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Chocolate Chips Cups to Grams

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1 cup of chocolate chips weighs 168 g (5.93 oz). 1 tablespoon is 10.5 g and 1 teaspoon is 3.5 g.

1 cup: 168g; 5.93 oz
1 tablespoon: 10.5g
1 teaspoon: 3.5g
100 g: 0.6cups; of a US cup

Chocolate chips come in more than one size, and USDA lists regular, large and mini chips separately. The cup of a bag of mini chips is not the same weight as a cup of large ones, so the size on your bag decides which row to use.

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Starts at 1 cup of chocolate chips in grams (168 g); change the units to go from grams back to cups.

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1 cup of chocolate chips is 168 grams

Cups: 1
Tablespoons: 16
Teaspoons: 48
Grams: 168
Ounces: 5.93

Chocolate Chips: cups to grams and ounces

Cups of chocolate chips in grams and ounces
Cups	Grams	Ounces
1/4 cup	42	1.48
1/3 cup	56	1.98
1/2 cup	84	2.96
2/3 cup	112	3.95
3/4 cup	126	4.44
1 cup	168	5.93
1 1/2 cups	252	8.89
2 cups	336	11.85
3 cups	504	17.78
4 cups	672	23.7

Tablespoons and teaspoons of chocolate chips in grams and ounces
Spoons	Grams	Ounces
1/2 tablespoon	5.3	0.19
1 tablespoon	10.5	0.37
2 tablespoons	21	0.74
3 tablespoons	31.5	1.11
4 tablespoons	42	1.48
6 tablespoons	63	2.22
8 tablespoons	84	2.96
1/4 teaspoon	0.88	0.03
1/2 teaspoon	1.8	0.06
3/4 teaspoon	2.6	0.09
1 teaspoon	3.5	0.12
2 teaspoons	7	0.25
3 teaspoons	10.5	0.37

Chocolate Chips: grams and ounces to cups

For a recipe written in grams or ounces, here is how much of a US cup each weight of chocolate chips fills.

Grams of chocolate chips in cups, tablespoons and ounces
Grams	Cups	Tablespoons	Ounces
25 g	0.15	2.38	0.88
50 g	0.3	4.76	1.76
100 g	0.6	9.52	3.53
125 g	0.74	11.9	4.41
150 g	0.89	14.29	5.29
200 g	1.19	19.05	7.05
250 g	1.49	23.81	8.82
300 g	1.79	28.57	10.58
400 g	2.38	38.1	14.11
500 g	2.98	47.62	17.64

Ounces of chocolate chips in grams, cups and tablespoons
Ounces (weight)	Grams	Cups	Tablespoons
1 oz	28.3	0.17	2.7
2 oz	56.7	0.34	5.4
3 oz	85	0.51	8.1
4 oz	113.4	0.67	10.8
6 oz	170.1	1.01	16.2
8 oz	226.8	1.35	21.6
12 oz	340.2	2.02	32.4
16 oz	453.6	2.7	43.2

What a cup of chocolate chips weighs, and why it can differ

USDA’s weight for “1 cup chips (6 oz package)” is 168 g. Next to a cup of water, which holds about 236.6 g, that is 71% of the weight of a cup of water, so it is lighter than the same volume of water. The same cup works out at 0.71 g per millilitre.

For a recipe that asks for 2 cups, that is a difference of 28 g between the lightest and the heaviest way to fill them, which is why the safest route is to weigh chocolate chips instead.

Other USDA cup measures for chocolate chips
USDA measure	Grams	Ounces
1 cup chips (6 oz package) (used on this page)	168	5.93
1 cup large chips	182	6.42
1 cup mini chips	173	6.1

USDA lists no tablespoon or teaspoon measure for this entry, so that weight is the cup weight divided by the US ratio (16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons to the cup).

Frequently asked questions

How many grams are in 1 cup of chocolate chips?

USDA measures 1 cup of chocolate chips (its portion is listed as “1 cup chips (6 oz package)”) at 168 g, which is 5.93 oz.

How many cups is 500 g of chocolate chips?

500 g of chocolate chips is 2.98 cups, using 168 g per cup of chocolate chips. A 1 kg bag of chocolate chips would fill 5.95 cups, and a 1 lb pack of chocolate chips would fill 2.7.

How much does a part of a cup of chocolate chips weigh?

Half a cup of chocolate chips is 84 g, a third of a cup of chocolate chips is 56 g and a quarter cup of chocolate chips is 42 g. For small amounts, 1 tablespoon of chocolate chips is 10.5 g (0.37 oz) and 2 tablespoons of chocolate chips are 21 g.

If my recipe uses 250 ml metric cups, how much chocolate chips is that?

A 250 ml cup is about 5.7% larger than a US cup, so a metric cup of chocolate chips comes to about 177.5 g, going by USDA’s 168 g for a US cup of chocolate chips. The weights on this page are for the US cup of about 237 ml.

Why does a cup of chocolate chips weigh different amounts?

Depending on how it is prepared, a cup of chocolate chips ranges from 168 g (chips (6 oz package)) to 182 g (large chips) in USDA’s own entry: 14 g apart, and the heavier cup holds 1.08 times the lighter. Scooping, packing and preparing it change the weight, and the figure used on this page is the “1 cup chips (6 oz package)” measure.

What weighs about the same as a cup of chocolate chips?

Among these converters, whole flaxseed (168 g per cup) and white rice flour (158 g per cup) come closest to 168 g. Same volume, different ingredient: the weights are close, but the foods are not interchangeable.

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Weights are USDA averages for the entry named below. Packing, sifting, brand and moisture change the weight of a real cup, so treat them as a good starting point, not a lab measurement.

USDA describes this entry as “Candies, semisweet chocolate” (FoodData Central SR Legacy 2018-04).

Source: USDA FoodData Central, FDC 167976, retrieved October 22, 2026. How we calculate.