Inject Your Morning Cuppa With an Easy Homemade Coffee Creamer Recipe

Preservatives are the big bummer of processed foods, and most store-bought creamers are chock-full of chemicals. This DIY creamer has a simple base recipe that can be turned into five different flavored creamers. It’s more natural than what you get at the grocery, and it’s also a lot less expensive.

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Homemade flavored coffee creamer base recipe

This is the perfect sweetened base for your flavored coffee creamer.

Serving size 1 container

Ingredients:

• 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
• 14 ounces whole milk

Directions:

1. Whisk together both ingredients until combined.
2. Store in refrigerator.

Peppermint mocha coffee creamer recipe

This flavor is perfect for Christmas and all winter long. It’s perfectly sweet, chocolaty and full of mint flavor.

Serving size 1 container

Ingredients:

• 1 batch homemade coffee creamer base
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoons peppermint extract

Directions:

1. Add coffee creamer base and cocoa powder to saucepan.
2. Heat on low until cocoa powder has dissolved into creamer base.
3. Add peppermint extract, stir and store in refrigerator.

Vanilla bean coffee creamer recipe

Who doesn’t love the flavor of vanilla bean in a cup of coffee? I like using vanilla bean paste instead of extract because it adds a really intense vanilla flavor.

Serving size 1 container

Ingredients:

• 1 batch homemade coffee creamer base
• 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste

Directions:

1. Stir together coffee creamer base and vanilla bean paste.
2. Store in the refrigerator.