Although pecans and coconuts are high in fat, cookies containing these ingredients are not very high in calories unless the cookies are quite large. You can enjoy coconut pecan cookies in moderation if you assess the nutrition facts before eating.
Calories
The online nutrition resource the Daily Plate explains that one coconut pecan cookie weighing 29 g contains 150 calories. This is a lower number of calories than some other snack foods, such as a Snickers bar, which contains 280 calories, according to calorie database MyFitnessPal.
Fat
Coconut pecan cookies are high in fat, with 8 g of fat per cookie, according to the Daily Plate. Of this, 3.5 g comes from saturated fat, an unhealthy type of fat. The American Heart Association suggests limiting daily intake of saturated fat to 16 g or fewer.
Carbohydrates
According to the Daily Plate, each 29 g coconut pecan cookie contains 17 g of carbohydrates, 10 of them from sugar.
Protein
Like many snack foods, coconut pecan cookies are not rich in protein. The Daily Plate states that each 29 g cookie contains just 2 g of protein. The National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health suggest consuming 50 g to 65 g of protein daily.
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