Dried Cranberries:
Grams to Cups
By Stefan Ulrich · Last updated
Dried cranberries (often sold as Craisins) weigh 120 grams per cup. They're lighter than raisins (165 g/cup) because their slightly drier, firmer texture creates more air space between pieces.
How much Dried Cranberries weighs at each cup measure.
Convert Dried Cranberries
1 cup = 120 grams
= — grams
= — cups
Quick reference
Measurement Table
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tsp | 3 g | 0.11 oz |
| 1 tbsp | 8 g | 0.28 oz |
| ⅛ cup | 15 g | 0.53 oz |
| ¼ cup | 30 g | 1.06 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 40 g | 1.41 oz |
| ½ cup | 60 g | 2.12 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 80 g | 2.82 oz |
| ¾ cup | 90 g | 3.17 oz |
| 1 cup | 120 g | 4.23 oz |
| 1¼ cups | 150 g | 5.29 oz |
| 1½ cups | 180 g | 6.35 oz |
| 2 cups | 240 g | 8.47 oz |
| 3 cups | 360 g | 12.70 oz |
About Dried Cranberries
Dried cranberries are almost always sweetened — raw cranberries are too tart to eat dried without added sugar. The sugar coating adds weight and stickiness, which is why store-bought dried cranberries are heavier and clumpier than you might expect from their size.
In baking, dried cranberries substitute for raisins at approximately the same volume but not the same weight: 1 cup dried cranberries (120 g) replaces 1 cup raisins (165 g). The cranberries contribute less sugar and more tartness, which can brighten cookies, muffins, and trail mixes.
Chopped dried cranberries pack more densely at about 140 g/cup. For recipes that call for chopped dried fruit, weigh rather than measure by volume — the chop size creates huge variation.
Unsweetened dried cranberries (increasingly available for health-conscious baking) weigh about 100–110 g/cup because they lack the sugar coating. They're extremely tart and typically need additional sweetener in the recipe.
Tips for measuring Dried Cranberries
- Sweetened dried cranberries: ~120 g/cup. Unsweetened: ~105 g/cup.
- Substitute for raisins by volume (1:1), not by weight.
- Chop for more even distribution in cookie dough — whole cranberries can be large.
- Plump in warm orange juice for 15 min for a flavor upgrade in muffins.
Common mistakes
- Using unsweetened cranberries without adding sugar — extremely tart result
- Substituting by weight for raisins — use volume instead (cranberries are lighter)
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many grams in a cup of Dried Cranberries?
- 1 cup of Dried Cranberries weighs 120 grams — the standard used in most American recipes. Use the converter above for any other amount.
- How many grams is 1 tablespoon of Dried Cranberries?
- 1 tablespoon of Dried Cranberries weighs about 8 grams. The full table above lists every common cup fraction.
- What's the most common mistake when measuring Dried Cranberries?
- Using unsweetened cranberries without adding sugar — extremely tart result. Weighing on a kitchen scale avoids it entirely.
- Does Dried Cranberries need to be levelled in the cup?
- Yes — spoon dried Cranberries in and sweep a straight edge across the top. Scooping or tapping compacts it and changes the weight.