Hostess cupcake calories come to 340 for the two-cake pack (90 g) and 378 per 100 g. The number to notice is sugar: 40 g per pack, next to just 2 g of protein. Nearly all of the energy is carbs and fat, so the pack counts like a dessert, not a snack that tides you over.
340kcal
1 two-pack · 90 g, packaged, per label
2%protein
2 gProtein
59 gCarbs
12 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Packaged, per label · per 90 g
Calories
340 kcal
Protein
2 g
Carbohydrate
59 g
Fat
12 g
Saturated fat
5 g
Cholesterol
10 mg
Sodium
500 mg
Potassium
70 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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Hostess cupcake: 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
Two cakes (90 g)
340
2 g
59 g
12 g
500 mg
17%
100 g
378
2.2 g
65.6 g
13.3 g
556 mg
19%
3 × Two cakes (90 g)
1,021
6 g
1,501 mg
5 × Two cakes (90 g)
1,701
10 g
2,502 mg
The two-pack is a 340-calorie snack
Hostess sells these cupcakes two to a pack, and the label treats both cakes as one serving: 90 g and 340 calories, or 17% of a 2000-calorie daily value. Most people finish the whole pack in one sitting, so that is the honest number to log. A single cake is half of it, if you can stop there.
Totals climb fast once a second pack gets opened. Two packs (180 g) reach 680 calories, three packs (270 g) hit 1,021, and five packs (450 g) land at 1,701. Protein barely moves along the way, going from 4 g to 6 g to 10 g. You get more sugar and fat with each pack, and very little else.
Sodium follows the same curve. One pack has 500 mg, two packs have 1,001 mg and three packs have 1,501 mg. Five packs reach 2,502 mg, which is more than the full daily value for sodium. A box of these on the counter adds up quicker than the small wrapper suggests.
Two thirds of the calories come from carbs
Carbohydrate supplies 67% of the calories, fat supplies 31% and protein just 2%. Per 100 g that works out to 65.6 g of carbs, 13.3 g of fat and 2.2 g of protein. This is a cake built on flour, sugar and fat, and the numbers show it plainly.
Most of those carbs are sugar: 44.4 g per 100 g, or 40 g in the two-pack. Fiber barely registers at 1.1 g per 100 g, which is 1 g per pack. With so little fiber or protein, there is nothing in the cake to slow those carbs down.
The fat side deserves a look too. Saturated fat runs 5.6 g per 100 g, against a daily value of 20 g, so a full 100 g portion uses a real share of it. Cholesterol, by contrast, is low at 11 mg per 100 g, set against a 300 mg daily value. If you track saturated fat, the cupcake matters more than its cholesterol line suggests.
Sodium is the surprise row
A sweet snack is not where most people look for salt, yet the two-pack carries 500 mg of sodium, 22% of the daily value. Per 100 g the figure is 556 mg, or 24%. That is a lot for something that tastes of chocolate and cream filling.
The gap shows up against other cupcakes on BodyPal. A chocolate cupcake has 296 mg of sodium per 100 g, and a plain or frosted cupcake has 313 mg. The Hostess version comes in close to double either one, even though its calories per 100 g are only a little higher.
If you watch sodium, log this pack the way you would log a salty snack, not just as a sweet. One pack on its own is manageable inside a day. Two packs put 1,001 mg on the board before any real meal has been counted, and that leaves far less room for bread, cheese or anything from a can later on.
Treat it as dessert, not a meal
At 340 calories with only 2 g of protein, the two-pack takes up the space of a small meal without doing a meal's job. Protein covers just 4% of the daily value, while calories cover 17%. That mismatch is the clearest reason to file it under treats.
If you want one, a single cake with a glass of milk or a handful of nuts gives you something sweet plus some protein and fat that lasts longer. Saving the second cake for another day halves the hit without giving up the snack. Eating it right after a balanced meal also tends to work better than eating it on an empty stomach in the afternoon.
Logging is simple because the pack is a fixed size and every wrapper weighs the same 90 g. BodyPal can log it from a photo of the wrapper or of the cakes on a plate, so the 340 goes into your day without any guessing.
How does hostess cupcake compare?
Here is how the Hostess cupcake stacks up against a chocolate cupcake, a plain cupcake and a cupcake with frosting, per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For the fewest calories pick a chocolate cupcake at 320 per 90 g serving, a bit under the Hostess pack of the same weight. If sodium is your concern, any of the other cupcakes wins clearly at 296 to 313 mg per 100 g, close to half the Hostess figure.
Hostess cupcake FAQs
How many calories are in a Hostess cupcake?
The label serving of two cakes (90 g) is 340 calories, so one cake on its own is 170.
Is a Hostess cupcake good for weight loss?
It is a sugar-heavy snack: the 90 g two-pack carries 340 calories, 40 g of sugar and 12 g of fat, with only 2 g of protein.
Hostess cupcake vs a regular cupcake: which has more calories?
Per 100 g the Hostess cupcake is 378 calories against 359 for a standard cupcake, so they are close, with the packaged one slightly higher.
How much sugar is in a Hostess cupcake?
One cake has about 20 g of sugar and the two-pack serving has 40 g, which comes from 44.4 g of sugar per 100 g.
How many carbs are in a Hostess cupcake?
A two-cake pack of Hostess cupcakes has 59 g of carbohydrates, including 40 g of sugars and 1 g of fiber. Per 100 g that is 65.6 g of carbs, which supply 67% of the calories.
What does the Hostess cupcake nutrition label show?
Per two-cake serving (90 g) the label works out to 340 calories, 12 g of fat, 59 g of carbs, 40 g of sugars, 2 g of protein, 1 g of fiber and 500 mg of sodium.
How much cholesterol and sodium is in a Hostess cupcake?
Per 100 g, a Hostess cupcake has 11 mg of cholesterol and 556 mg of sodium. The two-cake pack carries 500 mg of sodium, 22% of the daily value, while cholesterol stays low against its 300 mg daily value.
Are Hostess cupcakes lower in calories than other cupcakes?
Not really. At 378 calories per 100 g, a Hostess cupcake is slightly denser than a plain cupcake at 359 or a chocolate cupcake at 355. The pack total looks modest only because it weighs 90 g.
