Top 45 Most Unhealthy Fast Food Items

Most unhealthy fast food is consumed daily without people realizing its health implications. Who cares when you’ve got a hot sausage, egg and cheese croissant to go with a frosty chocolate shake? But… most unhealthy fast foods are typically high in calories, full of sodium and loaded with saturated fat—the type of fat that clogs up your arteries and leads to heart disease.

Here are the most unhealthy fast food items.

45.) Steak Nachos

Some nachos are piled high with meat, beans and diced veggies. Clearly, these cheesy chips are designed to be entire (unhealthy) entrees.

However, those little snack size nachos with nothing but cheese on them are almost equally, alarmingly terrible for you.

Where to Get It: Taco Bell, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Chipotle, Del Taco and multiple locations

Calories: 860+

44.) Chicken Pot Pie

Packing almost an entire day’s worth of sodium into one menu item, it is almost hard to believe that the nutrition facts for this pot pie are real. But they are. Check out this absurdly long list of ingredients.

And the real kicker here is the amount of saturated fat, with almost 200 percent of the daily value met.

Where To Get It: KFC

Calories: 800

43.) Meat Lovers Personal Pizza

Loaded with sodium, low-quality saturated fat, tons of low-quality meats, and supposedly only meant to serve one person.

This pizza is probably the least healthy item on all of pizza’s menu. And that’s a pretty hard thing to do.

Where To Get It: Dominos Pizza, Pizza Hut and Multiple Locations

Calories: 210 (Slice)

42.) Chicken and Biscuit Dinner

When you think of chicken, sometimes you think it’s a healthy alternative.

This wing, leg, and thighs dinner is deep-fried and it’s too many calories. If you ate this every day, it would cost you your health.

Where To Get It: Bojangles

Calories: 1470

41.) Eggnog Coffee

The holiday season is a time to put on a few pounds. There are so many sugar foods and drinks that we cannot resist. This eggnog coffee with whole milk really adds up after a few sips.

It’s a great festive beverage, but it’s probably best to pass for now.

Where To Get It: Starbucks

Calories: 650

40.) Hot Chocolate

It’s not only a heavy dose of drinking calories but also contains 3 times your daily maximum intake of sugar. If you’re going to drink coffee, go black and make it organic.

And if you really need some kind of chocolate drink, try a healthier hot chocolate recipe.

Where To Get It: Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks

Calories: 600

39.) Chili Cheese Fries

On those days when you have a massive appetite, that picture of chili cheese fries probably calls right out to you. However, you should probably ignore the beckoning sounds of the chili cheese fries, because it’s one of the most unhealthy fast foods.

A medium order has nearly 470 calories. While that might not sound terrible if that’s your big splurge for the day, keep in mind that you’re also getting nearly 950 milligrams of sodium and 7.5 grams of saturated fat.

Where to Get It: Boston’s Hidden Restaurants, multiple locations

Calories: 470

38.) Breakfast Sandwich

Sure, racing through the drive-through to grab a bite to eat in the morning sounds like a good thing, but it’s not. That sausage, egg and cheese croissant you crave has a whopping 525 calories. Still not convinced it’s completely awful for you? Think again.

You’ll get an astounding 1,115 milligrams of sodium—about half of your daily allowance—and over 18 grams of saturated fat, which is more than 80 percent of the saturated fat you should have for the day for a 2,000-calorie diet.

Where to Get It: Dunkin’ Donuts, Burger King

Calories: 370-525

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37.) Chocolate Milkshake

What’s the harm in a frosty chocolate shake? After all, it’s made from milk, and you need milk for strong bones, right? Not exactly. Milkshakes are made with whole milk, heavy cream and loads of sugar.

Of course, you don’t have to ban chocolate milkshakes from your diet entirely, but they don’t need to be excessively consumed. Moderate consumption is the best approach.

Where to Get It: Multiple locations

Calories: 830

36.) Taco Salad

You might see the word “salad” and think to yourself, “Hey veggies! It must be good for me!” Not the case when the bowl is deep fried and fully edible and the salad is loaded with cheese and sour cream.

A fast food taco salad provides more than 900 calories. If that doesn’t send you scurrying in the opposite direction, you’ll also get around 1,935 milligrams of sodium and 16 grams of saturated fat from your so-called “salad.” Any potential benefits of the veggies are seemingly flushed down the tubes with those dangerously high numbers.

Where to Get It: Chipotle, multiple locations

Calories: 900+

35.) Double Cheeseburger with Bacon

Few things are quite as American as biting into a big old bacon cheeseburger, but it’s a surefire way to get yourself a muffin top. A large double-patty cheeseburger with all the fixin’s, including a couple strips of bacon, has more than 1,200 calories.

