How many calories are in cherries with the pits?
A cup of sweet cherries measured with the pits still in weighs 138 g once you spit them out, and that cup is 87 calories. Per 100 g, raw cherries run 63 calories. A single cherry is about 5. Cherries are one of the rare fruits where the pits genuinely change the math.
You'd need to walk about 17 minutes to burn the 87 calories in a 1-cup serving with pits (138 g).
How long does it take to burn off cherries with pit?
A 1-cup serving with pits (138 g) is 87 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 87 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 17 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 11 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 12 min |
| Jogging | 10 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 19 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 (138 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Cherries with pits quick facts
- US servings, from one cherry to a full cup
- Sour, canned, frozen and dried cherries
- Fiber and potassium, with no added sugar
- How do cherries compare?
- Most popular cherries brands
- Cherries FAQs
Cherries with pits quick facts
The record behind every number here is SR Legacy 171719, "Cherries, sweet, raw". It is the only USDA entry for plain fresh sweet cherries, and it carries exactly the household measure people actually use at the counter: 1 cup with pits, yields 138 g. That phrasing matters. You fill the cup with whole cherries, pits and all, and what you end up eating is 138 g of fruit.
Canned cherries, maraschino cherries and pie filling are separate foods with their own records, and they show up further down rather than being blended into this one.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup with pits (138 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 63 | 87 | — |
| Total fat | 0.2 g | 0.3 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0.038 g | 0.1 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 16.01 g | 22.1 g | 8% |
| Dietary fiber | 2.1 g | 2.9 g | 10% |
| Total sugars | 12.82 g | 17.7 g | — |
| Protein | 1.06 g | 1.5 g | 3% |
| Sodium | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0% |
% 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 →
There is no added sugars row above because the SR Legacy edition does not carry that nutrient for raw fruit, and for fresh cherries the answer is zero anyway: every gram of the 17.7 g is sugar the tree put there. Two more rows worth knowing: cholesterol is 0 mg, and potassium is 222 mg per 100 g, which works out to 306 mg in the cup, or 7% of the Daily Value.
US servings, from one cherry to a full cup
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cherry, with pit | 8.2 g | 5 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28.4 g | 18 kcal |
| 10 cherries | 82 g | 52 kcal |
| 1 cup with pits, yields | 138 g | 87 kcal |
| 1 NLEA serving | 140 g | 88 kcal |
| 1 cup, pitted | 154 g | 97 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 63 kcal |
The one-cherry weight, both cup measures and the NLEA serving are USDA household measures attached to record 171719. The ounce and the ten-cherry line are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings: 8.2 g per cherry times ten is 82 g, and 82 g of cherries is 52 calories.
Now the trap, and it is a real one. A cup measured with pits yields 138 g. A cup of already-pitted cherries holds 154 g. Same cup, same fruit, 16 g and 10 calories apart, because in the first cup the pits are taking up space that fruit occupies in the second. If you pit a bowl of cherries and then measure, log the 97, not the 87. If you eat straight from the bag and spit as you go, 87 is your number.
Sour, canned, frozen and dried cherries
Only the sour cherries, raw and frozen, come in lighter per serving than fresh sweet ones. Everything that happens to a cherry after picking either dilutes it with water or concentrates it with sugar.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweet cherries, raw, weighed with pits | 63 kcal | 1 cup with pits (138 g) | 87 kcal |
| Sour (tart) cherries, raw | 50 kcal | 1 cup with pits (103 g) | 52 kcal |
| Sweet cherries, canned in juice | 54 kcal | 1 cup, pitted (250 g) | 135 kcal |
| Sweet cherries, canned in heavy syrup | 83 kcal | 1 cup (253 g) | 210 kcal |
| Sour cherries, frozen, unsweetened | 46 kcal | 1 cup, unthawed (155 g) | 71 kcal |
| Dried tart cherries, sweetened | 333 kcal | 1/4 cup (40 g) | 133 kcal |
The heavy-syrup can is the line to watch: 210 calories in a cup against 87 for the same volume of fresh, roughly 2.4 times, and the fruit itself never changed. Canning in juice is gentler at 135 for a bigger 250 g cup, and water-packed cherries actually come in lighter than fresh at 46 calories per 100 g, since some of what you scoop is water.
Dried tart cherries are the sharpest jump of all. At 333 calories per 100 g they are more than five times fresh cherries, and a quarter cup of 40 g is 133 calories. That single small scoop beats a whole cup of fresh fruit.
Frozen is the honest middle. The plain frozen bags on US shelves, from Cascadian Farm, Wyman's, Shurfine, Spartan and Wild Harvest, land between 57 and 64 calories per 100 g, which puts them right alongside fresh. They are all sold pitted, so a frozen cup weighs like a pitted cup, not a with-pits cup.
