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Chocolate candy calories per cup: 586–856 across all 11 named USDA examples

Across all 11 named USDA examples, a cup contains 586–856 calories. Each included example lists 160 g for that measure. The same household label can carry a different gram weight elsewhere in USDA data.

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Estimated for 1 pouch/regular size · 45 g

241calories

Chocolate candy

Protein
3.4 g
Carbs
26.7 g
Fat
13.4 g

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Compare all 11 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 11 exact records in this guide report 165–266 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 366–535 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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Start with the description closest to what you ate

For Chocolate candy, begin by separating “Chocolate candy” from “Chocolate candy, peanut butter filled.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

Showing the first 6 of 11 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How chocolate candy records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 11 cited records: minimum, 25th-ranked, median-ranked, 75th-ranked, and maximum. Weight is held at 100 grams; source-serving weights are listed in the table.

  1. Minimum: Chocolate candy, cream filled 366 kcal
    366 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Chocolate candy, caramel filled 474 kcal
    474 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Chocolate candy, peanut butter filled 487 kcal
    487 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Chocolate candy, coconut filled 500 kcal
    500 kcal
  5. Maximum: Chocolate candy 535 kcal
    535 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 11 named USDA records in view: 11 direct matches. All sit within “Candy containing chocolate.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first description segment” placed these 11 records together under the exact grouping key “chocolate candy.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Chocolate candy, this page can compare 11 named records from FDC 2710328 through FDC 2710347. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

Read the shared calculation, provenance, and uncertainty method →

Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

45–55 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.2× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

169 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “cream filled”; the higher is “Chocolate candy.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

8.8 g protein gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “cream filled” (2.2 g) and “candy shell with nuts” (11.0 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every chocolate candy.

Important: “Lower” begins with Chocolate candy, cream filled; “higher” ends with Chocolate candy, nougat filled with nuts, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every chocolate candy meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Chocolate candy, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Chocolate candy nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Chocolate candy Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 241 kcal 535 3.4 g 1.5 g 36 mg FDC 2710328 ↗
Chocolate candy, candy shell Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 221 kcal 492 1.9 g 1.3 g 27 mg FDC 2710365 ↗
Chocolate candy, candy shell with nuts Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 228 kcal 506 5 g 1.5 g 55 mg FDC 2710366 ↗
Chocolate candy, caramel filled Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 213 kcal 474 2.9 g 0.9 g 65 mg FDC 2710341 ↗
Chocolate candy, caramel filled with nuts Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 218 kcal 484 3.3 g 1.1 g 60 mg FDC 2710342 ↗
Chocolate candy, coconut filled Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 225 kcal 500 2.4 g 1.8 g 62 mg FDC 2710343 ↗
Chocolate candy, cookie filled Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 230 kcal 510 2.6 g 0.5 g 57 mg FDC 2710332 ↗
Chocolate candy, cream filled Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 165 kcal 366 1 g 0.9 g 12 mg FDC 2710344 ↗
Chocolate candy, nougat filled Direct name match 55 gUSDA reference amount 245 kcal 446 1.8 g 0.7 g 99 mg FDC 2710345 ↗
Chocolate candy, nougat filled with nuts Direct name match 55 gUSDA reference amount 266 kcal 483 3.6 g 1.2 g 129 mg FDC 2710346 ↗
Chocolate candy, peanut butter filled Direct name match 45 gUSDA reference amount 219 kcal 487 3.5 g 1.3 g 132 mg FDC 2710347 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 45 to 55 grams—a 10-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 165 calories for “cream filled” to 266 for “nougat filled with nuts.” At a fixed 100 grams, “cream filled” is 366 calories and “Chocolate candy” is 535—a fixed-weight separation of 169 calories. For Chocolate candy, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “Chocolate candy”, “caramel filled”, “coconut filled”, “nougat filled”, and “peanut butter filled”. The source formulations contain 17 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include candies, milk chocolate, candies, caramels, candies, kit kat wafer bar, and candies, mars snackfood us, 3 musketeers bar. On this Chocolate candy page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Chocolate candy” cannot resolve the differences between Chocolate candy and Chocolate candy, peanut butter filled. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 45–55 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “Chocolate candy”, “caramel filled”, “coconut filled”, “nougat filled”, and “peanut butter filled”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    17 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Chocolate candy” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Chocolate candy unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that chocolate candy is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“Chocolate candy”, “caramel filled”, “cream filled”, and “peanut butter filled”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Chocolate candy source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 11 exact records behind Chocolate candy source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Chocolate candy, peanut butter filled is higher in sodium per 100 g

Chocolate candy, peanut butter filled reports 294 mg versus 26 mg for Chocolate candy, cream filled: a 268 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Chocolate candy is denser; Chocolate candy, nougat filled with nuts is higher in its source amount

Chocolate candy reports 535 kcal per 100 g and 241 kcal in USDA source amount (45 g). Chocolate candy, nougat filled with nuts reports a lower 483 kcal per 100 g but a higher 266 kcal in USDA source amount (55 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Chocolate candy” from “Chocolate candy, peanut butter filled”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Chocolate candy source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

11 context records in this source topic Candy containing chocolate

Chocolate candy and Chocolate candy, candy shell belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Candies, milk chocolate

USDA input 19120 appears in 3 of 11 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 60–100 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Candies, caramels

USDA input 19074 appears in 2 of 11 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 35–40 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Sodium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, sodium runs from 26 mg in Chocolate candy, cream filled to 294 mg in Chocolate candy, peanut butter filled, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 17 mg in Chocolate candy, cream filled to 189 mg in Chocolate candy, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Chocolate candy

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2710328 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path 11 records share this broad food family Snacks & desserts: broader category context

Chocolate candy and Chocolate candy, candy shell, plus 9 more are assigned to Feast’s Snacks & desserts editorial category. Use the category page to compare nearby foods at a broad level; keep the exact USDA descriptions on this page for record-level decisions.

Follow this evidence path