Butter mint calories come to 40 for 3 mints (11 g) and 364 per 100 g, based on the packaged label. The thing to notice: every one of those calories comes from sugar. There is no protein and no fat, so the count depends entirely on how many you take from the dish.
40kcal
1 serving of 3 mints · 11 g, packaged, per label
0%protein
0 gProtein
10 gCarbs
0 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Packaged, per label · per 11 g
Calories
40 kcal
Protein
0 g
Carbohydrate
10 g
Fat
0 g
Sodium
5 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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Butter mint: calories, protein and sodium by serving
Percent of daily value uses the FDA reference of 2,000 kcal a day.
Serving
kcal
Protein
Carbs
Fat
Sodium
% DV kcal
3 mints (11 g)
40
0 g
10 g
0 g
5 mg
2%
12 pieces (15 g)
60
0 g
14 g
0 g
15 mg
3%
100 g
364
0 g
90.9 g
0 g
45 mg
18%
3 × 3 mints (11 g)
120
0 g
15 mg
5 × 3 mints (11 g)
200
0 g
25 mg
Three mints are a 40-calorie habit
The label serving is 3 mints (11 g) at 40 calories, which is 2% of a 2000-calorie daily value. That is a small number on its own, and it is the reason butter mints feel harmless. Some brands list a different serving: 12 pieces (15 g) comes to 60 calories, because those pieces are much smaller. Check which serving your bag uses before you log it.
The total climbs in neat steps because the mints are uniform. Two servings, 22 g, are 80 calories. Three servings, 33 g, reach 120. Five servings, 55 g, add up to 200 calories, which is about the same as a full snack and still contains nothing but sugar.
The risk is not one serving. It is the bowl by the register, the wedding favor, the candy dish on a coworker's desk. Nobody counts the mints they pick up while talking, and that is where 40 calories quietly becomes 120 or 200.
Every calorie is sugar
The calorie split is as simple as food gets: 100% carbs, 0% protein, 0% fat. Per 100 g, butter mints carry 90.9 g of carbohydrate, and all 90.9 g of it is sugar. In one serving of 3 mints, that means 10 g of carbs and 10 g of sugars. The name says butter, but the fat row reads 0.
This matters for how the mints behave in your day. Protein and fat slow eating down and make a snack feel like something. Butter mints have neither, so they dissolve, taste sweet for a moment, and leave you no fuller than before. They do not replace anything; they only add.
That makes them easy to account for and easy to forget. If you track carbs or sugar, each 3-mint serving is a clean 10 g to log. If you only track calories, the count is just as straightforward, as long as you know how many you actually ate.
Sugar is the row to watch, not sodium
Sodium is close to nothing here. Three mints contain 5 mg, which rounds to 0% of the daily value. Even a full 100 g only reaches 45 mg, or 2% of the daily value. If you watch salt, butter mints are not where it comes from.
Sugar is the number that stands out. At 90.9 g per 100 g, butter mints are almost pure sugar by weight, which is typical for a pressed or pulled mint candy. A handful of 5 servings, 55 g, is 200 calories and roughly five times the 10 g of sugar listed for a single serving.
The practical takeaway is to treat butter mints like any other hard candy. One serving is small, and the label is honest about it. The amount you eat over a few hours is what decides whether they matter.
Best as a deliberate after-dinner sweet
Butter mints work best as a planned finish to a meal rather than a grazing snack. Take one serving, put the bag away, and the cost stays at 40 calories. Eating them after a meal with protein and fiber means the sweet note comes on top of something filling instead of standing in for it.
If you want a mint mainly to freshen your breath, one or two pieces does the job as well as a handful. If you want something sweet that also holds you until the next meal, a mint is the wrong tool, since it brings 0 g of protein and 0 g of fat.
Brands such as Kroger Butter Mints, Katharine Beecher Butter Mints, Richardson White Butter Mints and Nice! Butter Mints all sell the same basic candy, with serving sizes that differ by piece size. BodyPal can log butter mints from a photo of the pieces or the package, which helps when the dish is the problem.
How does butter mint compare?
Here is how butter mints stack up against Andes mints, butter cookies and butter biscuits, per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For the fewest calories per gram among the sweets, butter mints win at 364 per 100 g against 432 for Andes mint and 467 for butter cookie. If you want a single small treat, one Andes mint at 36 calories or one butter cookie at 23 is a tighter portion than 3 butter mints at 40.
Most popular butter mint brands in the United States
Ranked by popularity in the BodyPal database
# Productkcal / 100 g
1Kroger Butter Mints3 pieces · 11 g364 kcal
2Food Club Butter Mints Candies7 pieces · 14 g429 kcal
3Katharine Beecher Butter Mints Made With Creamy Butter4 pieces · 15 g400 kcal
4Party Sweets Flag Butter Mints3 mints · 11 g364 kcal
5Nice! Butter Mints12 pieces · 15 g400 kcal
6Richardson White Butter Mints7 pieces · 14 g429 kcal
A serving of 3 butter mints (11 g) is 40 calories. Per 100 g butter mints are 364 calories.
Are butter mints good for weight loss?
Three mints come to 40 calories, but 100 g of butter mints is 364 calories and 90.9 g of sugar.
Butter mints vs Andes mints: which has fewer calories?
Butter mints are 364 calories per 100 g and Andes mints are 432 calories per 100 g.
How much sugar is in butter mints?
Butter mints are 90.9 g of sugar per 100 g, which is 10 g of sugar in a 3-mint serving (11 g).
What are the nutrition facts for butter mints?
A serving of 3 mints (11 g) has 40 calories, 10 g of carbs, 10 g of sugars, 0 g of fat, 0 g of protein and 5 mg of sodium. Per 100 g that is 364 calories and 90.9 g of sugar.
How many calories are in 12 small butter mint pieces?
Twelve small pieces (15 g) have 60 calories, with 14 g of carbs and 14 g of sugars. That is 3% of a 2000-calorie daily value, and the pieces are smaller than standard butter mints.
How many calories are in a handful of butter mints?
A handful of 5 servings, about 55 g, comes to 200 calories. Three servings (33 g) are 120 calories and two servings (22 g) are 80, so the total climbs quickly from a candy dish.
Do butter mints have any fat or protein?
No. Butter mints list 0 g of fat and 0 g of protein, so 100% of their calories come from carbs. Despite the name, the butter flavor adds no measurable fat on the label.
How much sodium is in butter mints?
Three butter mints have 5 mg of sodium, which is 0% of the daily value. Even 100 g contains only 45 mg, or 2% of the daily value, so sodium is not a concern here.