Excessive consumption of calories can cause weight gain, as we all know. A single-patty hamburger without mayo fits better into a diet for weight control since it has only 232 calories. Another way to limit the calories in your burger is to skip the bun.

Where to Get It: McDonald’s, multiple locations

Calories: 850-1,200+

34.) Ice Cream

Creamy, sweet, cold and refreshing, ice cream contains a large amount of fat and sugar, which drives up the calorie count.

Also, because of the dairy, it can be highly addictive if you eat it all the time!

Where to Get It: Dairy Queen, Baskin Robbins, multiple locations

Calories: 500+

33.) Sliders

When you get bite-sized burgers, you think that these are harmless, right? Wrong. With the added cheese, extra bun, and meat, the calories start to add up!

If you want to eat these sliders, try and not adding cheese!

Where to Get It: Burger King, McDonalds, White Castle, multiple locations

Calories: 1,200+

32.) Onion Rings

Making onion rings is America’s way of turning a low-calorie and fat-free veggie into an unhealthy gooiness.

Having a few of these oil-induced makes it unhealthy and calorie-dense.

Where to Get It: Burger King, Jack in the Box, Sonic Drive-In, multiple locations

Calories: 600+

31.) Donut

We get it: donuts are delicious, quick and easy breakfast.

But this ring-shaped treat packs in a button-busting amount of calories, sugar, and fat with negligible amounts of protein and fiber. You can do better for breakfast.

Where to Get It: Dunkin Donuts, Krispy Kreme, multiple locations

Calories: 400+

30.) Large French Fry

Nearly an entire day’s worth of calories and a whopping 71 grams of low-quality fat get backed into a paper cup here.

Even you are craving fries, we’ve got good news: it’s ridiculously easy to make a healthier, sweet potato version in minutes. You’re welcome.

Where To Get It: Multiple Locations

Calories: 1500

29.) Meatball Sub

Compared to the artery-clogging meals found throughout most of this list, this sub is still somehow worse.

This one has 150 percent of your daily value of sodium, and an amazing 81 grams of bad fat.

Where To Get It: Subway and Quiznos

Calories: 1530

28.) Blizzard

If you are trying to bulk up for the winter, then this blizzard would be perfect with you. If you just craving ice cream, then consuming all of these calories is crazy for dessert.

Is it even worth it? If you really want to satisfy your sweet tooth with ice cream, try getting a smaller size or eating frozen yogurt!

Where To Get It: Dairy Queen

Calories: 1320

27.) Burrito

Sometimes the burrito is viewed as the healthier alternative to burgers.

But once you add all of the sour cream, cheese, and meat, then the calories start to add up!

Where To Get It: Moe’s Southwest Grill, Chipotle, Taco Bell

Calories: 960

26.) Italian Sub

The Italian sub is popular because it has the best deli meat.

Because of the meat and may, it adds up to be a lot of calories. Ouch

Where To Get It: Subway and Panera

Calories: 1000

25.) Mac and Cheese

This is one of America’s favorite fast food. People love the smooth and creamy cheese sauce that covers the macaroni.

It can be a family favorite, but this fast-food item is unhealthy!

Where To Get It: Panera

Calories: 980

24.) Sausage Gravy Biscuit

These delicious biscuits are topped with sausage and warm gravy.

Unfortunately, because of the added fat and carbs, this classic biscuit and gravy combo is unhealthy.

Where To Get It: Arby’s

Calories: 970

23.) Chicken McNuggets

Remember eating Chicken McNuggets as a kid?

Well now as an adult, you can get a 40-piece order of these nuggets! The downside is that they are high in calories.

Where To Get It: McDonald’s

Calories: 1,880

22.) Coffee Cake Muffin

Need a pick me up in the morning?

While muffins look amazing, this breakfast is filled with carbs and fat that may feel you feeling terrible by the afternoon.

Where To Get It: Dunkin Donuts

Calories: 590

21.) Meat Lasagna

When you are shopping in the mall, you can really work up an appetite. If you are thinking of going to the food court and getting some Italian, you should probably think twice.

This meat lasagna is filled with extra calories that are unnecessary

Where To Get It: Sbarro

Calories: 1480

20.) Savory Rotisserie-Style Chicken Caesar Wrap

You may think that a grilled chicken wrap sounds healthy, but you are wrong. Once you add the high calorie salad dressing, croutons, and chicken, it starts to add up.

It can be more calories if you are adding sides to this like chips, fries or extra dressing on the side.

