Baking conversions
Cocoa Powder: cups to grams
Cocoa powder is extremely light and traps a lot of air, making it one of the least dense baking ingredients by volume.
Cocoa Powder cups to grams
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 11 g | 0.37 oz |
| ¼ cup | 21 g | 0.74 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 28 g | 0.99 oz |
| ½ cup | 42 g | 1.48 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 56 g | 1.98 oz |
| ¾ cup | 63 g | 2.22 oz |
| 1 cup | 84 g | 2.96 oz |
| 1½ cups | 126 g | 4.44 oz |
| 2 cups | 168 g | 5.93 oz |
| 3 cups | 252 g | 8.89 oz |
| 4 cups | 336 g | 11.85 oz |
Cocoa Powder grams to cups
| Grams | Cups | Tbsp |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.30 | 4.8 |
| 50 g | 0.60 | 9.5 |
| 100 g | 1.19 | 19.0 |
| 125 g | 1.49 | 23.8 |
| 150 g | 1.79 | 28.6 |
| 200 g | 2.38 | 38.1 |
| 250 g | 2.98 | 47.6 |
| 300 g | 3.57 | 57.1 |
| 400 g | 4.76 | 76.2 |
| 500 g | 5.95 | 95.2 |
Cup standards compared
Convert cooking volumes
The charts above cover weight. If you also need to move between cups, decilitres, millilitres and spoons, this converts any volume:
1 cup (US) in every unit
A US cup is 236.6 ml, a metric cup is 250 ml and a UK tablespoon is larger than a US one — so the system your recipe was written in matters. Pick the matching unit rather than assuming.
Questions
How many grams is 1 cup of cocoa powder?
One US cup of cocoa powder weighs 84 grams. That works out to a density of about 0.36 g per mL.
How many cups is 100 g of cocoa powder?
100 g of cocoa powder is about 1.19 cups, or roughly 19 tablespoons.
Why can’t I convert cups to grams directly?
A cup measures volume and a gram measures weight, so the conversion depends entirely on the ingredient. A cup of cocoa powder is 84 g, but a cup of honey is 340 g and a cup of cocoa powder is only 84 g.
Does the cup size matter?
Yes. A US customary cup is 236.59 mL, a US legal cup is 240 mL and a metric cup is 250 mL. Using a metric cup for cocoa powder gives 89 g instead of 84 g — about 6 percent more.