Food calories · USDA data
Calories in a chocolate chip cookie
63 calories
in 1 cookie, 12.9 g
- Protein
- 0.7 g
- Carbs
- 8.4 g
- Fat
- 3.2 g
- Fiber
- 0.3 g
A chocolate chip cookie has 63 calories. That is USDA's figure for 1 cookie, which weighs 12.9 g. Per 100 g, chocolate chip cookie has 492 calories.
Most of its calories (52%) come from carbohydrate, with fat next at 44%.
It takes 20 g of chocolate chip cookie to reach 100 calories, which is about 1.6 × 1 cookie.
Calories by portion
| Portion | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cookie | 12.9 g | 63 | 0.7 g | 8.4 g | 3.2 g |
| 1 cookie (average weight of 1 cookie, variety of brands) | 12.2 g | 60 | 0.6 g | 8 g | 3 g |
| 1 cookie, medium (2-1/4" dia) | 10 g | 49 | 0.5 g | 6.5 g | 2.5 g |
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | 139 | 1.4 g | 18.5 g | 7 g |
| 100 g | 100 g | 492 | 5.1 g | 65.4 g | 24.7 g |
Portion weights are USDA's own. Your chocolate chip cookie may weigh more or less; for an exact number, weigh it and enter the grams in the food calorie lookup.
Where the calories come from
- Protein: 4% of calories (5.1 g per 100 g)
- Carbohydrate: 52% (65.4 g per 100 g, of which 2 g fiber)
- Fat: 44% (24.7 g per 100 g)
Shares use the general factors of 4 calories per gram of protein and carbohydrate and 9 per gram of fat, so they can differ a little from USDA's calorie figure. Daily Values are the FDA's adult Daily Values.
Compared with similar foods
Weight for weight, chocolate cake has the fewest calories of these four (389 per 100 g) and chocolate chip cookie the most (492).
| Per 100 g | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate chip cookie | 492 | 5.1 g | 65.4 g | 24.7 g |
| Donut | 434 | 5.3 g | 47.1 g | 24.9 g |
| Glazed donut | 421 | 6.1 g | 47.9 g | 22.7 g |
| Chocolate cake | 389 | 3.5 g | 52.8 g | 20.1 g |
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Questions people ask
How many calories is in a chocolate chip cookie?
A chocolate chip cookie has 63 calories. USDA weighs 1 cookie at 12.9 g, and chocolate chip cookie has 492 calories per 100 g.
How much protein does a chocolate chip cookie have?
1 cookie (12.9 g) has 0.7 g of protein, 1% of the 50 g Daily Value. Per 100 g it is 5.1 g.
How many carbs does a chocolate chip cookie have?
1 cookie has 8.4 g of carbohydrate, including 0.3 g of fiber, and 3.2 g of fat.
Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (2018). USDA entry: Cookies, chocolate chip, commercially prepared, regular, higher fat, enriched (FDC ID 172716). Values are averages; a packaged food's label may differ.