Fitting In Those Yummy Summer Fun Foods
added 07/19/10
Check out these tips from Co-op dietitian Mary Choate before heading out to the county fair this summer.
Fitting in Fun Foods
by Mary Saucier Choate, M.S., R.D., L.D.
It’s summer and that means it’s county fair time! Enjoy the rides and the livestock judging and check out the midway games. Are you trying to maintain a healthy weight? You don’t have to forego that special once-a-summer treat. When you know the calorie and exercise “cost” of your treat, you can figure out whether you’ll want to walk it off or split it with friends. The list below gives the calories of some popular fair treats and the minutes of brisk walking needed to burn off the calories.
This means you can have your cotton candy and eat it too! (But you might want to share the battered, deep-fried “Bloomin’ Onion”)
Food/Walking Chart
| Food | Minutes of Brisk Walking |
| Dill pickle (1 large) = 16 calories | 3 minutes |
| Saltwater taffy (Ѕ oz. piece) = 60 calories | 9 minutes |
| Lemonade (1 cup) = 90 calories | 14 minutes |
| Cotton candy (1 oz. bag) = 114 calories | 17 minutes |
| Chocolate fudge (1 oz. piece) = 117 calories | 18 minutes |
| Snow cone/ shaved ice (12 oz. ice with 3 oz. syrup) = 180 calories | 27 minutes |
| Candy apple (small) = 215 calories | 33 minutes |
| Soft serve cone (“baby” size) = 230 calories | 35 minutes |
| Clam strips (1 cup) = 235 calories | 36 minutes |
| Corn dog on a stick = 260 calories | 40 minutes |
| Kettle corn popcorn (3 cups) = 270 calories | 41 minutes |
| Funnel cake (6” diam.) = 277 calories | 42 minutes |
| Big cream puff (3-1/2”x2”) = 293 calories | 44 minutes |
| Caramel apple (small 2.5”diam) = 298 calories | 45 minutes |
| Fried dough (3 oz.) = 310 calories | 47 minutes |
| Curly fries (small, 3 oz.) = 336 calories | 51 minutes |
| Soft pretzel (4 oz.)= 389 calories | 59 minutes |
| Slice of apple pie (1/8 of 9” pie) = 411calories | 1 hr. 2 minutes |
| Apple cobbler (1 cup) = 438 calories | 1 hr. 6 minutes |
| Ice cream soda= 440 calories | 1 hr. 7 minutes |
| Bratwurst in a bun= 442 calories | 1 hr 7 minutes |
| Root beer float= 467 calories | 1 hr. 11 minutes |
| Nachos with cheese (12-14 nachos) = 692 calories | 1hr. 45 minutes |
| Bloomin’ Onion = 1690 calories w/o dressing | 4 hrs. 15 minutes |
| = 2130 calories with dressing | 5 hrs. 23 minutes |
The calories burned are based on a 150-pound person, walking briskly. If you are heavier, you will burn more calories; if you weigh less you will burn fewer calories. To calculate the calories burned for your own weight, try this helpful website www.caloriecontrol.org/exercalc.html.
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