McDonald’s offers a range of delicious items that clock in at a range of calories.
Depending on your preferred size, toppings, and other customization, your favorite item could come with a lot more or fewer calories than you expect.
McDonald’s makes it easy to find out how many calories are in your meal through their Nutrition Calculator. Here are the calorie counts for the most popular McDonald’s items, ranked from lowest to highest.
Coca-Cola: 110 - 290 calories
Don't forget to count your beverage in your total meal calories. A Coke, for instance, will run between 100-ish calories at 300-ish calories.
Extra small: 110 calories
Small: 150 calories
Medium: 210 calories
Large: 290 calories
Fries: 110 - 490 calories
McDonald's French fries lure in a lot of customers, who can choose from a large range of sizes and calorie counts.
Kids size: 110 calories
Small: 220 calories
Medium: 320 calories
Large: 490 calories
Breakfast items: 140 - 240 calories
There's plenty of love for McDonald's breakfast on the internet, and calorie-watchers can get in on the fun for under 250 calories.
Hash browns: 140 calories
Baked apple pie: 240 calories
Chicken Nuggets: 170 - 1,660 calories
The upper range of the calories for chicken nuggets does get ridiculous, but it's hard to imagine anyone chowing down on 40 pieces.
4 piece: 170 calories
6 piece: 250 calories
10 piece: 420 calories
20 piece: 830 calories
40 piece: 1,660 calories
Cheeseburger: 300 calories
The basic cheeseburger at McDonald's will only run you about 300 calories, putting it toward the bottom end of your burger options.
Regular bun: 150 calories
100% beef patty: 90 calories
American cheese: 50 calories
Ketchup: 10 calories
Pickle slice: 0 calories
Onions: 0 calories
Mustard: 0 calories
Egg McMuffin: 310 calories
Starting your day with an Egg McMuffin will give you a little over 300 calories to power all of your daily activities.
English muffin: 140 calories
Egg: 80 calories
Canadian bacon: 30 calories
American cheese: 50 calories
Salted butter: 30 calories
Clarified butter: 10 calories
McFlurry With OREO Cookies: 340 - 510 calories
If you prefer OREOs over M&Ms, you can save yourself a few calories on your McFlurry, but it's still an indulgence (that's entirely worth it as well).
Snack size: 340 calories
Regular size: 510 calories
Filet-O-Fish: 380 calories
The fish patty in the Filet-O-Fish actually has fewer calories than the bun on which it's served. Overall the sandwich is relatively healthy for McDonald's.
Fish filet patty: 120 calories
Regular bun: 140 calories
Tartar sauce: 80 calories
Half slice American cheese: 20 calories
McDouble: 400 calories
The difference between the double cheeseburger and the McDouble is subtle, just one of two slices of cheese, but you can nix 50 calories without losing any of the flavor.
100% beef patty: 190 calories
Regular bun: 150 calories
American cheese: 50 calories
Pickle slices: 0 calories
Ketchup: 10 calories
Onions: 0 calories
Mustard: 0 calories
Sausage McMuffin: 400 calories
Swap the egg for some sausage in your McMuffin and you get an extra 90 calories for activities.
English muffin: 140 calories
Sausage patty: 190 calories
American cheese: 50 calories
Salted butter: 20 calories
McChicken: 400 calories
The McChicken, the discerning customer's upgrade from chicken nuggets, has about 400 calories, mostly from the patty and bun.
McChicken patty: 150 calories
Regular bun: 150 calories
Shredded lettuce: 0 calories
Mayo: 100 calories
McFlurry With M&M’s: 420-640 calories
Don't think about the calories when you order dessert at McDonald's. The high count for a regular sized McFlurry with M&M's is entirely worth the joy it brings.
Snack size: 420 calories
Regular size: 640 calories
Double Cheeseburger: 450 calories
Doubling down on the cheeseburger only adds about 150 calories, so go for it.
100% beef patty: 190 calories
Regular bun: 150 calories
American cheese: 100 calories
Pickle slices: 0 calories
Ketchup: 10 calories
Onions: 0 calories
Mustard: 0 calories
Quarter Pounder With Cheese: 520 calories
The whale of the burger world, the Quarter Pounder With Cheese does not mess around, with many of the calories coming from the quarter-pound beef patty.
Quarter pound 100% beef patty: 220 calories
Quarter pound bun: 180 calories
American cheese: 100 calories
Ketchup: 20 calories
Pickle slices: 0 calories
Onions: 0 calories
Mustard: 0 calories
Big Mac: 550 calories
The classic, the standard by which all other burgers are measured, the Big Mac clocks in at 550 calories.
Big Mac bun: 210 calories
100% beef patty: 190 calories
Shredded lettuce: 10 calories
Big Mac sauce: 90 calories
American cheese: 50 calories
Pickle slices: 0 calories
Onions: 10 calories
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