Quick Tips - Calories in Snacks (Salty)

Calories in Snacks (Salty) - Zacking! Food Rules

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Potato Chips

1 oz: 150 Calories
Potato Chips average out at 150 calories/oz. The bag pictured is 5 oz. (140 g). So this will have about 750 calories for the entire bag.

Pizza
1 Large Slice – Thin Crust: 225 Calories
1 Large Slice – Regular Crust: 275 Calories
1 Large Slice – Stuffed Crust: 325 Calories
By a large slice, we’re referring to about an 1/8th of a 12” pizza.

Popcorn
3 Cups Popped – Plain-Homemade: 75 Calories
3 Cups Popped – Homemade-Buttered/Caramel Coated/At the Movies: 150 Calories

3 Cups Popped - Buttered At the Movies: 225 Calories
3 cups is about 70 kernels popped. To put it in perspective, a large sized popcorn bucked at the movies is about 20 cups; medium size 16 cups and a small size 7 cups. So what you’ll get at the movies is:
Popcorn at the movies - Large: 1,000 Calories, with butter: 1,500 Calories
Popcorn at the movies - Medium: 800 Calories, with butter: 1,200 Calories
Popcorn at the movies - Small: 350 Calories, with butter: 525 Calories

Hot Dogs
1 Regular Hot Dog: 350 Calories
1 Corndog: 475 Calories
The average sized hot dog is about 350 calories, the average sized corndog: 475.

Crackers
3 Cheese Crackers: 100 Calories
1 Saltine Cracker: 25 Calories
3 Cheese crackers (like the ones pictured) will be about 100 calories. 1 Saltine Cracker is about 25.

Burritos
1 Burrito: 400 Calories
The average sized Burrito, like the Bean Burrito, Burrito Supreme or Fiesta Burrito at Taco Bell, is about 400 Calories.

Nachos
1 Serving: 325 Calories
1 Serving with Beef/Cheese/Beans etc.: 475 Calories
1 serving is about what you get at Taco Bell. If you eat them plain, that’s about 325. Have it with beef, beans, sour cream etc. and it’s about 475.

Pretzels
1 Hard Pretzel - Plain: 25 Calories
1 Hard Pretzel - Candy Coated: 50 Calories
1 Soft Pretzel - Small: 175 Calories
For a plain & salted pretzel, put down 25 calories. For a candy coated pretzel, it’s 50 calories each. A soft pretzel is 175 calories each for the small size.

Cheese Puffs/Cheese Curls
1 oz.: 150 Calories
So a 4.5 oz. bag of Cheese Puffs will have a total of about 675 calories.

Mixed Nuts

1 Tablespoon: 50 Calories
Mixed nuts are about 175 calories/oz. So this entire 21 oz. value pack will have about 3700.

Onion Rings
Breaded & Fried: 2 For 75
2 Onion rings, breaded & fried are about 75 calories.

Beef Jerky
1 large piece: 75 Calories

Sandwiches & Spreads
Peanut Butter/Cheese Spread/Any Other Spread + 1 Slice of Bread = 125 Calories
1 Slice of bread + your favorite spread = 125 calories.