1 US cup of honey = 340 grams. Honey is significantly denser than water (about 1.4 g/ml), so 240 ml of honey weighs 340 g rather than 240 g.
Ingredient: Honey — 340 g per US cup
This calculator uses the US recipe cup (240 ml); the precise customary cup is 236.6 ml.
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 85 g |
| ⅓ cup | 113 g |
| ½ cup | 170 g |
| ⅔ cup | 227 g |
| ¾ cup | 255 g |
| 1 cup | 340 g |
| 1½ cup | 510 g |
| 2 cup | 680 g |
| Grams | Cups |
|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.07 cup |
| 50 g | 0.15 cup |
| 100 g | 0.29 cup |
| 150 g | 0.44 cup |
| 200 g | 0.59 cup |
| 250 g | 0.74 cup |
Honey is one of the heaviest common baking ingredients by volume, at approximately 1.42 g/ml — compared to water at 1.0 g/ml and most baking syrups at 1.2–1.4 g/ml. This high density comes from honey's sugar content (about 80% sugars, mainly fructose and glucose) and low water content.
Measuring honey by volume is notoriously sticky and messy. The practical solution for small amounts: spray the measuring spoon or cup with a neutral cooking spray, then add the honey — it slides out cleanly. For amounts over 100 g, a kitchen scale is far easier: simply place the bowl on the scale, zero it, and add honey until you reach the target weight.
Different honey varieties (acacia, manuka, clover, buckwheat) have slightly different densities, but the variation is small — all fall within about 330–345 g per cup. The 340 g figure used here is the standard culinary reference value and appropriate for all common honey varieties.
For baking precision, always weigh ingredients in grams rather than measuring by volume. Ingredient figures are culinary approximations based on King Arthur Baking and USDA references.
1 US cup of honey (240 ml) equals 340 grams. Honey is about 1.4 times denser than water.
100 grams of honey equals approximately 0.29 cups — just under ⅓ cup.
Spray or lightly oil the measuring cup before adding honey. For recipes that include oil, measure the oil first — the honey slides straight out of the oiled cup.
1 tablespoon of honey (15 ml) equals approximately 21 grams.