How many calories are in a cider donut?
A medium cider donut weighs 54 g and carries 234 calories. Per 100 g the fried cake batter runs 434 calories, one of the densest things in the bakery case. The apple cider in the name changes the flavor, not the math: fat and sugar do almost all of the work here.
You'd need to walk about 47 minutes to burn the 234 calories in one medium donut (54 g).
How long does it take to burn off cider donut?
One medium donut (54 g) is 234 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 234 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 47 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 29 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 33 min |
| Jogging | 28 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 52 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 (54 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Cider donut quick facts
- US servings, from one donut hole to a large
- Glazed, frosted, holes and the big ones
- Saturated fat, not sugar, is the row to watch
- How does a cider donut compare?
- Most popular cider donut brands
- FAQ
Cider donut quick facts
USDA has no record called "apple cider donut." The closest and most complete match is SR Legacy 174990, "Doughnuts, cake-type, plain (includes unsugared, old-fashioned)", which is exactly what a cider donut is: a dense old-fashioned cake batter, fried, then rolled in cinnamon sugar. It is also the only cake-donut row that carries a full nutrient set including sugars, and it comes with seven household measures, so the serving sizes below are USDA's own rather than guesses.
The cider itself is boiled down and folded into the batter in small amounts. It shifts the taste and the color; it does not move the calorie count enough for USDA to treat it as a separate food.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 medium donut (54 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 434 | 234 | — |
| Total fat | 24.93 g | 13.5 g | 17% |
| Saturated fat | 11.11 g | 6.0 g | 30% |
| Carbohydrate | 47.06 g | 25.4 g | 9% |
| Dietary fiber | 1.7 g | 0.9 g | 3% |
| Total sugars | 18.15 g | 9.8 g | — |
| Protein | 5.31 g | 2.9 g | 6% |
| Sodium | 477 mg | 258 mg | 11% |
| Cholesterol | 10 mg | 5 mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 134 mg | 72 mg | 2% |
% 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 →
Two rows you would see on a package are missing here: added sugars and trans fat. USDA does not publish either value for this cake donut record, so we left them out rather than estimate them. That matters for the sugar question — of the 9.8 g of total sugars in one donut, there is no published split between the sugar in the batter and the coating on the outside.
The sodium is easy to underrate. At 258 mg, one donut is about a tenth of a teaspoon of table salt, which is why a cider donut tastes rich rather than flat-out sweet.
US servings, from one donut hole to a large
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 donut hole, mini (1-1/2 in) | 14 g | 61 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28 g | 123 kcal |
| 1 small donut | 40 g | 174 kcal |
| 1 medium donut (3-1/4 in) | 54 g | 234 kcal |
| 1 large donut (4 in) | 71 g | 308 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 434 kcal |
Every weight in that table is a USDA household measure for record 174990, including the ounce, so nothing here is scaled guesswork. The spread is the useful part: the same donut, sized small to large, swings from 174 to 308 calories. That is a 134-calorie gap decided entirely by the diameter of the cutter.
Donut holes look like the safe option and behave like the opposite. One is 61 calories, so four of them — 56 g, which is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure and not a USDA serving — come to 243 calories, more than a full medium donut. They are the same batter fried the same way; the only thing that shrinks is the pause between bites.
Roadside cider mills and supermarket boxes rarely hand you 54 g. USDA Branded labels for apple cider donuts run from 47 g to 75 g: Entenmann's lists 230 calories for a 57 g donut, Walmart's Freshness Guaranteed 190 for a 47 g one, and Wellsley Farms 320 for 75 g. That biggest label serving is about 1.4 times the USDA medium, which is the single most common reason a logged cider donut comes in low.
Glazed, frosted, holes and the big ones
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical piece | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plain cake / cider donut | 434 kcal | 1 medium, 54 g | 234 kcal |
| Sugared or glazed cake donut | 426 kcal | 1 medium 3 in, 45 g | 192 kcal |
| Chocolate-frosted cake donut | 452 kcal | 1 medium 3 in, 43 g | 194 kcal |
| Cider donut holes | 434 kcal | 1 mini, 14 g | 61 kcal |
| Cake donut stick or twist | 434 kcal | 1 stick, 52 g | 226 kcal |
| Large cider donut (4 in) | 434 kcal | 1 large, 71 g | 308 kcal |
The glazed row is the surprise. A sugar or glaze coating does not make the donut heavier per gram — it makes it lighter, 426 calories per 100 g against 434 for the plain old-fashioned. Glaze is mostly sugar and water, so it pushes carbohydrate up from 47.06 g to 50.8 g per 100 g while diluting the fat from 24.93 g down to 22.9 g. Fat carries more calories per gram than sugar does, so the trade lands slightly in the glazed donut's favor.
Chocolate-frosted is the densest of the three at 452 calories per 100 g, with 26.65 g of total sugars and 13.47 g of saturated fat per 100 g. It still lands at only 194 calories a piece because the USDA record for it is a smaller 43 g donut.
