Appetizers

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  Applebee's appetizers are pre-dinner snacks that should serve four people. A popular choice is the spinach and artichoke dip with tortilla chips that is 905 calories for the full serving. A dozen chicken wings have 1,545 calories and the barbecue buffalo wings have 500 calories for eight wings without dressing. Mozzarella sticks and marinara sauce come with 1,005 calories for nine sticks. Another option is the trio of cheeseburger sliders, each one containing 343 calories.
  
  

Salad

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  Several salad options are on the Applebee's menu. The chili lime chicken salad is 283 calories without dressing and the grilled shrimp and spinach salad is 465 calories without dressing. A fried chicken salad at Applebee's is 683 calories. Other options include the Santa Fe chicken salad containing 672 calories and the Southwest chicken cobb salad that has 440 calories without dressing.
  
  

Entrees

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  The Applebee's chain offers entree choices in pasta, steak, burgers, chicken and seafood. The chicken penne pasta dish has 873 calories. The steak and portobellos dish contains 330 calories. Applebee's Fire Pit burger has 855 calories in the burger alone, and the California turkey club has 819 calories. The garlic chicken has 330 calories and the cajun lime tilapia has 310 calories.
  
  

Sides

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  Applebee's offers multiple side dishes to choose from to pair with an entree. French fries are the most common side and are 452 calories per serving. The mashed potatoes have 167 calories per serving and the seasonal vegetables are about 100 calories per serving. Applebee's also allows for the substitution of a regular side for a soup or salad at an extra cost. The onion soup is 150 calories per bowl and the house salad is 110 calories without dressing.
  
  

Desserts

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  Applebee's offers a variety of desserts. A dessert shooter is a 300-calorie option that comes in chocolate mousse, hot fudge sundae or strawberry cheesecake and is served in a shooter glass. A maple-butter blondie comes with a maple brownie, ice cream and walnuts and is 763 calories for the entire dessert. There is also the 727-calorie option of triple chocolate cake that is filled with fudge and drizzled in chocolate.