Quick Guide: Healthy Food Court Snacks

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.

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