Baskin Robbins Death Shake Has 2,300 Calories
Please, do not ever buy this 2,300 calorie shake from Baskin Robbins, which contains approximately half a pound of sugar. As Consumerist reader Doug points out,
Last time I checked, an adult male should consume 2,500 calories a day, and this shake nearly meets that requirement! The saturated fat present in that shake is over 3 times the RDA of 20 grams, which will put you on the fast track for heart disease. Of course, that's if the Type 2 diabetes caused by all 266 grams of that sugar doesn't get you first.
While I believe that people should be held responsible for what they consume, I think corporations need to share just a little responsibility too, and not sell piles of liquid sugar and fat like this. I'd be surprised if even 1 in 100 of the folks that consume that shake know just how bad it is.
On the plus side, it does provide 120% of the RDA for calcium. Oh, and about 1600% of the RDA for Heath candy bars.
(Our tipster, Doug, came up with "death shake.")
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Holy crap - a milkshake should not have such a long ingredient list!
I totally want one now. I love Heath Bars....
Maybe people should be allowed to consume what the want...
I drink your milkshake! (slurp) I drink it up!
I agree. Companies should be putting the nutritional info right there with the price though. I'm sure many many people will buy that thing not knowing how bad it is like it says in the article.
Before I started eating healthy I used to eat whatever I wanted without a care in the world. Now I look back and see something like the chicken crispers at Chilis having 130 grams of fat. (not including fries, dipping sauce, etc.) Thats nuts. Even when I wasn't eating healthy having 130 grams of fat and 1200 calories written next to the price would have made me eat something else.
this milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
Hey, if it works for Michael Phelps....
Yes, maybe people should be free to consume what they want.
Nevertheless, our society is one that sets standards about what is and is
not acceptable to consume, where "acceptance" hinges *solely* on real or
perceived health benefits.
That is, as a gambling man, I would bet that this 'death shake' is
unhealthier for you than a marijuana joint. I would partake of neither, yet
the former is freely available while the latter is a criminalized,
controlled substance.
I'll go as far as to say that the "Death Shake" causes more aggregate bodily
harm than all the prostitutes in all of North America, yet which is
criminalized?
And so forth.
Baskin Robbins should be ashamed! Heath Bars? Yuck. Is there any way to get Snickers instead?
Obviously, if you are drinking one of these every day you've got problems.
But even with the ludicrously high calorie content, if you have one once every month or two, eat healthy the rest of the time, and are active, it won't kill you.
@TracyHamandEggs!: People *are* allowed to consume what they want (unless you're talking about drugs, but hey, I'm pro-regulation) -- but nobody SHOULD consume that. They're free to, but they'd be stupid to, except under very particular circumstances.
And considering how very infrequently it would be wise for anybody to consume that, it's doubly sick that the company isn't forced to provide information to people about what's in it.
Duh.
Unreal!! I follow the Atkins diet, and this drink has FIFTEEN TIMES the number of carbs I eat in a day!!!!!
A deadly shake named after Heath Ledger?! Too soon, Baskin Robbins...
@TracyHamandEggs!: "Maybe people should be allowed to consume what the want..."
Maybe? What's made you so unsure?
the chocolate oreo shake has 2600 calories.
OVER 1/2 pound of sugar AND 1/3 of a pound of fat....... MMMMMMMM
Good thing im lactose intolerant
They might have attracted less attention by calling it a "Milkshake Phelps" instead of a "Death Shake". Bad marketing if you ask me.
In Japan, they're starting to print the calories in snack foods on the front of the boxes in large print so you can see exactly how many calories you're going to be eating without even picking up the box. I think this is a pretty good idea and should be something manufacturers have to do by law all over the world.
People should do whatever they want to their bodies, but they should also be making informed choices.
Holy. Crap. How is this even possible? This should be featured on an episode of Modern Marvels.
@vpsychward1:
Haha me too. Now I'm not tempted to try it!
That sounds perfect for my next ironman race.
The calcium in these will ensure that your ribs do not break as the doctors perform CPR after the eventual massive heart attack. :-)
(I'm the guy who submitted the story, BTW. I figured folks would find it amusing/scary.)
"I think corporations need to share just a little responsibility too"
What do they want a healthy Ice Cream shop? Also I think the inch layer of caramel on the bottom of the glass should be the tip that its not o healthy for you.
PS. I think it looks quite tasty
Mmmm, Heath shake. Perfect finisher for the Six Dollar Burger. Then I'm going to step outside and light up a smoke.
@ShariC: Something tells me folks that buy this shake won't be looking at the nutritional data. But that's just me.
With rising food prices something like this is handy. It is nice to know that baskin robbins knows that you can't eat out as often as you used to, this handy shake provides a heart days food for under $5.
Woman an a diet? No problem! just split one, and an apple, and you'll be good to go for the entire day.
Pretty crazy shake, that. But...
