Keto Creamer for Coffee
I can’t imagine starting the morning without a delicious hot cup of coffee. I love everything about my morning coffee ritual.
The smell of fresh brewed coffee always puts me in a good mood and there’s nothing like that first sip. It’s the number one thing I look forward to in the morning.
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What Creamer Can You Use on Keto?
If you’re like me, you enjoy your coffee lightened with a little sugar-free coffee creamer. Sad to say, but regular store-bought creamers are full of sugar and junk. Others claim to be sugar-free but are neither low carb nor keto friendly.
Luckily, there several ready-made keto creamer options available in stores or on-line. Or, make your own sugar free coffee creamer with the keto creamer recipe below.
What about Heavy Cream? Is Heavy Cream Keto Friendly?
Yes. The simplest keto coffee creamer is heavy cream. Although dairy products contain natural sugars and can be quite high in carbs, heavy cream and heavy whipping cream are 30-35% fat, making them both great keto friendly options. Each have just under 1 g carb per 2 tablespoons.
NutPods (dairy free)
A popular ready-made keto creamer is NutPods, a non-dairy and sugar free creamer made from almonds and coconuts. Try their Original Creamer or Vanilla, French Vanilla, Chocolate, Caramel or Hazelnut. Also look for seasonal favorites like Pumpkin Spice, Cinnamon Swirl and Peppermint Mocha.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT? You can buy NutPods at selected Walmart or Target stores and on-line at NutPods.com, Thrive Market or Amazon.
Power and Turbo Coffee Creamers
Many keto coffee creamers are made with MCT oil, grass-fed ghee and coconut oil. They are popular but expensive. Two popular brands are Left Coast Keto Coffee Creamer and Omega Power Creamer.
TIP: These creamers are oil based so use your electric milk frother to mix them into your coffee.
What Can I Put in My Coffee on Keto?
There are many keto friendly ingredients you can put in your coffee while on a low carb diet:
- Heavy cream and Half & half
- Full-fat coconut milk*
- Unsweetened nut milks:* Almond, Macadamia, Cashew, Hemp, or Soy
- Butter or Ghee
- Coconut oil
- MCT oil
- Collagen
*Dairy-free keto creamer options.
TIP: To supercharge your morning add a spoonful of coconut oil to your morning brew or make a cup of butter coffee (bulletproof coffee).
Bullet Proof Coffee Options
Some days I skip the creamer and put butter and MCT oil in my coffee. This metabolism boosting recipe for keto coffee was coined by David Asprey, founder of Bulletproof. I swear I’m drinking a latte! (Read more about keto coffee with butter.)
The basic recipe for bulletproof coffee is equal parts grass-fed butter to MCT oil blended into a cup of Joe. Alternately, look for pre-made keto coffee in cartons or powdered keto coffee packets online.
Homemade Keto Coffee Creamer Ingredients
I generally use heavy cream and exogenous ketone powder in my morning coffee, but sometimes I like a flavored coffee creamer. Here are the ingredients I use to make my flavored coffee creamer keto.
- Heavy whipping cream
- Full-fat coconut milk
- Keto friendly sweetener
- Salt
- Vanilla extract (or flavoring of choice)
This keto friendly coffee creamer is the perfect sugar-free Coffee Mate copycat without the dubious ingredients. It’s easy to sweeten and flavor it any way you want.
I like this recipe because it uses coconut milk which contain medium chain fatty acids that readily convert to ketones. Ketones fuel the brain and rev metabolism.
NOTE: Sweeten and flavor at the same time by using sugar free flavor syrups like Toroni or Skinny Syrups. Add 1/2 cup and use 3 tbsp of the keto creamer per serving.
Keto Coffee Creamer Flavors:
Flavor your homemade keto coffee creamer with extracts. You’ll swear you’re using sugar-free Coffee Mate! Well, okay… maybe not, but it’s pretty close. Some of my favorite flavoring ideas are:
| Almond | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Chocolate | 1 teaspoon |
| Coconut | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Eggnog | 1/4 teaspoon |
| Hazelnut | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Pumpkin Spice | 1 teaspoon |
| Raspberry | 1 teaspoon |
| Vanilla | 1 teaspoon |
NOTE: Some flavor extracts are stronger than others. I find that 1 teaspoon is fine for some extracts, and for others need more or less. Let your taste buds guide you.
For fancier coffee creamer flavor combinations, check out this post at TJ’s Taste.
Easy Keto Coffee Creamer Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (4 oz/118 ml)
- 1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk* (from a can)(4 oz/118 ml)
- 8 servings KAL Pure Stevia** (or 1 1/2 tsp stevia glycerite)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract (or your favorite)
- 1 tbsp low carb sugar (not needed with stevia glycerite)
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Shake the can of coconut milk to break-up and distribute the layer of coconut cream at the top of the can. Open the can and stir with a long handled spoon to help break up any lumps.
Powdered Stevia Option
- Measure 8 servings (or doonks), 1 tablespoon low carb sugar, and salt into the bottom of a clean glass jar. Stir together.
