The health police scorn fast-food burgers and fries for making it easy for diners to shovel surplus fat and calories into their mouths. But it turns out that some of the fattiest, highest-calorie offerings aren't eaten but drunk. We're talking iced coffee drinks, frosties, and shakes - some of which contain twice as many calories as a bacon double-cheeseburger.

Gulp!

Which chilly beverages are the beastliest? Keep clicking to see the most caloric cold drink offered by each of 12 popular fast-food chain restaurants.

In a "venti" serving (24 ounces):

Calories: 560

Fat: 21 grams

Saturated fat: 14 grams

Sodium: Not disclosed on Starbucks website

In a 16-ounce serving:

Calories: 600

Fat: 22 grams

Saturated fat: 15 grams

Sodium: 190 milligrams

In a "regular" 20-ounce serving:

Calories: 630

Fat: 20 grams

Saturated fat: 11 grams

Sodium: 620 milligrams

In a large serving (20 ounces):

Calories: 700

Total fat: 33 grams

Saturated fat: 17 grams

Sodium: 1,000 milligrams

In an "original" serving (24 ounces):

Calories: 770

Total fat: 20 grams

Saturated fat: 4.5 grams

Sodium: 490 milligrams

In a medium serving (22 ounces):

Calories: 980

Total fat: 34 grams

Saturated fat: 20 grams

Sodium: 600 milligrams

In a typical large serving (serving size varies slightly according to store location):

Calories: 1,020

Total fat: 19 grams

Saturated fat: 12 grams

Sodium: 510 milligrams

In a large serving (20 ounces):

Calories: 1,130

Total fat: 60 grams

Saturated fat: 41 grams

Sodium: 570 milligrams

In a 32 ounce serving:

Calories: 1,160

Total fat: 27 grams

Saturated fat: 16 grams

Sodium: 510 milligrams

In a large serving (24 ounces):

Calories: 1,170

Fat: 61 grams

Saturated fat: 38 grams

Sodium: 460 milligrams

And the winner is...Dairy Queen's Georgia Mud Fudge Blizzard. A large (21-ounce) serving delivers a whopping 1,450 calories, 83 grams of fat, 28 grams of saturated fat, and 1,000 milligrams of sodium.

To put that into perspective, a quick calculation using WebMD's Food-o-Meter shows that you could scarf a bean-and-cheese burrito (189 calories, 6 g of fat), a fried chicken breast (364 calories, 18 g of fat), and a bacon cheeseburger (595 calories, 33 g of fat) and not even come close to the calories and fat in a Georgia Mud Fudge Blizzard.

Brrr? Maybe it should be blech.