25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (2024)

You know, those Folger’s people have something saying that coffee is the best part of waking up. I love my morning coffee and often enjoy it in the evenings with a little flavored creamer. That said, I have found that those flavored creamers can get a bit expensive, especially if you want something different from time to time. So what can we do about that? We can DIY our own flavored coffee creamers!

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (1)I love flavored coffees so I started looking for a few flavors that I can make from home. Honesty, I had the idea to add some of these to a few gift baskets that I’m making for Christmas and when I found out how easy…not to mention cheap…they are to make, I decided that I would just have to have a few for myself. I do love my Starbucks coffees but they’re a bit expensive, too. And, if you haven’t already, be sure to have a look at these 35 copycat Starbucks recipes that you can make at home. They’re delicious and so easy to make!

Now, back to our DIY coffee creamers; whether you like amaretto, cinnamon, French vanilla, pumpkin spice or just about any other flavor, you’re going to find the recipe here. These coffee creamers are so delicious and perfect for those chilly mornings or evenings when you want a little something besides just black coffee. And, if you need something to enjoy with your steaming cup, be sure to check out these scrumptious chocolate chip cookies. They’re absolutely heavenly!

1. Almond Joy Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (2)Almond Joy is one of my favorite candy bars, which makes me really love this homemade Almond Joy coffee creamer. This one is perfect for cold winter mornings or anytime you want a little something sweet with your coffee. You make it with heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk, chocolate syrup, coconut extract and almond extract and it tastes just like that favorite candy bar!

Recipe and Instructions: sisterssavingcents

2. Homemade Chocolate Raspberry Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (3)This smooth creamy chocolate coffee creamer has a little kick of raspberry that gives it a wonderful flavor. With whole milk, half and half creamer, sugar, raspberry preserves, vanilla and cocoa powder, this one is perfect for those of you who love raspberry and chocolate combinations. This would also be delicious in an iced coffee blend.

Recipe and Instructions: thegraciouswife

3. Homemade Amaretto Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (4)Amaretto is an acquired taste but if you like it, this amaretto coffee creamer is wonderful. It’s easy to make and because it’s made with dry milk powder, you can make up a huge batch and have it on hand for when company comes over. Just add powdered sugar, almond extract and cinnamon to your powdered milk, blend and then store in an airtight container for weeks.

Recipe and Instructions: freehomeschooldeals

4. DIY Autumn Spice Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (5)This autumn spice creamer is perfect for fall and a wonderful addition to your morning coffee. You’ll need half and half as well as heavy cream to make this one. You blend the two together and then add sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon. This is a liquid creamer so you’ll need to keep it in the fridge and it stores well in an airtight container for a week or so.

Recipe and Instructions: mymontanakitchen

5. Caramel Marshmallow Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (6)I love caramel coffees. The smooth caramel flavor is just so delicious in a hot drink and this caramel marshmallow creamer is super easy to make. You’ll need milk and half and half as well as marshmallow cream, caramel topping, sugar and vanilla to make this one. You’ll have to heat the ingredients to make sure that the marshmallow cream dissolves well and then pour it into a refrigerator container. It stores in the fridge for up to four weeks.

Recipe and Instructions: thegraciouswife

6. Homemade Vanilla Chai Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (7)This vanilla chai coffee creamer takes less than half an hour to make and you can store it in the fridge for weeks. You’ll need half and half, chai tea bags, vanilla bean paste or extract and agave syrup for a sweetener. Just warm the half and half and then let the tea bags seep in it for about 15 minutes. Add your other ingredients and you’re all set.

Recipe and Instructions: nutmegnanny

7. Chocolate Chip Cookie Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (8)Everyone loves chocolate chip cookies, right? If you do, this homemade chocolate chip cookie coffee creamer is for you. It has unsweetened cocoa powder, sweetened condensed milk, whole milk, brown sugar and vanilla extract and tastes like a liquid chocolate chip cookie. This is the perfect creamer for after dinner when you want something a bit sweet but you just don’t have any chocolate chip cookies on hand.

