NutritionDoc

No one expects  cheesecake to be good for their waistline, hips or arteries. It is a splurge no matter how (thin) you slice it.  But at some restaurants, it is a colossal splurge.

 

The Cheesecake Factory Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake, ( apparently ordinary cheesecake or Godiva chocolate is not enough for dessert these days). Few foods are more calorie dense than the cream cheese, chocolate, cream, and butter in this doozy of a dessert. That is why each slice packs 980 calories - half of what most people should eat in a day.

 

Is there anyone left in the US who can affored to eat a slice of c ake with close to 1,000 calories and with 41 grams of bad fat? It is like ordering a Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pepperoni Pizza - topped with 10 pats of butter - after dinner.

 

But, then, heavy is what cheesecake is all about. Odds are, you won't exactly float out of the restaurant after a slice even if you ordered nothing but a tossed green salad or a bowl of edameme for dinner.  Fortunately, most people do not end up in a Cheesecake Factory that often. Good thing . . . or they would need a chain of Liposuction Factories next door.