How Many Grams in a Cup of Cocoa Powder?
1 cup cocoa powder = 84 g3 oz · spooned & leveled · ½ cup = 42 g · 1 tbsp = 5.3 g
Reference values Being verified with kitchen scale tests. Current figures follow the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart.
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Cocoa Powder cups to grams
84 g
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (spooned & leveled) ≈ 3 oz
Reference values Being verified with kitchen scale tests. Current figures follow the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart.
Why cocoa powder has its own cups-to-grams number
Unsweetened cocoa powder is one of the lightest common baking ingredients by volume, so a cup weighs far less than a cup of sugar. It also clumps and packs easily, which makes cup measurements less reliable. The reference value here is for spooned and leveled unsweetened cocoa.
Cocoa Powder cups to grams chart
US cups and spoons, spooned & leveled. Grams are rounded to the nearest gram (0.1 g under 10 g).
| US measure | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 teaspoon | 1.8 g | 0.06 oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 5.3 g | 0.19 oz |
| ⅛ cup (2 tbsp) | 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 | 11.9 oz |
| Grams | US measures | Decimal cups |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | ≈ ½ cup + 1 tbsp + 1½ tsp + ⅛ tsp | 0.6 cups |
| 100 g | 1 cup + 3 tbsp + ⅛ tsp | 1.19 cups |
| 250 g | ≈ 3 cups | 2.98 cups |
| 500 g | ≈ 6 cups | 5.95 cups |
“≈” means the amount is rounded to the nearest ⅛ teaspoon you can measure.
How to measure cocoa powder for this conversion
- Whisk or sift cocoa if it’s lumpy, then spoon it into the cup and level it.
- Don’t scoop with the measuring cup; cocoa compacts quickly.
- Natural and Dutch-process cocoa can weigh slightly differently. Use the type your recipe calls for, because they also react differently with baking soda.
- Sweetened drink mixes are not cocoa powder and won’t convert the same way.
Source: King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart (reference value, not yet scale-tested by Measure Pantry).