How to measure sweetened shredded coconut
King Arthur Baking lists Coconut (sweetened, shredded) at 3 ounces, 85 grams, per cup. The chart’s unsweetened shredded coconut is far lighter at 53 grams, while unsweetened desiccated coconut and toasted coconut are both 85 grams, the same as the sweetened shreds. So the words on the bag decide which figure to use, and sweetened and unsweetened shreds cannot be swapped by the cup without changing the weight by more than a third. Half a cup of sweetened coconut is 43 grams, 1/4 cup 21 grams. A bag labelled 14 ounces holds 397 grams, which is 4.67 cups, about 4 2/3 cups. Two cups are 170 grams.
Sources: 85 grams per US cup is the weight per cup in King Arthur Baking’s ingredient weight chart (open the chart), entry “Coconut (sweetened, shredded), 1 cup = 3 oz = 85 g”. A US cup is about 237 milliliters.
Sweetened shredded coconut: cups to grams chart
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8 cup | 11 g | 0.37 oz |
| 1/4 cup | 21 g | 0.75 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 28 g | 1 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 43 g | 1.5 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 57 g | 2 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 64 g | 2.25 oz |
| 1 cup | 85 g | 3 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 128 g | 4.5 oz |
| 2 cups | 170 g | 6 oz |
| 3 cups | 255 g | 8.99 oz |
| 4 cups | 340 g | 12 oz |
Tablespoons and teaspoons of sweetened shredded coconut
Three teaspoons make a tablespoon and 16 tablespoons make a cup, so the spoon weights follow straight from the 85 grams per cup. Use level spoons, not heaped ones.
| Spoons | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1/4 tsp | 0.4 g |
| 1/2 tsp | 0.9 g |
| 1 tsp | 1.8 g |
| 1 tbsp | 5.3 g |
| 2 tbsp | 11 g |
| 3 tbsp | 16 g |
| 4 tbsp | 21 g |
Grams of sweetened shredded coconut to cups
Going the other way, divide the grams by 85. A cup of sweetened shredded coconut weighs 152 grams less than a cup of water, which is 237 grams.
| Grams | Cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.29 cup | just under 1/3 cup |
| 50 g | 0.59 cup | just under 5/8 cup |
| 100 g | 1.18 cups | just over 1 1/8 cups |
| 150 g | 1.76 cups | just over 1 3/4 cups |
| 200 g | 2.35 cups | just over 2 1/3 cups |
| 250 g | 2.94 cups | just under 3 cups |
| 300 g | 3.53 cups | just over 3 1/2 cups |
| 400 g | 4.71 cups | just over 4 2/3 cups |
| 500 g | 5.88 cups | about 5 7/8 cups |
| 1,000 g | 11.76 cups | just over 11 3/4 cups |
Other nuts per cup
- Whole almonds: 142 grams per cup
- Sliced almonds: 86 grams per cup
- Slivered almonds: 114 grams per cup
- Pecan halves: 105 grams per cup
- Chopped pecans: 114 grams per cup
- Hazelnuts: 142 grams per cup
- Cashews: 113 grams per cup
- Peanuts: 142 grams per cup
- Pistachios (shelled): 120 grams per cup
- Walnut halves: 128 grams per cup
- Unsweetened shredded coconut: 53 grams per cup
- Macadamia nuts: 149 grams per cup
- Pine nuts: 142 grams per cup
- Almond paste: 259 grams per cup
- Desiccated coconut: 85 grams per cup
- Coconut flakes (unsweetened): 60 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 scales the nuts with the rest of the recipe.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1/2 cup of sweetened shredded coconut?
About 43 grams. A full cup is about 85 grams and 1/4 cup about 21 grams.
How many cups is 100 grams of sweetened shredded coconut?
About 1.18 cups, just over 1 1/8 cups. Divide the grams by 85 to get cups.
How many grams are in a tablespoon of sweetened shredded coconut?
About 5.3 grams in a tablespoon and 1.8 grams in a teaspoon, measured level.
How many cups of sweetened shredded coconut are in a 14-ounce bag?
About 4.67 cups, or 4 2/3 cups. Fourteen ounces is 397 grams and King Arthur Baking’s chart gives 85 grams per cup.