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Butter cookies calories

Butter cookie, commercially prepared
23kcal
1 cookie · 5 g, commercially prepared
5%protein
0.3 gProtein
3 gCarbs
0.9 gFat
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Nutrition facts
Commercially prepared · per 5 g
Calories23 kcal
Protein0.3 g
Carbohydrate3.4 g
Fat0.9 g
Saturated fat0.6 g
Cholesterol6 mg
Sodium14 mg
Potassium6 mg
Iron0.1 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 →

Most popular butter cookie brands in the United States
Ranked by popularity in the BodyPal database
#  Productkcal / 100 g
1Royal Dansk Danish Butter Cookies4 cookies · 34 g529 kcal
2Britannia Good Day Butter Cookies4 biscuits · 34 g500 kcal
3Santa Edwiges Butter Cookies34 g441 kcal

Danish-style tin cookies are richer than the USDA average, so their labels read 441 to 529 calories per 100 g against 467 above.
Source: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.

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Butter cookie FAQs
How many calories are in one butter cookie?

A small butter cookie of 5 g has about 23 calories. A 1 oz portion (28 g) works out to 131 calories.

Are butter cookies good for weight loss?

Butter cookies are 467 calories per 100 g, with 18.8 g fat, 11.1 g of it saturated, and only 6.1 g protein. A 1 oz portion costs 131 calories.

Butter cookies vs sugar cookies: which has more calories?

Sugar cookies are 489 calories per 100 g and butter cookies 467, a difference of 22 calories per 100 g.

How much sugar is in butter cookies?

100 g of butter cookies has 20.2 g sugar out of 68.9 g total carbs. One 5 g cookie has about 1 g sugar.