For those following a ketogenic diet, finding suitable coffee creamers can be a challenge. Many store-bought options are expensive and may contain unwanted additives. Fortunately, making your own keto-friendly coffee creamer at home is a simple and cost-effective solution. This article provides a detailed guide to keto creamer powder ingredients, offering insights into both liquid and powdered versions, along with various flavor options and storage tips.
Why Make Your Own Keto Coffee Creamer?
Many people enjoy creamers in their coffee on a daily basis. Store-bought keto creamers can be pricey, making it an expensive habit. Making your own at home is less expensive and astonishingly easy. Best of all, you get to control the ingredients, the flavors, and the level of sweetness. This makes it infinitely adaptable to suit your palate.
Liquid Keto Coffee Creamer
Base Ingredients
- Heavy Cream: Heavy cream forms the base of this keto creamer recipe. It provides a rich and creamy texture. For a dairy-free alternative, full-fat coconut milk can be used.
- Sweetener: A combination of allulose and Swerve Confectioners is recommended. Allulose helps make the creamer more syrupy. Other sweetener options are discussed later in this article.
- Collagen: Collagen protein powder (aka collagen peptides) boosts the nutrition and thickens the creamer without the need for xanthan gum.
- Hemp or Almond Milk: To ensure the creamer is pourable and mixes easily with coffee, additional low-carb milk is needed. Any low-carb milk can be used.
- Extract or Flavoring: This allows for customization of flavors, such as vanilla extract.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Simmer the Cream: Combine the cream and sweeteners in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to medium-low.
- Add the Vanilla Bean: Split open the vanilla bean, if using, and scrape out the seeds. Add the seeds and the pod to the pan and cover.
- Add the Remaining Ingredients: Whisk in the collagen, hemp milk, and vanilla extract.
- Transfer to a Glass Jar: Let cool completely, then transfer to a glass jar and store in the fridge for up to a week.
Flavor Variations
- Cinnamon Dolce: Add 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon in Step 3. Cinnamon-flavored collagen can also be used.
- Hazelnut: Add 2 teaspoons of hazelnut extract in Step 3.
- Pumpkin Spice: Use Brown Swerve instead of the powdered version. Then add 2 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice in Step 3. Two tablespoons of pumpkin puree can also be added.
- Salted Caramel: Use salted caramel collagen instead of plain collagen. Then add 1 to 2 teaspoons of caramel extract in Step 3.
Expert Tips
- Simmer the cream to achieve the proper consistency, but avoid a full boil.
- If not using collagen, whisk in some glucomannan to give it the right consistency. Half a teaspoon should be sufficient. Xanthan gum can also be used, but it may clump more and have a slimy quality.
- Allulose is recommended to give the creamer a syrupy quality. Watch it while simmering, as it caramelizes faster than other sweeteners.
- If using Swerve, make sure it’s the powdered version so it dissolves better. Pure stevia or pure monk fruit extracts will also work.
Powdered Keto Coffee Creamer
Base Ingredients
- 3 cups Powdered Heavy Cream
- Keto-acceptable alternative sweetener Options include Allulose, Erythritol, Stevia, Monk Fruit, or another alternative sweetener that has a very low glycemic index, is very low in carbohydrates, and is very low in calories.
Optional Flavorings
- Vanilla Flavoring: 1 tbsp Vanilla powder or 1/2 vanilla bean pod Alternatively, you can use a Keto-approved sweetener that you have scented with 1 vanilla bean pod over a few weeks.
- Cocoa powder AND espresso powder for a delicious mocha coffee creamer and an extra kick of caffeine!
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Put the powdered heavy cream into a large bowl and set aside.
- Add your sweetener of choice to a food processor, blender, or another electric mixer, and pulverize the sweetener until it turns into a fine powder. (If you are using the small spice/coffee bean grinder, you will need to do this in multiple batches.)
- Add your flavoring of choice to the powdered sweetener and pulverize for 30 seconds.
- Add the sweetener mixture to the bowl containing the powdered heavy cream and whisk together for approximately 30 seconds until fully blended.
- Transfer the mixture to an airtight jar and store in your pantry. This mixture has a shelf life of one year.
- To use your Keto powdered coffee creamer, add 1 teaspoon to an 8-12 ounce mug and pour in hot coffee.
Sweetener Options
This delicious creamer can be sweetened with almost anything. Allulose does make it more syrupy, similar to commercial coffee creamers, but it will still be delicious with other sweeteners.
Storage Information
Store in a glass jar in the fridge for up to a week. If you don’t think you will use the whole batch in seven days, make a half batch instead.
Dairy-Free Keto Coffee Creamer
For a dairy-free creamer, use coconut milk in place of the heavy cream. It works just as well as heavy cream.
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Alternative Products
FitMCTTM is an end-product brand of MCB featuring our MCTsolutionsTM as major ingredients. It offers a healthier alternative to conventional non-dairy creamers (usually made from palm, with high content of unhealthy saturated fat). FitMCTTM is made from 100% pure coconut MCT oil. This product contains high fat, prebiotic, and non-GMO tapioca starch to boost creaminess and mouthfeel. FitMCTTM is metabolized easily, making it a fast source of energy. Hence, FitMCTTM is suitable for all active individuals who want to increase energy level, concentration, and performance.
FitMCTTM Keto Blended Creamer is made from whole coconut, preserves all nutrition value coconut offers. It is a 1-to-1 blend of grass-fed butter and coconut oil with prebiotic dietary fiber to boost creaminess and mouthfeel. Besides all other benefits of coconut oil, MCT in this product is metabolized easily, making it a fast source of energy and suitable for all active individuals who want to boost energy level, increase concentration and performance.
FitMCTTM Extra Virgin Coconut Oil Powder is made from whole coconut, preserves all nutrition value coconut offers. It contains MCT, a good fat, and prebiotic dietary fiber to boost creaminess and mouthfeel. Besides all other benefits of extra virgin coconut oil, MCT in this product is metabolized easily, making it a fast source of energy and suitable for all active individuals who want to boost energy level, increase concentration and performance.
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