How many calories are in Airheads?
Three Airheads mini bars — the serving printed on the multipack — weigh 34 g and carry 140 calories. Per 100 g the taffy runs 412 calories, and the store-brand copy is 424. A single mini bar is 47. Fat barely registers; carbohydrate is the whole story.
You'd need to walk about 28 minutes to burn the 140 calories in three mini bars (34 g).
How long does it take to burn off Airheads?
Three mini bars (34 g) is 140 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 140 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 28 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 18 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 20 min |
| Jogging | 16 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 31 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (34 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Airheads quick facts
- US servings, from one mini bar to a fun-size handful
- Mini bars, store brand and frozen Chillers
- Carbs are the row to watch
- How do Airheads compare?
- Most popular airheads brands
- FAQ
Airheads quick facts
The record priced here is the multipack most people actually pick up: USDA Branded 1527538, "AIRHEADS, MINI BARS, WATERMELON, BLUE RASPBERRY, WHITE MYSTERY, CHERRY", submitted by Perfetti Van Melle USA, the company that makes Airheads, under GTIN 073390010799. Its label serving is three mini bars, 34 g.
That matters because the bag in your hand is not the same object as a full-size bar or a frozen pop, and the three of them land in different places on a calorie sheet. Store-brand and licensed frozen versions get their own rows further down instead of being averaged in.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 3 mini bars (34 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 412 | 140 | — |
| Total fat | 4.41 g | 1.5 g | 2% |
| Carbohydrate | 91.18 g | 31.0 g | 11% |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 44 mg | 15 mg | 1% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Four rows you would expect on a candy page are missing on purpose. USDA Branded does not publish saturated fat, dietary fiber, total sugars or added sugars for this GTIN, so there is nothing to put in those cells and nothing gets borrowed from a second source to fill them. Cholesterol and potassium are absent from the record for the same reason. If you see a site quoting "sugar per Airheads bar" and citing FoodData Central, it is quoting a field that is not in the record.
US servings, from one mini bar to a fun-size handful
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 mini bar | 11.3 g | 47 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.35 g | 117 kcal |
| 3 mini bars, the label serving | 34 g | 140 kcal |
| 6 mini bars, a fun-size handful | 68 g | 280 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 412 kcal |
Only the 34 g row is a USDA serving. The single bar, the ounce and the six-bar handful are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, scaled straight off 412 calories per 100 g.
Here is the trap. Nobody eats three mini bars and stops, because three bars is a small pile that disappears in under a minute. Double it — six bars, 68 g — and you are at 280 calories, which is a full snack rather than a nibble, and the wrapper never showed you that number. If you log Airheads at all, log them by the bar: 47 calories each is easy to count in your head, and it keeps the arithmetic honest when the bag is open on the desk.
The ounce row is useful for a different reason. Candy sold loose from a bulk bin or a movie-theater counter is priced and weighed by the ounce, and one ounce of this taffy is 117 calories — about two and a half mini bars.
Mini bars, store brand and frozen Chillers
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airheads Mini Bars (watermelon, blue raspberry, white mystery, cherry) | 412 kcal | 34 g, 3 bars | 140 kcal |
| Airheads Assorted Mini Bars (strawberry & watermelon, double mystery) | 406 kcal | 32 g, 3 bars | 130 kcal |
| Food Club Airheads Classic Candies, store brand | 424 kcal | 33 g, 3 bars | 140 kcal |
| Airheads Chillers Junior Pops, frozen | 71 kcal | 56 g, 1 pop | 40 kcal |
| Airheads Chillers Patriot Pops, frozen | 71 kcal | 56 g, 1 pop | 40 kcal |
The three taffy rows are the same candy with different flavor mixes and different rounding on the label. Spread across 100 g they sit between 406 and 424 calories, a spread of 18 calories — less than half of one mini bar. Choosing watermelon over strawberry is not a calorie decision.
The frozen line is a genuinely different food. Chillers Junior Pops are water ice at 71 calories per 100 g, so a whole 56 g pop is 40 calories. Per gram that is under a fifth of the taffy, and the pop takes several minutes to eat rather than several seconds.
One more note on the store brand. The Food Club rows carry the Airheads name on a supermarket label, and there are two of them in FoodData Central with the same recipe rounded slightly differently — 424 and 400 calories per 100 g. We priced the higher one, because rounding down a candy number is how logs quietly drift.
