Chocolate Chips: Cups to Grams
One US cup (240 ml) of chocolate chips weighs about 170 grams, based on its typical kitchen density. Convert any amount below, or use the reference table for common cup fractions.
170 g
1 cups of chocolate chips, us legal cup
1 cup chocolate chips = 170 g (cupsngrams.com)
Based on chocolate chips at 170 g per US cup.
Cup standard: US legal cup (240 ml)
Baking from a UK, Australian or New Zealand recipe? Their cup is not the American one. Pick the standard your recipe assumes and every cup figure above follows it.
Chocolate Chips conversion table
| Cups | Grams | Millilitres | Tablespoons | Ounces (weight) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 42.5 g | 60 ml | 4 tbsp | 1.5 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 56.7 g | 80 ml | 5.33 tbsp | 2 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 85 g | 120 ml | 8 tbsp | 3 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 113 g | 160 ml | 10.7 tbsp | 4 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 128 g | 180 ml | 12 tbsp | 4.5 oz |
| 1 cup | 170 g | 240 ml | 16 tbsp | 6 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 255 g | 360 ml | 24 tbsp | 8.99 oz |
| 2 cups | 340 g | 480 ml | 32 tbsp | 12 oz |
| 2 1/2 cups | 425 g | 600 ml | 40 tbsp | 15 oz |
| 3 cups | 510 g | 720 ml | 48 tbsp | 18 oz |
Ounces here are ounces of weight (1 oz = 28.35 g), not fluid ounces. One US cup is 8 fluid ounces of volume whatever is in it, but what it weighs in ounces depends on the ingredient: a cup of chocolate chips weighs about 6 oz. Why these two are not the same.
In grams, 1/4 cup of chocolate chips is about 43 g, 1/3 cup is about 57 g, 1/2 cup is about 85 g, 2/3 cup is about 113 g, 3/4 cup is about 128 g, 1 cup is about 170 g, 1 1/2 cups is about 255 g, 2 cups is about 340 g and 3 cups is about 510 g.
A tablespoon of chocolate chips is about 10.6 grams, and a teaspoon is about 3.5 grams.
About measuring chocolate chips
Chocolate chips are small, uniform and dense, so they settle closely and one US cup weighs about 170 grams, or six ounces. Standard US bags are twelve ounces, which is close to two cups, a handy thing to know when a recipe measures in cups. Because the chips pack fairly consistently, they are easier to measure by volume than most add-ins, but weighing still helps when a recipe demands a precise chocolate to dough ratio.
A standard 12 oz bag of chocolate chips is about two cups, or roughly 340 grams.
How many grams is a cup of chocolate chips?
One US cup (240 ml) of chocolate chips weighs about 170 grams. Because a cup measures volume rather than weight, that figure is specific to chocolate chips and does not transfer to any other ingredient: the same cup holds 125 grams of all-purpose flour and 340 grams of honey.
- 1/4 cup of chocolate chips is about 43 grams
- 1/3 cup of chocolate chips is about 57 grams
- 1/2 cup of chocolate chips is about 85 grams
- 2/3 cup of chocolate chips is about 113 grams
- 3/4 cup of chocolate chips is about 128 grams
- 1 1/2 cups of chocolate chips is about 255 grams
- 2 cups of chocolate chips is about 340 grams
- 3 cups of chocolate chips is about 510 grams
Working the other way round, 100 grams of chocolate chips is about 0.588 cups, and 500 grams is about 2.94 cups.
Does it matter which cup my recipe means?
It does, though less than the ingredient itself. This page uses the US legal cup of 240 ml. An Australian metric cup is 250 ml, so a metric cup of chocolate chips comes to about 177 grams, and the old British imperial cup of 284.1 ml holds about 201 grams. See cup sizes by country for every standard side by side.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1 cup of chocolate chips?
One US cup of chocolate chips is about 170 grams, or six ounces. The small, dense chips settle closely in the cup.
How many cups is a 12 oz bag of chocolate chips?
About two cups. A twelve ounce bag is roughly 340 grams, which fills close to two cups of chips.
Do chocolate chunks weigh the same as chips?
Roughly. Larger chunks leave bigger gaps and can pack a little lighter, but 170 grams per cup is a good working figure for both.
Where this figure comes from
We have not yet found a published reference that states a weight for a cup of chocolate chips. The 170 grams on this page follows the calibration the rest of the site is built on, with butter at 227 grams per cup, water at 240, all-purpose flour at 125 and granulated sugar at 200. Treat it as a good working figure rather than a cited one. If you have a better source, tell us and we will check it and credit you.
Published figures for the same ingredient vary between references anyway, because how an ingredient is packed changes what a cup of it weighs. Treat any cup figure as accurate to within a few percent, and weigh on a scale when a recipe is sensitive. Our full approach is on the methodology page.
Figures last verified . Compiled by the CupsToGrams editorial team at FusionStudios. Spotted a value that looks off? Tell us.