4 items: fries at three sizes from $2.89, plus Apple Slices at $1.39 and 15 calories.
McDonald's fries & sides prices cover four items, and three of them are one product at different sizes. A small was recorded at $2.89 typical, a medium at $3.99, and a large only as a band of $4.99 to $6.29. Apple Slices held at $1.39 everywhere checked. Calories are McDonald's own: 230, then 320, then 480 up the fries ladder, and 15 for the apples. Typical figure across the section is $3.44.
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What you need
7 itemsMcDonald's fries & sides prices and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Famous Fries (Small) | $2.89 | $1.89 – $3.99 | 230 Cal |
| World Famous Fries (Medium) | $3.99 | $3.29 – $3.99 | 320 Cal |
| World Famous Fries (Large) | $4.99 | $4.99 – $6.29 | 480 Cal |
| Apple Slices | $1.39 | — | 15 Cal |
If something goes wrong
The large fries row shows no typical price
- Cause
- Six readings came back for the large and they clustered at two values, $4.99 and $6.29, with nothing between them. A middle drawn from a gap like that would be a number no restaurant charges.
- Fix
- Read the band. Treat $4.99 as the working figure, $6.29 as the ceiling, and settle it in the McDonald's app with a restaurant selected.
Apple Slices carry no price range at all
- Cause
- Five separate readings all returned $1.39. One figure, zero spread, which nothing else in this section managed.
- Fix
- Take $1.39 as reliable and still let the local board have the last word.
The kids size of fries is missing from the table
- Cause
- McDonald's sells a kids portion at 110 calories and names it in the Happy Meal description, yet it is never sold on its own, so no separate price exists for it anywhere.
- Fix
- Look for that portion inside a Happy Meal build rather than in this section.
Nothing below the calorie line is listed
- Cause
- Fat, sodium, carbohydrate, sugars, protein, the allergen list: every line under the calorie count is written into each product page by a script that runs in the browser, so a plain read returns an empty table and none of it could be read.
- Fix
- Open the item in the McDonald's app, where the panel fills in. Allergy questions belong at the counter, not on a price page.
One product at three sizes, and the one item that is not a potato
Four items sit in Fries & Sides and three of them are the same fries in a bigger carton. That shape decides everything else on the page. A section built from one product at three sizes has only two variables worth reading: portion, then price. The second turns out to be far less stable than the first.
Calories run 230, then 320, then 480. The step from small to medium is 90; the step from medium to large is 160, which is nearly double. Below the small sits a kids portion at 110 calories, filed with the Happy Meal because McDonald's names it there and sells it nowhere else. Those four figures are the company's own, and the small and the medium were each read back twice from the product pages under differently worded checks.
The medium is the size that matters most, for a reason that has nothing to do with what it costs on its own. It is the fries portion inside McDonald's published meal totals. A Big Mac Meal is stated at 1,170 calories with a medium drink and medium World Famous Fries, against 580 for the sandwich alone. A 10 Piece Chicken McNuggets Meal is stated at 1,000 against 410 for the nuggets. Both gaps come to 590. A Filet-O-Fish Meal is 950 against 380, and a 3 Piece McCrispy Strips Meal is 970 against 400, and both of those gaps come to 570. Subtract the medium fries at 320 and the drink is 270 in the first pair and 250 in the second, which is exactly the difference between a medium Coca-Cola and a medium Sprite. Four meal pages, one constant.
The small has a different claim on attention. McDonald's puts Small World Famous Fries on its own Under $3 Menu, a McValue tier the company advertises with ten member items split across breakfast and the rest of the day. Checking found the typical small at $2.89, inside that ceiling. It also found one restaurant at $3.99, a dollar clear of it, and another at $1.89. A published ceiling and a 111% spread cannot both be describing the same board.
Franchising is the mechanism. Roughly 95% of US restaurants under the brand are run by franchisees, a share McDonald's states in its Form 10-K, and each operator prices the menu in front of them. Corporate publishes calorie counts for everything and prices for almost nothing, so no official figure exists to check any of these against.
Then there are the apples. Apple Slices are the only item here McDonald's presents as the lighter choice, the only one it names inside the Happy Meal, and at 15 calories the only one under 200. They also produced the flattest price in the whole section: $1.39 in every list checked, with no spread to report. Whether that is genuine agreement or one number copied around is impossible to settle from outside.
What none of this covers is the panel below calories, which could not be read on any product page in the section because a script draws it after the page loads. For a binding price, the McDonald's app with a restaurant selected is the only place to look.
Fries & Sides at a glance
- Items listed
- 4
- Cheapest recorded
- $1.39
- Dearest recorded
- $6.29
- Typical
- $3.44
Questions people ask
How much are McDonald's fries?
It depends on the carton. A small was recorded at $2.89 typical, a medium at $3.99 and a large somewhere between $4.99 and $6.29 across published US prices in August 2026. The section's typical figure, taken across all four items, is $3.44.
How many calories are in McDonald's fries?
230 in a small, 320 in a medium, 480 in a large, all published by McDonald's. The kids portion inside a Happy Meal is 110. Nothing below the calorie line could be read.
Is a large fries better value than a medium?
On calories per dollar, yes, provided the restaurant sits at the bottom of the large band. A medium at $3.99 for 320 calories works out near 1.25 cents a calorie; a large at $4.99 for 480 works out near 1.04. At $6.29 the same carton lands near 1.31, worse than the small.
What sides does McDonald's sell besides fries?
In this section, Apple Slices and nothing else. Hash Browns sit under breakfast and the dips sit under sauces, which leaves Fries & Sides as three fries cartons and one bag of fruit.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. Calorie figures in the table are McDonald's published values; every price beside them was recorded from published US listings in August 2026 and dated here. The company publishes almost no US menu prices of its own.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
It cannot, and neither can any page that is not the restaurant's own board. About 95% of US restaurants under the brand are franchised and each operator sets prices, which is how one small fries was recorded at $1.89 and another at $3.99. The McDonald's app, set to a location, gives that restaurant's figure.