Carbs are the row to watch
At 31.0 g per serving, carbohydrate is 11% of the FDA Daily Value of 275 g, and it accounts for essentially all 140 calories. Protein is 0 g, a flat 0% DV. Fat is 1.5 g, 2% DV. Sodium is 15 mg, 1% DV.
That profile has a practical consequence: Airheads do almost nothing to fill you up. There is no protein and no fiber in the record to slow anything down, so the calories arrive fast and leave you where you started. A 140-calorie serving of candy is not a problem in a day that has room for it. A 280-calorie handful eaten instead of lunch is a different trade.
MyPlate has no food group for candy — it sits outside the five groups entirely, in the small allowance left over once the fruit, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy are covered. That is the honest frame for this page. If you want the sweet without the density, the frozen pop at 40 calories is the better pick; if you want the taffy, one bar at 47 calories is a real portion, not a consolation prize.
How do Airheads compare?
| Candy | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airheads Mini Bars | 412 kcal | 34 g, 3 bars | 140 kcal |
| Airheads Assorted Mini Bars | 406 kcal | 32 g, 3 bars | 130 kcal |
| Food Club Airheads Classic Candies | 424 kcal | 33 g, 3 bars | 140 kcal |
| Airheads Chillers Junior Pops | 71 kcal | 56 g, 1 pop | 40 kcal |
Our take: within the taffy, the choice is meaningless — 130 versus 140 calories for three bars is noise, and the store brand costs exactly what the name brand costs. The only decision on this table is taffy or frozen. A Chillers pop is 40 calories against 140 for the label serving of mini bars, 3.5 times less for a bigger piece of food and a longer eat. If you are counting and you want the candy to feel like something, take the pop. If you want the chew, take one mini bar and put the bag away.
Most popular airheads brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Airheads Mini Bars | 412 cal |
| Airheads Assorted Mini Bars | 412 cal |
| Airheads Assorted Mini Bars Strawberry & Watermelon | 406 cal |
| Food Club Airheads Classic Candies | 424 cal |
| Airheads Chillers Junior Pops | 71 cal |
| Airheads Chillers Patriot Pops | 71 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Airheads FAQs
How many calories are in one Airheads bar?
One mini bar is about 47 calories at 11.3 g, scaled from the USDA figure of 412 calories per 100 g. That is our arithmetic, not a USDA serving: the label serving is three bars at 34 g and 140 calories. Counting by the single bar is the easiest way to log them.
How many calories are in three Airheads mini bars?
Three mini bars weigh 34 g and carry 140 calories, which is the serving printed on the multipack and the USDA Branded record for it. Six bars, the size of the handful most people actually take, weigh 68 g and come to 280 calories by the same arithmetic.
How many carbs are in Airheads?
There are 31.0 g of carbohydrate in the 34 g serving of three mini bars, which is 11% of the FDA Daily Value of 275 g. Per 100 g the taffy is 91.18 g carbohydrate. Carbohydrate accounts for practically the whole calorie count, since protein is zero.
How much sugar is in Airheads?
The record gives 91.18 g of carbohydrate per 100 g, or 31.0 g in the 34 g serving, but USDA Branded does not publish total sugars or added sugars for this GTIN, so this page quotes no sugar number rather than borrowing one from elsewhere. Almost none of that carbohydrate is fiber-bearing food.
Are Airheads fat free?
No — the USDA record lists 4.41 g of fat per 100 g, which works out to 1.5 g in the 34 g serving of three mini bars, or 2% of the Daily Value. It is a small number, but the candy is not fat free. Saturated fat is not published for this record.
How many calories are in Airheads Chillers pops?
One 56 g Chillers Junior Pop is 40 calories, from a frozen water-ice record of 71 calories per 100 g. That is 3.5 times less than the 140 calories in the 34 g taffy serving, for a bigger piece of food. The Patriot Pops carry the same numbers.
Are Airheads a lower-calorie candy than chocolate?
Per 100 g the taffy is 412 calories, and this page prices only the USDA Airheads records, so it will not put a number on a chocolate bar it has not checked. What it can say is that the lightest thing sold under the name is the frozen Chillers pop at 71 calories per 100 g.
Are Airheads gluten free?
The USDA record for the mini bars, 412 calories per 100 g, lists calories, fat, carbohydrate, protein and sodium and carries no allergen or gluten statement, so this page cannot answer that from USDA data. The wrapper on the pack you bought is the place to check, since recipes differ by plant and by year.
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Count it without the math
Point the camera at the handful and BodyPal counts the bars for you, wrapper or no wrapper.
