how many grams in a teaspoon of chocolate chips?

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• How many chips fit in a teaspoon?
  Standard semisweet chips count out to roughly 5 to 7 per teaspoon. Mini chips, being about a quarter of the volume, give you closer to 30 per teaspoon. If a recipe specifies teaspoons of chips — common for thumbprint cookies or mini muffins — it is usually because the per-portion dose matters more than total batch weight.
• Is a teaspoon of chips enough to flavor a single mug cake?
  A teaspoon at 3.5 grams is light for a full mug cake — you will get one or two pockets of chocolate rather than chip in every bite. Two teaspoons (about 7 grams) is the sweet spot for a 250-milliliter mug cake. Press a few extra chips into the surface before microwaving so they soften into the top crust.
• Why do my chips not melt smoothly when I stir a teaspoon into hot coffee?
  The stabilizers and reduced cocoa-butter content that let chips survive a 375°F oven also resist dissolving in a hot drink. A teaspoon stirred into coffee will soften and coat the spoon rather than disperse. For mocha-style drinks, use chopped bar chocolate or cocoa powder — chips are engineered to stay intact, which is the opposite of what you want in a beverage.

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