Cocoa powder: cups to grams
Unsweetened cocoa powder is one of the lightest ingredients in the pantry, about 85 g per cup spooned and levelled, and it packs badly, so scooped cups can reach 110 g. Dutch-process and natural cocoa weigh the same; they differ in acidity, not density.
1 cup cocoa powder = 85 g · 1 tbsp = 5.3 g · 100 g = 1.18 cups
Based on 85 g per US cup of cocoa powder, spooned and levelled. Real-world cups vary by about ±10 % for powders.
How to measure cocoa powder
Sift or fluff, spoon into the cup, level. 1 tablespoon = 5 g. Weigh for brownies, where cocoa is the main dry ingredient.
Weight is the only measure that does not depend on the container or on how the ingredient was filled. The figure of 85 g per US cup comes from the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart; other charts differ by a few percent, which is within the spread between two cooks filling the same cup.
Cups of cocoa powder to grams
| Cups | Volume | Weight | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 30 mL | 11 g | 0.4 oz |
| ¼ cup | 59 mL | 21 g | 0.7 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 79 mL | 28 g | 1 oz |
| ½ cup | 118 mL | 43 g | 1.5 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 158 mL | 57 g | 2 oz |
| ¾ cup | 177 mL | 64 g | 2.2 oz |
| 1 cup | 237 mL | 85 g | 3 oz |
| 1½ cups | 355 mL | 128 g | 4.5 oz |
| 2 cups | 473 mL | 170 g | 6 oz |
| 3 cups | 710 mL | 255 g | 9 oz |
| 4 cups | 946 mL | 340 g | 12 oz |
Spoons and metric measures
| Measure | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 teaspoon | 1.8 g |
| 1 tablespoon | 5.3 g |
| 2 tablespoons | 10.6 g |
| 4 tablespoons (¼ cup) | 21 g |
| Metric cup, 250 mL | 90 g |
| 100 mL | 36 g |
Grams of cocoa powder to cups
| Weight | US cups | Tablespoons | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.29 cups | 4.7 tbsp | 0.88 oz |
| 50 g | 0.59 cups | 9.4 tbsp | 1.76 oz |
| 75 g | 0.88 cups | 14.1 tbsp | 2.65 oz |
| 100 g | 1.18 cups | 18.8 tbsp | 3.53 oz |
| 125 g | 1.47 cups | 23.5 tbsp | 4.41 oz |
| 150 g | 1.76 cups | 28.2 tbsp | 5.29 oz |
| 200 g | 2.35 cups | 37.6 tbsp | 7.05 oz |
| 250 g | 2.94 cups | 47.1 tbsp | 8.82 oz |
| 300 g | 3.53 cups | 56.5 tbsp | 10.58 oz |
| 400 g | 4.71 cups | 75.3 tbsp | 14.11 oz |
| 500 g | 5.88 cups | 94.1 tbsp | 17.64 oz |
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Frequently asked questions
About 85 g when spooned into the cup and levelled. Source: King Arthur Baking.
100 g of cocoa powder is 1.18 US cups, or about 18.8 tablespoons.
5.3 g, since a US tablespoon is one sixteenth of a cup. A teaspoon is 1.8 g.
No. This page uses the US cup of 236.6 mL. The metric cup of 250 mL used in Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe holds 90 g of cocoa powder, about 6 % more. Old British recipes used a 284 mL cup.