The stick or twist weight of 52 g is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a USDA household measure, since the plain cake record does not list a stick. Treat it as a medium donut in a different shape.
Saturated fat, not sugar, is the row to watch
Most people brace for the sugar in a donut and get the wrong number. One medium cider donut delivers 6.0 g of saturated fat, which is 30% of the Daily Value on the FDA Nutrition Facts label, against 9% for its carbohydrate and 11% for its sodium. The saturated fat percentage is more than three times the carbohydrate percentage in the same donut.
That is the cost of deep-frying a cake batter. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend keeping saturated fat under 10% of daily calories, and a single cider donut spends nearly a third of the 20 g Daily Value that limit is built on. Two donuts with coffee, a normal Saturday at an orchard, puts you at 60% before lunch.
Protein and fiber do nothing to slow it down: 2.9 g and 0.9 g respectively, which is why a donut leaves a mid-morning gap that a same-calorie bowl of oatmeal would not. MyPlate files this kind of food under refined grains with added fats and sugars — a small slice of the day rather than the base of it. If you're watching saturated fat specifically, the glazed cake donut is genuinely the better pick at 5.93 g per 100 g against 11.11 g here.
How does a cider donut compare?
| Donut | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cider donut, plain cake | 434 kcal | one medium, 54 g | 234 kcal |
| Sugared or glazed cake donut | 426 kcal | one medium 3 in, 45 g | 192 kcal |
| Chocolate-frosted cake donut | 452 kcal | one medium 3 in, 43 g | 194 kcal |
| Cake donut, FNDDS standard | 434 kcal | one donut, 60 g | 260 kcal |
Our take: per gram these four are effectively the same food, spanning just 26 calories per 100 g from the lightest to the heaviest. Everything else in the table is size. The FNDDS row is the identical plain cake donut as our main record, only measured at a 60 g standard serving instead of 54 g, and it lands 26 calories higher for that reason alone. So stop shopping for the "better" donut and weigh the one in your hand: choosing glazed over plain saves you a handful of calories, while choosing a 47 g supermarket donut over a 75 g bakery one saves you 130.
Most popular cider donut 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) |
|---|---|
| Wellsley Farms Apple Cider Donuts | 427 cal |
| Entenmann's Apple Cider Donuts | 404 cal |
| Tiny Apple Store Apple Cider Donut | 455 cal |
| Freshness Guaranteed Apple Cider Donuts | 404 cal |
| De'Leight Apple Cider Donuts | 400 cal |
| Big Y Apple Cider Donuts | 483 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Cider donut FAQs
How many calories are in an apple cider donut?
234 calories for a medium 54 g donut, using the USDA cake-type doughnut record at 434 calories per 100 g. A small 40 g one is 174 and a 4-inch large is 308. Bakery and supermarket donuts often run heavier than the USDA medium, so weigh yours if you can.
How many calories in a cider donut hole?
61 calories for one mini donut hole of 14 g. Four of them, 56 g, come to 243 calories, which is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure of 434 rather than a USDA serving. Holes disappear fast, which is why a small bag outruns a single full-size donut.
Are cider donuts healthier than regular donuts?
Not by the numbers: the plain cake donut record is 434 calories per 100 g against 426 for sugared or glazed and 452 for chocolate-frosted. Fat runs 24.93 g per 100 g here, above the 22.9 g in the glazed row. Cider adds flavor, not a nutrition advantage.
How much sugar is in an apple cider donut?
9.8 g of total sugars in a medium 54 g donut, from 18.15 g per 100 g. USDA does not publish added sugars for this record, so there is no way to split the cinnamon-sugar coating from the sugar in the batter. A large 4-inch donut works out to 12.9 g.
How many carbs are in a cider donut?
25.4 g of carbohydrate in a medium 54 g donut, 9% of the Daily Value, from 47.06 g per 100 g. Fiber is only 0.9 g, so nearly all of it is starch and sugar. The glazed cake donut record is higher per 100 g at 50.8 g of carbohydrate.
Do cider donuts have apple cider in them?
Most do, and the calorie math barely moves: 234 for a medium 54 g donut either way. USDA has no separate apple cider donut record, so the cake-type doughnut row at 434 calories per 100 g is the closest match. Boiled-down cider adds flavor and a little sugar, not a different food.
How many calories in an Entenmann's apple cider donut?
230 calories for one 57 g donut on the USDA Branded label, which works out to 404 calories per 100 g, a touch lighter than the 434 in the generic cake donut record. Wellsley Farms lists 320 for a 75 g donut. Package sizes vary far more than the recipes do.
Are baked cider donuts lower in calories than fried?
USDA does not publish a baked cider donut record, so the only number we can stand behind is the fried one at 434 calories per 100 g. That is 24.93 g of fat per 100 g, 13.5 g in a medium donut, and fat carries more calories per gram than flour or sugar does.
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