Who doesn't love comfort food? You know, special foods you make when you are sad that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Comfort foods are usually warm and soft, and are also high in carbs, sugars, or fats. They're not necessarily the healthiest food we can eat, but because we have such emotional ties to comfort foods, they're definitively not something we should avoid.
Indulging in comfort food is good for the soul, but since it's not usually good for your waistline, you may want to know their nutritional value. If you're curious to know how many calories are in one of your Grandma's famous chocolate chip cookies, then read more
| Food, Serving Size | Calories | Total Fat (g) | Carbs (g) | Fiber (g) | Sugars (g) | Protein (g) |
| 1 slice of cheese pizza | 272 | 9.8 | 33.6 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 12.3 |
| 1 cup of homemade mac 'n cheese | 330 | 12 | 39 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 1/4 pint of Ben & Jerry's (cookie dough) | 270 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 24 | 4 |
| 1 cup mashed potatoes | 237 | 8.8 | 35.5 | 3.2 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 1 chocolate chip cookie (about the size of a small plate) | 400 | 21 | 53 | 2 | 36 | 4 |
| 1 large order of McDonald's French Fries | 570 | 30 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 brownie (1/20 of box mix) | 170 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| Cheeseburger | 300 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| Milk chocolate (1.5 oz bar) | 230 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 3 |
| 1 hotdog with bun | 315 | 18.5 | 29 | .5 | 9 | 10 |
| Grilled cheese | 420 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 1 cup tomato soup | 151 | 1.4 | 33.7 | 3 | 20.4 | 4 |
| Meatloaf (3 oz) | 188 | 12.9 | 9 | .8 | 2.3 | 11.3 |
Are there other comfort foods you love that weren't on this list? Tell me about them in the comment section below.
Dorothy Perkins
what about a scoop of vanilla icecream ?
1Who eats 1/4 of a pint!? If I have a pint I eat the whole thing!!! Hence why I don't get pints!!!
2Grilled cheese has that many calories? I just don't believe it.
3Yea Im pretty surprised at the grilled cheese sandwiches.
4A cookie the size of a small plate? That is a pretty big cookie.
5I recently lost a close friend to cancer, and have been hitting the comfort food hard. I didn't think it possible, but have gained 5 pounds in about 3 weeks! Now I know just how bad these foods are, and will think twice before eating another cookie. Oh... and get back to running... =0)
6a homemade ragu ala bolognese. (tomato meat sauce).
7with tons of cheese on top. no pasta, just the meat and cheese.
piping hot. spicy, hot, cheesy, filling. yum.
didnt know tomato soup had that many carbs...
8Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches is my ultimate comfort food combo. Glad to see they are on the list...not glad to see how many calories they contain!
9I wish I could find chocolate cookies the size of a small dinner plate!
10grilled cheese can be low-cal if you use light whole wheat bread (or regular whole wheat), fat-free/lowfat cheese and either Brummel and Brown (a yogurt based butter subsitute) or cooking spray. The calories probably come from all that butter and full fat cheese.
11My comfort food...Mexican food!!! OMG!! I love a great burrito, taco, chilli verde anything! That's why I have to go to the gym...I can't give Mexican food up!! It's in my blood
12I get so much pleasure from eating I dont think its healthy.
My comfort foods are pizza pizza pizza and bread bread bread.
carbs!
13Do the mashed potatoes come with anything? No butter, no nuthin? I might go for the mac-n-cheese then.
SM
14Wow, I had no idea grilled cheese had so many calories! What about spaghetti and meatballs? That's one of my all time FAVORITE comfort foods.
15How does grilled cheese have more than a cheeseburger, when a cheeseburger contains the same ingredients PLUS more?
16I never realized (or mostly ignored) how many calories and fat are in some of these things. I've always been pretty slim so I usually eat whatever I want and burn it off later, but lately I've noticed I've been getting a little portly, so I've limited myself to having any of these comfort foods only on a Sunday!
17I come from a background where we ate comfort foods like staples! I know now that you can't eat these everyday, but it sure is hard to resist them.
18comfort food. amazing.. haha. eating em with your loved ones, getting warm and comfortable, then eat the comfort food!
19sundays= comfort food days. mondays = hell on a treadmill day.
20I think the grilled cheese have way more calories because:
212 slices of regular sliced bread- roughly 160 calls
2 slices of american cheese- roughly 200, depending on brand
1 pat of butter- 40 calories (But who uses one pat?)
So add that up and it's roughly 400.
I always crave comfort foods! Sugar, I need to find some ways to comfort myself that don't involve food! Any suggestions?
22ew mashed potatoes as a comfort food? gross.
23i would not count a cup of tomato soup as a comfort food
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