Lemon drop calories come to 24 for one 6 g piece and 394 per 100 g of lemon-flavored hard candy. Carbohydrate supplies 100% of those calories, with 3.8 g of sugars in every piece, so the number of drops you unwrap matters far more than the size of any single one.
24kcal
1 piece · 6 g, hard candy, lemon flavored
0%protein
0 gProtein
6 gCarbs
0 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Hard candy, lemon flavored · per 6 g
Calories
24 kcal
Protein
0 g
Carbohydrate
5.9 g
Fat
0 g
Saturated fat
0 g
Cholesterol
0 mg
Sodium
2 mg
Potassium
0 mg
Iron
0 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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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 →
Lemon drop: 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
1 piece (6 g)
24
0 g
5.9 g
0 g
2 mg
1%
Small piece (3 g)
12
0 g
2.9 g
0 g
1 mg
1%
1 oz portion (28 g)
110
0 g
27.4 g
0.1 g
11 mg
6%
100 g
394
0 g
98 g
0.2 g
38 mg
20%
3 × 1 piece (6 g)
71
0 g
7 mg
5 × 1 piece (6 g)
118
0 g
11 mg
Five drops add up to a 118-calorie snack
One 6 g lemon drop is 24 calories, which works out to 1% of the daily value for energy. A small 3 g piece halves that to 12. Few people stop at one, though. Hard candy tends to get eaten in a slow string from a bag, a pocket or a desk jar.
Two pieces come to 47 calories, three reach 71, and five land at 118. That last figure covers 30 g of candy, a little more than a 1 oz portion of 28 g, which sits at 110 calories and 6% of the daily value. Work through 100 g over an afternoon and the total climbs to 394, or 20% of the daily value.
The practical move is to count pieces, not handfuls. Each drop dissolves slowly, so a few can last a long stretch. The calories only creep up when the wrappers start to pile up on the desk.
Every calorie comes from carbohydrate
The calorie split is 100% carbs, 0% protein and 0% fat. Per 100 g, lemon drops carry 98 g of carbohydrate, 0 g of protein and just 0.2 g of fat. Few foods are this one-dimensional.
Per piece, that means 5.9 g of carbs and nothing else worth logging. A 1 oz portion holds 27.4 g of carbs and only 0.1 g of fat. There is 0 g of fiber, so nothing adds bulk or chew beyond the candy shell itself.
The upshot is simple. Lemon drops will not fill you up the way a snack with protein or fat might. They deliver sweetness, tartness and calories, nothing more. If you want something that carries you to the next meal, these are not it; if you want a small sweet hit with a known number attached, they are about as easy to account for as food gets.
Sugar is the row to watch, not sodium
Of the 98 g of carbs in 100 g of lemon drops, 62.9 g are sugars. One piece carries 3.8 g, a small piece 1.9 g, and a 1 oz portion 17.6 g. No percent daily value is listed for sugars here, so the grams are the figure to track.
Sodium, by contrast, barely registers. A piece has 2 mg, which shows as 0% of the daily value, and even 100 g holds only 38 mg, or 2%. Potassium is a trace at 5 mg per 100 g, and cholesterol and saturated fat are both 0.
So if sugar is the line you watch, picture the 1 oz portion and its 17.6 g as the ceiling for a sitting. If salt or fat is your concern, lemon drops hardly move either number, which makes them one of the cleaner picks in the candy aisle on those two rows.
Treat them as a counted sweet, not a snack
Because lemon drops bring 0 g of protein and 0 g of fiber, they work best as a finish to a meal that already has both. A drop or two after lunch adds 24 to 47 calories and keeps a sweet craving inside a known range. Eaten on an empty stomach as a stand-in for a snack, they leave you hungry soon after.
Piece size varies by brand. Cavendish & Harvey Sour Lemon Drops, Tops Lemon Drops and Winn-Dixie Lemon Drops all sit on the same shelf, but a drop that looks bigger than 6 g likely is. Check the weight on the bag and scale from the 394 per 100 g figure if your pieces run large.
One more thing: this page covers the candy. A lemon drop martini is a cocktail with entirely different numbers. BodyPal can log the candy from a photo of the handful in your palm.
How does lemon drop compare?
Here is how lemon drops stack up against three other sweets on our pages, per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For the fewest calories per bite, lemon drops win clearly: a chocolate truffle is 61 calories and a medium lemon bar is 166, while chocolate almonds run 560 per 100 g. If you want a sweet that actually sticks with you, chocolate almonds bring 13 g of protein and 38.8 g of fat per 100 g, at 157 calories for a 1 oz portion.
Most popular lemon drop brands in the United States
Store brands range from 353 to 429 calories per 100 grams depending on the sugar blend, so labels sit either side of the 394 figure above. Source: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Lemon drop FAQs
How many calories are in one lemon drop?
About 24 calories for one 6 g piece. A smaller 3 g drop is about 12 calories.
Are lemon drops good for weight loss?
One 6 g drop is 24 calories, while a 1 oz handful (28 g) is 110 calories and 27.4 g of carbs.
Lemon drops vs butterscotch candy: which has more calories?
They are nearly identical: 394 calories per 100 grams for hard candy such as lemon drops and 391 for butterscotch.
How much sugar is in a lemon drop?
A 6 g drop has 3.8 g of sugar and 5.9 g of total carbs. Per 100 grams that is 62.9 g of sugar.
What are the nutrition facts for lemon drop candy?
Per 100 g, lemon drops have 394 calories, 98 g of carbs, 62.9 g of sugars, 0.2 g of fat, 0 g of protein and 38 mg of sodium. All of the calories come from carbohydrate.
How many calories are in an ounce of lemon drops?
A 1 oz portion (28 g) of lemon drops has 110 calories, or 6% of the daily value. It holds 27.4 g of carbs, 17.6 g of sugars and 11 mg of sodium.
How many calories are in five lemon drops?
Five 6 g lemon drops come to 118 calories across 30 g of candy. Three pieces are 71 and two are 47, so each extra drop adds about 24 calories.
How many calories does a small lemon drop have?
A small 3 g lemon drop has 12 calories, with 2.9 g of carbs and 1.9 g of sugars. That is half the weight of a standard 6 g piece and half the calories.
Do lemon drops have any fat or protein?
Lemon drops have 0 g of protein and just 0.2 g of fat per 100 g. Per piece both round to 0, so 100% of the calories come from carbs.
