How to measure chocolate chips
When you swap chips for chopped chocolate in cookies, match the weight rather than the cup. In a cake batter, tossing the chips with a spoonful of the recipe’s flour helps keep them from sinking.
Source: 170 grams per US cup is the weight per cup in King Arthur Baking’s ingredient weight chart. A US cup is about 237 milliliters.
Chocolate chips: cups to grams chart
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8 cup | 21 g | 0.75 oz |
| 1/4 cup | 43 g | 1.5 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 57 g | 2 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 85 g | 3 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 113 g | 4 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 128 g | 4.5 oz |
| 1 cup | 170 g | 6 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 255 g | 8.99 oz |
| 2 cups | 340 g | 12 oz |
| 3 cups | 510 g | 18 oz |
| 4 cups | 680 g | 24 oz |
Tablespoons and teaspoons of chocolate chips
Three teaspoons make a tablespoon and 16 tablespoons make a cup, so the spoon weights follow straight from the 170 grams per cup. Use level spoons, not heaped ones.
| Spoons | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1/4 tsp | 0.9 g |
| 1/2 tsp | 1.8 g |
| 1 tsp | 3.5 g |
| 1 tbsp | 11 g |
| 2 tbsp | 21 g |
| 3 tbsp | 32 g |
| 4 tbsp | 43 g |
Grams of chocolate chips to cups
Going the other way, divide the grams by 170. A cup of chocolate chips weighs 67 grams less than a cup of water, which is 237 grams.
| Grams | Cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.15 cup | about 2.4 tbsp |
| 50 g | 0.29 cup | just under 1/3 cup |
| 100 g | 0.59 cup | just under 5/8 cup |
| 150 g | 0.88 cup | about 7/8 cup |
| 200 g | 1.18 cups | just over 1 1/8 cups |
| 250 g | 1.47 cups | just under 1 1/2 cups |
| 300 g | 1.76 cups | just over 1 3/4 cups |
| 400 g | 2.35 cups | just over 2 1/3 cups |
| 500 g | 2.94 cups | just under 3 cups |
| 1,000 g | 5.88 cups | about 5 7/8 cups |
Other pantry staples per cup
- Cocoa powder: 84 grams per cup
- Rolled oats: 89 grams per cup
- White rice (uncooked): 185 grams per cup
- Peanut butter: 258 grams per cup
- Cornstarch: 112 grams per cup
- Table salt: 292 grams per cup
- Chopped walnuts: 113 grams per cup
For every ingredient in one place, open the cups to grams converter. The grams to ounces converter helps if your scale shows ounces, and the recipe scaler resizes the rest of the recipe.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1/2 cup of chocolate chips?
About 85 grams. A full cup is about 170 grams and 1/4 cup about 43 grams.
How many cups is 100 grams of chocolate chips?
About 0.59 cups, just under 5/8 cup. Divide the grams by 170 to get cups.
How many grams are in a tablespoon of chocolate chips?
About 11 grams in a tablespoon and 3.5 grams in a teaspoon, measured level.
How many cups are in a bag of chocolate chips?
A 12-ounce bag weighs about 340 grams, which is very close to 2 cups of chips.