Calories & nutrition
Sonic Calories, 2026
Every item on the Sonic menu, and what it actually costs you in calories. Search any one of them, from the tater tots and the corndog to a Master milkshake.
What are the lowest and highest calorie items at Sonic?
474 sizes carry a published figure. This is the span between them.
Lightest thing on the menu
Light · uses under 1% of a 2,000 calorie day
Practically nothing. You could drink it all afternoon and barely notice it.
Heaviest thing on the menu
Very heavy · uses 78% of a 2,000 calorie day
Roughly three quarters of everything an adult eats in a day, in one cup.
Burgers average more than the desserts, 745 calories against 680, but a burger has a ceiling: the heaviest is 1040, while the shakes and Blasts climb to 1550. The cup is where the surprises are.
474 sizes with a figure
12 categories
3,357 drive-ins in the data
2026-08-01 last refreshed
Zero sugar
Sugar Free Drinks at Sonic
Sonic does not publish a sugar figure for anything, so nobody can honestly hand you one in grams, including us. What it does publish is calories, and that answers the question well enough: a drink at zero calories has no sugar in it. 6 of them are exactly that, and the rest of this list is in single or low double figures.
On sugar free slushes and slushies: there is no zero sugar slush on the menu, whichever way you spell it. Every flavour is built on a sweetened syrup base, and the lightest of them still runs well into three figures, so none of the sugar free flavors people ask about exists on the slush side. If you want a slush and no sugar, the honest answer is that Sonic does not currently sell one, and the zero calorie fountain drinks above are the nearest thing.
The lighter side
Healthy Options at Sonic
Sonic is a drive-in and nothing on it is health food, so take this as the lighter end rather than a health menu. These are the 8 things you can chew that come in under a third of a 2,000 calorie day, which is a fairer test than picking whatever is smallest. The green bar under each one shows how much of that day it uses up.
Light · uses 8% of a 2,000 calorie day
Moderate · uses 12% of a 2,000 calorie day
Moderate · uses 12% of a 2,000 calorie day
Moderate · uses 13% of a 2,000 calorie day
Moderate · uses 13% of a 2,000 calorie day
Moderate · uses 13% of a 2,000 calorie day
Moderate · uses 14% of a 2,000 calorie day
Moderate · uses 14% of a 2,000 calorie day
Pair any of them with something from the zero calorie list above and you have a stop that costs you very little. The allergen guide covers the other question people ask about these items.
The light end
The 10 Lowest Calorie Items at Sonic
Every one of them is a drink. Sonic's light end is diet limeades, unsweetened tea and water, and you have to go a long way down the menu before you reach anything you can chew, which tells you where the calories in a Sonic order actually come from.
| Item | Calories | Of a day | Typical price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Med Diet Limeade | 5 | under 1% | $2.99 |
| Mini Diet Cherry Limeade | 10 | 1% | $1.89 |
| Med Diet Cherry Limeade | 15 | 1% | $2.99 |
| Mini POWERADE® Mountain Berry Blast® Drink | 35 | 2% | $1.59 |
| Mini Half Sweet Tea / Half Unsweet Tea | 40 | 2% | $1.59 |
| Sm Watermelon Peach Refresher | 40 | 2% | $2.99 |
| Sm Watermelon Peach Sparkling Refresher | 40 | 2% | $2.99 |
| Sm Berry Citrus Refresher | 50 | 3% | $2.99 |
| Sm Berry Citrus Sparkling Refresher | 50 | 3% | $2.99 |
| Mini Half Unsweet Tea / Half Lemonade | 50 | 3% | $2.19 |
Percentages are against a 2,000 calorie day. Every row here is a drink, which is the point of the table.
And the lightest food
Set the cups aside and the picture changes. These are the lowest calorie items on the Sonic menu that are not a drink, and the lightest of them is Mini Cocoberry Cream at 150 calories.
| Item | Calories | Of a day | Typical price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini Cocoberry Cream | 150 | 8% | $2.79 |
| Corn Dog | 230 | 12% | $2.19 |
| Sm Premium Chicken Bites | 240 | 12% | $4.39 |
| Sm Tots | 250 | 13% | $2.39 |
| 3 Piece Chicken Tenders | 260 | 13% | $4.99 |
| Sm Groovy Fries | 260 | 13% | $2.39 |
The lightest things on the menu you can actually chew, drinks excluded. Prices are the median across the drive-ins that sell each size.
