Butter Converter

Sticks, cups, tablespoons, grams and ounces — converted instantly.

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One US stick of butter = ½ cup = 8 tablespoons = 113 g = 4 oz. A full cup is 2 sticks (227 g). US butter wrappers are marked in tablespoons, which makes them handy to cut — 1 tablespoon ≈ 14 g.

Butter conversion chart

SticksCupsTbspGramsOunces
½¼456.7 g2 oz
1½8113 g4 oz
2116227 g8 oz
4232454 g16 oz

How much is a stick of butter?

In the US, butter is sold in sticks weighing 113 grams (¼ lb / 4 oz) each, equal to ½ cup or 8 tablespoons. Most recipes outside the US give butter by weight in grams, which is why a converter helps: 200 g of butter, for instance, is about 1¾ sticks.

For other ingredients, use the grams to cups converter.