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165g Cocoa Powder in Cups

165 grams of cocoa powder is 1¾ cups + 2½ tbsp — 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.

165 g of cocoa powder is

1¾ cups + 2½ tbsp

1.92 US cups · 30.7 tbsp · 454 ml · 86 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1 + ½ + ¼ cup+2½ 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 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 2½ tablespoons. It is about 66% 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.

165g of cocoa powder vs other ingredients

Ingredient165g in cupsPer cup
Cocoa Powder1¾ cups + 2½ tbsp86 g
All-Purpose Flour1⅓ cups125 g
Granulated Sugar¾ cup + 1 tbsp200 g
Butterabout ¾ cup227 g

See all 165g conversions on the 165 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby cocoa powder amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
130 g1½ cups24.2 tbsp
140 gabout 1⅔ cups26 tbsp
150 g1¾ cups27.9 tbsp
160 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp29.8 tbsp
170 g2 cups31.6 tbsp
175 g2 cups32.6 tbsp
180 g2 cups + 1½ tbsp33.5 tbsp
185 g2 cups + 2½ tbsp34.4 tbsp

Full ladder on the cocoa powder grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 165g of cocoa powder?

165 grams of cocoa powder is 1¾ cups + 2½ tbsp. In kitchen measures that is 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 2½ 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 165g of cocoa powder without a scale?

Use 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 2½ 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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