Cheesecake Factory Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta: Price & Calories (2026)
Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta at The Cheesecake Factory costs $25.50 to $27.95 and carries 1,770 calories, and the name tells you only half the story: the heat comes from a chipotle parmesan cream sauce, but the chicken is honey-glazed, so the plate is sweet and hot at once. The $25.50 to $27.95 range is from 21 location menus checked November 8, 2026, and the 1,770 calories are the brand's published number.
Sweet heat: what Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta actually is
The official menu lists the whole plate in one breath: "Penne Pasta, Honey Glazed Chicken, Asparagus, Red and Yellow Peppers, Peas, Garlic and Onion in a Spicy Chipotle Parmesan Cream Sauce". The two words doing the work are honey and chipotle. The chicken is glazed sweet, the sauce is spiced hot, and the penne carries both. The asparagus, peppers, peas, garlic and onion are cooked into the dish, not served beside it, so there is no side to swap and no plain version hiding underneath. If you like heat with something sweet pulling against it, this is the pasta built for that. If you want heat alone, the Louisiana Chicken Pasta is hotter and heavier, and if you want no heat at all, Fettuccini Alfredo is the plain cream plate.
How much does Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta cost?
The plate is $25.50 to $27.95, and the median lands on the low end at $25.50, because ten of the 21 menus charge exactly that. Ten stores charge the $25.50 low end, eight charge $25.95, and two charge the $27.95 top end, so the range is less than two and a half dollars wide and most of the country pays within fifty cents of the median. Chesterfield is the one menu that does not fit, at $23.95, so the floor here is $25.50, the price ten other stores charge.
| Source | Price |
|---|---|
| 21 official location menus (range) | $25.50–$27.95 |
| 21-menu median | $25.50 |
| Most stores (10 of 21) | $25.50 |
1,770 calories, and where they come from
A plate has 1,770 calories, and the number that matters most sits beside it: the sodium is 3,230mg, more than the full 2,400mg daily reference value in a single plate. The fat is 103g with 920 calories from fat and 37g of saturated fat, the cholesterol is 215mg, and the protein is 67g. The carbohydrates are 146g with 13g of fiber and 24g of sugar, and the trans fat is 2g. So this is a heavy plate on salt first and calories second, not a light lunch that happens to be spicy. Against the other pastas it sits in the middle: Evelyn's Favorite is 1,270, Four Cheese is 1,280, Pasta Da Vinci is 1,540, Fettuccini Alfredo is 1,930, Pasta Carbonara is 2,030, and Louisiana Chicken Pasta is 2,270. The lunch portion is 1,290 calories, which is 480 fewer than dinner. The nutrition page carries the chipotle pasta nutrition numbers in full, fat through protein, for anyone who wants the whole row.
| Measure | Per plate |
|---|---|
| Calories | 1,770 |
| Calories from fat | 920 |
| Total fat | 103g |
| Saturated fat | 37g |
| Trans fat | 2g |
| Cholesterol | 215mg |
| Sodium | 3,230mg |
| Carbohydrates | 146g |
| Fiber | 13g |
| Sugar | 24g |
| Protein | 67g |
Gluten-free saves you 20 calories
This pasta carries the Gluten Free Upon Request marker on all 21 menus checked, and the gluten-free preparation is 1,750 calories, which is 20 fewer than the standard 1,770. That is the whole story, and it is worth saying plainly, because 20 calories is almost nothing: the sauce and the chicken carry this plate, not the penne, so swapping the pasta barely moves the number. The lunch version tells the same story, 1,270 calories gluten-free against 1,290 standard, again 20 fewer. Compare that with Evelyn's Favorite Pasta, where the gluten-free preparation runs 120 calories lighter, and you can see how little the swap matters here. If you need gluten-free, order it that way and know the plate is nearly identical. If you were ordering it gluten-free to save calories, do not, because the saving is not there. See the marked dishes on the gluten-free menu if you want the full list of what the kitchen will adapt.
Lunch, Happy Hour, and the smaller plate
There is a lunch portion, and there is no Happy Hour version. The lunch plate is 1,290 calories, which is 480 fewer than the 1,770-calorie dinner, and it is listed in the Lunch Pasta selection at every location checked. What does not exist is a per-item lunch price: the lunch menu charges one section price for the whole Lunch Pasta selection, and that number is not this dish's price, so this page does not quote it. Order the lunch portion by asking for the lunch size, and expect the dinner price range to be the only published number. Happy Hour has nothing for this plate: the pasta is absent from that menu entirely, so no hour of the day discounts it.
Frequently asked questions about Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta
A plate runs $25.50 to $27.95, and most of the country pays the $25.50 median, since ten stores charge the low end and only two charge the $27.95 top.
One plate is 1,770 calories, and the lunch plate is 1,290, so the smaller portion saves you 480 calories.
Penne pasta, honey-glazed chicken, asparagus, red and yellow peppers, peas, garlic and onion in a spicy chipotle parmesan cream sauce.
It carries the Gluten Free Upon Request marker on the official menu, and the gluten-free preparation is 1,750 calories.
Yes. The lunch portion is 1,290 calories, but no per-item lunch price is published.
No. This pasta never shows up on the Happy Hour menu, so the dinner range of $25.50 to $27.95 is the only published price.
Yes. The chipotle parmesan cream sauce carries the heat, balanced by the honey-glazed chicken.
Sweet heat at $25.50 to $27.95: worth ordering?
Sweet heat is the whole idea: honey-glazed chicken pulling against a chipotle cream sauce, $25.50 to $27.95 for 1,770 calories, with 3,230mg of sodium doing quiet damage behind the sweetness. It sits between two clearer choices, Alfredo is the plain cream one and Louisiana is the real fire, so this is the middle plate for people who want both at once, not the plate for either end.