Worst Ice Cream
Worst Ice Cream
By Christina Parrella
Whether it's creamy, fruity, doused with nuts or swirled, ice cream is a summer essential that provides relief from the scorching heat. But before you scour the freezer section, read our guide to high-calorie, fat-loaded frozen treats to avoid. We've combed grocers' freezers to find the unhealthiest picks from the most popular brands. Delicious? Yes. But some of these treats top out at 30 grams of fat per serving which is almost half of your daily allowance of 65.
Nicole Goksel, AOL
8. Blue Bunny Personals- Bunny Tracks
Serving Size 1/2 cup
Calories: 190
Fat 11 g
http://www.bluebunny.com/ProductDetail.aspx?currentcategoryid=176&productId=474
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Ben and Jerrys Organic Sweet Cream & Cookies Ice Cream
Serving Size: 1/2 cup
Calories: 250
Fat: 15 g.
http://www.benjerry.com/our_products/flavorWorld.cfm
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Haagen-Dazs Butter Pecan Ice Cream
Serving Size: cup
Calories: 310
Fat: 23 g
Sugars: 18g
http://www.haagendazs.com/products/product.aspx?id=82
Butter Pecan is a classic American flavor but don't think that just because it contains heart healthy pecans you're getting a health benefit. What you are getting from this sweet buttery cream and roasted pecans are 310 calories and 23 grams of fat. That's like chowing down on medium onion rings from Burger King only that option has 8 fewer fat grams.
http://www.bk.com/#menu=2,16,-1
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Rice Dream Mint Chocolate Frozen Pie
Serving Size: 1 pie
Calories 330
Fat 19g
http://www.tastethedream.com/products/product/1498/205.php
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Haagen-Dazs Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Serving Size: cup
Calories: 360
Fat: 24 g
Sugars: 24g
http://www.haagendazs.com/products/product.aspx?id=210
Unfortunately two of the yummiest foods- chocolate and peanut butter- aren't so healthy when combined into ice cream. Haagen-Dazs' Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream sounds flavorful but half a cup will cost you 360 calories and 24 grams of fat. A cheeseburger from Burger King would be a healthier option at twenty fewer calories and 16 grams of fat.
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby Ice Cream
Serving Size: cup
Calories: 330
Fat: 20 g.
Sugars: 25 g
http://www.benjerry.com/our_products/flavorWorld.cfm
Ben and Jerry have combined everything an ice cream junkie needs into one scoopful. Chocolate covered peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets in vanilla malt ice cream swirled with fudge and peanut butter throughout. This ice cream flavor, which started out as a prank played by two women on an office employee, has a calorie content that's no laughing matter. Half a cup contains 330 calories and 20 grams of fat. It's not difficult to see why this hubby is chubby.
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Nicole Goksel, AOL
Nestle Drumstick King Size Baby Ruth
Serving Size: 1 cone
Calories: 450
Fat: 27 g
Sugars: 34 g
http://www.drumstick.com/#/King Size Cones/
Did you think something that boasts a King Size label would be healthy? The Nestle Baby Ruth Drumstick is bursting with all the chocolate, peanuts, rich caramel and nougat of a Baby Ruth bar in a crispy sugar cone sprinkled with chocolate covered peanuts. Its ingredients not only sound like a mouthful they are. At 450 calories, 27 grams of fat and 34 grams of sugar you'd better stick with the classic which will save you 110 calories, 6 grams of fat and 10 grams of sugar.
http://www.drumstick.com/#/Classic/
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Breyer's Hershey Kisses Ice Cream Poppers
Serving Size 26 Pieces
Calories 470
Fat: 35g
http://www.icecreamusa.com/products/product.cfm?u=77567-04174&b=1
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Edy's Dibs- Peanut Butter with Chocolaty Coating
Serving Size: 26 pieces
Calories: 510
Fat: 39 g.
