McDonald's ice cream cone calories and nutrition
A McDonald's Vanilla Cone has 200 calories, with 5 g of protein, 5 g of fat, and 33 g of carbs.
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Soft serve in a cone
A McDonald's Vanilla Cone is vanilla soft serve in a crispy cone. Nearly all of its calories and all of its sugar come from the soft serve, and the cone adds little. It's one of the lowest-calorie sweets on McDonald's US menu. McDonald's lists every ingredient and allergen on its Vanilla Cone page.
| Part | Calories | Protein, fat, and carbs |
|---|---|---|
| Soft serve | 175 kcal | 5 g protein, 5 g fat, 28 g carbs |
| Cone | 20 kcal | 0 g protein, 0 g fat, 6 g carbs |
From McDonald's nutrition calculator, with each part taken out in turn. The parts add up to 195 calories, not 200, because McDonald's rounds each number.
Common questions
How much sugar is in a McDonald's ice cream cone?
A McDonald's Vanilla Cone has 23 g of sugar, all of it from the soft serve, by McDonald's nutrition calculator.
How many calories are in the cone itself?
The cone of a McDonald's Vanilla Cone adds 20 calories, by McDonald's nutrition calculator, and the soft serve brings the rest.
How much protein is in a McDonald's Vanilla Cone?
A McDonald's Vanilla Cone has 5 g of protein, or 2.5 g for every 100 calories. The table below puts it next to other McDonald's items.
Vanilla Cone compared with other McDonald's items
All McDonald's nutrition factsOf these six McDonald's items, the Hamburger has the most protein per 100 calories (4.8 g) and the Baked Apple Pie the least (0.9 g).
| Item | CaloriesCal | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Net carbs | Protein per 100 calPer 100 cal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburger | 250 | 12 g | 9 g | 30 g | 29 g | 4.8 g |
| Vanilla ConeThis page | 200 | 5 g | 5 g | 33 g | 33 g | 2.5 g |
| Oreo McFlurry | 410 | 10 g | 13 g | 64 g | 63 g | 2.4 g |
| M&M'S McFlurry | 570 | 11 g | 19 g | 85 g | 83 g | 1.9 g |
| Hash Browns | 140 | 2 g | 8 g | 18 g | 16 g | 1.4 g |
| Baked Apple Pie | 230 | 2 g | 11 g | 33 g | 32 g | 0.9 g |
Most protein per 100 calories first. The mark on each bar is 5 g. Numbers are for one serving, the size the card opens on.
Sources
3 sources
- McDonald's. Vanilla Cone, nutrition information. www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/vanilla-cone.html. Checked October 2026.
- McDonald's. Nutrition calculator, Vanilla Cone with each ingredient taken out in turn. www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/about-our-food/nutrition-calculator.html. Checked October 2026.
- Dinkun Chen. McDonald's Products in China(6), photo, cropped. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McDonald%27s_Products_in_China(6).jpg.
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