Butter converter
Sticks, tablespoons, cups and grams of butter, in every direction.
Fractions like 1 1/2 work
8
24
0.5
4
0.25
0.454
The stick, at a glance
| Butter | Sticks | Tbsp | Cups | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ sticks | ¼ | 2 | ⅛ | 28 g |
| ½ sticks | ½ | 4 | ¼ | 57 g |
| 1 stick | 1 | 8 | ½ | 113 g |
| 1 ½ sticks | 1 ½ | 12 | ¾ | 170 g |
| 2 sticks | 2 | 16 | 1 | 227 g |
| 3 sticks | 3 | 24 | 1 ½ | 340 g |
| 4 sticks | 4 | 32 | 2 | 454 g |
How it works
A US stick of butter is a quarter-pound: 4 oz, 113 g, half a cup, or 8 tablespoons. The wrapper is printed with tablespoon marks, which is why American recipes cheerfully call for “6 tablespoons of butter” — you just cut on the line.
1 stick = 1/2 cup = 8 tbsp = 4 oz = 113.4 g Outside the US
Most of the world sells butter in 250 g or 500 g blocks with no markings, so recipes specify weight instead. A 250 g block is about 2.2 US sticks — which is why halving an American recipe with a European block usually means reaching for the scale.
East-coast vs west-coast sticks
Both weigh 4 oz, but they are shaped differently: “Elgin” sticks (eastern US) are long and thin, western sticks are short and stubby. The weight and the tablespoon markings are identical, so any recipe works with either.