Confidence: It can be a powerful force inspiring people to do great things—until those confident people come up against another powerful force called reality. That was the experience of a Texas Roadhouse customer who asserted he was going to take down 100 of the famous rolls until he learned something crucial from a server.
The video capturing the conversation was uploaded by the maker Eric Thurston (@ericthurstonforreal). It has garnered over 1.1 million views since it was shared on Thursday. Despite its short length of just 10 seconds, it's capable of conveying a full narrative in just that time.
It starts with a customer at a Texas Roadhouse booth next to another customer, stating, “I was thinking we were going to get at least 100 rolls down.”
The server replies, “Oh, you think so, yeah? Do you want to know the fun part?”
The customer indicates he does.
“The rolls are 200 calories each,” the server reveals.
That leads the two companions at the table to open their mouths wide with amazement.
The video ends, sadly, before we learn how many rolls they actually consumed.
Is it really 200 calories each?
The good news for calorie counters going to Texas Roadhouse is the website contains a nearly complete accounting of nutritional info, including calories, for its menu items.
Regrettably, the list of items is missing from the complete menu, indicating that a Cactus Blossom by itself has 2,250 calories, and a complete slab of Fall-Off-the-Bone Killer Ribs contains 1,450 calories in one serving.
There are a few online sources claiming to have the calorie count for the rolls, and interestingly, both of them mention Texas Roadhouse.
According to the TexasRoadhouseMenu.net site each roll is said to contain 227 calories, offering an in-depth analysis of its carbohydrate and protein content. Additionally, it states that the addition of Texas Roadhouse’s Cinnamon Honey Butter increases the calorie content to 347 per roll.
The TexasRoadhouseMenu.net site includes a cooking guide for individuals interested in making the rolls themselves, yet it self-contradicts in the content. Within one part, it states that a roll contains "approximately 125 calories." However, a table immediately following it shows that it's actually 225. A bit further into the article, it changes to "180-200 calories." To the best of this website, the calorie range for a roll seems to be between 200 and 225.
What did commenters say?
Commenters didn’t arrive at one set number but did provide some perspective.
“It’s 130 per roll without butter,” a commenter asserted. “200 with the butter.”
That led someone else to quip, “500 with how much butter I put.”
But another commenter claimed inside knowledge: “Wronggggg i work at txrh and its 200 by [itself].”
Another worker had a tale that seemed to show evidence of the Texas Roadhouse rolls challenge making the online rounds in recent years. “One time I bussed like 36 bread baskets from one party table, i counted,” they said.
That led Thurston to come in with, “That is literally insane.”
A few commenters refuted the maxim that “knowledge is power.” As one simply put it, “Bro, I wasn’t supposed to know this.
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