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The Jack in the Box Doomsday Dipping Box lands at 1,670 to 1,870 calories, close to a whole day of food in one order. It's the chain's Avengers: Doomsday tie in: popcorn chicken, two mozzarella sticks, two of Jack's tacos, curly fries, a drink and three dipping sauces, for about $14.75.
That calorie range is Jack in the Box's own online menu number, and the 200 calorie gap between the two ends is mostly the drink you pick. So this isn't a snack. It's most of your day on a tray, which is fine if you plan for it and a problem if you don't.
Quick disclosure: I'm Batu, and I build Logma, a voice calorie tracker for iPhone. I'll keep the numbers honest, show you where the calories actually hide, and how to log a box like this in one sentence instead of six searches.
A Jack in the Box Doomsday Dipping Box, popcorn chicken, two mozzarella sticks, two tacos, curly fries and a medium Coke.
Logged around 1,870 calories in about 5 seconds, macros included.
What's actually in the Doomsday Dipping Box
Here's the full box, straight from Jack in the Box's announcement.
- Popcorn chicken, the small bite sized pieces
- Two mozzarella sticks
- Two of Jack's famous tacos
- Seasoned curly fries
- A drink
- Three dipping sauces: the new Assemble Sauce, Mutant Marinara and Fantastic Buttermilk Ranch
The Assemble Sauce is the mystery one. Early tasters say it lands close to Thousand Island with a little spice. Every box also comes with one of eight blind bagged Avengers: Doomsday magnets that snap together like puzzle pieces, while supplies last.
It started on November 5, 2026 and runs for a limited time at Jack in the Box restaurants, in the Jack app and at jackinthebox.com. The price was $14.75 at the locations that have been checked, though Jack in the Box prices move around by city.
So how many calories is it?
Jack in the Box lists the Doomsday Dipping Box at 1,670 to 1,870 calories. For context, the FDA builds its nutrition labels around a 2,000 calorie day, so one box is roughly 83 to 94 percent of that. In a single order.
The reason it's a range and not one number is the drink. Swap the regular soda for a diet drink or water and you sit near the bottom, around 1,670. Fill the cup with regular Coke and you're near the top, around 1,870. Everything else in the box stays the same.
Where the calories come from
Jack in the Box doesn't publish a line by line breakdown for the box, but you can see the shape of it from the standard à la carte sizes. The box portions run a little larger, so treat these as a guide, not the exact box.
| Part | Standard size | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Popcorn chicken | small | about 350 |
| Mozzarella sticks | 2 pieces | about 190 |
| Tacos | 2 | about 340 |
| Curly fries | small | about 280 |
| Three dipping sauces | ranch, marinara, Assemble | about 150 |
| Drink | medium | 0 to 290 |
Add the food up and you're already past 1,300 before a single sip. The box's bigger portions plus the drink push it to the 1,670 to 1,870 Jack lists. The quiet ones are the tacos and the curly fries, easy to forget and about 620 calories together.
The dips and the drink are where it swings
Two things decide whether this box is a once in a while treat or a daily problem: the sauces and the drink.
Three dips sounds minor, but buttermilk ranch alone is roughly 80 to 130 calories a cup, and you get three of them here. Use all three and you've added the better part of a snack without noticing. The drink is the bigger lever. A medium regular soda is about 200 to 290 calories of pure sugar. Switch to a diet soda, unsweetened tea or water and you cut the box down to the low end of the range, around 1,670, for nothing.
How to fit it in your day
You don't have to skip the box to stay on track. You have to plan around it.
If 1,800 calories is most of your day, treat the box as your main meal and keep the rest of the day light: a protein heavy breakfast, a small dinner, and go easy on the extras. Or split the box with someone, which is honestly what the magnets and the whole dipping theme are built for. Half a box is a normal 900 calorie meal.
It helps to know your daily number first. The free calorie calculator gives you a target in a minute, and once you have it, a box like this stops being scary and turns into simple math. If you're new to this, how many calories to lose weight walks through the budget.
How to log the whole box in one sentence
This is where a search based app gets painful. You'd search popcorn chicken, pick a size, search mozzarella sticks, search Jack's tacos, search curly fries, search the soda, then guess at three sauces. Six or seven entries for one order.
In Logma you say it or type it once.
"A Jack in the Box Doomsday Dipping Box with a diet Coke."
Logma counts every item and logs the calories and macros in about 5 seconds. Say the drink you actually got, swap in "diet Coke" or "water", and the number follows. There's no account and your log stays on your phone. Voice is the fastest way, though typing the same sentence gives you the same result, in English or Turkish. The yearly plan starts with a 3 day free trial, then it's $49.99 a year.
To be fair, if you mostly eat packaged, barcoded food, a scan app still beats talking. A dipping box is the opposite: nothing on your tray has a barcode, so describing it is the fast way.
Why a photo app struggles with a box like this
A dipping box is the exact thing photo calorie apps miss. A camera sees fried pieces and a cup. It can't see that you dipped everything in ranch, or whether the cup holds regular or diet soda, and those two choices swing the total by about 400 calories. The calories hide in the sauce and the drink, the two things a photo can't measure.
That's the whole reason I built Logma around what you say instead of what a photo sees. You know you used all three dips and got a large Coke. Tell it that, and the log is right. For two more fast food orders worth knowing before you buy, here's the Big Arch, McDonald's biggest burger, and the McDonald's $8 meal math.
FAQ
How many calories are in the Jack in the Box Doomsday Dipping Box?
Jack in the Box lists it at 1,670 to 1,870 calories, depending mostly on the drink you choose. That's close to a full day of eating for many people, so it works best as your main meal or split with someone.
How much does the Doomsday Dipping Box cost?
About $14.75, though Jack in the Box prices vary by location. It launched November 5, 2026 and is available for a limited time while supplies last.
What's in the Doomsday Dipping Box?
Popcorn chicken, two mozzarella sticks, two tacos, seasoned curly fries, a drink and three dipping sauces (the new Assemble Sauce, Mutant Marinara and Fantastic Buttermilk Ranch). Each box also includes one of eight blind bagged Avengers: Doomsday magnets.
What does the Assemble Sauce taste like?
Jack in the Box calls it a mystery sauce. Early tasters describe it as close to Thousand Island with a little spice. Its calories aren't published on their own, but they're folded into the box's 1,670 to 1,870 total.
How do I lower the calories if I still want it?
The drink and the dips are your two levers. A diet soda or water instead of regular soda drops the box toward the low end near 1,670, and going easy on the three sauces saves a bit more. Splitting the box makes it a normal 900 calorie meal.
How do I track it without searching six items?
Describe it in one sentence. In Logma you say or type the box with the drink you got, and it logs the calories and macros in about 5 seconds, instead of six separate searches in a database app.
Sources: Jack in the Box, Avengers: Doomsday Dipping Box announcement · Haunted Attraction Network, Doomsday Dipping Box calories and price · Pirates and Princesses, price and Assemble Sauce flavor · Jack in the Box nutrition, à la carte items · FDA, how to use the Nutrition Facts label (2,000 calorie reference). Numbers are approximate and can change; nothing here is medical advice.
