How many calories do you eat at the Fair?
August 18, 2010 by Deb · Leave a Comment
It’s Iowa State Fair time again in Des Moines. Every year people flock to the fair to see shows, the butter cow, livestock, and of course to see what is the new food on a stick! Last year it was salad on a stick……it didn’t really go over very well! When you can get a pork chop on a stick or salad, most people will choose the pork chop!
A day at the fair eating fair food can kill your diet. It shocks most people to see just how many calories are in their favorite fair foods. Sometimes people think they are making the best choices only to find out they are assuming that just because it’s turkey its healthy….WRONG!
Here is a list of some of the most common fair foods available. Check out what you eat and see how you FAIR!
Fair Foods
Item Amount Calories Carbs (g) Protein (g) Fat (g)
Corn dog 1 460 56 17 19
Cola 12 0z. 160 39 - -
Carmel apple 1 medium 270 56 2 4
Homemade Taffy ¼ pound 450 104 - 4
Roasted/Salted peanuts ½ cup 460 14 19 36
Corn-on-the-cob w/butter 1 piece 170 32 4 3
BBQ Sandwich 1 340 34 15 16
Beef Dog w/bun 1 250 18 10 15
Deluxe Hamburger 1 510 40 26 27
Funnel Cake 1 (6”) 280 29 7 15
Pepperoni Deep Dish Pizza 1 Slice 390 42 19 16
Soft Pretzel 1 medium 190 38 5 2
French Fries Large 450 57 6 22
Popcorn 4 cups 220 25 4 12
Ice cream cone 1 drumstick 225 23 4 12
Dippin’ dots Vanilla ½ cup 170 16 3 10
Dippin’ dots No sugar added-low fat ½ cup 123 13 3 6
Fried Twinkie 1 420 45 2 34
Fried Snickers 1 444 42 4 29
Cotton Candy 1.5 oz 171 45 - -
Smoothies (Berry) 1 cup 350 80 7 1
Smoked Turkey Leg 1 1,136 - 152 54
Brat w/ bun 1 804 28 36 60.5
Dill Pickle 1 32 8 - -
Kettle Corn 7 cups 490 70 3.5 12.3
Lemonade 1 cup 210 52 - -
Gyro 12 oz. 680 55 31 40
Snow-cone 1 540 132 - -
Fried Shrimp 10-12 pieces 555 36 35 30
Frozen Banana w/chocolate 1 240 53 2 4
Fried Oreo 1 cookie 98 11 1.3 5.7
Nachos w/cheese 9” plate 861 70 19 59
Fried Onion Flower 1 onion 1,320 140 16 72
Donuts Jumbo Twist 7.5 oz. 907 108.6 11 49
Root-beer Float ½ cup 111 20 1 3
Cinnamon Roll 1 730 114 14.5 24
Fudge 1.5 oz. 199 25 1 11
Frozen Yogurt in sugar cone 1 476 94 19 2
Malt 1 cup 690 85 13 33
Source: Calorieking.com (Fair foods)
How much time will you have to workout to burn those extra calories you took in at the fair?? Go to Caloriesperhour.com
Look up your favorite activity and then put your current weight in and how long you will do it, and it will tell you how many calories you will burn.
Example: Average 160 lb. person will burn only 138 calories walking on the treadmill at 3.5 mph. This means you would have to walk on the treadmill for 4 HOURS to burn off one turkey leg!! Yikes!!!!!
So enjoy the FAIR!!
Deb 
