Chocolate Chips — Grams & Cups Converter
1 cup of chocolate chips (also called choc chips) weighs about 170 g. Most people arrive here holding a packet, so the chart below runs from grams to cups: 100 g is about 5/8 cup, and 340 g is about 2 cups.
💡 Tip: Chips contain stabilisers that help them hold their shape when baked. For melty pools, chop a chocolate bar instead. A cup is about 170 g.
How many cups is a given weight of chocolate chips?
| Grams | Amount | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 2 1/3 tbsp | 0.88 |
| 50 | 1/3 cup | 1.76 |
| 75 | 1/2 cup | 2.65 |
| 100 | 5/8 cup | 3.53 |
| 150 | 7/8 cup | 5.29 |
| 170 | 1 cup | 6 |
| 200 | 1 1/8 cups | 7.05 |
| 250 | 1 1/2 cups | 8.82 |
| 283 | 1 2/3 cups | 9.98 |
| 340 | 2 cups | 12 |
| 500 | 3 cups | 17.6 |
Chocolate chip bag sizes in cups
A cup of chocolate chips weighs about 170 g, which makes the standard bags easy to convert: a 12 oz (340 g) bag is exactly 2 cups, a 10 oz bag is about 1⅔ cups, and a 24 oz bag is about 4 cups. So a recipe asking for 2 cups of chips is simply one 12 oz bag.
Chips hold their shape in the oven thanks to added stabilizers; if you want melty pools instead, swap in chopped chocolate or chunks.
From cups to grams: chocolate chips
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 | 42.5 | 1.5 |
| 1/3 | 56.7 | 2 |
| 1/2 | 85 | 3 |
| 2/3 | 113 | 4 |
| 3/4 | 128 | 4.5 |
| 1 | 170 | 6 |
| 1 1/2 | 255 | 8.99 |
| 2 | 340 | 12 |
For smaller amounts: a tablespoon of chocolate chips is about 10.6 g, and a teaspoon about 3.54 g.
Where chocolate chips sits by weight
At 170 g per cup, chocolate chips is the heaviest of the 10 chocolate & baking ingredients charted here — 183% heavier per cup than panko breadcrumbs, the lightest at 60 g.
It weighs the same per cup as white chocolate chips (170 g), so those two swap one-for-one whether you measure by cup or by scale.
Questions people ask about chocolate chips
- How many cups is 100g of chocolate chips?
- Just over or under 5/8 cup, depending how firmly you fill the cup. 100 g ÷ 170 g per cup = 5/8 cup.
- How many grams is 2 cups of chocolate chips?
- About 340 g, at roughly 170 g per cup — the same as a standard 12 oz bag.
- How many cups is 150g of chocolate chips?
- About ⅞ cup of chocolate chips.
- How many cups in a 12 oz bag of chocolate chips?
- Exactly 2 cups (340 g).
- How many cups in a 10 oz bag of chocolate chips?
- About 1⅔ cups.
- Can I substitute chocolate chunks for chips 1:1?
- Yes, by weight or volume. Chunks melt into bigger pools, while chips hold their shape better because of added stabilizers.
- How many grams is 1 cup of chocolate chips?
- A level US cup of chocolate chips comes to roughly 170 g (6 oz on a scale).
- How many cups is 200g of chocolate chips?
- About 1 1/8 cups — that is 200 divided by the 170 g a cup weighs.
- How many grams is ½ cup of chocolate chips?
- 85 grams — half of the 170 g a full cup weighs.