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Calories in a pain au chocolat

A typical restaurant serving of a pain au chocolat (one café pain au chocolat, about 70 g) is about 300 calories, usually 240–420.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called chocolate croissant, chocolatine.

~300
Pain au chocolat

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein5 g
  • Carbs35 g
  • Fat16 g

One serving

Serving
one café pain au chocolat
Weight
~70 g
Per 100 g
~421

The dish

About a pain au chocolat

A pain au chocolat is croissant dough rolled around two sticks of dark chocolate. USDA lists a chocolate croissant at 421 per 100 g, so a 70 g café pastry is about 300, and Starbucks lists its 80 g chocolate croissant at 300 too.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Pain au chocolat · rough numbers

  • Small, 57 g~240
  • Café size, 70 g~300
  • Large bakery, 100 g~420

What moves the number

Why one plate is 240 and another 420

  • Butter laminated into the pastry
  • The two chocolate batons inside
  • Size: café ones run about 57–100 g

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Share one
  • Pick a plain croissant, which is a little lower

Side by side

Next to other Café & desserts dishes

Café & desserts · typical restaurant servingAll about Café & desserts food →

  • Americano~10one 12 fl oz caffè americano, black (a US tall) · usually 5–80
  • Cappuccino~100one small café cappuccino, 12 fl oz · usually 60–180
  • Cold brew~110one 16 oz grande cold brew with vanilla sweet cream, as Starbucks makes it (black: 5) · usually 5–250
  • Iced coffee~150one medium 16 oz iced coffee with milk and sugar · usually 5–190
  • Flat white~170one 12 fl oz flat white with whole milk (a US tall) · usually 80–290
  • Chai latte~200one 16 fl oz café chai tea latte with 2% milk (a US grande) · usually 80–270
  • Lamington~210one bakery lamington, unfilled (about 70 g) · usually 150–400
  • Latte~210one medium café latte, 16 fl oz · usually 100–300
  • Mochi ice cream~210three pieces, about 35 g each · usually 140–330
  • Eggnog~230one cup (8 fl oz) of eggnog, without alcohol · usually 110–270
  • Glazed donut~250one medium glazed yeast donut · usually 190–450
  • Ice cream~250one generous parlor scoop in a cup · usually 130–500

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Croissant, chocolate (1 croissant, 57 g), FDC 2707680
  2. Starbucks US menu — Chocolate Croissant, 80 g

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a pain au chocolat?

A typical restaurant serving of a pain au chocolat (one café pain au chocolat, about 70 g) is about 300 calories, usually 240–420. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Pain au chocolat vs croissant calories?

The chocolate adds a little: about 300 for a 70 g pain au chocolat against about 280 for a 70 g butter croissant.

How many calories are in 100 g of pain au chocolat?

About 421 per 100 g for a chocolate croissant in USDA’s data.

What changes the calories in a pain au chocolat?

Butter laminated into the pastry. The two chocolate batons inside.

How can I order a pain au chocolat lighter?

Share one. Pick a plain croissant, which is a little lower.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.