Updated March 08, 2014.
Healthy food court snacks are on the menu! If the holiday season finds you at the mall, you'll probably be paying the food court a visit. Shopping works up an appetite, after all! Here are some ideas for healthy food court snacks:
Good Choices:
- Au Bon Pain: fruit cup, 6 oz. - 70 calories
- Auntie Anne's Pretzels: original pretzel without butter, half - 170 calories
- Chick-fil-A: Hearty Breast of Chicken Soup, small - 140 calories
- Haagen-Dazs: mango sorbet, half cup - 120 calories
- McDonald's
- Kiddie Cone - 45 calories
- Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait, snack size (no granola) - 130 calories
- vanilla reduced-fat ice cream cone - 150 calories
- Starbucks Coffee
- Caffe Mocha, tall (nonfat milk, no whip) - 174 calories
- cappuccino, tall (nonfat milk) - 75 calories
- TCBY: Kid's Favorites Hand-Dipped - 150 calories
- Taco Bell: Pintos 'n Cheese - 180 calories
Choices to Avoid:
- Au Bon Pain: blueberry muffin - 510 calories
- Auntie Anne's Pretzels: parmesan herb pretzel - 440 calories
- Dunkin' Donuts: coffee cake muffin - 580 calories
- Haagen-Dazs - Mocha Almond Fudge, half cup - 340 calories
- McDonald's: Chocolate Triple Thick Shake, 32 oz. - 1,160 calories
- Mrs. Fields: white chunk macadamia cookie - 310 calories
- Taco Bell: Nachos Supreme - 460 calories
To find the calorie content for these and many other restaurant foods, visit About.com's Calorie Count.