What Do You Use to Sweeten Coffee?

activeadriana
activeadriana Posts: 70 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi 👋 I'm interested to know what is your favourite sweetener for coffee? What do you use to make your coffee sweet?

I switched from using sugar to using Sweet n Low. It's the closest tasting to sugar that I've tried. I was using Zing before that, and that was good but imo Sweet n Low tastes better.

It is artifical so it makes me think there is a better option, but i haven't found it yet. And at 0 calories it helps me stay on track.

How do you like to sweeten your coffee?
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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    I usually drink my coffee black. If I want it sweeter, I usually go with Stevia or Splenda, whichever is at hand.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,416 Member
    I just use sugar. One teaspoon is enough sweetness for my cup of coffee, and it's only 15 calories.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    If I want it sweeter I add a bit of milk
  • activeadriana
    activeadriana Posts: 70 Member
    senalay788 wrote: »
    Tears of an angel.

    Lol 😂
  • activeadriana
    activeadriana Posts: 70 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    If I want it sweeter I add a bit of milk

    Thanks, I could maybe try this. I stopped drinking tea with sugar and sometimes add milk to make it sweeter.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Splenda and flavored creamer at 35 cals per tbsp. I usually only need 2.
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    activeadriana wrote: »
    sardelsa wrote: »
    If I want it sweeter I add a bit of milk

    Thanks, I could maybe try this. I stopped drinking tea with sugar and sometimes add milk to make it sweeter.

    Yea. I usually drink my espresso and coffee black but in the afternoon I like it more mellow so some milk helps
  • Dogmom1978
    Dogmom1978 Posts: 1,580 Member
    I drink both my coffee and tea with skim milk. I stopped taking sugar in my coffee decades ago.
  • GrizzledSquirrel
    GrizzledSquirrel Posts: 120 Member
    My sunny disposition
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    I've never liked sweetened coffee.
  • MsCzar
    MsCzar Posts: 1,071 Member
    After drinking coffee with cream and lots of sugar every single morning since I was a child, I finally gave up the sugar part in April 2019. I still really like strong coffee and often take 2 T of full fat half & half in a 10 oz. mug - usually 2-3 mugs a day - (total: 80-120 calories/2-3 g natural milk sugars).

    One trick that might help is one I use when I am really craving something sweet with my coffee: I nibble a tiny piece of a Ghirardelli white melting wafer (13 calories) with every second or third sip of coffee until the wafer is gone. Yes, it's about the same calories as a teaspoon of sugar plus 1 g fat, but that it's not mixed into the coffee itself can help you get used to the taste unsweetened coffee and maybe eventually stop you wanting sweet coffee altogether.

    Also, it helps to drink really GOOD coffee. I splurge on high quality whole beans that I grind fresh every morning.

  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
    I use stevia and Nutpods Almond/ Coconut creamer. They have no sugar and 10 calories a tablespoon. The French Vanilla and Caramel are AWESOME! Sometimes I add cocoa powder. Stevia is not absorbed by the body and has no calories. Xylitol, Erythritol and Allulose powder are sugar free options that are more " natural".
    Sometimes a real good coffee with just creamer tastes very good.
  • freda666
    freda666 Posts: 338 Member
    I stopped putting sweetener, sugar or artificial, in tea and coffee when I was in my twenties but can remember how shocking easy it was to get used to. Took a week.

    So that is always an option.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    Splenda and super creamer (sweet cream) or Baileys.
  • FourWindsWalker
    FourWindsWalker Posts: 143 Member
    I stopped using artificial sugars eons ago. Switched to Sugar In The Raw. Didnt like it. Now I use a teaspoon of Organic Coconut Sugar in 2, 12oz cups of coffee a day.

    I add a slice of fresh lemon in my unsweetened hot and cold teas.

    Do what works for you.
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,772 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    Nothing, because sweetened coffee is vile.

    Sometimes I stir my coffee with the spoon I used to put some molasses in my hot cereal, if there's just a light film of molasses on the spoon. It makes it taste about as sweet as unsweetened cold brew, i.e., it just barely takes the edge of the bitter. Anything sweeter than completely ruins a good cup of coffee, IMO, obvs.

    But there's nothing wrong with using an artificial sweetener if you're just one of those wrong-headed people who think coffee needs to be sweet. I'll pray for you. :smile:

    Interesting, Molasses is divine, high in non-heme iron and caloric but counted it can be great :)
  • mariomicro
    mariomicro Posts: 74 Member
    I use pure Erythritol (not the one mixed with other sweeteners). I has no digestible carbs and has no insulin response.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    I use 1tbsp truvia, 1 pinch pure stevia, 3 tbsp sugar freee salted caramel syrup per 12oz coffee. I like it super sweet though.
  • AwesomeSquirrel
    AwesomeSquirrel Posts: 644 Member
    If you want to cut the bitterness you can add a pinch of salt while brewing.

    I don’t sweeten coffee but can tell the difference in smoothness when adding salt. I do add unsweetened oat milk to most cups.
  • Anya_000
    Anya_000 Posts: 725 Member
    I used to put one teaspoon of sugar, then weaned it down to 1/2 teaspoon. Now I don't need anything in it at all. I'm on a tight calorie budget, so was looking in all the little habits to make cuts. I still have 1/2 tsp sugar + milk in afternoon, can't give that up.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    I also use sweet n low. Somewhere between 0.5 and a full packet. Wish I could find it not in packets in the store..
  • Cordy1228
    Cordy1228 Posts: 245 Member
    I just use real sugar. Coffee is pretty much my favorite part of the day, so I'm OK spending a few calories on it.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,186 Member
    Stevia or splenda. No milk or creamer of any kind.
  • Mithridites
    Mithridites Posts: 600 Member
    10 gram of blackstrap molasses in my first (and usually only) cup of coffee. I need the iron, and I want the sweetness. Then I add 80-100 ml of skim lactose-free milk.
  • GazelleLady
    GazelleLady Posts: 131 Member
    Coffee with a dash of chocolate milk is my favorite.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,455 Member
    Stevia. If I have ginger syrup on hand, a spoon of that. Or, a cinnamon stick.

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