Recipe and Instructions: shugarysweets

8. Homemade Chocolate Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (9)This chocolate coffee creamer looks like something that you would get from Starbucks, but it’s a lot cheaper to make…and it’s homemade. You just add chocolate syrup and vanilla to milk and cream to make it and then add it to your coffee. This one only takes a few minutes to make and gives you weeks of flavored creamer.

Recipe and Instructions: thegraciouswife

9. Cinnamon Roll Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (10)This homemade cinnamon roll coffee creamer is great for those of you who love a strong cinnamon taste. It only takes about 10 minutes to make and you can store it in the fridge for several weeks. This would make a wonderful gift for someone for the upcoming holidays. Just add some of this creamer in a basket with a coffee mug and a container of coffee.

Recipe and Instructions: crunchycreamysweet

10. Homemade Coconut Milk Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (11)This coconut milk creamer has a little surprise for you. It’s made with coconut milk, vanilla and dates to give it a wonderful and very unique flavor. This one doesn’t have to cook, either. Just blend all of your ingredients together and strain it to remove any date bits. Then store it in the fridge in a tight lidded container for up to a week.

Recipe and Instructions: lifecurrents

11. Crème Brule Homemade Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (12)If you’ve ever had crème brule then you know just how delicious it is. This homemade creamer perfectly mimics that taste and it’s super fast and easy to make. Just blend a can of evaporated milk with light brown sugar, whole milk and vanilla extract. Pour into a jar and store in the refrigerator until you’re ready for a tasty coffee creamer.

Recipe and Instructions: shugarysweets

12. Holiday Eggnog Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (13)The holidays are nearly here, which thrills me because I absolutely love eggnog. Little did I know that you can make your own delicious eggnog coffee creamer with just a handful of ingredients. You need sweetened condensed milk, half and half, nutmeg, and a teaspoon of rum extract to make this one and it’s absolutely divine. This would also make a wonderful gift for anyone you know who loves coffee…and eggnog.

Recipe and Instructions: galonamission

13. Homemade Gingerbread Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (14)This homemade gingerbread coffee creamer is a great vegan recipe and it’s also perfect for the upcoming holidays. It takes coconut milk, coconut sugar, molasses, ground ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves to give it that wonderful gingerbread taste. This would be a wonderful morning pick me up, particularly through fall and is perfect for serving at Christmas or even giving out as a holiday gift.

Recipe and Instructions: exsloth

14. DIY Hazelnut Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (15)This hazelnut coffee creamer is sure to be a hit with anyone who loves flavored creamers. Hazelnut is one of the most popular coffee creamer flavors but those store bought versions can be expensive. This one is inexpensive and really easy to make and you can have it finished in about 15 minutes. It keeps in the fridge in a tightly lidded jar for about four days.

Recipe and Instructions: stupideasypaleo

15. Marshmallow Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (16)This homemade marshmallow creamer will make your coffee taste almost like hot chocolate, and it’s really easy to make. You just combine milk and half and half or heavy cream, sugar, marshmallow cream and vanilla extract. You can make this up in about 10 minutes and it stores in the fridge in a tightly covered container for up to four weeks.

Recipe and Instructions: thegraciouswife

16. Mint Chocolate Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (17)Mint and chocolate go so well together and they really make your coffee taste great. This is such a wonderful creamer for the upcoming holidays! This mint chocolate creamer is super easy to make. Just mix coconut milk with vanilla almond milk and add cocoa powder, stevia or other sweetener and peppermint extract. Your coffee will taste just like a York Peppermint Pattie!

Recipe and Instructions: createmindfully

17. Homemade Nutella Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (18)Nutella is a staple in my house…my kids insist on it. I’m sure they would also love this Nutella coffee creamer. With hints of hazelnut and chocolate, this is the perfect creamer for a relaxing cup of coffee after a long day and it’s so easy to make. You’ll need Nutella, sweetened condensed milk, whole milk and about 15 minutes to make it. You can use fat free or low fat milks and make this one a bit healthier without marring the taste.

18. Peanut Butter Cup Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (19)You know you love Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, right? So why not enjoy the taste in your coffee? This peanut butter cup creamer is really easy to make and so delicious. You’ll need half and half, sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter, cocoa powder, and vanilla. You just heat the ingredients for about five minutes until the peanut butter is dissolved well and then store it in the fridge for a week or so.

