Be honest. When you go to a fast food chain, you know you’re gonna be getting something unhealthy and filled with calories.
Most of the time, fast food contains a lot of calories. But some of them really push the boundaries on how much calories you can stuff on a single meal.
So put away that salad, you aren’t fooling anyone. Let’s take a look at the 10 fast food items with the highest calorie count.
10. Five Guys: Large Fries – 1314 Calories
Let’s be real here. Five Guys has one of the best fries in the market. It’s nearly impossible to order one of their delicious burgers without a hefty serving of fries on the side. While we all know fries inherently contain lots of calories, Five Guys’ Large Fries surprisingly pack 1314 calories. If you wanna dig a little deeper, this fast food item also has 57 grams of fat and 1327 milligrams of sodium! That’s like having five Krispy Kreme doughnuts or consuming six restaurant salt packets.
9. McDonald’s: Big Breakfast with HotCakes – 1350 Calories
Off the top of your head, I bet you never would’ve guessed that the highest calorie item from McDonald’s is a breakfast meal. McDonald’s Big Breakfast with HotCakes definitely lives up to its name. It comes with a hash brown, a biscuit, a sausage patty, scrambled eggs, hotcakes (which are basically pancakes), and 1350 calories. That’s right, you get more than half the normal calorie intake for an average adult male in one meal. Big breakfast indeed.
8. Wendy’s: Pretzel Bacon Triple Cheeseburger – 1530 Calories
A list like this just wouldn’t be complete without a burger from Wendy’s and the highest calorie item on their menu is none other than the Pretzel Bacon Triple Cheeseburger. Just by looking at it, you’ll know that this burger has tons of calories. It has three beef patties, muenster cheese, beer cheese sauce, onions, pickles, honey mustard and bacon, all stuffed between two pretzel buns. This is a heavy burger for sure; and the 1530 calories it has is proof.
7. Buffalo Wild Wings: Cheese Curd Bacon Burger – 1620 Calories
For years, we’ve been pushing just how indulgent we can be with burgers. After all, it’s easy to get carried away with the ingredients you can stuff between two pieces of bread. While the Cheese Curd Bacon Burger from Buffalo Wild Wings isn’t too over the top, it’s still a little extra. I mean it’s literally a bacon burger but with piles of Wisconsin cheese curds inside of it. A typical bacon cheeseburger usually has 823 calories so the cheese curds definitely make this burger (and all who consume it) heavier.
6. Sonic Drive-In: Oreo and Reese’s Peanut Butter Master Shake – 1720 Calories
Sonic Drive-in is famous for their milkshakes and breakfast sandwiches. But one of their most surprising high calorie menu items is their Oreo and Reese’s Peanut Butter Master Shake. If you ever wanted to have Oreo, peanut butter cups, and ice cream in one sitting, this might be the shake you’re looking for. Excess doesn’t even begin to describe this incredibly sugary drink. With 1720 calories in a large serving, you would probably find yourself feeling a little queasy after finishing this milkshake.
5. Subway: The Boss – 1810 Calories
If you thought Subway was on the healthier side when it comes to fast food, think again. While it does have healthy, vegan options like the Veggie Delite, Subway also has items that make you wonder why exactly they came up with this. A prime example? Subway’s The Boss; which is basically a 16-inch hot meatball sub with cheese. It’s an absolutely massive sandwich that also boasts a substantial amount of calories at 1810. That’s nearly the amount of calories an average person needs to consume in one day.
4. IHOP: Cheeseburger Omelet with Pancakes – 1990 Calories
IHOP is known for their popular breakfast menu. So they were definitely asserting dominance and making a statement when they came out with this menu item. The Cheeseburger Omelet looks like it sounds; it’s a four egg omelet with ground beef inside and outside as well as melted cheese, tomatoes, onions, hash browns, ketchup, mustard and pickles. It’s a perfect meal for those who want to load up on carbs and have a storage of energy to start the day with an astonishing 1990 calories in a single serving.
3. Jimmy John’s: The J.J. Gargantuan – 2160 Calories
With a name like that, you can tell that this is another monster of a sandwich. Jimmy John’s The J.J. Gargantuan definitely proves that size does matter. It’s a sandwich that can satisfy even the hungriest of humans. It has 5 kinds of meat: salami, capocollo, turkey, roast beef, and ham plus some provolone cheese, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, mayo, and italian dressing. Like McDonald’s Big Breakfast, the J.J. Gargantuan also lives up to its name and will probably be one of the biggest sandwiches you will ever lay your eyes on.
2. The Cheesecake Factory: Breakfast Burrito – 2730 Calories
We’re finally down to our top two and coming up is the Breakfast Burrito from The Cheesecake Factory. Some people claim that this meal is the ‘worst way to start your day.’ This meal contains a whopping 2730 calories in a single serving! That’s equal to having seven McDonald’s Sausage McMuffin. Can you even imagine eating that much fast food in one sitting? This meal is the very definition of indulgent with ingredients like scrambled eggs, bacon, chicken, chorizo, cheese, crispy potatoes, avocado, peppers, onions, and sour cream inside a warm tortilla wrap. The amount of calories in this menu item is actually more than the recommended calories you need in a day. I bet you’re thinking, what could possibly top this fast food item when it comes to calorie count?
1. Little Caesars: Five Meat Feast – 3500 Calories
Pizza, like burgers, was always gonna be high on calories. With ingredients that are filled with carbs and sodium, it’s not at all surprising that we went with a pizza for the number one entry on our list of fast food with the highest calorie count. Little Caesars’ Five Meat Feast is a meat lover’s dream. It includes pepperoni, bacon, sausage, beef, and ham. Assuming it’s cut eight ways, one slice of this pizza will set you back by 438 calories. For reference, that would take about 45 minutes of jogging just to burn that single slice. If you were to finish this whole pizza though, it would take around 6 hours of jogging just to burn these calories! So if you really wanna test your limits and see how many calories you can handle, then by all means go with the Five Meat Feast from Little Caesars.