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The flavors I created were:
Maple Almond – 1 tbsp maple syrup and 1 tsp pure almond extract
Cinnamon Vanilla – 1 tsp cinnamon extract and 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
Mocha – 2 tbsp cocoa powder and 1 tsp espresso powder
Coffee – 1/2 tbsp espresso powder
Once the flavors were added, I screwed on the lids and shook them well before refrigerating. I labeled each jar lid with a sharpie and that was it! I chilled them for an hour, brewed some coffee and tested them out on my family. It was unanimous… we’ll be using homemade creamer from now on.If you’re working with powders like cocoa and espresso, shaking won’t be enough to get everything fully incorporated, so you’ll want to use a blender or food processor, mix, and then pour the creamer into your jar. If you prefer a rich creamer, you can substitute heavy cream for half and half.
Homemade Coffee Creamers
Save money by making these homemade coffee creamers. In your choice of Maple Almond, Cinnamon Vanilla, Mocha, and Coffee flavors
Ingredients
- 4 pint sized canning jars
- Half and Half
- Sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Add equal parts sweetened condensed milk and half and half to each jar. (I used up the whole can of milk and left about an inch of room at the top of each jar for flavorings and shaking space.)
Flavors
- Maple Almond - 1 tbsp maple syrup and 1 tsp pure almond extract
- Cinnamon Vanilla - 1 tsp cinnamon extract and 1 tsp vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
- Mocha - 2 tbsp cocoa powder and 1 tsp espresso powder
- Coffee - 1/2 tbsp espresso powder
- Once the flavors are added, screw on the lids and shake them well before refrigerating. Label each jar lid with a sharpie!
- Chill them for at least one hour, brew some coffee, and enjoy.
- Keep the homemade coffee creamers well covered and store in the refrigerator.
- Note: If you're working with powders like cocoa and espresso, shaking won't be enough to get everything fully incorporated, so you'll want to use a blender or food processor, mix, and then pour the creamer into your jar. If you prefer a rich creamer, you can substitute heavy cream for half and half.
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Notes
If you're working with powders like cocoa and espresso, shaking won't be enough to get everything fully incorporated, so you'll want to use a blender or food processor, mix, and then pour the creamer into your jar. If you prefer a rich creamer, you can substitute heavy cream for half and half.
Hi! I’ve been trying to find a good mocha creamer recipe. I made this one yesterday and tried it in my coffee this morning. It’s perfect… awesome, I wouldn’t change a thing! Thank you so much!
So glad you loved it! w-
Love making my own creamer, saves money & I can make the flavors as strong as I want them.
I was wondering if you have tried sweetened condensed milk & evaporated milk, instead of half n half?
I haven’t tried it that way Dawn. Please chime back in here if you do and how it works. w-
What would be the recipe for Chocolate Hazelnut? Also how does this freeze? I love International Delight Chocolate Hazelnut but it is only available at Christmas time. I have tried freezing it and it freezes soft like ice cream. I have tried mixing it 1 part coffee 2 parts creamer and it is still ice cream soft (and now my oldest tries to sneak and eat them). I love having creamer cubes because it cools the coffee down to the perfect drinking temp I just need to find a chocolate hazelnut that will freeze hard
Genius! And in the end, it would be cheaper than store bought, no? I am definitely going to price this out and try some new flavors! How exciting!!
How would I make mocha almond?
Alexia, I would use a mix of cocoa powder and almond extract. w-
Thanks for this recipe and post. My coworkers and I really go through a lot of flavored creamer – this might be fun to try instead. I really love coconut cream, hazelnut and caramel macchiato. Nutella works fine for chocolate hazelnut – anyone have ideas about the other two?
One more question: How long do these keep?
I’d say it keeps a least a week or two, but it never lasts that long at my house. We drink it so fast. w-
I was reading through comments..love making my own and a must try is homemade condensed milk..taste fresher yet and so good!
One question is how to thoroughly mix dry cinnamon..it always sinks to the bottom and my hubby doesn’t mix it enough so you have thick junk toward the end
I use one of these Milk Frothers. It’s great. But then I do give my creamers a little shake before I pour into my coffee too. w-
So what am I waiting for? I’m gonna drop at the grocery and buy ingredients for this hazelnut coffee recipe and do it myself. Really excited about how great and tasty it would be. The aroma I would get would probably be perfect.
How do you know how much to mix to make Irish Cream or pumpkin spice or what to even use.
Sounds yummy! Can anyone come up with a butterfinger creamer recipe?!
