Coffe Creamer

noturninback

I love me some coffee!! :happy: I also love it with sugar free hazelnut creamer!! I've thought about cutting back on my coffee to every other day and on the off days drinking tea, but......it hasn't happened yet!!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Barneystinson

I like getting the flavored coffee blends from Dunkin Donuts or 8 OClock Coffee, then adding 1-2 TBSP half & half and stevia. Works out to 20 calories per tablespoon of creamer, I use 1 tablespoon per 8 ounces of coffee.

missheidi

2% milk works for me, with some sweetner. i'd suggest tea as well. lots of flavors, no calories, and you can add a bit of milk to lighten. 240 calories is almost as much as a venti nonfat pumpkin spice latte from starbucks. (8 creamers is a lot!)

missheidi

By the time I add in the 3 Tbsp flavored creamer I like, I'm already past my allotment of sugar for the DAY. Solution I've found - fat free half & half (doesn't give that watery color that skim milk does, and tastes rich), 3 splenda, and some ground cinnamon. 45 calories, almost no sugar.

Other options I've enjoyed:
Seasonal coconut milk flavors. SoyDelicious makes a mint-chocolate coconut milk that's fabulous, and 6g sugar in HALF a CUP - so you can put 1/4 cup in for 3g sugar, 1.25g fat, and 25 calories. 8 tubs of creamer is about 8 Tbsp, so actually you're putting half a cup into your coffee. Careful though - their coconut nog flavor is about double those stats.

Sugar free syrups - I've found versions at my local TJ Maxx/Marshall's stores for around $5 per bottle, and they last a LONG time. I haven't brought those to work, though, because they disappear too fast. My coworkers are wierded out by my coconut/soy options, so those stay in breakroom unmolested. ;-)

question: just how coconutty does the coconut milk taste, though? i hate coconut. but i'm wondering if the flavors negate the coconut taste. does that make sense?

gg24

By the time I add in the 3 Tbsp flavored creamer I like, I'm already past my allotment of sugar for the DAY. Solution I've found - fat free half & half (doesn't give that watery color that skim milk does, and tastes rich), 3 splenda, and some ground cinnamon. 45 calories, almost no sugar.

Other options I've enjoyed:
Seasonal coconut milk flavors. SoyDelicious makes a mint-chocolate coconut milk that's fabulous, and 6g sugar in HALF a CUP - so you can put 1/4 cup in for 3g sugar, 1.25g fat, and 25 calories. 8 tubs of creamer is about 8 Tbsp, so actually you're putting half a cup into your coffee. Careful though - their coconut nog flavor is about double those stats.

Sugar free syrups - I've found versions at my local TJ Maxx/Marshall's stores for around $5 per bottle, and they last a LONG time. I haven't brought those to work, though, because they disappear too fast. My coworkers are wierded out by my coconut/soy options, so those stay in breakroom unmolested. ;-)

question: just how coconutty does the coconut milk taste, though? i hate coconut. but i'm wondering if the flavors negate the coconut taste. does that make sense?

I haven't noticed the flavor being strong. It is different than milk but I like it better than the almond milk, especially for coffee. I can't do the soy as soy is bad for those of us with thyroid problems. The vanilla coconut is pretty good but it does have some sugar in it.

CharlieBarleyMom

I too was a "light and sweet" coffee drinker... and when I did WWs 10 years ago I stopped drinking coffee because I couldn't stand it black... I tried.

Now, I put a dollop of Unsweetened Almond Silk or Blue Diamond Unsweetened Almond Milk into my coffee and I use one truvia... or 1 tsp. of sugar. It is definitely not as good as I would like, but it does the trick and I don't have to give up my coffee.

Fall - pumpkin - I've picked up a Pumpkin Spice creamer and I use one Tblsp. for 35 calories in each cup... but I'm not liking that I have 70 (sometimes 105) calories per breakfast just to indulge myself... so I'm looking into making my own with the Almond Silk - or finding the pumpkin flavored silk somewhere.

Otherwise I'll just give up coffee again. I can drink tea black (and, really really good coffee I can actually drink black - but I can't seem to make such great coffee)!