Sugars: 23 g
http://dibs.edys.com/flavor.aspx?f=2427
It's tempting to sit out in your backyard and pop a few of these delicious Edy's Dibs. Each crunchy chocolaty bite is filled with peanut butter ice cream and real creamy peanut butter in the center. But if you nibble down 26 pieces of these tiny ice cream bites beware of the calorie count. You'll take in 510 calories and a whopping 39 grams of fat that's more than an individual size KFC Popcorn Chicken which is only 400 calories with 26 grams of fat.
http://www.yum.com/nutrition/documents/kfc_nutrition.pdf
Nicole Goksel, AOL
Recent Comments
Lisaendicott7 07:00:57 PM Jul 05 2008
Ice cream has been around for a long, long time. Now suddenly, its a problem. I am so sick of the food police. Unless someone has a real addiction to food, no one eats a whole container of ice cream at a time. The main problem is mostly about portion sizes and not getting enough exercize. Stop blaming food, or telling us what we can or cannot eat. If I want a scoop of ice cream, then I am going to have one. We are all going to die at some point, and I am not going to spend my waking hours worrying about every morsel that I put into my mouth. I am going to enjoy a cup of ice cream right now...if you don't like it, too bad.
Adamkandel64 07:50:01 PM Jun 23 2008
Anyone who is surprised that ice cream has lots of calories, fat, sugar,..etc and is overweight need only blame themselves and not the media, which, admittedly, loves to scare people. In the old days it was called "muck-racking". it does serve the public good and you can feel free to ignore it, but don't blame them if you are ignorant of what a healthy diet is. chow down. please.
MRMCatamount 05:08:26 PM Jun 23 2008
Breyers and most of the other major brands are quietly in the process of again reducing the size of their containers...first from a half gallon, (the standard since the beginning of packaged ice cream) to 1.75 quarts.....now down to 1.5 quarts. At this rate, ice cream will soon no longer be a menace to the good health of America!!! Take that all of you fatties!!! Maybe next we should downsize containers of chocolate milk!!! Make donuts and bagels smaller!!! Anybody else have any ideas?
FineGreatSmoke 03:40:20 PM Jun 23 2008
Its a pity that we sit back and allow the News Media networks like: CNN, FOX, ect. to be so critical of the foods we enjoy to eat, and have been eating long before they came into existance. It would be interesting for the to become openly critical of CNN/FOX, ect. ect. being: ' bad for our health ' , un-fit to view, biased media reporting, exaggerating what they call 'fact' , and being the: " Chicken Little cartoon -- "The sky is falling, the sky is falling !!!
Madamesunset89 04:38:00 AM Jun 21 2008
It's ice cream.....what, now we can't enjoy that either because they make you "fat"???? You have to be kidding me.
Whiskyworm 10:53:47 PM Jun 20 2008
Now I don't sit down and enjoy ice cream very often, but when I do I choose Chubby Hubby....
I am thin, it is called the poverty diet. But I am not even a huge chocolate or peanut butter guy and that stuff is the best!
Pdking77 10:40:41 PM Jun 20 2008
It will be a better day when the food police let everyone enjoy their lives and take responsibility for themselves. Sure if you eat all these ice creams for a meal each and every day without excercising you'll gain wait. Their purpose is to be an occasional pleasure; a reward. The busybodies whose lives are based on making the public feel guilty about pleasure can go chase themselves and take a long walk off of a short pier.
rychousmama 10:26:34 PM Jun 20 2008
You folks at AOL news have hit all time lows in creating obnoxious and sexist headlines. Congrats. :/
And who the heck cares if we eat ice cream every now and then? For heavens sakes many people in Europe don't fret like this over eating fatty or sugary foods and everyone's fine there health-wise.
SLEAZE ADDiCT xx 09:36:14 PM Jun 20 2008
Oh yeah...and that Toll House ice cream sandwich got me sick yesterday. It's not even that good- it's so sweet and loaded with chocolate and crap and it's SALTY. EW! That made me sick before I even finished it...and I couldn't. So the fact that its a treat to avoid well thats all the more reason i will never eat it again.
