How Many Calories in a Chocolate Chip Cookie? From 52 to 353
One chocolate chip cookie can mean 52 calories or 353 — a sevenfold gap. The small biscuit from a packet weighs about 11 g; the bakery slab weighs 75 g, and both come from dough that runs 471 kcal per 100 g. How many calories in a chocolate chip cookie is really a question about grams.
You'd need to walk about 10 minutes to burn the 52 calories in a small 11 g packet biscuit.
How long does it take to burn off a chocolate chip cookie?
A small 11 g packet biscuit is 52 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb
| Activity | Time to burn 52 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 10 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 6 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 7 min |
| Jogging | 6 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 12 min |
Times are for a 154 lb (11 st) adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (11 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Chocolate chip cookie nutrition facts
- Calories by cookie size
- American-style cookies
- How does a chocolate chip cookie compare?
- The soft cookie myth
- Most popular chocolate chip cookie brands
- FAQ
Chocolate chip cookie nutrition facts
| Nutrient | Per small cookie (11 g) | Per 100 g | RI% (per 100 g) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 52 kcal / 218 kJ | 471 kcal / 1,971 kJ | 24% |
| Protein | 0.6 g | 5.4 g | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 6.6 g | 60.0 g | 23% |
| Fat | 2.7 g | 24.9 g | 36% |
| — of which saturates | 1.3 g | 12.2 g | 61% |
| Fibre | 0.3 g | 3.0 g | 10% |
| Sugar | 3.3 g | 30.0 g | 33% |
| Salt | 0.08 g | 0.74 g | 12% |
RI = reference intake of an average adult (8,400 kJ / 2,000 kcal).
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from CoFID, the UK government’s Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified August 2026. How we verify our data →
Note the saturates: 100 g of cookie carries 61% of a day's reference intake, mostly from the butter. And the dough is a third sugar by weight, which is why the NHS free sugars limit of 30 g a day disappears fast once cookies get large.
Calories by cookie size
The recipe is nearly constant. The scale is not.
- Small packet biscuit (~11 g): 52 kcal and 3.3 g of sugar. Two with a cup of tea is 104 calories — an honest, budgetable treat.
- Bakery cookie (~75 g): 353 kcal and around 22.5 g of sugar — three quarters of the NHS daily free sugars limit in a single item.
Same name, same chips, seven times the calories. When you log "a chocolate chip cookie", the only question that matters is which of these two objects you're holding. If it filled your palm, it wasn't the 52 one.
American-style cookies
The soft, chewy American-style cookie measures about 440 kcal per 100 g — slightly lighter than the standard crunchy biscuit's 471, thanks to the moisture that keeps it soft.
Don't celebrate yet. American-style cookies weigh four to seven times more than a packet biscuit, so a single one lands at 330 calories and up. Per gram the recipe is gentler; per cookie it's a dessert. Grams beat recipes, every time.
How does a chocolate chip cookie compare?
| Treat | Serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate chip cookie (small) | 1 biscuit (11 g) | 52 |
| Chocolate chip cookie (bakery) | 1 cookie (75 g) | 353 |
| Biscoff biscuit | 1 | 38 |
| Bourbon biscuit | 1 | 68 |
| Brownie | 1 piece | ~304 |
| Jam doughnut | 1 | ~241 |
The verdict: as a with-your-tea biscuit, the small chocolate chip cookie at 52 sits comfortably between a Biscoff and a bourbon — pick whichever you enjoy. The bakery cookie is a different animal: at 353 it out-eats a brownie and a jam doughnut, so treat it as pudding, not a biscuit.
The soft cookie myth
"Soft-baked means lighter" gets the numbers backwards. Softness comes from moisture, and moisture does make the dough lighter per gram — 440 kcal per 100 g against 471 for crunchy. But soft cookies are baked big; that's the format. A 330-calorie soft cookie versus a 52-calorie crunchy biscuit is not a contest the texture wins.
The reliable rule: judge a cookie by its weight, never by its bite.
Most popular chocolate chip cookie brands in the United Kingdom
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United Kingdom, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each label.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Maryland Chocolate Chip Cookies | 483 kcal |
| Maryland Minis | 499 kcal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels.
Chocolate chip cookie FAQs
How many calories in a bakery chocolate chip cookie?
About 353 calories for a typical 75 g bakery cookie, based on 471 kcal per 100 g. It also carries roughly 22.5 g of sugar — three quarters of the NHS daily free sugars limit — which is why one bakery cookie is better treated as dessert than as a biscuit.
How many calories in a small chocolate chip biscuit?
52 calories for a standard 11 g packet biscuit, with 3.3 g of sugar and 2.7 g of fat. Two with a cuppa cost 104 calories — one of the cheaper sweet habits going, provided the packet goes back in the cupboard.
How many calories in a Subway-style chain cookie?
Budget around 350: chain cookies sit in the 75 g bakery class, and at 471 kcal per 100 g that lands near 353. Exact figures vary by chain and flavour, so check the counter label — but "roughly a brownie" is the right mental category.
How many calories in cookie dough?
The dough for a 75 g cookie carries the same ~353 calories before it ever meets the oven — baking changes texture, not energy. Gram for gram, raw dough is as calorific as the finished biscuit, which is worth remembering when the spoon visits the bowl.
Are cookies worse than cake?
A bakery cookie at 353 calories out-eats a brownie at about 304, so at that size the cookie is the heavier choice. A small 52-calorie biscuit undercuts any slice of cake easily. It's the portion format, not the category, that decides it.
How much sugar is in a chocolate chip cookie?
The dough is 30% sugar. A small 11 g biscuit holds 3.3 g; a 75 g bakery cookie about 22.5 g, most of a day's 30 g free sugars limit. If you're cutting sugar specifically, cookie size is the single most effective lever on this page.
How many calories in two chocolate chip cookies?
Two small biscuits are 104 calories — still a modest treat. Two bakery cookies are about 706, more than many full meals. Same sentence, two very different afternoons; weigh or eyeball the size before you multiply.
Why do American cookies show fewer calories per 100 g?
Because they're moister: American-style soft cookies run about 440 kcal per 100 g against 471 for crunchy ones, and water carries no calories. Each cookie is far heavier though, so a single soft cookie still costs 330 calories or more.
Similar foods
- Cupcake — 470 kcal per 100 g frosted
- Krispy Kreme — 225 kcal an Original Glazed
- Brownie — ~304 kcal per square
- Flapjack — 260 kcal a slice
- Doughnut — 413 kcal per 100 g iced ring
- Greggs Yum Yum — 310 kcal each
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