How many calories are in honeycomb?
A 1 oz piece of honeycomb, wax and honey together, carries 83 calories. Per 100 g the comb runs 291 calories. It is close to pure carbohydrate: 21.9 g in that ounce, with no fat, no protein and no sodium declared on the label. The tablespoon most people picture is smaller, at 64.
You'd need to walk about 17 minutes to burn the 83 calories in a 1 oz (28.4 g) piece.
How long does it take to burn off honeycomb?
A 1 oz (28.4 g) piece is 83 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 83 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 17 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 10 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 12 min |
| Jogging | 10 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 18 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 (28.4 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Honeycomb quick facts
- US servings from a tablespoon to a quarter cup
- Honeycomb candy cereal and chocolate bars
- What the honeycomb label leaves out
- How does honeycomb compare?
- Most popular honeycomb brands
- FAQ
Honeycomb quick facts
Comb honey is sold by the jar and the box, not by the USDA reference table, so the number here comes from a real US label: FoodData Central 1548920, "Honeycomb in Honey" from Prairie Rock Honey Co. USDA's Foundation and SR Legacy sets have no entry for a cut piece of comb, and the branded record is the only one whose figures hold together: 77.27 g of carbohydrate at 291 calories per 100 g is what sugar plus wax should weigh out to.
That matters because the other comb labels in the database do not agree with each other. One declares 119.05 g of carbohydrate per 100 g, which is impossible. Another lists the same 80.95 g of carbohydrate as its neighbor but half the energy. Those records are listed further down as brand context, never averaged into the main number.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 oz (28.4 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 291 | 83 | — |
| Total fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 77.27 g | 21.9 g | 8% |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| 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 →
Three rows you would expect on a US Nutrition Facts panel are missing above: saturated fat, dietary fiber and total sugars. The label for pressed comb declares only calories, fat, carbohydrate, protein and sodium, so there is nothing to print for the rest and nothing was borrowed from another record to fill the gap. Cholesterol and potassium are not declared either.
US servings from a tablespoon to a quarter cup
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tbsp, the label serving | 22 g | 64 kcal |
| 1 oz piece | 28.4 g | 83 kcal |
| 2 tbsp | 44 g | 128 kcal |
| Quarter-cup piece | 88 g | 256 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 291 kcal |
Only the first row is a manufacturer's serving. The 2 tbsp and quarter-cup lines are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, and the 1 oz row is the same scaling rounded to the ounce people weigh on a kitchen scale.
Here is the trap. Comb honey is not spooned, it is cut. The label anchors you to 22 g and 64 calories, but the wedge that comes off a whole frame and lands on a cheese board is closer to a quarter cup at 88 g, which is 256 calories by the same label. That is four tablespoons of arithmetic hiding inside one piece, and it is the single biggest reason honeycomb gets logged low.
One more quirk of this food: the wax is counted. The 291 per 100 g covers comb and honey as sold, and beeswax passes through largely undigested. Chew a piece and spit the wax out and you absorb less than the number on the page. Weigh what you actually swallow if you want the tighter figure.
Honeycomb candy cereal and chocolate bars
"Honeycomb" is one word covering at least four unrelated foods in the US, and their calorie counts are nowhere near each other.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comb honey, the real thing | 291 kcal | 1 oz (28.4 g) | 83 kcal |
| Honeycomb candy with peanut butter | 473 kcal | 1 serving (40 g) | 189 kcal |
| POST Honeycomb cereal | 394 kcal | 1.5 cups (32 g) | 126 kcal |
| Milk chocolate honeycomb | 467 kcal | 2 pieces (30 g) | 140 kcal |
| Dark chocolate honeycomb bar | 475 kcal | 1.4 oz (40 g) | 190 kcal |
| Honeycomb frozen dessert | 295 kcal | half cup (105 g) | 310 kcal |
| Menudo with honeycomb tripe | 76 kcal | 1 cup (236 g) | 179 kcal |
The candy is the one that catches people out. A 40 g serving of honey-combed candy with peanut butter is 189 calories, more than double the 83 in a 1 oz piece of real comb, and it brings 20.18 g of fat and 5.74 g of saturated fat per 100 g that comb honey does not have at all. The cereal shares the name and nothing else: 553 mg of sodium per 100 g, against zero in the comb.
The frozen dessert deserves a note too. At 295 calories per 100 g it looks almost identical to comb honey, but a half-cup scoop weighs 105 g, so the serving lands at 310. Density and portion pull in opposite directions here, and portion wins.
Menudo made with honeycomb tripe is the outlier at the other end: 76 calories per 100 g and 179 in a full cup of soup. Same word, completely different aisle.
What the honeycomb label leaves out
Per ounce, honeycomb delivers 8% of the Daily Value for carbohydrate and 0% for fat, protein and sodium. The FDA Daily Values that produce those percentages are set against a 2,000-calorie day, and this is one of the rare foods where three of the five declared lines sit at zero.
