A US recipe calls for one 8 oz block of cream cheese — how many grams is that, and is it about 1 cup?

An 8 oz block of cream cheese is about 227 g, which is very close to 1 cup (232 g) — for practical purposes, one standard block equals 1 cup.

A European recipe calls for 250 g cream cheese — how many US blocks (8 oz) do I need?

250 g ÷ 227 g per block ≈ 1.1 blocks, so just over one standard 8 oz block. In practice, one block plus about 1 tablespoon from a second block gets you close enough for most recipes.

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Cream Cheese: 232 Grams

Cream cheese is dense and weighs about 232 g per cup, similar to butter. It's most commonly sold and measured in 8 oz (227 g) blocks rather than by cup, so recipes that call for cream cheese by weight (especially in grams) are often easier to follow directly from the package than by trying to pack it into a measuring cup.

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Cream Cheese cups to grams
Cups	Grams
1/4 cups	58 g
1/3 cups	77 g
1/2 cups	116 g
3/4 cups	174 g
1 cup	232 g
2 cups	464 g

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Last reviewed: 2026-06-11 · Source: USDA FoodData Central / King Arthur Baking ingredient weight charts · see our methodology

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