How many calories are in a no bake cookie?
One large no-bake cookie weighs 45 g and carries 203 calories. Per 100 g the classic chocolate-oatmeal-peanut-butter drop runs 450 calories, so a medium 30 g cookie lands at 135 and a bite-size ball at 23. The pan never goes in the oven, but the butter, sugar and peanut butter all stay.
You'd need to walk about 41 minutes to burn the 203 calories in one large cookie (45 g).
How long does it take to burn off 203 kcal of no bake cookie?
One large cookie (45 g) is 203 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 203 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 41 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 25 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 29 min |
| Jogging | 24 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 45 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 (45 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- No bake cookie quick facts
- US servings, from a bite-size ball to two on a plate
- Rum balls, marshmallow bars and other no-bake styles
- Sodium is the row nobody expects
- How does a no bake cookie compare?
- Most popular no bake cookie brands
- FAQ
No bake cookie quick facts
When an American says "no bake cookie," they almost always mean the same thing: cocoa, sugar, butter and milk boiled for a minute, then stirred into oats and peanut butter and dropped by the spoonful onto wax paper. USDA has exactly one record for that cookie — FNDDS 2707951, "Cookie, oatmeal, with chocolate and peanut butter, no bake" — and every number below comes from it.
The household measure attached to that record is one large cookie at 45 g. That is the cookie in your hand at a church potluck or a bake sale table, and it is the portion this page is built around.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 large cookie (45 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 450 | 203 | — |
| Total fat | 18.1 g | 8.1 g | 10% |
| Saturated fat | 4.52 g | 2.0 g | 10% |
| Carbohydrate | 68.7 g | 30.9 g | 11% |
| Dietary fiber | 2.8 g | 1.3 g | 4% |
| Total sugars | 24.66 g | 11.1 g | — |
| Protein | 6.2 g | 2.8 g | 6% |
| Sodium | 520 mg | 234 mg | 10% |
% 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 are missing on purpose. This FNDDS edition does not publish added sugars or trans fat for the record, so quoting either one would mean inventing a number. Total sugars have no Daily Value on the US label at all, which is why that cell is a dash — the FDA's Daily Value table sets a limit for added sugars only.
Two more numbers worth having: cholesterol reads 0 mg in this record, and potassium comes to 142 mg per 100 g, or 64 mg in one large cookie — about 1% of the Daily Value.
US servings, from a bite-size ball to two on a plate
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 miniature, bite size | 5 g | 23 kcal |
| 1 small cookie | 20 g | 90 kcal |
| 1 oz | 28 g | 128 kcal |
| 1 medium cookie | 30 g | 135 kcal |
| 1 large cookie | 45 g | 203 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 450 kcal |
The small, medium, large and bite-size rows are USDA household measures for this record. The ounce row is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving — useful if you weigh cookies rather than count them.
Here is the portion trap that catches most people. A packaged no-bake cookie from the supermarket is not 45 g. Lofthouse and Freshness Guaranteed both sell a 43 g peanut butter cookie labeled at 180 calories; Sweet P's Bake Shop lists 180 for a 42 g cookie; Food Lion and The Bakery each label a 1.5 oz (43 g) cookie at 170. Meijer counts two small cookies as one 32 g serving at 130. Log the store label when you eat a store cookie, and 203 when you eat one somebody scooped at home — the homemade ones run bigger.
Two large cookies come to 405 calories, again our own arithmetic from the 100 g figure rather than a listed serving. Two mediums are 270. That second cookie eaten standing at the counter is worth logging while you remember it.
Rum balls, marshmallow bars and other no-bake styles
"No bake" covers a whole shelf of recipes, and they are not interchangeable. The oat-based drops sit at 450 calories per 100 g. The cereal-and-marshmallow bars are lighter per gram but usually cut bigger. Rum balls are the heaviest thing here.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical piece | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chocolate oatmeal peanut butter, classic | 450 kcal | 1 large cookie, 45 g | 203 kcal |
| Chocolate oatmeal coconut | 450 kcal | 1 large cookie, 45 g | 203 kcal |
| Marshmallow with rice cereal | 417 kcal | 1 medium bar, 38 g | 158 kcal |
| Peanut butter with rice cereal | 417 kcal | 1 medium bar, 38 g | 158 kcal |
| Marshmallow peanut butter, oat cereal | 417 kcal | 1 large bar, 56 g | 234 kcal |
| Rum ball | 514 kcal | 1 oz, 28 g | 146 kcal |
Swapping coconut for peanut butter changes nothing measurable: USDA lists both oat drops at 450 calories per 100 g with the same fat, carbohydrate and protein. The marshmallow bars trade fat for carbohydrate — 9 g of fat per 100 g against 18.1 g, but 80.5 g of carbohydrate against 68.7 g. That drops them to 417 calories per 100 g, the lightest per gram of any version on this page, and then the pan gets cut into big squares and the advantage disappears: a 56 g oat-cereal bar is 234 calories, more than the large cookie it was supposed to beat.
