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Molasses Cups to Grams
Quick answer
1 cup of molasses weighs 337 g (11.89 oz). 1 tablespoon is 20 g and 1 teaspoon is 7 g.
- 1 cup
- 337g
- 11.89 oz
- 1 tablespoon
- 20g
- 1 teaspoon
- 7g
- 100 g
- 0.3cups
- of a US cup
Molasses is the dark, thick syrup left behind when sugar is made, and a cup of it weighs about the same as a cup of honey. It clings to the cup, so warming the jar a little or weighing it gives a more reliable amount.
Convert any amount of molasses
Starts at 1 cup of molasses in grams (337 g); change the units to go from grams back to cups.
1 cup of molasses is 337 grams
- Cups
- 1
- Tablespoons
- 16.85
- Teaspoons
- 48
- Grams
- 337
- Ounces
- 11.89
Molasses: cups to grams and ounces
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 84.3 | 2.97 |
| 1/3 cup | 112.3 | 3.96 |
| 1/2 cup | 168.5 | 5.94 |
| 2/3 cup | 224.7 | 7.92 |
| 3/4 cup | 252.8 | 8.92 |
| 1 cup | 337 | 11.89 |
| 1 1/2 cups | 505.5 | 17.83 |
| 2 cups | 674 | 23.77 |
| 3 cups | 1,011 | 35.66 |
| 4 cups | 1,348 | 47.55 |
| Spoons | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/2 tablespoon | 10 | 0.35 |
| 1 tablespoon | 20 | 0.71 |
| 2 tablespoons | 40 | 1.41 |
| 3 tablespoons | 60 | 2.12 |
| 4 tablespoons | 80 | 2.82 |
| 6 tablespoons | 120 | 4.23 |
| 8 tablespoons | 160 | 5.64 |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.8 | 0.06 |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 3.5 | 0.12 |
| 3/4 teaspoon | 5.3 | 0.19 |
| 1 teaspoon | 7 | 0.25 |
| 2 teaspoons | 14 | 0.5 |
| 3 teaspoons | 21.1 | 0.74 |
Molasses: grams and ounces to cups
For a recipe written in grams or ounces, here is how much of a US cup each weight of molasses fills.
| Grams | Cups | Tablespoons | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.07 | 1.25 | 0.88 |
| 50 g | 0.15 | 2.5 | 1.76 |
| 100 g | 0.3 | 5 | 3.53 |
| 125 g | 0.37 | 6.25 | 4.41 |
| 150 g | 0.45 | 7.5 | 5.29 |
| 200 g | 0.59 | 10 | 7.05 |
| 250 g | 0.74 | 12.5 | 8.82 |
| 300 g | 0.89 | 15 | 10.58 |
| 400 g | 1.19 | 20 | 14.11 |
| 500 g | 1.48 | 25 | 17.64 |
| Ounces (weight) | Grams | Cups | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 | 0.08 | 1.42 |
| 2 oz | 56.7 | 0.17 | 2.83 |
| 3 oz | 85 | 0.25 | 4.25 |
| 4 oz | 113.4 | 0.34 | 5.67 |
| 6 oz | 170.1 | 0.5 | 8.5 |
| 8 oz | 226.8 | 0.67 | 11.34 |
| 12 oz | 340.2 | 1.01 | 17.01 |
| 16 oz | 453.6 | 1.35 | 22.68 |
What a cup of molasses weighs, and why it can differ
USDA’s weight for “1 cup” is 337 g. Next to a cup of water, which holds about 236.6 g, that is 142% of the weight of a cup of water, so it is much heavier than the same volume of water. The same cup works out at 1.4 g per millilitre.
USDA lists one cup measure for molasses (“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).
USDA lists slightly different weights for the tablespoon and the teaspoon here: 3 teaspoons come to 21.1 g and 1 tablespoon is 20 g. The gap is rounding in the source figures.
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USDA describes this entry as “Molasses” (FoodData Central SR Legacy 2018-04).
Source: USDA FoodData Central, FDC 168820, retrieved . How we calculate.