How many calories are in a Milky Way?
A standard Milky Way weighs 58 g — 2.05 ounces — and carries 264 calories. Per 100 g the bar runs 456 calories, right in the middle of the filled-chocolate rack at any checkout lane. Sugar is the number most people expect to see. Saturated fat is the one that catches them out.
You'd need to walk about 53 minutes to burn the 264 calories in one 2.05 oz bar (58 g).
How long does it take to burn off a Milky Way?
One 2.05 oz bar (58 g) is 264 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 264 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 53 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 33 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 38 min |
| Jogging | 31 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 59 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 (58 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Milky Way quick facts
- US servings, from a miniature to a king size
- Fun size, miniatures, king size and Midnight
- Saturated fat is the row that moves
- How does a Milky Way compare?
- Most popular milky way brands
- FAQ
Milky Way quick facts
The record behind every figure on this page is SR Legacy 168756, "Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, MILKY WAY Bar". It describes the single wrapped bar sold at the register, and it is the only Milky Way record that also carries USDA portion weights for the fun size, the miniature and the king size. The other four Milky Way entries in the database are different products from the same brand — Midnight, the caramel candies, the bite-size pieces — not competing measurements of the same bar.
So the column that matters is the middle one: what you are holding.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 bar, 2.05 oz (58 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 456 | 264 | — |
| Total fat | 17.23 g | 10.0 g | 13% |
| Saturated fat | 12.02 g | 7.0 g | 35% |
| Carbohydrate | 71.17 g | 41.3 g | 15% |
| Dietary fiber | 1 g | 0.6 g | 2% |
| Total sugars | 59.69 g | 34.6 g | — |
| Protein | 4.01 g | 2.3 g | 5% |
| Sodium | 167 mg | 97 mg | 4% |
% 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 publish added sugars for any MILKY WAY record, and total sugars have no Daily Value of their own. Cholesterol comes to 5 mg per bar, 2% of the Daily Value, and potassium 72 mg, also 2%. The 97 mg of sodium is a rounding error in a day's intake — under a twentieth of a teaspoon of table salt.
US servings, from a miniature to a king size
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 miniature piece | 8.2 g | 37 kcal |
| 1 fun size bar | 17 g | 78 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28 g | 128 kcal |
| 5 miniatures | 41 g | 187 kcal |
| One bar, 2.05 oz | 58 g | 264 kcal |
| 1 king size bar | 103 g | 470 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 456 kcal |
The miniature, the fun size bar, the standard bar and the king size are all USDA household measures attached to record 168756. The 1 oz line and the five-miniature line are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings — a handful of five is simply how the miniatures leave the bowl.
Two of these numbers are worth holding on to. A fun size bar is 78 calories, so three of them come to 234 and still do not reach one standard bar. And the king size is 470, which is 1.8 times the standard bar rather than the two you might assume from the name.
Fun size, miniatures, king size and Midnight
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical piece | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard bar | 456 kcal | 1 bar, 2.05 oz (58 g) | 264 kcal |
| Fun size bar | 456 kcal | 1 fun size bar (17 g) | 78 kcal |
| Miniatures | 456 kcal | 5 miniatures (41 g) | 187 kcal |
| King size bar | 456 kcal | 1 king size bar (103 g) | 470 kcal |
| Midnight bar | 443 kcal | 1 bar, 1.76 oz (50 g) | 222 kcal |
| Caramels, milk chocolate | 463 kcal | 5 pieces (44 g) | 204 kcal |
| Simply Caramel bar | 455 kcal | 1 bar (22 g) | 100 kcal |
Midnight is the interesting one. Swapping the milk coating for dark saves 13 calories per 100 g — small enough to be invisible in a food diary — but it lifts fiber from 1 g to 2.9 g per 100 g and drops sugar from 59.69 g to 57.81 g. The change is in the coating, not the portion, and the 50 g Midnight bar is smaller than the 58 g classic to begin with. That size difference does more for the calorie count than the chocolate does.
The Milky Way Caramels run 463 calories per 100 g with 273 mg of sodium there, against 167 mg in the bar. No nougat means more caramel and more chocolate per gram.
Brand labels round differently from USDA. Mars lists two fun size bars at 160 calories, where USDA's 17 g piece gives 156 for the pair; Milky Way Minis are labeled at 190 calories for five pieces (43 g), against 187 for five USDA miniatures. Log whichever is on the wrapper in front of you — the gap is inside the noise.
