Chili & Cheese Baked Potato
Chili & Cheese Baked Potato at Wendy's. 490 calories, $4.49, 21 g protein.
Photograph from Wendy's, as published on its own menu.
How it compares on the Wendy's menu
At 490 calories it is heavier than 62% of the 184 Wendy's items we track, against a menu median of 420. Scored on Wendy's own printed label, it comes to +26 on the label score, 2nd of 74 Wendy's items we can score that way. It delivers 4.3 g of protein per 100 calories, 57th of 151 items with published protein. At 109 calories per dollar it is 83rd of 171 priced items on value.
Lighter choices at Wendy's
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Vanilla Frosty Swirl™ | 470 | −20 |
| Medium Caramel Vanilla Frosty Swirl™ | 470 | −20 |
| Caramel Chocolate Frosty Swirl™ | 470 | −20 |
| Medium Caramel Chocolate Frosty Swirl™ | 470 | −20 |
| Classic Single Hamburger, no cheese | 465 | −25 |
The same thing at other chains
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taco Bell | Chili | 60 | — |
What a Chili & Cheese Baked Potato costs across America
Priced at 3672 Wendy's restaurants in 45 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $4.19 and $5.19, a spread of 24%.
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The cheapest Chili & Cheese Baked Potato in the sample is $2.39 in ROCKINGHAM, NC, and the most expensive is $6.69 in LEBEC, CA. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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By state, for what it is worth
About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 44 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 36 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | $3.99 | 77 | cheapest |
| MS | $3.99 | 32 | cheapest |
| AR | $3.99 | 23 | cheapest |
| NC | $4.19 | 206 | cheapest |
| HI | $5.49 | 10 | most expensive |
| MD | $5.29 | 82 | most expensive |
| UT | $5.29 | 55 | most expensive |
| DC | $5.19 | 3 | most expensive |
What it has cost since we started watching
72 of the 3,945 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-08. Where it moved, the typical change was +2.9%. A typical one now charges $4.49.
See every Chili & Cheese Baked Potato we price on the map — 3,672 restaurants, one dot each →
Priced like this at Wendy's
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the Chili & Cheese Baked Potato’s $4.49. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sausage, Egg & Swiss Croissant | $4.49 | 25% | 3,788 |
| Bacon, Egg & Swiss Croissant | $4.49 | 25% | 3,788 |
| Bacon Cheese Baked Potato | $4.49 | 22% | 3,697 |
| Homestyle French Toast Sticks, 6 PC | $4.29 | 18% | 3,788 |
| Large Chili | $4.29 | 33% | 3,775 |
Full nutrient panel
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calcium | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Iron | 25 mg |
| Potassium | 40 mg |
| Protein | 21 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 830 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Total Fat | 14 g |
| Trans Fat | 0 g |
| Vitamin A | 0 mcg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg |
The nutrition label as Wendy's publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.