Reese's cup calories come to 88 for a single cup (17 g) and 515 per 100 g. The thing to notice is how much the package matters: a package of 2 weighs 45 g and carries 232 calories, while two loose single cups at 17 g each total just 175.
88kcal
1 cup · 17 g, milk chocolate and peanut butter
8%protein
1.7 gProtein
9 gCarbs
5.2 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Milk chocolate and peanut butter · per 17 g
Calories
88 kcal
Protein
1.7 g
Carbohydrate
9.4 g
Fat
5.2 g
Saturated fat
1.8 g
Cholesterol
1 mg
Sodium
61 mg
Potassium
58 mg
Iron
0.2 mg
Source: USDA FoodData Central
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Reese's cup: 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
Single cup (17 g)
88
1.7 g
9.4 g
5.2 g
61 mg
4%
Package of 2 (45 g)
232
4.6 g
24.9 g
13.7 g
161 mg
12%
Miniature (7 g)
36
0.7 g
3.9 g
2.1 g
25 mg
2%
100 g
515
10.2 g
55.4 g
30.5 g
357 mg
26%
3 × Single cup (17 g)
263
5.2 g
182 mg
5 × Single cup (17 g)
438
8.7 g
303 mg
A package of 2 is a 232-calorie snack
The standard orange pack holds 2 cups, but they are not the same cups as the 17 g single. The package of 2 weighs 45 g and lands at 232 calories, 12% of a 2000-calorie daily value. Two 17 g single cups, by contrast, weigh 34 g and come to 175 calories.
That gap is why weight beats counting. If you log a pack as two single cups, you undercount the snack. Check the label or the wrapper size, then pick the matching serving. The miniature is the other end of the scale: 7 g and 36 calories, about 2% of the daily value.
Multiples climb fast because the food is dense. Three single cups reach 263 calories and 51 g. Five single cups, the kind of handful that disappears from a candy bowl in an evening, reach 438 calories and 85 g. At that point you have eaten more than a full meal's worth of energy from candy alone, with only 8.7 g of protein to show for it.
Fat supplies half the calories
Per 100 g, a Reese's cup has 30.5 g of fat, 55.4 g of carbs and 10.2 g of protein. Turned into calories, fat makes up 51% of the total, carbs 41% and protein only 8%. That is the profile of peanut butter wrapped in milk chocolate: the filling brings the fat, the shell brings the sugar.
The peanut butter does lift protein above most candy. A package of 2 gives 4.6 g, which is 9% of the daily value. A single cup gives 1.7 g. Useful, but nobody should mistake this for a protein snack; you would need 5 single cups and 438 calories to get 8.7 g.
Fiber follows the same pattern. There are 3.6 g per 100 g, so a single cup has 0.6 g and the pack 1.6 g. These are small amounts. The energy density, 515 calories per 100 g, is the real story, and it explains why even a few pieces add up quickly.
Sugar and saturated fat are the rows to watch
Sugar is 47.2 g per 100 g, which means close to half of every cup by weight is sugar. A single cup holds 8 g. The package of 2 holds 21.2 g. A miniature keeps it to 3.3 g, which is one reason the small format is the easiest to fit into a day.
Saturated fat sits at 10.7 g per 100 g, against a daily value of 20 g. In practice a full 100 g of cups would cover a large share of that limit, so if you track saturated fat, the pack size matters more than the brand of chocolate around it.
Sodium is less of a concern than it looks at first. The per-100 g figure is 357 mg, but a single cup has 61 mg, just 3% of the 2300 mg daily value, and the pack 161 mg, or 7%. Cholesterol is low at 6 mg per 100 g, and potassium is 343 mg per 100 g. If you watch one row on this label, make it sugar.
Miniatures make the treat easier to budget
The smartest move with a dense candy is choosing the format before you open it. A miniature at 36 calories or a single cup at 88 is a small, planned treat. A pack at 232 is closer to a snack in its own right, and a bag of loose cups has no natural stopping point.
Pairing helps too. Eating a cup after a meal with protein and vegetables means it lands on a full stomach rather than becoming the snack itself. A glass of milk or a piece of fruit alongside makes 1 cup feel like more than 17 g of candy.
If you snack from a bowl, count wrappers or weigh the portion once to learn what 34 g or 51 g looks like. BodyPal can log a Reese's cup from a photo, which makes it easier to tell a single from a pack and keep the daily total honest.
How does Reese's cup compare?
Here is how a Reese's cup stacks up against Andes mint, carrot cake and Ritz crackers, per 100 g and per usual serving.
Verdict: For the smallest sweet, an Andes mint at 36 calories a piece matches a Reese's miniature, and at 432 calories per 100 g it is a bit lighter than the cup's 515. The slice of carrot cake is the real budget breaker at 748 calories, while Ritz crackers at 492 per 100 g are nearly as dense as the candy and carry far more sodium at 882 mg.
Reese's cup FAQs
How many calories are in one Reese's cup?
A single cup is about 88 calories (17 g). The two-cup package comes to 232 calories and a miniature cup is 36.
Are Reese's cups good for weight loss?
One cup adds 88 calories and 8 g of sugar, so it fits a daily target far more easily than the 232-calorie two-cup package.
Reese's cup vs Kit Kat: which has more calories?
Per 100 g they are almost identical, 515 calories for Reese's cups against 518 for a Kit Kat wafer bar. Reese's cups carry more protein, 10.2 g per 100 g versus 6.5 g.
How much sugar and protein are in a Reese's cup?
One cup has about 8 g of sugar and 1.7 g of protein. Per 100 g that works out to 47.2 g of sugar, 10.2 g of protein and 30.5 g of fat.
How many calories are in a Reese's miniature?
A Reese's miniature has 36 calories in 7 g. It carries 2.1 g of fat, 3.9 g of carbs and 3.3 g of sugar, making it the easiest Reese's format to fit into a day.
How many calories are in a pack of 2 Reese's cups?
A package of 2 Reese's cups weighs 45 g and has 232 calories, 12% of the daily value. It also has 21.2 g of sugar, 13.7 g of fat and 4.6 g of protein.
How many calories are in 5 Reese's cups?
Five single Reese's cups (17 g each) add up to 438 calories in 85 g. That serving brings 303 mg of sodium and 8.7 g of protein, so the calories rise much faster than the protein.
How much fat is in a Reese's cup?
A single Reese's cup has 5.2 g of fat, and fat supplies 51% of its calories. Per 100 g there are 30.5 g of fat, including 10.7 g of saturated fat against a 20 g daily value.
How much sodium is in a Reese's peanut butter cup?
A single Reese's cup has 61 mg of sodium, 3% of the daily value. The package of 2 has 161 mg, or 7%, and 100 g has 357 mg.
