When you’re craving comfort food, there’s no better way to indulge than with a creamy, delicious bowl of pasta. From a simple bowl of mac and cheese to spaghetti bolognese, from gnocci to lasagna, the Italian staple can satisfy any pang of hunger.
Of course, usually when you decide to order a pasta dish, you know that it’s not going to be a light meal. But there are some dishes that are so far on the calorific side of the spectrum that they equal almost a full day’s worth of meals.
With this in mind, HealthGrove, a Graphiq site, aggregated the most caloric pasta dishes at 10 nationally known chain restaurants. The data is pulled from menus as of 5/12/16.
Pastas with cheesy sauces dominate the list — especially mac and cheeses and alfredo pastas, which consist of 28 percent of the most calorific dishes. So when you’re out and looking for the comfort of a creamy pasta dish, make sure you know exactly what you’re biting into.
#10. Domino’s Pizza
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Chicken Carbonara in Bread Bowl
Calories per serving: 1480
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#9. Ruby Tuesday’s
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Cajun Jambalaya Pasta
Calories per serving: 1523
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#8. Mimi’s Cafe
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Chicken Tillamook Cheddar Mac
Calories per serving: 1560
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#7. Applebee’s
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4-Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Tenders
Calories per serving: 1580
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#6. Olive Garden
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Chicken & Shrimp Carbonara
Calories per serving: 1590
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#5. Uno Chicago Grill
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Deep Dish Mac & Cheese
Calories per serving: 1690
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#4. The Old Spaghetti Factory
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Hearty Mizithra and Brown Butter
Calories per serving: 1990
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#3. Spaghetti Warehouse
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Turin Trio
Calories per serving: 2000
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#2. Red Robin
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Buzz Clucks and Mac
Calories per serving: 2123
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#1. Macaroni Grill
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Buffalo Chicken Parmesan
Calories per serving: 2170
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