1. I love milkshakes.
2. I love Heath bars.
3. I'd probably eat half a small & realize I made a mistake.
Each time I crave a Blizzard from DQ (maybe twice a year), I just remind myself of the last time I had one. It was like getting a new cavity with every spoonful.
Food with nutritional content this grim will taste like it.
Not everyone is on a 3,000 calorie/day diet.
That would make a great dessert to dinner when I am out firefighting.
Seriously, I have eaten an MRE(3,000 calories) between lunch and dinner quite a few times. When you are working hard and exercising, you eat more.
That said, if your recommended diet is around 3,000/day, that would be most of your food for the day.
At least they're listing the value for the actual cup size instead of saying a serving is 8oz and there are 4 servings per container. They may be pushing a deathshake, but they're at least honest about it.
Casket Robbins... (I know, that was lame.)
Here's what I want to see:
A person whose girth requires them to occupy two seats on an airplane, but only buys one ticket, boards a plane, sits next to me, and then pulls out this drink.
The sheer F-U of that action would be the coolest thing I would ever see.
On the BR's site, there a chart listing "Allergy Data" - one of the things listed was, ugh, "Crustaceans". Is there a crab-flavored ice cream that I'm not aware of? Why the hell do they need to list this, if it doesn't exist in their ice creams? (Or does it?)
That picture makes me want to go on a late night insulin run. Who's with me?
@corsec67: Professional athletes and the like can eat 10-12k calories a day just to break even. I had a friend with an ULTRA high metabolism who would eat entire pints of Ben & Jerry's, or 1 lb bags of peanut butter cups as a snack. He ate maybe 5-6k calories when he wasn't working out, and much more when he was, and he had a wiry thin muscular build. If he didn't hate baskin robins, this shake would be up his alley.
If you're recommended diet is 2-3k, and you ate this shake, you'd get your calories for the day, but not much else, like nutrients and such. So, your body would keep craving other things for sustenance. That's how baskin robbins makes us fat!
a nice touch would be the grim reaper
drinking it.
@ElleDriver: Kelp extract is a common icecream additive to stabilize the product and produce a more consistent texture. Maybe its processing ends up trace amounts of shell? It's the only thing from the ocean that I can think of that ends up in icecream, and it would affect all flavors.
"Crustaceans..."
The hired hands there have crabs. Does that count?
Good god, who eats this crap??? I'm almost vomiting just thinking about all that fat & sugar.
I agree that people should be able to choose their own foods but items like this are just ridiculous. There needs to be some sort of corporate responsibility to not put out HORRIBLY unhealthy things such as this shake. They need to at least start printing the nutrition facts on the cups. I bet you anything that there are people who order this & have NO IDEA just how ungodly bad it really is. I wouldn't have guessed it was that unhealthy, that's for sure.
I'm sorry why I can see it having a lot of Calories, but a 1/2lb of sugar at the that size. You would be drinking Cake Icing. Never had one, really never will. I make my own ice cream and shakes (no I do not make the milk, cost to much, and then I have to kill the cow).
I don't think I'd eat one of these things even on one of my "gorge" days. I've been known to go nuts and ingest close to 10,000 calories in a day. It wouldn't be nearly as much fun if 2,300 of them came from just one milkshake.
I'd like to try it, just to see how they pulled that off. But I'd have to drink so little of it to survive the glucose rush, they should just offer it in shot glasses. Actually, wasn't there a cupcake bakery that was selling shots of frosting a while ago? Hmm...
I'd seriously pay money for nicely crafted liquid candies served in 1.5 oz sizes. I mean, I know the existing blenders wouldn't work for that volume, but I want it and I'm not in the mood to be realistic.
Making fun is all well and good but can you imagine that on top of a big slice of dutch apple pie?
That's what cardiologists are for.
And it really does sound good... doesn't it?
In the interest of actually having factual information on a fact-based blog, I'd like to point out that eating sugar does NOT cause Diabetes.
Jebus, people.
as a type I diabetic that's 44 units of insulin for me... i usually only take an average of 50 in a whole day!
i know better than to even try it, but that amount of sugar would hospitalize me, literally
@Ben_Q2:
(no I do not make the milk, cost too much, and then I have to kill the cow).
I don't think you're milking the cow correctly.
@grimmtooth:
are you joking? because im
not really good at detecting
sarcasm. for your reading pleasure
i have this for you.
That thing must taste really really really REALLY good. But yeah, that is a little over the top..
I had one after I read about this shake back in May -
[health.yahoo.com]
I was going through a milkshake phase at the time (still am), and this seemed like the ultimate one.
It was ok, nothing special. Couldn't finish it though - too big.
But after hearing the Oreo one has 2600 calories I might have to go back for that one... :)
/has a very high metabolism (artificial)
//not a fattie, 6' 200lbs
///I drink your milkshake. I drink it up.
@AbstractConcept:
i did the math and its equivalent
to drinking 360 BAWLS bottles.
one bottle of BAWLS has twice the
amount of caffine than coca-cola.
ahhh, just throw a couple of nuts on it and then people will think it is healthy!