Butter Converter
1 US stick of butter = ½ cup = 113 g = 8 tablespoons. Type any amount of butter in grams or cups to see it in sticks and spoons.
Tip: One US stick of butter is 113 g, ½ cup or 8 tablespoons.
One US stick of butter weighs 113 g and measures ½ cup, 8 tablespoons or 4 ounces. Two sticks make 1 cup (227 g), and a 1 lb box holds four sticks (454 g). A 250 g European block is about 2 ¼ sticks, or 1 cup + 1 ½ tablespoons.
Butter sticks to cups, tablespoons and grams
| Sticks | Cups | Tablespoons | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ stick | 2 tbsp | 2 | 28 g | 1 oz |
| ½ stick | ¼ cup | 4 | 57 g | 2 oz |
| 1 stick | ½ cup | 8 | 113 g | 4 oz |
| 1 ½ sticks | ¾ cup | 12 | 170 g | 6 oz |
| 2 sticks | 1 cup | 16 | 227 g | 8 oz |
| 3 sticks | 1 ½ cups | 24 | 340 g | 12 oz |
| 4 sticks (1 lb) | 2 cups | 32 | 454 g | 16 oz |
How the butter converter works
Pick grams or cups at the top, type an amount, and the result shows cups, sticks, tablespoons and a stick diagram that fills one tablespoon block at a time. It uses 227 g per cup of butter (USDA) and 113.4 g per stick, a quarter of a 1 lb box.
Butter in other countries
- US: sold in 1 lb boxes of four 113 g sticks, each marked in tablespoons.
- UK, Europe, Australia: usually 250 g blocks, sometimes 200 g or 500 g. Recipes are given in grams.
- Canada: often 454 g (1 lb) blocks, with recipes in cups or grams.
If a European recipe asks for 125 g of butter, that’s half a 250 g block, or about 1 stick + 2 ½ teaspoons in US terms.
See also: butter grams to cups, 113 g of butter and ½ cup of butter.
Questions
How many grams is a stick of butter?
113 g (4 oz). It's ½ cup or 8 tablespoons.
How many sticks of butter is 1 cup?
2 sticks.
How many tablespoons are in a stick of butter?
8 tablespoons. The wrapper is usually marked with a line for each one.
How many sticks is 250 g of butter?
About 2 ¼ sticks.
How many sticks is 100 g of butter?
A little under 1 stick, about 7 tablespoons.