If you’re missing cream in your morning coffee I have the perfect creamy and dairy free solution with just the right amount of sweetness. This recipe makes a sinful homemade coffee creamer without condensed milk, coconut oil, or refined sugars–just a perfect mixture of canned coconut milk and almond milk.
The combination of almond milk and coconut milk gives you the thickness of cream without the overpowering coconut flavor that most healthy homemade coffee creamer recipes have. I often freeze mine in single servings so I can easily make iced coffee–you can thaw each serving to use in hot coffee, as well.
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Why use a healthy coffee creamer alternative?
Most store bought creamers are highly processed and contain unsavory ingredients. While almond milk creamers are healthier and dairy free they still have extra ingredients, including preservatives, in them. I love making this homemade creamer because it’s super easy and I know exactly what I am putting in my body. I’ve done plenty of research on buying a healthy coffee creamer you can get at the store, but prefer making my own.
Why freeze coffee creamer?
As easy as this recipe is, making your own coffee creamer is a time commitment. I don’t want even a drop of mine to go to waste, so I’ve found that it eases my mind a bit to make these homemade coffee creamer ice cubes into single serving cubes. Another perk of frozen creamer cubes is that they’re perfect for iced coffee, which is pretty important down here in Arizona.
Ingredients:
- Coconut Milk: Be sure to grab a can of full fat coconut milk to ensure you get the true cream consistency you want. Boxed coconut milk will not give you the thick and creamy consistency you’re looking for, so grab the can.
- Almond Milk: You can find this in your grocery store’s refrigerator section right next to the regular milk. Be sure and grab the unsweetened variety. You can use chocolate almond milk if you’d like.
- Coconut Crystals: Much like maple syrup comes from the sap of a maple tree, coconut sugar come from tree sap, not the actual coconut. Is minimally processed, vegan, and studies show it has a lower glycemic index than traditional sugar. You can typically find this near the regular sugar.
- Cocoa Powder: A great way to get that chocolate taste without extra sugars.
- Vanilla Extract: Be sure and check the bottle label for pure vanilla. Imitation or bakers vanilla is typically just vanilla flavored sugar water.
How to make Homemade Coffee Creamer:
- Add coconut milk, almond milk, cocoa powder, coconut crystals, and vanilla to a small saucepan.
- Whisk over low heat until cocoa powder and coconut crystals dissolve completely.
- Turn off the burner and remove the pan from the heat. Allow your creamer to cool naturally for 20 minutes, then transfer it to an air tight glass jar or bottle and refrigerating.
- Refrigerate for 5-7 days or freeze up to 3 months.
Recipe Tips:
- Feel free to use homemade almond milk from soaked almonds. I’ve wanted to make it myself forever (I even have a nut milk bag!) but I haven’t gotten around to it yet ;)
- While I have not tested this personally, I have been told you can replace the coconut crystals with maple syrup.
- You can use a vanilla bean in place of extract if you have one.
- This makes great iced coffee or homemade frappes. Just freeze your creamer into ice cubes then blend with chilled coffee or cold brew.
- Looking for other flavors? Leave out the cocoa powder and swap it with your favorite flavor!
Healthy Eating Plans:
Over the years, I’ve seen that many coffee drinkers struggle losing weight because of the ratio of coffee to store bought creamer that they use. Many store bought creamers contain artificial sweeteners, which can cause weight gain stall as well as cause sugar cravings. Using a minimally processed creamer with whole foods ingredients can help you keep the weight off and not derail your progress every morning.
The 21 Day Fix, for example, doesn’t promote adding anything except homemade coffee creamer into your morning brew. This recipe fits into the Fix food list pretty perfectly uses minimal containers. If skipping the coffee creamer isn’t for you, I definitely think this is a delicious option.
- Weight Watchers Coffee Creamer: Each 2 tablespoon serving of this recipe contains 2 Blue Plan Points | 2 Green Plan Points | 2 Purple Plan Points
- 21 Day Fix Coffee Creamer:
- For the entire recipe: 5 Blue Containers, 1/3 Teaspoon.
- Per Serving (2 tbsp): 1/4 Blue Container, Trace Teaspoons (I do not count the teaspoons).
- 2B Mindset: This is an “Accessory” on 2B Mindset.
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- Fudgy Espresso Brownies
- Mocha Wonder Whip
- Dairy free Coffee Ice Cream
Mocha Coffee Creamer with Almond Milk
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 can coconut milk full fat, unsweetened
- 3 tbsp almond milk unsweetened, chocolate if you'd like
- 2 tbsp coconut crystals
- 2 tsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Add coconut milk, almond milk, cocoa powder, coconut crystals, and vanilla to a small saucepan.
- Whisk over low heat until cocoa powder and coconut crystals dissolve completely.
- Turn off the burner and remove the pan from the heat. Allow your creamer to cool naturally for 20 minutes, then transfer it to an air tight glass jar or bottle and refrigerating. This recipe can also be frozen in egg bite molds or ice cube trays, as well.
- Refrigerate for 5-7 days or freeze up to 3 months.
Notes
- Feel free to use homemade almond milk from soaked almonds.
- While I have not tested this personally, I have been told you can replace the coconut crystals with maple syrup.
- You can throw a vanilla bean in place of extract if you have one.
- This makes great iced coffee or homemade frappes. Just freeze your creamer into ice cubes then blend with chilled coffee or cold brew
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