Chain restaurants are known for their extensive cocktail menus.
They’re great places to grab a unique mixed drinkespecially for post-work happy hours, dinners, or brunches.
The only problem is that these cocktails can be loaded with sugar, and extremely unhealthy.
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Ordering one of these sugar-laden cocktails can beworse nutritionally than ordering dessert.
Read on for 13 of the unhealthiest cocktails at major chain restaurants, according to registered dietitians.
And next, check out the10 Unhealthiest Cocktails on the Planet.
Chili’s
Chili’s El Nino Margarita
Ordering a margarita at Chili’s pairs perfectly with its southwest-inspired menu.
But it’s also loaded with sugar and salt.
“TheEl Nino Margaritais one of the higher calorie drinks on the Chili’s menu.
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“This drink is also super high in sodium, well over the daily recommendation of 2300mg/day.
Applebee’s Sharkbowl
This bright blue frozen drinkcontains the most sugar on this list.
“With 600 calories and 119 g of sugar, this is definitely a calorie and sugar bomb.”
Olive Garden
“It has the most sugar of any cocktail at Bonefish,” says Taub-Dix.
“It contains 336 calories per cocktail and almost 32 g of sugar.
“This cocktail contains tequila, mango puree, and orange liqueur,” says Pankonin.
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“When you compare to other options on the menu, this drink is the highest in calories.
It contains 630 calories, all coming from alcohol and carbohydrates.”
“If you have more than one, you are well above the daily recommendation for sugar.
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Add in alcohol and syrup, and the sugar content goes through the roof.
“Overall, the 400 calories come from the combination of alcohol and carbohydrates.”
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