Simple Homemade Chocolate Coffee Creamer Recipe

There seems to be an endless array of flavored creamers, available at the grocery store these days, to jazz up your morning cup of coffee.

And while I’ll admit that they’re pretty tasty, I rarely ever indulge in their sweet, creamy deliciousness.

That doesn’t mean that I don’t want sweet, creamy deliciousness in my morning coffee though. As a matter of fact, that is exactly what I want.

And this chocolate flavored, homemade coffee creamer recipe is one of the ways I get it!

It’s absolutely indulgent. It’s a simple recipe, that’s easy to make. And it doesn’t break the bank.

Homemade Coffee Creamer vs Store Bought

It doesn’t take much more than one quick look at the sugar content in store bought creamers to get a pretty good idea of why it’s best to make your own creamers at home.

Oh-my-goodness! That stuff is like diabetes in a bottle.

And an amazing alternative, using simple ingredients, can be created in your own kitchen in just minutes.

Making such a simple dietary change, that significantly reduces the amount of processed sugar in your diet on the daily, is a bit of a no-brainer.

You can control the source and the quality of the sweetener that goes in your morning cup. You can control the amount too. And when it’s this easy to do, there’s really no reason not to do it.

Choosing Ingredients To Make This Recipe

There are quite a few different ways to make a homemade creamer for your coffee. The choices for the base of the recipe, and for the sweetener, are really a matter of preference.

For the base, you can use half and half, heavy cream, whole milk, raw milk, almond milk. cashew milk, oat milk, coconut milk, or soy milk.

And the sweetener can be honey, maple syrup, date syrup, coconut sugar, or agave.

The ingredients that I’ve used for this chocolate coffee creamer recipe are as follows …

• HEAVY CREAM – A good quality organic heavy cream gives this recipe the richness that a coffee drinker craves in their cup.
• WHOLE MILK – Whole milk cuts the heavy cream enough to make it more palatable. Yet, it doesn’t water it down like a low fat milk would. I use raw milk whenever I’m able to pick some up at the local farmer’s market. Raw milk is naturally sweeter, and natural sweetness is a big bonus when making your own coffee creamers.
• HONEY – Local honey produced by an area bee farmer is the way to go here. The honey on the grocery store shelves is quickly becoming more and more questionable. It very often contains microplastics.
• COCOA POWDER – Cocoa powder provides the chocolate flavor in this recipe.
• VANILLA EXTRACT – Use a real organic vanilla extract if you’re able. The imitation vanilla extracts, available on store shelves, have an inferior flavor. And they’re not the healthiest choice either.

How To Make Chocolate Coffee Creamer

Because cocoa powder is used to make this recipe, it is necessary to heat the ingredients before you add the cocoa powder to the mix. If you don’t do this, you’ll find that your creamer has a bit of a chalky taste.

Put the heavy cream, whole milk, and honey in a small saucepan. And place it on the stovetop on low heat. Allow the mixture to heat through; stirring consistently.

Sift the cocoa powder into the pan, and work it into the mix with a whisk.

Remove the pan from the heat. Add the vanilla, and whisk it in.

Variations Of This Recipe

There are a few ways that you can customize this recipe to make different flavors. Experiment and find out which variety makes your favorite coffee creamer.

Try adding a flavored extract; almond, orange, and hazelnut extracts all work really well here. Or you can add a little peppermint extract and create a truly delicious homemade peppermint mocha creamer.

A few dashes of cinnamon go a long way with this recipe too. I usually add those right into my hot coffee in the morning rather than adding them to the creamer recipe though.

Raspberry syrup or a little caramel are great additions to this creamer. Note that when you add these ingredients to the recipe, you are adding in the processed sugar that this recipe is designed to avoid.

And last but not least, the variation that I enjoy most in my own creamer, is to use coconut milk to make it, instead of heavy cream and half n half, and then add a bit of almond extract to the mix.

This makes a great creamer that is perfect for people who, not only love coffee, but have a fondness for almond joys as well.

It’s how I get my almond joy fix, without consuming a bunch of processed sugar.

How to Serve Chocolate Coffee Creamer

It feels too obvious to say that this homemade coffee creamer can be served as a creamer for coffee; both hot and iced. But … that is indeed the most popular way to serve it.

It’s also pretty fabulous in hot cocoa. You can use it in a smoothie, or put some in your morning oatmeal. Use it to make your pancake or waffle batter to make them oh-so-chocolately.

Make a milkshake with it. Or use it to make a good old fashioned ice cream soda. It makes a pretty darn good pudding too! It’s pretty versatile, making it a great to have on hand in the kitchen.

How To Store Homemade Coffee Creamer

This coffee creamer can be stored in the refrigerator. The best way to determine an expiration date for it is to take a look at the dates on the whole milk and the heavy cream. It will last at least as long as those dates indicate.

As with so many things, I store mine in a mason jar with a plastic lid. Then give it a good shake just before I use it.

You can freeze this creamer as well. I like to freeze all of the different flavors of creamer that I make in ice cube trays. I pop the cubes out once they’re frozen solid and place them in  a freezer safe airtight container.

This makes it super easy to choose the flavor of creamer that I want in my morning cup on a whim. It also makes it a breeze to whip up a tasty slushie or milkshake with the flavored creamer of my choice.

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