Recipe and Instructions: vlhamlin

19. Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (20)I’ll admit, I’m one of those people who absolutely love pumpkin spice. I buy the creamer for my coffee every year…well at least I did. From now on, I’ll be making this quick and easy pumpkin spice coffee creamer myself. You use pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar, along with milk and heavy cream to make this one. It’s a quick one to put together and it will stay fresh in the fridge for up to five days.

Recipe and Instructions: crunchycreamysweet

20. Homemade Salted Caramel Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (21)Salted caramel is all the rage right now so this salted caramel coffee creamer fits in perfectly. If you want something that is really smooth and tasty for your morning coffee, I definitely recommend giving this one a try. It takes vanilla, brown sugar, salt, half and half and water to make and only takes a few minutes to put together. Store this in the fridge for up to a week or so and just give it a little shake before you use it.

Recipe and Instructions: alaskafromscratch

21. Snickers Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (22)This yummy Snickers coffee creamer fits into paleo and vegan diets and it’s absolutely scrumptious. It takes coconut milk, dates, cocoa powder, almond extract and water to make and you only need about 10 minutes or so to finish it. Plus, the ingredients make an entire 16 ounces of creamer, which you can store in the fridge for up to 10 days.

Recipe and Instructions: physicalkitchness

22. Easy DIY Caramel Macchiato Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (23)Caramel macchiato is my favorite Starbucks drink. I get one every time I have a chance and now I can make my own creamer at home…that tastes just like what I get from Starbucks! With real caramel bits, sugar and heavy cream, this is a smooth and thick creamer that is perfect for those cold winter mornings. Plus, if you love Starbucks caramel macchiato as much as I do, this will save you a fortune!

Recipe and Instructions: amandathevirtuouswife

23. Vanilla Bean Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (24)If you love French vanilla creamer in your coffee, you will absolutely adore this vanilla bean creamer. It’s so easy to make, too and tastes so wonderful with real vanilla bean paste. You also need half and half, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract to make this one and the recipe is really easy. Just mix the ingredients together in a jar…I would use a mason jar…and then store in the fridge.

Recipe and Instructions: wineandglue

24. Homemade Vanilla Cardamom Coffee Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (25)This vanilla cardamom creamer is perfect for a little pick me up in your morning coffee or it makes a great iced coffee, as well. You add whole milk, heavy cream, sugar, cardamom pods and vanilla bean together and heat. Then transfer to a tightly lidded container and store in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Recipe and Instructions: wonkywonderful

25. DIY Cinnamon Vanilla Creamer

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (26)Cinnamon and vanilla go so well together, particularly throughout the holidays so this creamer is perfect for the upcoming colder months. You can even make up big batches of this one and freeze it to use later…or to make a wonderful iced coffee. It uses whole milk, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon and gives you such a wonderfully relaxing flavor!

Recipe and Instructions: mealplanningmagic

25 Yummy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What are the ingredients in Coffee-Mate creamer? ›

WATER, COCONUT OIL, SUGAR, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA CAROTENE COLOR.

How to make the best coffee with creamer? ›

Add Creamer To Your Brewed Coffee

If you've already brewed your coffee, you can still add creamer for extra flavour and sweetness. Simply pour your coffee into a blender and add your desired amount of creamer. Blend until the cream is well combined and enjoy!

Is it cheaper to make your own coffee creamer? ›

Cost-Effective: Homemade coffee creamer can save you a pretty penny in the long run. Plus, many homemade creamer recipes use ingredients you likely already have on hand, making it budget-friendly.

How much powdered coffee creamer to make a cup of milk? ›

Whole milk: 2 Tbsp powdered creamer + 2 Tbsp water OR 4 Tbsp liquid coffee creamer. 2% reduced fat milk: 3 Tbsp powdered creamer + 3 Tbsp water OR 5 Tbsp liquid coffee creamer. Skim milk: 4 Tbsp powdered creamer + 4 Tbsp water OR 8 Tbsp liquid coffee creamer.