My husband is the coffee drinker in the family but I think this is awesome!! I have a neighbor who won’t drink coffee without something like this added. I think almond, hazelnut or pumpkin would be great flavors to make. I’d even add them to my cocoa!
Such a great idea! You could put these in the teachers lounge at school!
I have quite a few extracts and spices, and I would love to try this!! I have really been into fun drinks (non-alcoholic) this year, this would be a nice way to use some of the stash I have!
I love these recipes! I’m a coffee addict, and I love flavored creamers.
I am not a coffee drinker but usually when it starts getting colder out int he midwest (for winter) I drink hot tea and cocoa and add creamer flavor once in a while . . . now when I make my oatmeal (1/2 cup oats, 1 cup waters in micro-cooker, 2 min in microwave), I do use a creamer and not any other sugars, etc. so this will be awesome! WW lets you have oatmeal and 2 T creamer for very little pts – hot sure who your recipe wold stack up for pts! haha
Oh..love the idea of adding it to oatmeal! Brilliant! ~w
I don’t even drink coffee and this is AMAZING! Such a great idea, except almonds aren’t exactly affordable :/ lol. Still, I will pass this onto my mother!
I never thought about making my own Homemade Coffee creamers! I would love to make some of the flavors here! I like how much fun it is to make and with a lot less chemicals then the ones that are made in the store!
Mmmm the mocha flavor looks and sounds delicious!
These look amazing! I can’t wait to try them. I am tired of prices on coffee creamer so this recipe is perfect!
Love these and how easy it is! The flavors can be endless 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing.
bookmarked! this is a fabulous idea. and i need creamer for my coffee but i hate buying the soy creamer at my local market
I like this idea! I think this would be much better for you than what you can buy in the stores…too many artificial ingredients.
Thanks for sharing.. I like making different coffees too by using 2 spoons of french vanilla and 2 spoons of regular. Add any kind of powder for flavor. This is up my alley.
I love coffee creamer! I have to have coffee and creamer daily! I really enjoyed this post and would love to try to make these. The sound like they would taste amazing and actually seem pretty easy to make! 🙂
I tried this recipe tonight. I made 4 different kinds.
Chocolate Caramel with 2 tsp of cocoa and 1 tsp of caramel extract
Peppermint Mocha with 2 tsp of cocoa and about 1/2 tsp of peppermint extract
Almond Joy with 2 tsp of cocoa, 1 tsp of coconut extract and 1/8 tsp of almond extract
Vanilla with 1 tsp of Mexican vanilla
They all taste good plain. I can’t wait to add them to coffee. Thanks for the inspiration!
What would you use to make Sweet Italian Cream?
These all sound fabulous but wondering how
one can do these sugar free for us diabetics?
Could either of these recipes be dairy free?? What would I substitute? ?
That’s a little tricky. I’m working on a dairy free version, but I haven’t perfected it yet. 🙂 Hopefully I’ll have it up soon.
try almond milk, coconut milk, cashew milk. if you need to make a non-dairy condensed milk, try this:
http://detoxinista.com/2012/08/sweetened-condensed-coconut-milk/
they also have either almond or coconut coffee creamers if anyone can’t use half and half.
How would we make a pumpkin spice flavored creamer? I love that flavor, but dont have the money to waste on the store bought creamer or waste any product if I get it wrong.
Depends on if you want to have pumpkin in it or just pumpkin pie spiced. You could add in some canned pumpkin pie filling and a dash of spices or just some spices. Enjoy.
I saw pumpkin spice extract at Walmart today.
Do you know if hazelnut creamer could be made? I’ve been looking for something natural and healthy and not ye creamers loaded with sugar and syrups and stuff that is the good for your system
I would never have thought to make home made creamer, the flavors sound yummy and I be taste so much better than creamer from the store.
I always KNEW that there had to be a way to make these at home! Thank you SO much for sharing! Pinning this page pronto!
Brilliant! This would be a great way to use up small amounts of leftover sweetened condensed milk, too. Thanks for the inspiration.
Homemade coffee creamers are a wonderful idea!!
My husband would love me forever more if I indulged in making these creamers…the flavor possibilities are endless and have to be much better than buying them!
I think this is a fabulous and without a doubt frugal idea for coffee drinkers. Not only that, I think they would make a great addition to a coffee gift basket!
I must say these a pretty awesome. The cinnamon vanilla would be my first pick to try, but they all look so good. Love these!
These sound wonderful! These would be an occasional treat or for when guest come over. 🙂
It’s delicious. I will try to make it for my mother
Lovely! Create a recipe for raspberry mocha yet? No one sells it anymore!!
