$4.49 2 items · Updated August 2026
McDonald's Sides Menu With Prices 2026
The McDonald's Sides menu runs to 2 items priced from $1.35 up to $4.49, averaging 123 calories each. Every sides item below shows its calories and links through to full nutrition, ingredients and allergens.
2 Items
$1.35 Starting price
123 Avg calories
Starting from $1.35 USD
On this page 2 items
This is the McDonald's Sides menu with prices: World Famous Fries at $4.49 for a small and Apple Slices at $1.35, verified from live restaurant listings and refreshed weekly. Two items reads short for a famous menu, and that is the honest count outside breakfast: Hash Browns live on the breakfast menu, and the medium and large fries are priced per restaurant on top of the small listed here.
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McDonald's Sides Menu Prices 2026
$4.49 
$1.35 McDonald's Sides Prices and Nutrition
| Item | Price | Calories | Protein | Fat | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Slices | $1.35 | 15 | 0g | 0g | 0mg |
| Small French Fries | $4.49 (medium) | 230 | 3g | 11g | 190mg |
Data from publicly available McDonald's information. Updated 09 August 2026. Sides prices are collected from live restaurant listings and vary from one restaurant to the next.
The McDonald's Sides Menu, Item by Item
Small French Fries
World Famous Fries are the most ordered item McDonald's sells, full stop. A small runs $4.49 at 230 calories: real potatoes, cut in house suppliers, fried in the chain's vegetable oil blend.
The blend includes a natural beef flavor made from wheat and milk derivatives, which is why the fries are not vegetarian in the United States, a fact this site prints because the fry carton does not.
Apple Slices
Apple Slices are the counterweight: fresh cut apples at $1.35 and 15 calories, the lightest food item in the building. They slot into Happy Meals and stand alone as the only fresh fruit on the menu.
Fifteen calories beside a 230 calorie small fries makes them the easiest swap on the board for anyone counting.
About the Fry Sizes
The small at $4.49 is the size the listings we verify against publish consistently; medium and large prices are set per restaurant and swing enough that a single figure would mislead. What holds everywhere: the jump from small to medium adds roughly 90 calories to 230, the large roughly doubles the small, and inside a meal bundle the fries are the discounted part of the order.
Fry quality is a timing question more than a restaurant question. Fries are salted and best inside ten minutes of the fryer; asking for them unsalted forces a fresh batch, the oldest trick in the drive thru, and you add your own salt from the packet.
Before You Order a Side
The unsalted trick works
Ordering fries without salt gets a fresh batch by necessity. Salt packets exist for the rest.
Fries are not vegetarian in the US
The frying oil carries a natural beef flavor containing wheat and milk derivatives. The full statement is on the fries page.
Meals discount the fries
Bought alone, a small runs $4.49; inside a bundle the same fries cost visibly less than the parts math. The deals page shows it per meal.
Apple Slices swap into Happy Meals
They are the standard fruit in kids meals and the lightest add on at 15 calories.
Sauces side the fries too
Every nugget sauce pot from $0.37 dips fries just as well; the sauces menu lists all of them with prices.
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McDonald's Sides Questions
How much are fries at McDonald’s?
A small is $4.49 as a verified median across the restaurants we checked, refreshed weekly. Medium and large are priced per restaurant; the fries page shows the range we found, and meal bundles carry the fries at an effective discount.
How many calories in McDonald’s fries?
A small is 230 calories, a medium roughly 90 more, and a large about double the small. Beside them, Apple Slices sit at 15 calories as the lightest item on the whole menu.
Are McDonald’s fries vegetarian?
Not in the United States. The frying oil includes a natural beef flavor made with wheat and milk derivatives, listed in the published ingredients on the fries page. The Apple Slices are the fully plant based side.
Why do fresh McDonald’s fries taste better?
Fries peak within about ten minutes of the fryer, before steam softens the crust. Ordering them unsalted forces a fresh batch, which is the reliable way to hit that window at a busy restaurant.
Does McDonald’s still have other sides?
Outside breakfast, the standing sides are the fries and Apple Slices. Hash Browns belong to breakfast hours, and salads left the US menu years ago. Anything a restaurant adds locally appears in its own listings rather than nationally.
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