Bloomin' Onion: Do you know what you're eating?
Outback Steakhouse's popular appetizer, the Bloomin' Onion, turns 20. But do you know what's in it? What about some of the other popular options at casual dining spots and fast-food joints? Test your skills.
Sources: Information is approximate and based on restaurant menus and other nutritional sites
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The very popular Bloomin' Onion appetizer (with sauce) has about:
- 750 calories/8 grams of fat
- 1000c/12g
- 1659c/34g
- 2200c/130g
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Which treat is sweetest for your diet?
- McDonald's baked apple pie
- Krispy Kreme glazed doughnut
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Which has more calories and fat?
- McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese
- Zaxby's buffalo wings (10), no sauce
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Ice cream is a springtime fave, but which is the least likely diet fave?
- McFlurry w/M&Ms (12 oz)
- Chick-fil-A vanilla milkshake
- Wendy's vanilla Frosty (medium)
- Bruster's chocolate ice cream (2 scoops)
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Need breakfast on the go, which do you NOT grab?
- Chick-fil-A chicken biscuit
- Starbucks grande white choc mocha w/whip
- McDonald's Egg McMuffin
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Quizno's seems to pack 'em in for lunch ... which is less likely to pack on the pounds?
- Black Angus sub (regular)
- Veggie sub (regular)
- Baja chicken sub (regular)
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Which has the MOST calories?
- Papa John's pepperoni slice (from large pizza)
- KFC oven-roasted Twister
- Arby's Santa Fe salad no dressing
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