How much is 1 cup of brown sugar in grams?

1 cup of brown sugar is 220 grams. The conversion scales in a straight line, so 0.5 cups is 110 grams and 2 cups is 440 grams. Multiply or divide that figure to match whatever your recipe needs, or use the converter above for an exact grams reading at any amount.

How much is 1 cup of brown sugar in ounces?

1 cup of brown sugar is 7.8 ounces. The ratio is fixed, so 0.5 cups is 3.9 ounces and 2 cups is 15.6 ounces. Use the converter above for any other amount, or see the chart on this page for the common quantities at a glance.

How do cups and tablespoons compare as units?

Cups and tablespoons are both volume units, so the conversion between them does not vary by ingredient. One metric cup holds about 16.67 tablespoons or 50 teaspoons, and the ratio stays fixed regardless of what you are measuring. The volume converter handles any amount between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and millilitres.

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How much is 1 cup of brown sugar?

1 packed cup of brown sugar (Light Muscovado) is 220 grams, about 7.8 ounces. 0.5 cups of brown sugar is 110 grams and 2 cups is 440 grams. Use the converter below for any amount.

These figures use the metric cup (250 ml), so 1 cup is 220 g. A US cup is slightly smaller at 240 ml and holds about 211 g.
Cup sizes are not standard worldwide, so the same cup of an ingredient can weigh more or less depending on the country. What is a cup measurement →
Brown sugar is measured packed, so a cup's weight depends on how firmly you press it. This page uses 220 g for a firmly packed metric cup, the figure most recipes assume. Lightly packed it drops to about 200 g, and a loose scoop falls lower than that. Put it on a scale if one is available and you need to be exact.

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Common Brown Sugar Conversions

Here are the most common brown sugar conversions from cups to grams.

Cups	Grams
0.25 cups	55 g
0.5 cups	110 g
0.75 cups	165 g
1 cup	220 g
1.25 cups	275 g
1.5 cups	330 g
2 cups	440 g
2.5 cups	550 g
3 cups	660 g

Brown Sugar Conversion Chart

The conversion chart below gives a quick reference for converting brown sugar from Cup to other measurements.

cup	grams	ounces	lb	kg	cup(US)	tbsp	tsp
0.25 cup	55 g	1.95 oz	0.12 lb	0.06 kg	0.26 cup (US)	4.17 tbsp	12.5 tsp
0.5 cup	110 g	3.9 oz	0.24 lb	0.11 kg	0.52 cup (US)	8.33 tbsp	25 tsp
1 cup	220 g	7.8 oz	0.49 lb	0.22 kg	1.04 cup (US)	16.67 tbsp	50 tsp
2 cup	440 g	15.6 oz	0.97 lb	0.44 kg	2.08 cup (US)	33.33 tbsp	100 tsp

Frequently Asked Questions

How much is 1 cup of brown sugar?: 1 cup of brown sugar is 220 grams, or 7.8 ounces. The ratio is fixed, so 0.5 cups of brown sugar is 110 grams and 2 cups is 440 grams. Whatever unit your recipe uses, enter the amount in the converter above or read the conversion chart on this page for the most common quantities. Open the brown sugar converter
How much is 1 cup of brown sugar in grams?: 1 cup of brown sugar is 220 grams. The conversion scales in a straight line, so 0.5 cups is 110 grams and 2 cups is 440 grams. Multiply or divide that figure to match whatever your recipe needs, or use the converter above for an exact grams reading at any amount. 1 cup brown sugar in grams
How much is 1 cup of brown sugar in ounces?: 1 cup of brown sugar is 7.8 ounces. The ratio is fixed, so 0.5 cups is 3.9 ounces and 2 cups is 15.6 ounces. Use the converter above for any other amount, or see the chart on this page for the common quantities at a glance. 1 cup brown sugar in ounces
How do cups and tablespoons compare as units?: Cups and tablespoons are both volume units, so the conversion between them does not vary by ingredient. One metric cup holds about 16.67 tablespoons or 50 teaspoons, and the ratio stays fixed regardless of what you are measuring. The volume converter handles any amount between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and millilitres. Cups to tablespoons

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Sugar

Quick swap when you have no molasses. Loses the caramel notes and moisture, so expect a crisper, plainer cookie or cake. Add 1 tbsp extra liquid per cup of sugar to compensate. See our Sugar converter.

Raw Sugar

Raw sugar has a trace of molasses but is dry with hard crystals (200 g vs 220 g per cup). Result is drier and crunchier; works best in toppings and crumbles. See our Raw Sugar converter.

Palm Sugar

Palm sugar brings the same caramel depth plus an earthy note from the palm sap that brown sugar lacks. Match the weight and not the cup: palm sugar fills one at 200 g against 220 g packed. Sold as a block it has to be grated first, and even grated it stays coarser than brown sugar. See our Palm Sugar converter.

Molasses

Molasses is the syrup that gives brown sugar its colour and caramel flavour. You can add a small amount of molasses to white sugar as a substitute for brown sugar, though the result will be wetter and more intensely flavoured. See our Molasses converter.

Caster Sugar

Caster sugar is milled fine enough to dissolve almost on contact, where brown sugar arrives damp and in clumps you have to press flat. A cup of caster gives 225 g levelled against brown sugar's 220 g packed, so the two land close by weight and nowhere near it by handling. See caster sugar in cups.

Icing Sugar

Icing sugar is ground to a powder and cut with a little corn flour so it dissolves cold into frostings. It fills a cup at 125 g where a packed cup of brown sugar reaches 220 g, a little over half the weight, so the two never swap cup for cup. See icing sugar in cups.

Chocolate Chips

Chocolate chips and brown sugar are the pair a cookie recipe lists together, usually a cup of each. Chips fill that cup at 180 g against 220 g of packed brown sugar, so a recipe written in grams is not asking for the same scoop twice. See chocolate chips in cups.

Plain Flour

Plain flour is the other half of a cookie dough and the one measured the opposite way: spooned in and levelled, not pressed. That is why its cup holds 140 g where brown sugar's holds 220 g, despite the two looking identical in the cup. See plain flour in cups.

Butter

Butter and brown sugar go into the bowl together at the start of a cookie dough, and the sugar's crystals are what cut air into the butter. Butter runs to 227 g a cup and brown sugar to 220 g packed, so the usual cup-for-cup pairing holds by weight too. See butter in cups.

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