Creamy, silky, and easy! This homemade Dairy-Free Coffee Creamer makes your cup of joe smooth and even frothy without a blender, you’re going to be hooked and you won’t miss your half and half at all.
The best Whole 30 Compliant Creamer
Ever since my first Whole30, three years ago I have been on the hunt for the best Dairy Free Coffee Creamer. I have done cashew creamer (HERE), I have done bulletproof coffee, ghee, coconut milk and coconut cream. While all delicious, viable, dairy free coffee options, they all included my blender.
I’m sure you’ve tried to plainly mix in coconut milk into your coffee… how about some collagen too? With a spoon? Plain, chunky, fail. Gross. Then there are some store-bought options, like Nutpods. I personally at not a fan. They fall flat, too thin, not creamy enough.
This Dairy Free Coffee Creamer is the real deal. Creamy, dreamy, easy, and SO affordable. For about $20 in ingredients, you get 40 ounces of coffee creamer, that’s about .50 an ounce. Cheaper than buying coffee every day!
Homemade Dairy-Free Coffee Creamer Is Always Better
When you’re on the road to health and wellness making things at home becomes second nature. While there are many convenience foods on the market, none of them will ever be better for you or as cost-effective as making it your damn self. Especially in the dairy-free coffee creamer category. Weird fillers, starches, and food-like products always make their way in to make the product thick, or cheaper, or shelf-stable. No thanks.
With homemade dairy-free coffee creamer, you get all the MCT goodness and cashew creaminess with ZERO shenanigans. This creamer stirs in perfectly for a silky, creamy coffee that even looks a little froth. I like to use my fork to stir it up and bingo! No blender to wash. Creamy, filling, delicious coffee with zero crap, zero sugar. Bonus, unlike other keto coffee creamers you won’t get pools of fat floating above your coffee! Now let’s take a look inside this amazing Whole30 coffee creamer!
Dreamiest Creamer Ingredients
Raw Cashews
Raw cashews, soaked (activated) to minimize the phytic acid (an anti-nutrient that can impair nutrient absorption and irritate the gut). To activate nuts soak them in filtered water with 1/2 a teaspoon salt for four hours. Drain and rinse well before use. You can purchase these at the bulk section of your Whole Foods or HERE.
MTC Oil
Medium Chain Triglycerides! MCT’s are fatty acids derived from coconut oil, the short chain fatty acid goes straight to the liver to be converted into ketones. MCT’s aren’t stored in your body or liver, they are pure fuel! Adding MCT oil to your coffee is a great way to boost the energy and get your body into ketosis! I like THIS ONE.
Note on the MCT: Someone commented below that the MCT didn’t sit well with their tummy. I have heard of that before- so if you have never tried it before you kind of need to wean yourself onto it. Use almond or coconut milk instead. Try adding in 1/4 cup MCT at a time, until you work your way up to the full dose.
Collagen Peptides
Collagen peptides or collagen hydrosoalte is gelatin’s water soluble brother. Made from pastured animal bone, skin and/or joints this flavorless, odorless, white powder dissolved completely in liquid and does not gel at all. It’s perfect for this make-ahead creamer. Adds amazing gut healing, hair, skin and nail health benefits to your morning cup of joe, plus a little quality protein! I like THIS ONE.
FLAVOR!
A little pure vanilla extract, Ceylon cinnamon, and pink Himalayan salt for flavor and you’ve got yourself one top-notch dairy-free coffee creamer.
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Dairy-Free Coffee Creamer
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 5–6 cups 1x
- Category: Coffee
- Method: Blend
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
delicious, healthy coffee creamer that stirs in perfectly!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups soaked, raw cashews (use hemp hearts or pumpkin seeds for nut free)
- 1 1/2 cup MCT oil (or full-fat coconut milk)
- 1 1/2 cups filtered water
- 1/2 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (vanilla bean powder for Whole30)
- 1 teaspoon Ceylon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup collagen peptides (optional)
Instructions
- Make sure you soak the cashews (or seeds) per the instructions above. Rinse and drain them.
- Place them in the blender.
- Add in the rest of the ingredients (water, mct, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, and collagen) to the blender and blend until smooth, about 30-40 seconds in my Vitamix.
- May take a little extra juice in a regular blender, you want the mix smooth and frothy… almost fluffy! IF you still have a grainy texture, like if you have a Ninja strain your creamer with a fine mesh sieve.
