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Cocoa Powder Cups to Grams
Quick answer
1 cup of cocoa powder weighs 86 g (3.03 oz). 1 tablespoon is 5.4 g and 1 teaspoon is 1.8 g.
- 1 cup
- 86g
- 3.03 oz
- 1 tablespoon
- 5.4g
- 1 teaspoon
- 1.8g
- 100 g
- 1.16cups
- of a US cup
Unsweetened cocoa powder is a fine, dry powder that compacts easily, so a scooped cup can be much heavier than a spooned one. Sifting it first, when a recipe asks for it, also removes lumps that would otherwise show in the finished bake.
Convert any amount of cocoa powder
Starts at 1 cup of cocoa powder in grams (86 g); change the units to go from grams back to cups.
1 cup of cocoa powder is 86 grams
- Cups
- 1
- Tablespoons
- 15.93
- Teaspoons
- 47.99
- Grams
- 86
- Ounces
- 3.03
Cocoa Powder: cups to grams and ounces
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 21.5 | 0.76 |
| 1/3 cup | 28.7 | 1.01 |
| 1/2 cup | 43 | 1.52 |
| 2/3 cup | 57.3 | 2.02 |
| 3/4 cup | 64.5 | 2.28 |
| 1 cup | 86 | 3.03 |
| 1 1/2 cups | 129 | 4.55 |
| 2 cups | 172 | 6.07 |
| 3 cups | 258 | 9.1 |
| 4 cups | 344 | 12.13 |
| Spoons | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/2 tablespoon | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| 1 tablespoon | 5.4 | 0.19 |
| 2 tablespoons | 10.8 | 0.38 |
| 3 tablespoons | 16.2 | 0.57 |
| 4 tablespoons | 21.6 | 0.76 |
| 6 tablespoons | 32.4 | 1.14 |
| 8 tablespoons | 43.2 | 1.52 |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 0.45 | 0.02 |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 0.9 | 0.03 |
| 3/4 teaspoon | 1.3 | 0.05 |
| 1 teaspoon | 1.8 | 0.06 |
| 2 teaspoons | 3.6 | 0.13 |
| 3 teaspoons | 5.4 | 0.19 |
Cocoa Powder: grams and ounces to cups
For a recipe written in grams or ounces, here is how much of a US cup each weight of cocoa powder fills.
| Grams | Cups | Tablespoons | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.29 | 4.63 | 0.88 |
| 50 g | 0.58 | 9.26 | 1.76 |
| 100 g | 1.16 | 18.52 | 3.53 |
| 125 g | 1.45 | 23.15 | 4.41 |
| 150 g | 1.74 | 27.78 | 5.29 |
| 200 g | 2.33 | 37.04 | 7.05 |
| 250 g | 2.91 | 46.3 | 8.82 |
| 300 g | 3.49 | 55.56 | 10.58 |
| 400 g | 4.65 | 74.07 | 14.11 |
| 500 g | 5.81 | 92.59 | 17.64 |
| Ounces (weight) | Grams | Cups | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 | 0.33 | 5.25 |
| 2 oz | 56.7 | 0.66 | 10.5 |
| 3 oz | 85 | 0.99 | 15.75 |
| 4 oz | 113.4 | 1.32 | 21 |
| 6 oz | 170.1 | 1.98 | 31.5 |
| 8 oz | 226.8 | 2.64 | 42 |
| 12 oz | 340.2 | 3.96 | 63 |
| 16 oz | 453.6 | 5.27 | 84 |
What a cup of cocoa powder weighs, and why it can differ
USDA’s weight for “1 cup” is 86 g. Next to a cup of water, which holds about 236.6 g, that is 36% of the weight of a cup of water, so a lot of the cup is air. The same cup works out at 0.36 g per millilitre.
USDA lists one cup measure for cocoa powder (“1 cup”), so this page has no second figure to compare it with; if a recipe depends on the exact amount, weigh it.
USDA lists no teaspoon measure for this entry, so that weight is the cup weight divided by the US ratio (48 teaspoons to the cup).
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Start free on the webWeights 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 “Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened” (FoodData Central SR Legacy 2018-04).
Source: USDA FoodData Central, FDC 169593, retrieved . How we calculate.