Flavored creamers are such a sweet treat to a great cup of coffee. I love to add a little cream to my cup of coffee in the morning, but the cost factor prevents me from indulging the way that I would really like to. Aldi carries a great fat free version of French Vanilla, which I have found is much more affordable than the creamers in the regular supermarket, but I would love to have a little more variation in my cup.
My new quest became figuring out how to make my own flavored creamers. I am not a big fan of powdered creamer so finding a recipe for a homemade version seemed almost impossible. Most recipes that I have found came in powdered form, but I wasn’t willing to give up on figuring out how to make my own liquid creamer.
I finally happened upon a recipe and adapted it to fit my taste. Once I finish my first bottle of this creamer, I will start testing some other recipes, but this was a great start towards achieving the yummy flavor I love.
Although you don’t get the same mouth-feel as you do with store-bought versions, you do achieve the great flavor that you are looking for from these (for a fraction of the price!)
I hope you can give this recipe a try! I can’t wait to share some more recipes and I hope that this inspires you to make your own flavors at home.
Mint Truffle Creamer
1 can sweetened condensed milk (or make your own sweetened condensed milk)
1 1/2 cups nonfat milk (I used prepared powdered milk)
3 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
3 Tablespoons peppermint coffee syrup (or more, depending on your personal taste)
Blend all ingredients together in your blender. Pour into a mason jar or your old coffee creamer dispenser. This creamer will keep up to two weeks in your fridge.
Yum!
Thanks for sharing. And what a pretty mug.
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I can’t wait to try this! I have been all over town trying to find mint truffle and no one has it.
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I just adapted your creamer a little bit, since I didn’t have condensed milk.
I used 1/2 cup decaf coffee, 1/2 cup 2% milk, 2T of your homemade hot cocoa mix and 1t splenda. It was a really yummy treat!
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Oops – I forgot the mint part!
I had some leftover crushed candy canes from making chocolate dipped candies, so I added 1T crushed peppermint to the mixture above.
I’m off to make another one this morning.
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Do you have a recipe for a pumpkin spice creamer?? I love pumpkin and it’s only available for a short time in the grocery stores.
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I don’t- let me do some exploring today and see what I can come up with
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