What oil is in Coffee Mate creamer? ›

From the Package. INGREDIENTS: WATER. CORN SYRUP SOLIOS, VEGETABLE OIL (HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN AND/OR HIGH OLEIC CANOLA), AND LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, MONOAND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN.

What sweetener is in Coffee Mate? ›

Per tablespoon, the fat-free version of Coffee-mate® contains 25 calories, 1 gram of fat, and 0 grams of saturated fat. While the sugar-free version has 15 calories, 1 gram of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, and the artificial sweeteners sucralose (Splenda) and acesulfame potassium.

What is the healthiest creamer to put in my coffee? ›

30 healthiest coffee creamers
  • Elm & Rye Coffee Creamer.
  • Vital Proteins Collagen Coffee Creamer.
  • LAIRD Superfood Creamer.
  • Bulletproof French Vanilla Creamer.
  • nutpods French Vanilla Creamer.
  • Califia Farms – French Vanilla Almond Milk Coffee Creamer.
  • Copper Cow Coffee California Sweetened Condensed Milk Creamers.
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Is it better to make your own coffee creamer? ›

While it may be easy to grab a container from the store, homemade coffee creamer is a fresher alternative that tastes better and won't have you worrying about the nutrition label. Even better: It's surprisingly simple to make using only 3 ingredients!

How long does homemade coffee creamer last? ›

Combine half and half, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract to a quart-sized (32 oz) mason jar. Cover and shake – screw the lid on tightly and shake the creamer until well combined (you can also whisk it up). Store – keep the creamer covered and refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.

Is homemade creamer better than store bought? ›

Making your own creamer will likely cost about one or two more dollars than store-bought versions, but it's still a deal (you'll spend less if you already have vanilla extract around). Many store-bought creamers contain stabilizers, preservatives and ingredients that improve mouthfeel.

What can I use as a substitute for coffee creamer? ›

Simple Ingredients For A Healthier Cup Of Coffee
  • Heavy Cream. This is heavy whipping cream which you'll find in the dairy aisle. ...
  • Full-Fat Canned Coconut Milk. ...
  • Unsalted Butter. ...
  • Unsweetened Nut Milk. ...
  • MCT Oil. ...
  • Coconut Oil. ...
  • Honey. ...
  • Real Maple Syrup.
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Does powdered milk make a good coffee creamer? ›

The difference is negligible. In fact, we find that powdered milk allows more of the coffee's natural qualities to emerge. If you like it sweet, add coconut oil, vanilla extract, cocoa powder or cinnamon to your cup.

Can you make coffee creamer out of powdered milk? ›

Directions. Combine powdered milk, sugar, boiling water, and vanilla extract in a blender and blend until smooth; add milk. Transfer creamer to a container with a tight seal and keep refrigerated.

How do you make liquid creamer out of powdered creamer? ›

Mix one part hot water with one part powdered non-dairy creaner, stir thoroughly. Add your choice of flavor extract (be creative). Add one part cold water. Store in refrigerator.

Does Coffee Mate have artificial sweetener? ›

WATER, COCONUT OIL, 2% OR LESS OF SODIUM CASEINATE (A MILK DERIVATIVE)**, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT, SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, BETA CAROTENE AND RIBOFLAVIN (FOR COLOR).

Does Coffee Mate creamer have carrageenan? ›

Nestle's Coffee Mate, a household name in coffee creamers that has been around since 1961, is primarily water, sugar and vegetable oil (soybean or canola oil). It also contains artificial flavors, gums and carrageenan, a seaweed-derived ingredient that has been linked to gut health issues for some people.

What are the ingredients in Coffee Mate creamer without sugar? ›

WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, AND LESS THAN 2% OF MICELLAR CASEIN (A MILK DERIVATIVE), MALTODEXTRIN**, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARRAGEENAN, SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM (NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER).

Is Coffee Mate a dairy substitute? ›

COFFEE-MATE is not a substitute product for milk. It is a non-dairy coffee creamer. It can be used as a substitute creamer for tea, but it brings the best taste in coffee.

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