- Add the heavy cream, coconut milk and flavoring to the jar and stir to blend until the low carb sugar dissolves.
Stevia Glycerite Option
- Add all of the ingredients to a clean jar and blend together.
- STORE: Cover with a tight fitting lid and refrigerate for up to a week.
- Makes 1 cup with 8 servings of 2 Tbsp each. 1 CARB per serving.
Addicted to coffee mate and tried so many of the keto recipes. Still have not found a coffee creamer that I like. Help!
Try using more sweetener in your favorite creamer recipe or using heavy cream and sugar-free Torrani Syrups. -Kim
This recipe looks great! What are your thoughts about adding a little mct to the mix? I am searching for a replacement for the keto creamer (Stok brand) I buy that I cannot find anymore. It’s basic ingredients are cream, mtc, and butter. This seems like a good alternative, but my husband really relies on that mct for his bathroom business, lol. Think it would blend in there ok with everything else?
Hi Cassie, you can add MCT oil to the recipe, but the coconut milk may help him, too. The creamer needs to be shaken before use, so adding the oil shouldn’t be a problem. -Kim
I like this recipe because I’m trying to cut back on dairy, and I don’t like plain coconut milk in my coffee. This is a good compromise. Thanks.
This is a good all-purpose coffee creamer. I like that I can adjust the sweetness. I couldn’t taste any coconut flavor, but I like coconut, so maybe I just didn’t notice.
I’ve been looking for a way to add creamer to my coffee in a non-sugary way. Thanks!
Hi Kim – This creamer was a welcome addition to my morning cup of coffee. I’ve tried the pumpkin spice variation, and a chocolate hazelnut. Excellent!
Hi Kim,
Just found your site and am looking forward to trying your recipes. I haven’t started Keto yet – hope to next week – am in the process of finding recipes I think I will like and still getting the info I need to do the diet.
I’m really interested in your coffee creamer but I clicked on the link for the KAL stevia and find that they have changed the ingredients and people are very unhappy with it. Have you found a good substitute?
Hi Janet. People were upset because KAL added some maltodextrin to their formula. Maltodextrin is usually a no-no because it has a higher glycemic index than sugar. Because the serving size is so small (1/32 of a teaspoon) the amount of maltodextrin is miniscule. I find it smoother in flavor and less bitter. If you prefer to buy a pure stevia powder, try the Pyure or the NOW brands. They all measure at approximately 1/32 of a teaspoon per serving just like the KAL brand. I just remembered that Trader Joe’s has a powdered stevia which may be lower in price than what you can find on Amazon. I hope this helps. -Kim
Thank you Kim, that’s a big help. Now if I may, I have another question. Your recipe for the creamer says to use the stevia and then it says to use 1 tbsp low carb sugar. Aren’t they the same thing?
Hi Janet. Low carb sugar is just an erythritol based sugar substitute. I like Sukrin 1, Swerve granulated, Lakanto Clasic and Besti brands. If you haven’t used erythritol before it is a sweet tasting sugar alcohol which is not processed by the body and passes unchanged through in the urine. Therefore it is zero calorie, zero carbs and does not affect blood sugar. While some sugar alcohols DO impact blood sugar, erythritol does not. It is less sweet than sugar so convention is to mix it with stevia, sweet fiber, or monkfruit to help it reach a 1:1 sweetness ratio of sugar. I found many years ago that mixing sweeteners is the way to achieve a more believable “sugar taste” – avoiding that diet aftertaste.
The problem with erythritol (and many sugar alcohols) is that they produce a cooling effect upon melting. This can be unpleasant to some people. Furthermore, erythritol likes to recrystallize (or form crystals). In something like a cake, where it is dispersed amongst almond flour it doesn’t affect texture too much, but in a frosting or pudding – no one expects crunchy bits! I try to use just enough erythritol and then augment with stevia. I prefer stevia glycerite (stevia mixed with glycerine) which is very concentrated and not bitter and sometimes I use the KAL stevia powder. Other people like to augment sweetness with liquid Splenda drops (EZ Sweetz).
Ultimately, it’s up to you and your tastebuds how much and with what you sweeten your low carb goods. I hope this makes sense. Let me know if you need more clarification. -Kim
I have an allergy to coconut, what can I use as a replacement?
Hi Sally. Just use replace the amount of coconut milk with half heavy cream and half almond milk. You may need to adjust for sweetness since coconut milk is a little sweet. -Kim
Hi Kim, I am brand new to keto and looking forward to trying this creamer recipe. Was wondering if I could use monkfruit for the sweetener instead of Sure Stevia or the other mentioned? If so would you recommend the 8 servings? I’m not sure what that is but can find out. Thanks!
Hi Libby. Yes, you can use your monk fruit sweetener. Just sweeten to taste and remember that it needs to be overly sweet to sweeten you coffee. Does that make sense? I like this creamer, especially since I tend to use more than 2 tbsp of heavy cream in my coffee and the carbs and fat really add up. This has a little less fat, helping me to keep my macros balanced throughout the day. -Kim