Fiber and potassium, with no added sugar
The row most people skip is fiber. One cup of cherries carries 2.9 g, which is 10% of the FDA Daily Value of 28 g, from 87 calories. Very few sweet things pay that rate. Potassium adds 306 mg, another 7% of the DV, and sodium is a flat 0 mg, which makes cherries one of the few snack foods that need no label check at all if you are watching sodium.
The 17.7 g of sugar in a cup looks like a lot written down, and it is worth being precise about what it is. All of it is naturally occurring, so none of it counts against the added sugars limit on the Nutrition Facts label. The comparison that matters is with dried and canned cherries, where sweeteners and syrup push the same fruit into a different category.
MyPlate counts a cup of cherries as one cup of fruit toward the 1.5 to 2 cups most adults are advised to eat in a day, so a with-pits cup covers a solid half of that for under 90 calories.
How do cherries compare?
| Fruit | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherries, sweet, raw | 63 kcal | 1 cup with pits (138 g) | 87 kcal |
| Blueberries, raw | 57 kcal | 1 cup (148 g) | 84 kcal |
| Grapes, red or green, raw | 69 kcal | 1 cup (151 g) | 104 kcal |
| Plums, raw | 46 kcal | 1 cup, sliced (165 g) | 76 kcal |
Our take: cherries and blueberries are effectively a tie by the cup, 87 against 84, and plums come in lightest at 76 while filling the biggest cup of the four. Grapes are the outlier at 104, because they pack more fruit into the same measure and run denser at 69 calories per 100 g against 63. If you are choosing a bowl to sit next to a movie, cherries have a built-in advantage none of the others do: the pits slow you down and leave evidence of how much you ate. For a sweet snack under 100 calories, cherries and blueberries are interchangeable; grapes cost you an extra 17 calories a cup for the same volume of fruit.
Most popular cherries 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) |
|---|---|
| Cascadian Farm Premium Organic Cherries | 63 cal |
| Wyman's Dark Sweet & Red Tart Cherries | 57 cal |
| Shurfine Unsweetened Dark Sweet Cherries | 64 cal |
| Spartan Pitted Dark Sweet Cherries | 64 cal |
| Wild Harvest Organic Dark Sweet Cherries | 64 cal |
| Private Selection Frozen Handpicked Dark Sweet Cherries | 77 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Cherries FAQs
How many calories are in cherries with the pits?
87 calories for a 1-cup serving that yields 138 g of fruit once the pits are out. Raw sweet cherries are 63 calories per 100 g. The pits themselves carry nothing you eat, so measuring with them in simply means less fruit fits in the cup.
How many calories in 10 cherries?
About 52 calories. USDA puts one sweet cherry at 8.2 g, so ten come to 82 g, and that multiplication is our own arithmetic from the 100 g figure, not a USDA serving. Ten cherries is roughly a small handful, about three fifths of a measured cup.
How much does a cherry pit weigh?
USDA does not publish a weight for the pit itself, so we won't invent one. What it does publish is the gap it creates: a cup measured with pits yields 138 g of fruit, while a cup of already-pitted cherries holds 154 g. That's 16 g, or 10 calories.
Is a cup of cherries with pits the same as a cup of pitted cherries?
No, 87 calories versus 97. A cup filled with whole cherries yields 138 g of edible fruit, while a cup of pitted cherries packs 154 g into the same volume. If you log one cup after pitting a bowl, you're eating about 10 calories more than the with-pits entry.
How much sugar is in cherries?
17.7 g of total sugars in a 138 g cup, or 12.82 g per 100 g. None of it is added sugar, and SR Legacy doesn't list added sugars for raw fruit because there aren't any. That sugar arrives with 2.9 g of fiber, which is what separates fresh cherries from dried.
Do sour cherries have fewer calories than sweet cherries?
Yes, 50 calories per 100 g against 63 for sweet. A cup of raw sour cherries yields 103 g and 52 calories, so it's both a smaller cup and a lighter fruit. Sour cherries also carry 8.49 g of sugar per 100 g versus 12.82 g in sweet.
Are canned cherries higher in calories than fresh?
Heavy syrup, yes: 210 calories for a 253 g cup, 2.4 times a cup of fresh at 87. Water-packed cherries are lighter than fresh at 46 calories per 100 g, and juice-packed sit at 54 against 63. The syrup is the variable, not the can.
How many carbs are in a cup of cherries?
22.1 g in a 138 g cup with pits, which is 8% of the Daily Value, and 16.01 g per 100 g. Of that, 17.7 g is sugar and 2.9 g is fiber. A pitted cup of 154 g works out to about 24.7 g by our own arithmetic from the 100 g row.
Similar foods
- Bartlett Pear — 112 cal per medium pear
- Bing Cherries — 97 cal per cup without pits
- Kiwi — 42 cal per medium kiwi
- Mango — 99 cal per cup pieces
- Fruit cup — 89 cal per cup
- Gala Apple — 98 cal per medium apple
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the bowl and BodyPal counts the cherries for you, pits or no pits.
