you might want to avoid, as it's got 330 in that happy yellow can (as compared to the 230 of the smoothie). - 21/24
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A Cobb salad at Bob Evans delivers meat, egg and fresh veggies in one healthful-sounding package, unlike the beloved Burger King Whopper. - 22/24
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The salad's also got more than twice the calories: 1440 to the Whopper's 600. - 23/24
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Photo by: Dunkin Donuts; Starbucks
Coffe-treat throwdown: Which will pack on the pounds quicker, the Dunkin Donuts Coffee Coolatta or a venti Java Chip Frappuccino from Starbucks? - 24/24
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The Coolatta has nearly twice the amount of calories: 861 to the Frapp's 450.
Don't judge a book by its cover-and don't judge a donut by its sugary glaze. In a lower-calorie contest in which we paired various chain-food favorites against each other, the donut was a surprise winner-along with the Big Mac and various other items most would think were doomed to fail. Of course we're not suggesting you go out and gorge on the foods that were less fattening, as many still came packed with high fat, sugar and sodium contents. But a calorie is a calorie. And if you're counting them, you may want to pay attention…--Beth Greenfield, Shine Staff