You’ve never tried a more delicious, luscious creamer than this homemade dairy-free coffee creamer! Made with just a few of wholesome ingredients like coconut milk, dates, sea salt, and vanilla, it offers the most delicious touch to your favorite coffee. You can use it as a coffee creamer for hot or iced coffees or use it to create more decadent lattes! It’s more nourishing & cost effective while also being vegan & paleo, with keto options! You can even add collagen for collagen creamer!
Salted caramel Coffee creamer
If salted caramel is a flavor option, there’s a 99% chance i’m choosing it. I am obsessed – especially when it comes to coffee. I am not much of a sweet coffee person BUT, if there’s a salted caramel creamer? It’s in my coffee. I love a black americano with a splash of monk fruit and splash of this dairy-free salted caramel creamer – heaven.
It can be really hard to find a quality dairy-free, vegan, and paleo-friendly coffee creamer made with wholesome ingredients and no funky additives. And if you do find one, they’re typically a pretty penny. So today i’m sharing my favorite homemade coffee creamer recipe that not only takes a few minutes to make but it’s better than all the store-bought stuff! It’s ULTR creamy.. like REALLY creamy and can honestly be used as creamer on hot or iced coffees or as a decadent latte. The best part is it is super versatile and customizable!
Why you’ll love this recipe
- Quick & Easy – just blend, our into a container, and store in the fridge!
- Rich & Creamy: This homemade creamer is SO rich, creamy, smooth, and just delicious. It’s great to use as both a base for lattes or as a creamer!
- Dietary friendly: This homemade creamer contains no refined sugar, preservatives, or artificial flavors. Its vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, paleo, whole 30, and can be made keto!
- Cost effective: This homemade non-dairy creamer is much more cost effective than purchasing it in-store!
- Customizable: You have control over the taste, sweetness, and flavors so you can adjust it to fit your personal preference!
Collagen coffee creamer
Collagen coffee creamer is getting lots of hype online. It’s a fun way to effortlessly add extra protein and collagen into your diet. Instead of paying tons of money for them, you can easily make your own! Just simply follow my dairy-free creamer recipe in the recipe card below and add in a scoop or two of your favorite collagen powder! I love the brand Just Ingredients – they’re incredibly high quality and I really trust them. You can use my code “DaniBreiner” for a discount!
This is totally optional, however, and if you are vegan, you can add in a scoop of your favorite flavored protein powder. I love adding Macro Mike Salted Caramel Almond Protein as it adds a ton of flavor and sweetness to the recipe without added sugar.
How to make homemade dairy-free creamer
Full recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of the post!
Tools
- Blender – I love using my beast blender for this!
- Storage container – These glass milk container are great!
Ingredients
- Full-fat canned coconut milk – The creamer will have a slight coconut taste to those who are sensitive to the flavor coconut. However, it’s very mild and masked by the other ingredients! You can use full-fat coconut milk for an ultra creamy texture! The canned coconut milk produces a rich & creamy texture. It’s important to use full-fat CANNED coconut milk to achieve the proper consistency, rather than lite coconut milk or coconut milk from a carton.
- Sweetener (optional)- a little honey, maple syrup, or monk fruit work great if you need extra sweetness! I also use these salted caramel monk fruit drops to add that caramel flavor without added sugar. If you want to make this creamer keto, skip the dates and use these!
- Medjool Dates – pitted Medjool dates are the softest, sweetest variety in my opinion! They really give the creamer a natural sweetness and caramel flavor!
- Vanilla extract & sea salt – don’t skip these!! This adds all the flavor to the creamer.
- Protein powder/collagen – this is totally optional, however it’s a fun way to get extra protein into your diet and if you use a super yummy protein powder, it’ll add to the flavor and sweetness of the creamer! I love Macro Mike salted caramel protein for this!
Steps to make dairy-free coffee creamer
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Taste & adjust as you’d like.
- Pour into a glass container and store in the fridge.
Expert tips & FAQ
- What if my creamer separates? Shake before using! Because this dairy-free creamer contains no preservatives or artificial ingredients, separation is natural! Just give it a good shake and then use!
- How long does homemade creamer last? This coffee creamer is great in the fridge for up to a week!
Recipe variations
- Add a dash of cinnamon and/or nutmeg.
- Add 1/4 tsp almond extract for an almond coconut flavor.
- Blend in 2-3 tbsp of raw cacao powder for a chocolate creamer.
Keto coffee creamer
This coffee creamer can easily be made keto by swapping the dates for a sugar-free substitute like monk fruit! I love these salted caramel monk fruit drops – and they’d add that caramel flavor you usually get from dates!
More healthy recipes to try
- Banana iced coffee
- Peanut butter coffee protein shake
- Chocolate banana peanut butter protein shake
- Creamy cinnamon roll protein shake
If you try this recipe and love, be sure to tag me in your creations on instagram @danishealthyeats! It’d mean the world to me if you left a star rating & review below!
Dairy-Free Salted Caramel Coffee Creamer
Ingredients
- 1 can full-fat coconut milk
- 3 medjool dates, pitted *see notes for subs
- 1-2 tbsp maple syrup or a few monk fruit drops) *to taste
- 1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp sea salt (don't skip!)
- 1 scoop collagen peptides OR your favorite vegan protein powder *totally optional! See notes!
- 1/4 cup other non-dairy milk (like almond, cashew, etc) ONLY IF you want to thin it out a bit or balance the coconut flavor.
Instructions
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender. Blend until smooth.
- Taste & adjust as you'd like (more vanilla, sweetener, salt, etc.). If you find you want it thinner or to balance out the coconut, feel free to add 1/4-1/3 cup other non-dairy milk and blend again.
- Pour the creamer into your container and store in the fridge for up to a week. Shake before use. Use in all your favorite coffees!
Wow, this dairy-free salted caramel creamer just leveled up my morning coffee!
Hi! Aw, yay. I’m so happy it can be a small bit of happiness in your morning! (: