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140g Cocoa Powder in Cups

140 grams of cocoa powder is about 1⅔ cups — 86g per US cup. Brownies and chocolate cakes sit here. Cocoa is very light per cup (about 86 g), so the cup reading runs well ahead of the gram figure.

140 g of cocoa powder is

about 1⅔ cups

1.63 US cups · 26 tbsp · 385 ml · 86 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1½ cups+2 tbsp

Rest of the recipe in grams? Paste it and every line comes back in cups. Free, no sign-in.

Measuring by hand? That is 1½ cups + 2 tablespoons. It is about 56% of a 250 g tin of cocoa.

Cocoa powder clumps in the tin and compacts under its own weight. Sift or whisk it, then spoon it into the cup without tapping.

140g of cocoa powder vs other ingredients

Ingredient140g in cupsPer cup
Cocoa Powderabout 1⅔ cups86 g
All-Purpose Flour1 cup + 2 tbsp125 g
Granulated Sugarabout ⅔ cup200 g
Butter½ cup + 2 tbsp227 g

See all 140g conversions on the 140 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby cocoa powder amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
115 g1⅓ cups21.4 tbsp
120 g1⅓ cups + 1 tbsp22.3 tbsp
125 gabout 1½ cups23.3 tbsp
130 g1½ cups24.2 tbsp
150 g1¾ cups27.9 tbsp
160 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp29.8 tbsp
165 g1¾ cups + 2½ tbsp30.7 tbsp
170 g2 cups31.6 tbsp

Full ladder on the cocoa powder grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 140g of cocoa powder?

140 grams of cocoa powder is about 1⅔ cups. In kitchen measures that is 1½ cups + 2 tablespoons, worked out from 86 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of cocoa powder?

One US cup of cocoa powder weighs about 86 grams, one tablespoon about 5.38 grams, and one teaspoon about 1.79 grams.

How do I measure 140g of cocoa powder without a scale?

Use 1½ cups + 2 tablespoons. Cocoa powder clumps in the tin and compacts under its own weight. Sift or whisk it, then spoon it into the cup without tapping.

Is it better to weigh cocoa powder or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the cocoa powder is packed into the cup. Without a scale, use the cup figure above and measure the same way throughout the recipe.

Weights are per US cup, spooned and levelled. How we calculate

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