Convert Macaroni measurements

Macaroni Measurement Converter

Use the tool below to convert macaroni from the measurements in your recipe to the measurements that you need.

Macaroni is a short, curved tube pasta, the backbone of mac and cheese, pasta bakes, and cold pasta salads. One metric cup (250 ml) of dry macaroni weighs around 115 grams or 4.06 ounces. When a recipe lists macaroni in cups but you are working from a bag and scales, converting by weight keeps the portion right. Every figure here is for dry, uncooked macaroni; to see how much it makes once boiled, use the cooked pasta converter below.

Dry macaroni tubes pack loosely in a cup with plenty of air between them, so the gram weight shifts with how the cup is filled. Weighing in grams gives you a consistent portion every time, batch after batch.

Also known as

• elbow macaroni
• elbows
• macaroni pasta

Macaroni Calculators & Baking Tools

Working with macaroni? These tools handle the jobs a converter cannot.

• Cooked Pasta Converter See how much cooked pasta you get from a cup of dry pasta.
• Recipe Scaler Scale any recipe up or down and keep every ingredient in ratio.
• Volume Converter Switch between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons and millilitres for any ingredient.
• Weight Converter Switch between grams, ounces, pounds and kilograms for any ingredient.

Common Macaroni Conversions

Here are the most common macaroni conversions from grams to cups.

Macaroni Conversion Chart

The conversion chart below gives a quick reference for converting macaroni to different measurements.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are macaroni and elbow macaroni the same thing?

Yes. Elbow macaroni is another name for macaroni, so they are the same ingredient and measure identically. A cup of macaroni weighs 115 grams under either name, and every conversion on this page holds whichever name your recipe uses. Recipes swap the two freely, so you can follow either without changing quantities or weighing any differently.

Does cooked macaroni weigh the same as dry macaroni?

No. One cup of cooked macaroni weighs about 146 g, while one cup of dry macaroni weighs 115 g. Dry pasta takes up water as it boils and swells to roughly 1.97 times its volume, so a single dry cup makes several cooked cups. The dry and cooked gram figures are not interchangeable. Use the cooked pasta converter to switch between the two. Open the cooked pasta converter

What is 0.25 cups of macaroni in tablespoons?

0.25 cups of macaroni is 4.17 tablespoons. This is the same for any ingredient, since cups and tablespoons are both volume units and do not depend on what you are measuring. One cup is about 16.67 tablespoons, so 0.5 cups is 8.33 tablespoons. Use the volume converter to switch between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and millilitres for any amount. Open the volume converter

How much does a cup of macaroni weigh?

1 cup of macaroni in grams is 115 grams. The ratio is fixed, so 2 cups is 230 grams and half a cup is 57.5 grams. Weighing macaroni by the cup is the most common way to measure it for baking. The chart above this FAQ lists the cup amounts recipes call for, and the converter at the top handles anything between them.

How do you measure macaroni in cups?

100 grams of macaroni is 0.87 cups. The conversion scales in a straight line, so 200 grams is 1.74 cups and 50 grams is 0.43 cups. Grams to cups helps when a recipe gives a weight but you measure with cups. The chart above this FAQ covers the other weights cooks measure out.

How do you measure macaroni in tablespoons?

50 grams of macaroni is 7.25 tablespoons. The ratio is fixed, so 100 grams is 14.49 tablespoons and 25 grams is 3.62 tablespoons. Tablespoons are handy for smaller amounts when you would rather not get out the scales. The chart above this FAQ turns the other common weights into tablespoons too.

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