6 Worst Coffee Drinks from 'Eat This, Not That'

6 Worst Coffee Drinks

Cosi Double Oh! Arctic Mocha (12 oz)

434 calories
22 g fat (13 g saturated)
241 mg sodium
46 g sugars

This drink's deliciousness is no excuse for its queasy dietary overload: as many calories as you'll find in nine Chicken McNuggets, as much sugar as in three-and-a-half bowls of Froot Loops, and as much saturated fat as in 13 strips of bacon. Get the same great taste with a quarter of the fat and 245 fewer calories by opting for an arctic latte instead. No need for all that superfluous chocolate -- the latte is just as delicious without the extra baggage.

Drink This Instead: Arctic Latte (12 oz)

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Dunkin' Donuts Mocha Spice Latte (large)

450 calories
12g fat (8g saturated)
64g sugars

Lattes are made with espresso and steamed milk and, in the case of the flavored latte, a lot of sugar. Just one of the saccharine drinks contains the caloric equivalent of six glazed chocolate-cake Munchkins. You can get the same great taste for less than half the calories by choosing Dunkin' Donuts' medium gingerbread coffee, which bypasses the milk and much of the sweet stuff.

Drink This Instead: Mocha Coffee (medium)

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Starbucks Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino with Whole Milk and Whipped Cream (venti)

520 calories
23 g fat (14 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)
350 mg sodium
68 g sugars

Within this chocolate calamity lurks three-quarters of your recommended daily intake of saturated fat, and as much sugar as you'll find in 10 Rainbow Popsicles! Slash your calorie intake by switching to skim milk and cutting out the whipped cream. Knock the size down to a grande, and switch from the frappe to an iced mocha, and you're looking at a drink with 350 fewer calories than when you started.

Drink This Instead: Grande Iced Caffe Mocha with Skim Milk (No Whipped Cream)

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Starbucks White Hot Chocolate with Whole Milk and Whipped Cream (venti)

640 calories
28 g fat (18 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)
330 mg sodium
76 g sugars

No one orders a hot chocolate and expects it to be anything but a dessert-like beverage. And certainly you should enjoy the occasional indulgence. But other times try this: Go with 2% milk and shave 50 calories. Cut the whipped topping and trim another 70. Downsize to a grande and shed 120 more. Or swap to a cinnamon dulce latte, and cut out hundreds of calories while still indulging in a deliciously sweet treat!

Drink This Instead: Cinnamon Dolce Latte with Nonfat Milk (grande)

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McDonald's Frappe Caramel (large)

680 calories
29 g fat (18 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
88 g sugars

A caramel coffee frappe should be considered actual coffee -- the first five ingredients are water, cream, sugar, milk and high fructose corn syrup. Only after getting the two milks and two sugars out of the way do you get to coffee extract -- and that sugar is the equivalent of 31 Werther's Original caramel candies. You can get the same great caramel taste for almost 500 fewer calories by opting for a medium nonfat caramel cappuccino.

Drink This Instead : Nonfat Caramel Cappuccino (medium)

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Cold Stone Creamery Lotta Caramel Latte (Gotta Have It Size)

1,790 calories
90 g fat (57 g saturated, 2.5 g trans)
175 g sugars

It may be coffee-flavored, but this latte shake is virtually unrecognizable next to your typical morning cup of Joe. It's simply a giant dessert drink disaster. This large shake has nearly a full day's worth of calories, as much saturated fat as you'll find in 57 strips of bacon, and you'll exceed your daily limit of trans fats in the few minutes it takes you to drink it. Oh, did I mention the ridiculous sugar load? (44 spoonfuls!)

Drink This Instead: Lite Milk Caramel Latte, Love it Size

6 Worst Coffee Drinks