A recipe calls for 1/3 cup honey but mine is crystallized and hard to scoop accurately — can I weigh it instead?

Yes — 1/3 cup honey weighs about 113 g. Weighing avoids the air pockets and sticking that make volume measurements of crystallized honey unreliable; gently warm the honey first to make it easier to pour onto the scale.

Why does honey weigh so much more than the same volume of sugar?

Honey is roughly 17% water and 80%+ sugars in a dense syrup form, with very little air — 1 cup weighs 340 g. Granulated sugar, by contrast, is a dry solid with air gaps between crystals, weighing only 200 g per cup despite being mostly the same sugars.

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Honey: 340 Grams

Honey is much denser than water — about 1.4 times as dense — which is why 1 cup of honey weighs 340 g compared to water's 237 g. This density also makes honey notoriously sticky to measure by volume; a thin coating of oil or hot water on the measuring cup helps honey release cleanly and gives a more accurate volume reading.

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Honey cups to grams
Cups	Grams
1/4 cups	85 g
1/3 cups	113 g
1/2 cups	170 g
3/4 cups	255 g
1 cup	340 g
2 cups	680 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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