Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans: Nutritional Benefits & Facts

Chocolate-covered coffee beans can be a simple snack that, at first glance, seems fairly harmless. While they might be flavorful, chocolate-covered coffee beans have multiple nutritional facts that should be considered before adding them to your diet.

Serving

• This guide uses the USDA definition of milk chocolate-coated coffee beans. One serving is considered 1 oz. (28 g) of beans.

Calories

• One oz. of chocolate-covered coffee beans will add 154 calories to your daily diet. This comes from fat and sugar content of the chocolate and beans.

Fat

• Chocolate-covered coffee beans are somewhat high in fat. One serving has 9 g of fat, with 5 g of that saturated fat.

Dietary Fiber

• Dietary fiber is important for digestive health. One serving of chocolate-covered coffee beans has 2 g of dietary fiber, which is 6 percent of your daily recommended amount.

Sugar

• Chocolate-coated coffee beans are high in sugar because of the chocolate coating. One serving has 14 g of sugar.