Saturated fat is the row that moves
Calories are not the reason to think twice about this bar. One 58 g Milky Way is 264 calories, 13% of a 2,000-calorie day, but its 7.0 g of saturated fat is 35% of the FDA Daily Value of 20 g. The saturated fat share is nearly three times the calorie share — a bar that costs a snack's worth of energy and a third of a day's saturated fat.
The king size makes that lopsided. At 103 g it carries 12.4 g of saturated fat, 62% of the Daily Value, by our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g row. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put the ceiling at less than 10% of daily calories, about 22 g on a 2,000-calorie day, so one king size bar uses more than half of it before dinner.
If you want the bar without the arithmetic problem, the fun size is the honest answer: 78 calories and 2.0 g of saturated fat, 10% of the Daily Value.
How does a Milky Way compare?
| Candy bar | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milky Way | 456 kcal | 1 bar, 2.05 oz (58 g) | 264 kcal |
| Butterfinger | 459 kcal | 1 bar, 2.1 oz (60 g) | 275 kcal |
| Oh Henry! | 462 kcal | 1 bar, 2 oz (57 g) | 263 kcal |
| Caramello | 462 kcal | 1 bar, 1.25 oz (35 g) | 162 kcal |
Our take: per gram these four are the same bar. Milky Way is the lightest of them at 456 calories per 100 g, but the spread from top to bottom is six calories per 100 g, which no one will ever feel. What separates them is the wrapper. Caramello is 162 calories because it is a 35 g bar, not because it is a lighter candy, and if you want a chocolate bar that fits a 200-calorie snack slot, buying the smaller bar beats hunting for the leaner recipe. On protein, Milky Way is last of the four — 4.01 g per 100 g against 7.7 g in Oh Henry! — so none of these is a snack that will hold you until the next meal.
Most popular milky way 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) |
|---|---|
| MILKY WAY Fun Size Bar | 471 cal |
| MILKY WAY Chocolate Bars Fun Size 6 ct | 471 cal |
| MILKY WAY Simply Caramel Bar | 455 cal |
| MILKY WAY Minis | 442 cal |
| MILKY WAY Caramel Apple Minis | 441 cal |
| MILKY WAY Eggs | 571 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Milky Way FAQs
How many calories are in a Milky Way bar?
264 calories in the standard 2.05 oz (58 g) bar, which works out to 456 calories per 100 g. That is 13% of a 2,000-calorie day. This is the wrapped single bar sold at the register, and it is the size USDA attaches to its main Milky Way record.
How many calories in a fun size Milky Way?
78 calories per fun size bar, from a 17 g piece. Three of them come to 234 calories and still fall short of one standard bar at 264. The Mars label rounds two fun size bars to 160 calories, a shade above the 156 the USDA figure gives for the pair.
How many calories in a king size Milky Way?
470 calories in the king size bar, which USDA lists at 103 g. That is 1.8 times the standard 58 g bar rather than double it, and it brings 12.4 g of saturated fat, 62% of the Daily Value. That saturated fat figure is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g row.
How much sugar is in a Milky Way bar?
34.6 g of total sugars in one 58 g bar, from a candy that is 59.69 g sugar per 100 g. Sugar is the largest single component of the bar by weight. USDA's SR Legacy record does not publish added sugars for this item, so there is no % Daily Value to put next to it.
Is Milky Way Midnight lower in calories?
Barely — 443 calories per 100 g against 456 for the classic bar, 13 apart. The 1.76 oz (50 g) Midnight bar is 222 calories, and most of that saving comes from the smaller bar, not the dark coating. The coating does lift fiber from 1 g to 2.9 g per 100 g.
How many Milky Way miniatures equal one full bar?
Seven miniatures come to 262 calories, close enough to the 264 in a full bar to call it even. One piece is 8.2 g and 37 calories, so seven weigh 57 g. That total is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g row. Five pieces, the usual handful, are 187 calories.
How much saturated fat is in one Milky Way bar?
7.0 g in one 58 g bar, which is 35% of the FDA Daily Value of 20 g. The calories in that bar are only 13% of a 2,000-calorie day, so the saturated fat share is nearly three times the calorie share. That gap is the real cost of the bar.
Is there protein in a Milky Way bar?
2.3 g of protein in a standard bar, 5% of the Daily Value. Per 100 g the bar has 4.01 g, the lowest of the four bars compared on this page — Oh Henry! carries 7.7 g and Caramello 6.19 g. Candy nougat is not a meaningful source of protein.
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- Yum yum sauce — 170 cal for 2 tbsp
- Condensed Milk — 122 cal per 2 tbsp
Count it without the math
Point the camera at the wrapper and BodyPal counts it for you, fun size or king size.