What is not there is more interesting. There is no total sugars figure on this label and no added sugars figure either, so no %DV against the 50 g added-sugars Daily Value can be printed on this page. That is a real gap rather than an oversight on our side, and honey products in general are worth reading carefully if you are tracking sugars. MyPlate treats sweeteners as calories to spend deliberately rather than a food group of their own, which is the practical way to think about a cheese board wedge.
The brand spread is the other thing a single number hides. Across five US comb labels the range runs from 157 to 333 calories per 100 g. Melissa's declares 333, Palermo and Honey Pacifica 286 each, Stonewall Kitchen 157. If the jar in front of you has a panel, that panel beats this page.
How does honeycomb compare?
| Food | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeycomb, comb honey | 291 kcal | 1 oz (28.4 g) | 83 kcal |
| Melissa's Honeycomb | 333 kcal | 1 tbsp (21 g) | 70 kcal |
| POST Honeycomb cereal | 394 kcal | 1.5 cups (32 g) | 126 kcal |
| Honeycomb candy with peanut butter | 473 kcal | 1 serving (40 g) | 189 kcal |
Our take: comb honey is the lightest of the four per 100 g, and only Melissa's comes in lighter per serving, at 70 calories on a 21 g tablespoon against 83 in a 1 oz piece. For weight loss, treat honeycomb as a 60 to 85 calorie garnish and cut the piece before it hits the plate, not after. For staying full it is the wrong tool entirely, since there is no protein, no fat and no fiber on the label to slow anything down. If you want the honeycomb flavor in something that lasts longer than two minutes, the cereal buys you 1.5 cups for 126 calories, but it also brings sodium the comb never had.
Most popular honeycomb 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) |
|---|---|
| Prairie Rock Honey Co Honeycomb in Honey | 291 cal |
| Melissa's Honeycomb | 333 cal |
| Palermo Premium Honeycomb | 286 cal |
| Honey Pacifica Pure Virgin Sage Honeycomb | 286 cal |
| Stonewall Kitchen Honeycomb | 157 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Honeycomb FAQs
How many calories are in honeycomb?
A 1 oz piece of comb honey has 83 calories, working out to 291 calories per 100 g on the USDA branded label for Honeycomb in Honey. Almost all of it is carbohydrate at 77.27 g per 100 g, with fat, protein and sodium all declared as zero on the panel.
How many calories in a tablespoon of honeycomb?
One tablespoon is 64 calories at the label serving size of 22 g. That is the smallest realistic portion of this food, and it is the number the manufacturer prints. Cut a wedge instead of spooning it and you can easily reach a quarter cup, 88 g, which is 256 calories by the same label.
How many carbs are in honeycomb?
A 1 oz piece has 21.9 g of carbohydrate, which is 8% of the Daily Value. Per 100 g the figure is 77.27 g, and a 22 g tablespoon works out to about 17 g by our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g number. The label does not break that total down into sugars.
Does honeycomb have protein or fat?
Neither, according to the label: 0 g of protein and 0 g of fat per 100 g and per serving, both 0% of the Daily Value. Sodium is 0 mg as well. Honeycomb is a carbohydrate food with wax around it, which is why the panel is so short compared with most sweets.
Is honeycomb healthier than honey?
At 291 calories per 100 g, comb honey is honey with wax around it, so the sugar arriving on your plate is the same kind. No USDA row for liquid honey is cited on this page, so no calorie comparison is given here. The practical difference is portion: comb is cut, not poured.
Can you eat the wax in honeycomb?
Yes, and the 83 calories in a 1 oz piece already include it, because the label covers comb and honey as sold. Beeswax is largely indigestible and passes through, so if you chew a piece and spit the wax out, what you absorb is lower than the printed figure.
How many calories in honeycomb candy?
A 40 g serving of honey-combed candy with peanut butter is 189 calories, or 473 per 100 g in the USDA record. That is more than double a 1 oz piece of real comb honey, and it adds 20.18 g of fat, 5.74 g of saturated fat and 174 mg of sodium per 100 g.
How many calories in Honeycomb cereal?
A 1.5 cup bowl of POST Honeycomb cereal is 126 calories dry, at 394 per 100 g. It also carries 553 mg of sodium per 100 g, roughly 177 mg in that bowl by our own arithmetic, plus 6.01 g of protein and 3.2 g of fiber per 100 g. Milk is extra.
Similar foods
- Wonton wrapper — 23 cal per wonton wrapper
- Cheeseburger — 488 cal per cheeseburger
- Honey — 64 cal per tablespoon
- Condensed Milk — 122 cal per 2 tbsp
- Maple Syrup — 216 cal for 1/4 cup
- Gouda cheese — 75 cal per slice
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the board and BodyPal counts the piece of comb for you, wax and all.