Rum balls are a different animal at 514 calories per 100 g. No oats, more butter and crumbs, and 8.11 g of saturated fat per 100 g — nearly double the drop cookie's 4.52 g. They are small, which saves you: one ounce is 146 calories.
Sodium is the row nobody expects
Nobody reads a cookie for its salt content, which is exactly why this one is worth a look. One large no-bake cookie carries 234 mg of sodium, 10% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, from 520 mg per 100 g. Salted peanut butter and a pinch of baking soda do it. Two cookies and a glass of milk put you past a fifth of the day's sodium before dinner, and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans already flag sodium as one of the nutrients most of us overshoot.
The saturated fat row is calmer than it looks: 2.0 g per cookie, 10% of the Daily Value, because butter shares the job with peanut butter. The fiber is the pleasant surprise — 1.3 g per cookie, 4% of the Daily Value, from the rolled oats. That is real fiber in a dessert, though MyPlate would still file this under added sugars rather than grains.
If you are watching sodium, the rum ball at 353 mg per 100 g is the gentler pick; if you are watching saturated fat, it is the worst one on the page. Pick your row.
How does a no bake cookie compare?
| Cookie | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| No bake cookie | 450 kcal | one large cookie, 45 g | 203 kcal |
| Chocolate cookie with icing or coating | 507 kcal | 1 oz, 28 g | 144 kcal |
| Sugar wafer | 502 kcal | 1 oz, 28 g | 142 kcal |
| Chocolate covered graham crackers | 500 kcal | 1 oz, 28 g | 142 kcal |
Our take: the no-bake cookie is the lightest per gram of the four, at 450 calories per 100 g against 500, 502 and 507 — ounce for ounce that is 128 calories against 142 to 144. It also carries the most protein of any cookie record on this page, 6.2 g per 100 g, tied with the coconut version, plus 2.8 g of fiber from the rolled oats. But the ounce is not how anyone eats it. A packaged sugar wafer stack is easy to stop at one ounce; a homemade no-bake drop is 45 g before you have decided anything. Skipping the oven buys you 55 calories per 100 g against a bakery chocolate chip cookie at 505 — real, but not the saving people assume it is. Count the cookie, not the method.
Most popular no bake cookie 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) |
|---|---|
| Lofthouse Peanut Butter Fudge No-Bake Cookies | 419 cal |
| Freshness Guaranteed Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies | 419 cal |
| Meijer Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies | 406 cal |
| Food Lion Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies | 395 cal |
| Sweet P's Bake Shop No-Bake Cookies, Peanut Butter | 429 cal |
| The Bakery Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies | 395 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
No bake cookie FAQs
How many calories are in one no bake cookie?
203 calories for the USDA's large 45 g cookie, which works out to 450 calories per 100 g. Store-made cookies are usually a little smaller, around 42 to 43 g, and their labels read 170 to 180 calories. The size of the scoop decides everything here.
How many calories in two no bake cookies?
405 calories for two large 45 g cookies, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a listed serving. Two medium 30 g cookies come to 270 instead. Most people eat the second one standing at the counter, so log both while you remember it.
How many carbs are in a no bake cookie?
30.9 g of carbohydrate in one large 45 g cookie, 11% of the Daily Value, with 11.1 g of that as total sugars and 1.3 g as fiber. Per 100 g the cookie carries 68.7 g of carbohydrate. Oats and powdered cocoa-sugar mixture do most of that work.
How much protein is in a no bake cookie?
2.8 g of protein in one large 45 g cookie, 6% of the Daily Value, and 6.2 g per 100 g. That is the highest protein figure of any cookie on this page, tied with the coconut version, and it comes from the peanut butter and oats rather than flour and eggs.
How much sugar is in a no bake cookie?
11.1 g of total sugars in one large 45 g cookie, and 24.66 g per 100 g. Total sugars carry no Daily Value on the US label, so there is no percentage to quote. This USDA record does not split out added sugars, though in a no-bake recipe the sugar comes from the pot, not from fruit.
Are no bake cookies healthier than baked cookies?
Not by much: 450 calories per 100 g for the no-bake against 505 for a bakery chocolate chip cookie, a gap of 55. Skipping the oven does not remove the butter or the sugar. The no-bake does bring 2.8 g of fiber per 100 g from the oats, which the chocolate chip cookie cannot match.
How big is a standard no bake cookie?
45 g for the USDA's large cookie, 30 g for a medium and 20 g for a small. Supermarket packages sit at 42 to 43 g each. A bite-size ball is about 5 g and 23 calories, which is why a bowl of them disappears without ever registering as dessert.
Are peanut butter no bake cookies high in sodium?
234 mg of sodium in one large 45 g cookie, 10% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, from 520 mg per 100 g. That is high for something sweet, and it comes from salted peanut butter and the baking soda in the recipe. Two cookies take you to a fifth of the day's sodium.
Similar foods
- Chocolate glazed donut — 303 cal per donut
- Cake donut — 308 cal per large donut
- Donut — 320 cal per doughnut
- Honey Bun — 358 cal per 3 oz bun
- Beignet — 188 cal per beignet
- Crescent roll — 114 cal per crescent roll
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