Thanks for the recipies!!
This may sound like a dumb question, but how much milk and half and half did you use exactly? I know you used the whole can of milk, but without knowing the size of the can (in ounces or cups) it is hard to quantify. Sorry! I want to make this but do not have jars like that.
Ps. Chocolate raspberry sounds delicious, you could also try milk-chocolate-covered cashew. Hmm I think I should try that
I would love to make chocolate mint & white chocolate raspberry any one know how I can do this please let me know thx
these look fabulous, thanks so much for posting – we all eat wayyyy to much crap in the way of proccessed foods and packaged mixes etc
Love it! Thank you so much for sharing. 😀 Do you have suggestions for pumpkin spice and York Peppermint Patty? The pumpkin is seasonal and I generally try to stock my freezer up on a few. Apparently, the York is now no longer available. 🙁 But I’ll definitely have to try making it after seeing your results. :p Happy happy happy!!
I usually buy the Carmel Chocolate creamer. What would you suggest in that please?
i’m not a coffee drinker. but def, going 2 try out 4 hubby and friends. was wondering what kind of camera u use? is it good 4 beginners.
thanks honey 4 sharing.
I hope your hubby and friends enjoy the creamers! I use a Canon 60D. It’s pretty easy to use and has full auto to full manual settings so great to learn on! 🙂
Have you figured our the raspberry one yet curious for chocoloate raspberrt flavor
Would soy milk work with these?
I think so, but I haven’t tried that yet. I plan on trying with almond milk since I prefer it over soy.
These look fabulous! Thank you for sharing. How would you make French vanilla creamer?
Hi Terri. There really is no difference in the flavor profile of those two vanillas. In ice cream, French vanilla usually includes egg and is more of a custard. Sometimes, the smell of a french vanilla product is changed to smell a bit differently than regular vanilla. Really there isn’t going to be big difference in vanilla vs French vanilla in the creamers. So just leave the cinnamon out of the cinnamon vanilla and you will have a tasty vanilla creamer! 🙂 Hope that helps!
Thank you thank you thank you!!! I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a way to make my own creamers and had no success. I do not like all the chemicals not to mention the cost with store bought but cannot drink my coffee without my flavored creamer (it also serves as my sweetener). My favorite in store flavor is sweet italian cream (I drink Mexican chocolate coffee and it matches perfectly). I will be playing with this tomorrow and again cannot thank you so much.
Thanks for the alternative to commercial brands that are full of chemicals!!
Sweetened condensed milk has a lot of sugar in it? I don’t know – I seldom buy it. Is there a way to make it at home using maybe stevia?
These are great recipes! I’ve been meaning to make some flavored syrups for my coffee, but maybe I’ll stick with creamers instead. Mixing sweetened condensed milk with half and half for the base sounds perfect, & that way I know I wouldn’t need to add more sugar.
Ah thank you so much this is awesome, you rock!
I’m thinking chai. I have a chai spice blend I made and that would be yummy with coconut instead of dairy. Another project!
I made these on Saturday for a food swap that I went to and they were a huge hit! I made up my own version of Mint Chocolate creamer by using peppermint extract (it’s a little strong so I recommend using only a 1/4 tsp of peppermint extract). And I improvised with the mocha one by using instant French Roast coffee (I couldn’t find espresso powder anywhere). It actually turned out to be delicious! The vanilla maple was the crowd favorite! 🙂 Thanks for this recipe. I will never have to buy creamer again!
The mint chocolate sound so good! Thanks for sharing with us.
What a great idea 🙂 thanks for sharing that.
i love this idea! thank you
Loved these recipes! Can’t wait to try them! Just wondering if you’ve come up with a mint one yet, I can hardly wait!!! Thanks!
I commented below before I saw your question. See my below comment for what I tried. 🙂
I have tried this but instead of half and half I used almond milk, that’s what I drink. I have found its very good and that other versions of almond milk work to just alter the taste a little but still good. Just can’t use a nut extract, I learned that the hard way. Just a tip if anyone is allergic to cows milk like I am.
Can you give a break down on calories/fat per serving? do you use 1-2 T. per cup of coffee?
I love a coconut/vanilla combo and may try this with coconut milk.
That would depend entirely upon the ingredients you use. Just check the nutritional information on your cream and other additives and (try to) do the math. It’s a pain, but much easier for you to do than someone who can’t see what ingredients you’re using 🙂
I wonder if this would work with Coconut milk creamer instead of half and half? Not sure if it would alter the flavor or consistency too much to use it. Also, how long do these keep?
