An 1800 calorie cookie..?!

kellybean14
kellybean14 Posts: 237 Member
How is there any way that a big chocolate chip cookie from Extreme Pizza has 900 calories in HALF of it? It weighs less than a stick of butter, which would only have about 800 calories.

Am I missing something here? How is that even possible? :sick:

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  • sarabeth120
    sarabeth120 Posts: 172 Member
    Um... I can't really answer your question, but I find it kind of horrifying that they managed to make a cookie with so many calories in it. I know a cookie recipe that I could eat half the batch of 50 in one sitting before I even get close to such a high number. Something I could never do since three in one sitting is usually my limit.

    I would stay FAR away from that thing.

    I found their website and noticed that the other two cookies they have don't have nearly as many calories. Seriously, it looks like the chocolate chip cookie has nearly three times as many calories as the other two. That''s a little alarming.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    A 3 inch diameter Samoa would be like 2000 calories...
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    You're right in that it has to be less calories than it's weight in butter....you're sure the cookie weighs less than 1/4 lb?
  • Natihilator
    Natihilator Posts: 1,778 Member
    It's from a pizza place? Is it one of those pizza-sized cookie "dessert pizzas" and you're just not telling us?
  • AliciaC81
    AliciaC81 Posts: 72 Member
    Is it a cookie pizza? Like those cookie cakes they sell for birthdays? That's crazy...and scary...step away from the giant cookie!!
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    I'm gonna go into business selling these babies to all the 1200-calorie people who can't meet their goals!

    RICHES WILL BE MINE!
  • RandiLandCHANGED
    RandiLandCHANGED Posts: 630 Member
    Mmmmm
  • kellybean14
    kellybean14 Posts: 237 Member
    It's seriously 3.5 to 4 inches and isn't very heavy at all. Just chocolate chips, no crazy caramel, nuts, butter sauce or bacon.
  • Natihilator
    Natihilator Posts: 1,778 Member
    It's seriously 3.5 to 4 inches and isn't very heavy at all. Just chocolate chips, no crazy caramel, nuts, butter sauce or bacon.

    It's gotta be incorrect then. Someone somewhere lied to you girl!

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  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    It's seriously 3.5 to 4 inches and isn't very heavy at all. Just chocolate chips, no crazy caramel, nuts, butter sauce or bacon.

    I would weigh it and use the default MFP entry for a chocolate chip cookie which will give you the option to enter it in grams or ounces.
  • AliciaC81
    AliciaC81 Posts: 72 Member
    Maybe someone actually ate like 8 of them but didn't want to put that on their log so they just entered it as one :P
  • gwhizeh
    gwhizeh Posts: 269 Member
    Deep fried? :noway:
  • zrmac804
    zrmac804 Posts: 369 Member
    Sadly, those numbers are plausible. Out of curiosity, I entered 1pound of salted butter into my diary and MFP says it has 3,255 calories.
  • This entire post made me want a cookie.
  • pudadough
    pudadough Posts: 1,271 Member
    So what's the issue? Pass me the milk.
  • BuckeyeBabe10
    BuckeyeBabe10 Posts: 204 Member
    I'm gonna go into business selling these babies to all the 1200-calorie people who can't meet their goals!

    RICHES WILL BE MINE!

    Hahahahahahaha. Pure awesome.
  • SammyKatt13
    SammyKatt13 Posts: 124 Member
    Chocolate Chunk 900 8g 38g 200mg
    Oatmeal Raisin 260 6g 36g 180mg
    Peanut Butter 320 7g 31g 250mg


    Its CLEARLY a typo... Its 300 calories.
  • Natihilator
    Natihilator Posts: 1,778 Member
    Sadly, those numbers are plausible. Out of curiosity, I entered 1pound of salted butter into my diary and MFP says it has 3,255 calories.

    A single cookie does not contain a pound of butter, what is this logic? :laugh:
    This entire post made me want a cookie.

    Same here, but it's not gonna happen :cry:
  • msliu7911
    msliu7911 Posts: 638 Member
    That is crazy but I''m no longer surprised with the amount of calories in any dessert.. especially cookies. I once decided to have 2 cookies with my soup from some sandwich shop... I looked up these little wimpy cookies in MFP- 450 calories each! Thats right! 900 calories right there... my daily allowance was just a few hundred more. Bombed that day.

    Either way, desserts can be deceiving. Especially the little baby ones.
  • avir8
    avir8 Posts: 671 Member
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  • msliu7911
    msliu7911 Posts: 638 Member
    I'm gonna go into business selling these babies to all the 1200-calorie people who can't meet their goals!

    RICHES WILL BE MINE!

    LOL
  • SammyKatt13
    SammyKatt13 Posts: 124 Member
    8 grams of fat = 72 calories
    38 grams of carbs = 152 calories

    So unless there is 169 grams of protein in this cookie, you are SERIOUSLY freaking out over a simple typo.
  • BuckeyeBabe10
    BuckeyeBabe10 Posts: 204 Member
    I looked up the nutritional info according to Extreme Pizza's website: http://www.extremepizza.com/menu/nutinfo_others.html

    According to their website, 1 serving (1/2 a cookie) is 900 calories with 8g saturated fat, 38 carbs, 200mg sodium....I'm sorry...but WTF? No cookie is worth 1800 calories...and this is why I always look up the nutritional info for every restaurant I go to before I order anything. Scary.
  • courtneywiens
    courtneywiens Posts: 148 Member
    I'm gonna go into business selling these babies to all the 1200-calorie people who can't meet their goals!

    RICHES WILL BE MINE!

    lol...there really are a lot of people on here who talk about not being able to get to 1200. i don't get it!!
  • kellybean14
    kellybean14 Posts: 237 Member
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    bahahahahhahaaaa!!!!