The "Worst Beverage in America" is now at a Tim Horton’s Near You

The worst beverage in America has travelled north of the 44th parallel and found a home in Canada’s comfort cafe– Tim Hortons.

Cold Stone Creamery and their delicious belt busting ice cream desserts, along with their infamous milkshakes can now be found at 17 locations in the golden horseshoe.

How bad is this new treat to beat the summertime heat?

***SPOILER ALERT***

If you wish to truly enjoy a Cold Stone Creamery shake you’ll probably want to stop reading at this point. Ignorance is bliss.

The large size peanut butter and chocolate milkshake (the least healthy of the varieties) packs a whopping 2010 calories, 131 grams of fat, and 58 grams of saturated fat.

Is it worth it?

Well I had to know. I opted to go for the small size, which only contains a mere (I use that term quite loosely) 1250 calories.

Though it was fantastic, it is difficult to separate the ultra rich taste from the overwhelming feeling of guilt.

Consume a large one and you missed your opportunity to gorge on 68 strips of bacon according to Men’s Health Fitness Magazine. Furthermore, there is not a single size or variety of milkshake that contains fewer than 1,000 calories.

I decided to look into how this fares compared to the most unhealthy drinks already for sale in Canada.

Here’s how the Cold Stone Creamery shake fares against the popular dessert drink at other popular fast food restaurants located in Canada.


Tim Horton’s- Cold Stone Creamery: Large Peanut Butter and Chocolate Shake: 2010 calories 131 grams of fat 68 grams of saturated fat.
A&W: Large Chocolate Shake: 1720 Calories 47 Grams of fat 30 grams of saturated fat.
McDonald’s: Large Chocolate Milkshake: 1160 calories 29 grams of fat 18 grams of saturated fat.
Burger King: Large Chocolate Shake: 950 calories 13 grams of fat 8 grams of saturated fat.
Harvey’s: Chocolate Shake: 730 calories 33 grams of fat 21 grams of saturated fat.
KFC: Triple Chocolate Krusher: 660 calories 34 grams of fat 25 grams of saturated fat.
Arby’s: Chocolate Shake: 570 calories 15 grams of fat 7 grams of saturated fat.
Wendy’s: Chocolate Fudge Frosty Shake: 540 calories 13 grams of fat 8 grams of saturated fat.

Though A&W comes pretty close in the early grave monster calorie category, nothing really compares to the worst drink in America.

I never thought that I could make a healthy choice and go for a 540 calorie shake.

So the question remains: To indulge or not to indulge.

Much like anything in life, moderation is the key.

Personally speaking though, I’ll gladly have a sip if a friend offers; but something this bad I think I’ll wait for an out of this world good day or an unbelievably bad day to justify such abuse on my body.