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July 19, 2009
Frozen Treats
How to have your cone and eat it too:
Popsicle
A Super Twin Popsicle (81 grams) contains just 60 calories. Sure it isn't creamy, but it'll remind you of childhood pleasures and it's hard to beat the calorie count.
Frozen yogurt
Frozen yogurt generally contains less fat than ice cream and weighs in with 100 to 120 calories for a half cup serving compared to 150 to 220 for ice cream. Some are better than others. Ben and Jerry's frozen yogurt is notorious for its higher calorie count, and comes in at about 170 calories per half cup.
Soft ice cream
With more air and more liquid, soft ice cream's calorie count is similar to that of most light ice cream at 100 to 120 calories per half cup. Add a basic cone (about 35 calories) and dip it in chocolate, however, and the calorie count climbs quickly. A Dairy Queen medium chocolate-dipped soft vanilla ice cream cone (220 grams) contains 470 calories.
Gelato
Gelato is traditionally made with milk rather than cream. A half-cup scoop of gelato, if made with milk, usually has just 120 to 150 calories compared to 150 to 220 for regular ice cream.
Sorbet
A half-cup of sorbet contains about 130 calories and, because sorbet does not contain milk or cream, is almost always fat-free to boot. Add a sugar cone, which is usually smaller than a waffle cone, and you add about 50 calories. A waffle cone or bowl usually tops out at 110 to 160 calories.
Ice cream
Regular ice cream contains 160 to 200 calories for a half cup serving. Forty grams (a typical 1/6 cup serving) of hot fudge syrup adds 150 calories plus trans fat. Strawberry sundae syrup is not better for you than chocolate syrup and the calorie count is about the same. An eighth of a cup of blueberries adds just 13 calories, but the same volume in M&Ms adds 170. A typical dollop or swirl of whipped cream adds about 45 calories.
Ice cream bars
A Fudgsicle bar (70 grams) has 100 calories. A Nestle vanilla drumstick (140 millilitres) has 310 calories, as does a Haagen Dazs vanilla and almond bar. Nestle ice cream sandwich Minis (60 millilitres) contain only 90 calories, but the serving size is tiny and the treat is high in saturated and trans fat (2.1 grams).
Frappuccinos and Slurpees
A grande (16 fluid ounce) Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino contains 240 calories, but a grande Strawberries and Creme Frappuccino (16 fluid ounces) with whipped cream contains 570 calories with 15 grams of fat.
A large (40 fluid ounce) 7-Eleven Slurpee 20 teaspoons of sugar and 320 calories.
Other Frozen Treats
A large (378 gram) Wendy's chocolate Frosty contains 530 calories and is mostly milk, cream and sugar. A small (227 gram) Frosty has 320 calories. Meanwhile, a large Dairy Queen Reese Peanut Butter Cups Blizzard (514 grams) contains 1,170 calories.
Milkshakes
Milkshakes, usually made of ice cream, full-cream milk and masses of sugar, are the emperors of calorie excess. Ice cream parlour milkshakes generally contain 1,100 to 1,500 calories.
A small (338 millilitres) McDonald's chocolate milkshake contains 560 calories. A large (888 millilitres) McDonald's chocolate milkshake contains 1,160 calories.
Posted by Lisa at July 19, 2009 8:13 AM
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