Using Coconut milk creamer would work just fine! The flavors would be altered a tad, since the coconut milk doesn’t have the same fat content as regular milk. But if you’re used to coconut milk, the flavor difference wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing! These can keep 2-4 weeks in the refrigerator. I always sniff and taste test before using though, just in case! 🙂
For the cocoa and espresso powders, you could mix the powder in a tablespoon or two of boiling water before mixing into the milk to get it combined better 🙂
Great tip!! 🙂
I was wondering, how long would you say these are good for? 2 weeks? more? And do you have any ideas for storing long term so I don’t have to make more every time I run out??
p.s. can’t wait to try these 🙂
I wanted to also know how long they are good for.
Thanks, and can’t wait to try!
xo
2-4 weeks would be a safe bet, since the shelf life will vary based on how much extract or flavor liqueur you used. I haven’t attempted freezing these, but according to what I know about freezing dairy, you should be able to store them in the freezer for a few months and then just thaw and shake well before using! Any time you freeze dairy, the consistency can change a bit, so as long as you’re okay with the possibility of the creamer being a little thicker or runnier than it was originally, this could work for you! 🙂
Take the creamer after it is mixed, pour it into a ice cube tray and freeze. Once frozen pop them out and put them into a ziplock bag. Makes AWESOME frozen coffee’s. You will Love these!! Thank you for these recipes!! I love them! **HUGS**
Great Tip! Thanks Tara Lynn. ~w
Please let me know also if you can come up with a hazelnuts or French vanilla one. My husband loves coffee and those are his go to flavors…just trying to gt him something better than store bought. I am not as creative so would need a recipe. Thank you for sharing!
For French Vanilla, I would combine a regular vanilla extract with a little bit of butter flavoring (like this one: http://www.mccormick.com/Spices-and-Flavors/Extracts-and-Food-Colors/Extracts/Imitation-Butter-Flavor ). For Hazelnut, I would just add a teaspoon of Hazelnut Extract and complement it with a little bit of vanilla. How much of each flavoring you use really depends on your personal tastes, so keep sniffing as you add flavors and do a little taste testing to see what you like! 🙂
This is fantastic – how long do they last?
The shelf life will vary based on whether you’re using extracts and liqueurs or not. I would say anywhere from 2-4 weeks! (That is if you’re using fresh dairy and not dairy that is nearly expired!) Always give it a sniff and a tiny taste before using, just to be safe! 🙂
Would you think about trying a hazelnut version? That’s the flavor I always buy for my coffee I make at home. I have to try the mocha one soon I do have all the ingredients. Thank you so much for sharing this I know it’s on my list to try now!
Absolutely! You can just purchase some hazelnut extract and use it like you would any other nut extract! I would probably add some vanilla to deepen the flavor a bit, too. 🙂
Get out of here…This is amazing!
Thank you!! I hope you try it! 🙂
Thanks! So easy too!
This is such a great idea!! They all sound wonderful!
Thank you! It’s so fun coming up with flavors! 🙂
This is rather BRILLIANT!!
Thank you! I hope you give it a try! 🙂
Those photos are goooooorrrggeeous! Sososo pretty.
Thank you!! 😀
I have got to try this & the photography is truly stunning. I’m honestly in awe.
Aww thank you so much! I’m so glad you like it! 🙂
I don’t drink coffee, but these look awesome! I love your photography too, so amazing! 🙂
Thank you!! 🙂
I would have to do something with caramel or toffee.
Would using flavored syrups work in place of the extracts? Or would they not be strong enough?
I rarely use creamers myself, but my sisters do & they will want this recipe!
Ohh caramel and toffee would be great! I think syrups could definitely work, though you may need a bit more to get the full flavor.
Use a Heath Toffee candy bar. Break into small pieces and heat the base coffee creamer in pan and dissolve the Heath candy bar….Like a Belgian Chocolate Toffee Creamer
WOW!!! I CAN’T WAIT TO TRY YOUR IDEA.That was my favorite creamer & I can’t find it anymore.
I like white chocolate , could u melt chips and use it , or would they get hard agaid?
What about a caramel recipie ?
I have made a caramel creamer just using 1/2 and 1/2 (one quart) + 1/2 cup caramel + 1 tsp vanilla. It was just not very sweet — not like the chemical mess you can buy at the store anyway 🙂 So I add some honey as I serve it.
I am going to try using the sweetened condensed milk – might do the trick!