The heavy end
The 10 Highest Calorie Items at Sonic
The top of this table is not the burgers. It is the shakes and the Blasts, which is the opposite of what most people expect and the single most useful thing on this page.
| Item | Calories | Of a day | Typical price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lg OREO® Peanut Butter Master Shake® | 1550 | 78% | $6.69 |
| Lg Peanut Butter Classic Shake | 1320 | 66% | $6.19 |
| Lg OREO® Cheesecake Master Shake® | 1320 | 66% | $6.69 |
| Lg OREO® Chocolate Master Shake® | 1290 | 65% | $6.69 |
| Lg Cheesecake Master Shake® | 1240 | 62% | $6.69 |
| Lg Tropical Cream Slush | 1230 | 62% | $5.69 |
| Lg Strawberry Cheesecake Master Shake® | 1160 | 58% | $6.69 |
| Lg Hot Fudge Classic Shake | 1150 | 57% | $6.19 |
| Lg Strawberry Cream Slush | 1100 | 55% | $5.29 |
| Lg Banana Classic Shake | 1100 | 55% | $6.19 |
One row per product, taking its heaviest size, so the table is ten different things to order rather than one shake in five cups.
Calories from fat
Where the Fat Actually Is
Sonic publishes calories-from-fat for 162 of its items and stays silent on the rest, so this table covers only the ones it has actually measured. There is no protein or carbohydrate figure anywhere on this site, because Sonic does not publish one.
| Item | Calories | From fat | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Med Ched 'R' Bites | 640 | 410 | 64% |
| Ultimate Meat & Cheese Breakfast Burrito™ | 820 | 510 | 62% |
| Med (6pc) Ched 'R' Peppers | 710 | 430 | 61% |
| Med Cheese Groovy Fries | 460 | 270 | 59% |
| SuperSONIC® Double Cheeseburger | 1040 | 610 | 59% |
| Sm Chili Cheese Groovy Fries | 360 | 210 | 58% |
| Footlong Quarter Pound Coney | 770 | 430 | 56% |
| Med Cheese Tots | 450 | 250 | 56% |
Sonic's own published figures. Blank elsewhere on the menu means Sonic has not published one, not that the item has no fat.
By category
Calories by Sonic Menu Category
The lightest and heaviest thing in each part of the menu, so you can see which sections are worth watching and which are not.
| Category | Items | Average | Lightest | Heaviest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgers | 26 | 745 | 390 | 1040 |
| Chicken | 28 | 446 | 240 | 1020 |
| Hot Dogs and Coneys | 9 | 481 | 230 | 770 |
| Sandwiches | 6 | 592 | 390 | 750 |
| Sides and Tots | 32 | 529 | 250 | 880 |
| Drinks | 199 | 225 | 5 | 750 |
| Slushes | 57 | 409 | 120 | 1230 |
| Shakes and Blasts | 80 | 680 | 150 | 1550 |
| Breakfast | 26 | 516 | 270 | 820 |
| Wacky Pack Kids Meals | 7 | 497 | 270 | 680 |
| Ice and Water | 3 | 123 | 80 | 160 |
| Combos and Deals | 1 | 940 | 940 | 940 |
Averaged across every size Sonic publishes a calorie figure for. Open a category for the full list.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
What is the lowest calorie item at Sonic?
The Med Diet Limeade at 5 calories. Sonic's light end is entirely drinks: diet limeades, unsweetened teas and water. If you want the lightest thing you can actually eat, that is the Mini Cocoberry Cream at 150 calories.
What is the highest calorie item at Sonic?
The Lg OREO® Peanut Butter Master Shake® at 1550 calories, which is more than three quarters of a 2,000 calorie day in one cup. The shakes and Blasts occupy most of the top of the table.
Where can I find Sonic nutrition facts?
Sonic publishes its own nutrition information on its website and in the app, and that is the version to trust. This page is an independent guide built from the same store-level menu data as the rest of the site: calories for all 474 sizes that carry a figure, searchable by item, with what each one is of a 2,000 calorie day.
Does Sonic publish protein, carbs and fat?
Sonic publishes calories for almost every item and calories-from-fat for some of them. It does not publish a protein or carbohydrate breakdown, so this site does not print one. Any Sonic macro table you find elsewhere is estimated from the calorie count.
Does Sonic have sugar free drinks?
Yes. 6 drinks come in at zero calories, which means no sugar: the diet sodas, Sprite Zero, Coca-Cola Zero, unsweet tea, water and coffee. Sonic does not publish sugar in grams for anything, so a calorie count of zero is the honest way to answer this rather than a number nobody has. There is no sugar free slush or slushie.
How many calories are in Sonic mozzarella sticks?
370 for the Small, 560 for the Medium, 750 for the Large. They are the most searched calorie question on the Sonic menu, and the medium sits at about 28% of a 2,000 calorie day on its own.
How do I order a lower calorie meal at Sonic?
Swap the drink, not the food. A slush averages 409 calories and a shake 680, so the cup next to your order can easily outweigh the food in it. Moving to water, unsweetened tea or a diet limeade takes almost all of it off without touching what you eat.
Calorie counts come from Sonic's own store-level menu data across 3,357 open drive-ins, last refreshed 2026-08-01. Sonic publishes a calorie figure for 474 sizes and calories-from-fat for 162 of them, and publishes no protein or carbohydrate breakdown at all, so this site prints none. Adding cheese, bacon or sauce changes the total. This is an independent guide and is not affiliated with Sonic Drive-In.