Hardee's calorie calculator: build an order under your cap
Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Hardee's order from 56 single orders — 41 entrées, the rest sides and drinks — using Hardee's's own published figures. The lightest meal-sized order is the Cole Slaw at 170 calories; the heaviest entrée, the Monster Double Thickburger, is 1,400. The most protein in a complete meal under 500 is 43 g.
Source: healthyfastfood.org (third-party host) · Data refreshed
- 56 single orders
- 170 cal lightest order
- 43g protein in a meal under 500
- 200–1,500 cal cap range
As of September 2026, 56 Hardee's single orders can go into a built order, and the most protein in a complete Hardee's meal under 500 calories is 43 g (Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5 Piece), Green Beans, and a water).
Build your Hardee's order
Pick a cap, choose what matters, then add, swap or remove items; the total, the macros and the words to say at the counter update as you go, and the link in the address bar carries your order.
Three complete Hardee's meals under 500 calories
Starting points for the builder — Entrée first, then a side, then a drink if there is room — the same greedy order the MinMax app uses (water unless a shake adds 10 g of protein).
Most protein
- Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5 Piece)440 cal · 41g
- Green Beans60 cal · 2g
- Water0 cal
500 of 500 cal · 43 g protein
What to say at the counter: “Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5 Piece), Green Beans, and a water — 500 cal, 43 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Hardee's →Most filling
- Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5 Piece)440 cal · 41g
- Green Beans60 cal · 2g
- Water0 cal
500 of 500 cal · 43 g protein
What to say at the counter: “Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5 Piece), Green Beans, and a water — 500 cal, 43 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Hardee's →Lightest
- Small Hamburger250 cal · 11g
- Green Beans60 cal · 2g
- Water0 cal
310 of 500 cal · 13 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A Small Hamburger, Green Beans, and a water — 310 cal, 13 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Hardee's →The 20 lightest single orders at Hardee's
Meal-sized single orders (at least 150 calories or 10 g protein) sorted lightest first — the rows the builder reaches for at a tight cap. Every Hardee's item is in the full table on the Hardee's calories page and in /data/hardees.json (each row carries its role and id).
| Item | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|
| Cole Slaw | 170 | 1g |
| Chocolate Chip Cookie | 200 | 2g |
| Small Hamburger | 250 | 11g |
| Made from Scratch Biscuit | 260 | 5g |
| Apple Turnover | 270 | 3g |
| Natural-Cut French Fries (Small) | 300 | 3g |
| Small Cheeseburger | 300 | 13g |
| Cinnamon 'N' Raisin Biscuit | 320 | 3g |
| Charbroiled Slider (Double) | 360 | 19g |
| Hash Rounds (Medium) | 370 | 3g |
| Jelly Biscuit | 390 | 5g |
| Jumbo Chili Dog | 390 | 15g |
| Crispy Curls (Medium) | 420 | 5g |
| Sunrise Croissant (Bacon) | 420 | 18g |
| Frisco Breakfast Sandwich | 430 | 24g |
| Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5 Piece) | 440 | 41g |
| Beyond Breakfast Sausage Biscuit | 480 | 16g |
| Big Roast Beef | 500 | 30g |
| Country Ham Biscuit | 510 | 16g |
| Loaded Hash Round Bowl | 510 | 16g |
Eat at Hardee's without blowing your cap
MinMax finds the best Hardee's meal under your calorie goal — at the location nearest you — and lets you swap items to hit your protein. Free on iPhone.
Download MinMax — free What the app doesMore at Hardee's
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