Where To Get It: Subway

Calories: 730

19.) Southwest Avocado Chicken Salad

If you go to a fast-food restaurant, you may think a salad is a safe choice. This salad from Wendy’s has more calories than most hamburgers.

The caesar dressing is what it makes it calorically dense.

Where To Get It: Wendy’s

Calories: 600

18.) Veggie Guacamole Sub

The veggie may sound healthy, but the avocados make it higher in calories.

This eight-inch sub is high in calories, and we recommend that you only eat half of it!

Where To Get It: Quiznos

Calories: 810

17.) New England Clam Chowder

Soup sounds like a healthy choice, right? Well, that is wrong. This bowl of soup has a high amount of fat and sodium. If you ask for the bread bowl, then you are taking in more calories.

It’s a great treat for every once in a while, but not for every day.

Where To Get It: Panera

Calories: 570

16.) Pumpkin Swirl Frozen Coffee with Cream

Even though froze coffees are delicious, they are extremely unhealthy. They are filled with sugar and extra calories. If you want coffee, just get a regular iced or hot coffee!

Your body will thank you later.

Where To Get It: Dunkin Donuts

Calories: 890

15.) Ultimate Breakfast Platter

The worst breakfast comes from Burger King. It has eggs, hash browns, sausage, a biscuit, and three pancakes.

It’s probably the unhealthiest breakfast.

Where to Get It: Burger King

Calories: 1170+

14.) Roast Turkey Ranch & Bacon

Who would have thought that out of all the stuff on a menu, this is the unhealthiest fast food item?

It has more calories than the Fried Chicken Bacon and Swiss with four extra grams of fat.

Where to Get It: Arby’s

Calories: 800+

13.) Chicken and Bacon Ranch Melt

Yum, melty Monterey jack cheese with bacon.

Sounds amazing, but the calories are very high!

Where to Get It: Subway

Calories: 1070+

12.) Strawberry Bowl

You would think a smoothie bowl would be in low in calories right? Wrong. This is filled with bananas, Greek yogurt, and peanut butter.

It has over 58g of sugar.

Where to Get It: Jamba Juice

Calories: 590+

11.) Breakfast Sausage Stix

Starting your morning with a sausage wrapped in pretzel bread is never a good idea, even when you are busy.

If you are short on time, try not to get this as your breakfast!

Where to Get It: Auntie Anne’s

Calories: 760

10.) Java Chip Frappuccino

Want a creamy milkshake for breakfast?

Get this frapp that contains just as much sugar as 19 Oreo cookies. WHAT?!

Where to Get It: Starbucks

Calories: 600+

9.) McFlurry With M&M’s

We had no idea that soft serve and chocolate candy could be so many calories. If you literally eating 70g of sugar.

This is a once and a while treat, not a weekly or daily treat.

Where to Get It: McDonald’s

Calories: 930

8.) Banana Split

This ice cream is a classic. It’s a boatload of two bananas and ice cream topped with almonds, whipped cream, and cherries.

You probably be sharing this treat.

Where to Get It: Baskin Robbins

Calories: 970

7.) Pecan Roll

Pecans are a healthy food, but when you add sugar, caramel, and pastry dough to the mix, it’s a bad idea.

This roll has a whopping 48g of sugar.

Where to Get It: Au Bon Pain

Calories: 740+

6.) Mac and Cheese in Bread Bowl

Imagine having the refined sugar dream: macaroni and cheese with bread. These cheesy noodles and edible bowl pair well together.

The calories are way too much though!

Where to Get It: Panera

Calories: 1140+

5.) Onion Chips

Rings or chips, these onion chips should not be added to your dinner.

They are filled with fat and they have too many calories. Just stick with the fries!

Where to Get It: White Castle

Calories: 930

4.) Asian Sweet Chili Boneless Wings

Sometimes you love to catch up with old friends over wings and beer.

Hanging out with them should not cost you your diet!

Where to Get It: Sonic

Calories: 1250

3.) Brownie Sundae

This sundae has a brownie with two scoops of ice cream, hot fudge, whipped cream, nuts, and a cherry.

It will probably satisfy your sweet tooth.

Where to Get It: Baskin Robbins

Calories: 810

2.) Cajun Fries

These seasoned fries rack up a lot of calories. Skip these fries the next time you are ordering your food.

They aren’t worth the extra fat.

Where to Get It: Popeyes

Calories: 805+

1.) Classic Cheesy Bread

Cheesy bread doesn’t sound like many calories.

This loaf is a diet disaster and everyone should avoid it!

Where to Get It: Papa Murphy’s

Calories: 1760