- Makes about 5 cups, I like to store it in 5, 8-ounce mason jars in the fridge for up to 8 days.
- You can also freeze the jars and then thaw in the fridge when you want to use.
- Add 2-4 tablespoons to your coffee and stir well to combine. Works great for hot and iced coffee.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 tbsp
- Calories: 104.5
- Fat: 10.4g
- Carbohydrates: 1.8g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 2.2g
Danielle says
I just made this coffee creamer for the Whole30. I love the consistency. I started small with the MCT oil and did 1/2 cup and replaced the rest with almond milk. My only problem is I can’t taste any vanilla and I even doubled it. Did I do something wrong??
Cristina says
Not sure why your vanilla isn’t showing up… could be your palate, could be the brand you’re using… I find the vanilla flavor to be pretty pronounced any more and it tastes medicinal to me. It could be a preference thing.
Kelsey says
What vanilla powder do you use that’s not in dextrose? I’m on a whole 30 and sick of paying for nutpods! Thanks!
Cristina says
Wild Foods has a vanilla powder that is just vanilla bean scrappings. I have seen some vanilla flavoring that is my simply organic that is made with vegetable glycerine instead of alcohol! So I think that would be compliant too!
Tara says
Who knew cashews & The Castaway Kitchen were the answer to my non dairy coffee creamer dreams! Thank you!
Cristina says
i did! i did!!
Christina says
How much MCT powder would I need to use to replace the oil (would it be 1 to 1)? The oil gives me indigestion, so I need to use the powder.
Thanks!
Cristina says
No I think it would be more like 3/4 cup mct oil with 3/4 water to replace the mct oil in the recipe.
Angi says
Cud I use salted caramel MCT powder?
Cristina says
Yes, but I think 1.5 cups Salted Caramel MCT oil will make it too sweet. Do 1 cup coconut milk and 1/2 cup of the Salted Caramel MCT oil 🙂
Kerry says
This is amazing! I’ve tried just cashews on their own but it is so much more amazing with all of the other ingredients, definitely better tasting and better for the environment and wallet than nutpods! I never would have thought to add all of these ingredients together. Thank you so much for sharing this and your other recipes. They compliment your book Made Whole which I am slowly cooking (and loving) my way through, I am so inspired!
Cristina says
yeayyy
Gabrielle Drummond says
Just made this but used hemp seed instead of cashews . I’m intolerant to coconuts, so finding a good dairy free creamer is painful but this is delicious!!! I’m cutting out nuts this week so this will be a life savor for my tea/coffees in the morning! Thank you for this awesome recipe! ❤️❤️
Cristina says
So glad you like it!
Katie dee says
Do the hemp hearts need to be soaked? The instructions make it sound like only the nuts and pumpkin seeds would have to be soaked
Cristina says
They will cream without being soaked, but I do it anyway to active them!
Christin says
Seriously so good!
Cristina says
yeahh thank you!
Lauren says
I love this and it mixes well in my cold brew coffee. Hard to find a good keto creamer that mixes well into cold coffee. LOVE IT!!!!
Ruthie Bertone says
So creamy and mixes in well!
Cristina says
yes! I use it daily!
Jonathan says
Thanks for the reply.
Jonathan says
Do you think Macadamia nuts would work instead of cashews?
Cristina says
Yes, but you will need a nut milk bag or cheese cloth to strain it. The macadamia nut won’t blend smooth like the cashews 🙂
Charlotte says
Do you think this could be used to make ‘ice cream’?
Cristina says
I dont have an ice cream machine, but if you try it out let me know
LoRe says
Would vanilla bean as a sub for vanilLa bean powder throw off texture at all? Im on whole 30 and can’t find the powder In store. Thanks!
Cristina says
Like vanilla bean scraping? Yeah, use the insides from 1-2 beans 🙂
Danielle says
Is it supposed to solidify in the fridge? I thought it did on your insta story but i refridgerated mine overnight & it is still liquid? I’m Excited to try it out! 🙂
Cristina says
It’s supposed to be liquid! Just shake it up and stir it in your coffee 2-4 tbsp and it will be perfect!
Mine gets solids when I use gelatin instead of collagen, but it still works and will melt into the coffee… the original version is with collagen though and is meant to be a thick liquid creamer!