how many grams in a cup of chocolate chips?

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things people ask

• Why does my cup of chips weigh more than a cup of chopped chocolate?
  Chips pack denser than chopped bar chocolate because the uniform teardrops nest tightly with little air between them. A cup of chips lands near 170 grams, while a cup of roughly chopped bar typically falls closer to 150 grams. If a recipe calls for chopped chocolate by volume and you swap in chips, you are adding extra solids — worth weighing if the recipe is fussy about ratios.
• Can I substitute chips one-for-one when a recipe asks for chopped chocolate?
  By weight, yes — 170 grams of chips equals 170 grams of chopped bar in terms of mass. But chips contain emulsifiers and less cocoa butter, so they resist melting smoothly into ganache, glazes, or molten centers. For melted applications, chop a bar. For folding into cookie dough, muffin batter, or scones at one cup per batch, chips are exactly what you want.
• How do I measure a cup of chips accurately without packing them?
  Scoop chips into a dry measuring cup and tap the side once or twice to settle them, then level with a straight edge. Do not press down — chips compact slightly under pressure and you can sneak an extra 15 to 20 grams into the cup without realizing. If your recipe was developed with a 6-ounce bag in mind, dumping the whole bag is more reliable than measuring.

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