Apple Pie Calories: Per Slice, Homemade vs Store-Bought, With Ice Cream
USDA puts an eighth of a homemade 9-inch apple pie at 411 calories and a store-bought eighth at 296; half a cup of vanilla ice cream adds 137. By slice size from 222 to 740, a homemade pie worked out from USDA ingredients, Kirkland, Mrs. Smith’s and Sara Lee labels, a buffet slice à la mode, and the added sugar in each.
Chestnut Calories: Roasted, Boiled and Per Handful
Chestnuts per 100 g from USDA and Spain's BEDCA: 245 calories roasted, 196 raw, 131 boiled and 369 dried, with peeled packs at 170 to 172. Per nut (8 g, about 20 calories), per handful of five, per paper cone of a dozen and per cup, chestnuts against almonds, walnuts and hazelnuts, chestnut cream, and the carbs and fiber in each portion.
Chick-fil-A Peppermint Milkshake Calories, Sugar and Lighter Swaps
Chick-fil-A's Peppermint Chip Milkshake was 670 calories with 94 g of sugars and 14 g of saturated fat in the chain's published nutrition for the 2025–26 season. How it compares with the other listed milkshakes (560 to 640), the peppermint coffees, a full meal, and the lighter swaps with Chick-fil-A's own numbers, plus where its 2026 return stands.
Christmas Cookie Calories: Sugar Cookies, Gingerbread, Shortbread and More
Christmas cookies by size from USDA's survey records: a plain sugar cookie at 93 calories small and 209 large, iced ones from 121 to 273, gingersnaps, molasses cookies, shortbread, chocolate chip and snickerdoodles. Pillsbury's holiday shapes at 55 calories a cookie, frosting and sprinkles by the spoon, and what a plate of four small or four large cookies adds up to.
Cranberry Sauce Calories: Canned Jellied, Whole Berry and Homemade
A quarter cup of canned cranberry sauce is 110 to 120 calories on Ocean Spray’s labels, with 20 to 22 g of added sugar, and a half-inch slice from the can is 91 by USDA. Jellied against whole berry, two homemade recipes worked out from USDA ingredients, what the berries alone add, a buffet serving, and how much of each spoonful’s calories comes from sugar.
Deviled Eggs Calories: Per Egg Half, Classic vs Light
One deviled egg half is 59 calories in USDA’s record and 71 in a classic mayonnaise recipe worked out from USDA ingredients, where the mayonnaise supplies 31; made with Greek yogurt a half is about 43. Per half and per two halves, with store-bought and buffet deviled eggs, the protein in each half and what a plate of four or six adds up to.
Dunkin' Holiday Menu 2026: Calories for Every Drink and Donut
Dunkin's own US nutrition for the 2026 holiday menu, by size: the medium Cookie Butter Cloud Latte is 370 calories, the Cookie Butter Hot Chocolate 520 and the Toasted White Chocolate Signature Latte 400, while the Spiced Cookie Iced Coffee is 130. Sugar and added sugar per drink, what milk and swirls change, and the calories of the donuts next to the drink, including the limited-time Avengers donuts.
Ham Calories: Glazed Holiday Ham, Spiral Slices and Deli Ham
USDA's heated-ham records per 3 oz: spiral-sliced ham at 118 calories and 18.9 g of protein, bone-in rump and shank halves with and without their fat, boneless regular and extra lean. HoneyBaked and Hormel glazed hams from their own labels (120 to 170 calories, 1 to 4 g of added sugar), what a brown sugar or honey glaze adds per tablespoon, slice weights from 13 g to 145 g, five deli ham labels, and sodium against the Daily Value.
Hot Chocolate Calories: Packet, Homemade, Café and Toppings
Hot chocolate per 8 fl oz mug from USDA's survey records: 134 calories from a mix with water, 241 with whole or 2% milk, 206 with skim, 77 for a reduced-sugar mix. Homemade with whole, 2%, skim or oat milk, Starbucks and Dunkin' cups by size (190 to 760 calories), whipped cream and marshmallows by the spoon, Abuelita and Ibarra tablets with water or milk, and the sugar in each.
Kiwi Calories: Per Fruit, Per 100 g, Green vs Gold
A green kiwi is 42 calories for a 69 g fruit and a gold one 51 for 81 g (USDA). Two medium kiwis, the FDA’s serving, are 90. Carbs, sugar and fiber per fruit, vitamin C by variety and record, the skin, and what sweetened dried kiwi adds.
Lentil Calories: Cooked vs Dry, Per Cup and Lentil Soup
A cup of cooked lentils is 230 calories with 18 g of protein (USDA); a cup of dry lentils is 676, and cooking adds water, about 2.5 times the weight. Canned lentil soup runs 110 to 170 a cup, a homemade bowl about 182. Red vs brown, protein vs beans and chickpeas.
Mac and Cheese Calories: Boxed, Homemade, Baked and Restaurant
A cup of Kraft Mac & Cheese made as the box directs is 320 calories; the 220 beside it on the label is the dry mix. USDA’s home-style cup is 513, and the same homemade pot comes to 411 or 619 a serving depending on how a recipe divides it. Boxed, stovetop, baked with a crumb crust, frozen trays, Chick-fil-A and Golden Corral, with the protein and carbs in each.
