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Nutrition Information for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

If you like to devour a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup every now and then, you're probably going for its sweet-salty taste and creamy mouthfeel. There's more to your Reese's cup than meets the tip of your tongue, though, and you'll have to bite a little deeper to discover the nutrition buried in this chocolaty treat.

  1. Calories

    • One 0.6 oz. (17 g) Reese's Peanut Butter Cup provides 87.6 calories: 46.7 calories from fats, 33.9 from sugars and 7.0 from protein.

    Sugars and Fats

    • The sugar in one Reese's cup accounts for 8.0 g of the total carb content (9.4), while total fat content is 5.2 g, including 1.8 g saturated fat, 3.9 mg omega-3 fatty acids and 924 mg omega-6 fatty acids.

    Vitamins

    • One Reese's cup contains 9.5 IU vitamin A, 0.1 mg vitamin C, 0.3 mcg vitamin K, 0.8 mg niacin and 8.5 mcg folate, in addition to 0.1 mg pantothenic acid, 6.0 mg choline and trace amounts of thiamine and riboflavin.

    Minerals

    • Mineral content in one Reese's cup includes 58.3 mg potassium, plus by 53.4 mg sodium, 27.4 mg phosphorus, 13.3 mg calcium, 10.5 mg magnesium, 0.2 mg iron and zinc, and traces of copper, manganese and selenium.

    Fiber and Protein

    • Containing 1.7 g protein and approximately 1 g dietary fiber, one Reese's cup is not a significant source of either.

    Fun Fact

    • In 2008, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups turned 80 years old.

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