Is there a good way to use up sweet coffee creamer?

February 22, 2023 5:27 PM

After hosting guests, I find myself with two bottles of Coffee-mate Italian Sweet Creme creamer. I...do not care for it in my coffee. Can you think of any recipes (or honestly, any purpose at all) where these could be put to good use? I'm a capable cook/baker. Please note that "creamer" *is not cream.*
posted by Charity Garfein to Food & Drink (20 answers total)

If you work in an office, they can be left near the coffee machine. Then let nature take its course.
posted by bunderful at 5:35 PM on February 22, 2023 [28 favorites]

I would add it to plain oatmeal instead of part of the water (maybe 1/3 creamer, 2/3 water)
posted by metahawk at 6:00 PM on February 22, 2023 [2 favorites]

I did a search for "recipes that use Coffee-mate creamer" and got some hits so it is a thing.


href=https://www.goodnes.com/coffeemate/recipes/coffeemate/">Coffee mate® Recipes

International Delight recipes at the slow roasted

Coffee Creamer Recipes at crazy for crust
posted by stray thoughts at 6:02 PM on February 22, 2023

I use it instead of sugar in my coffee. A splash of 1/2 & 1/2 and a little creamer - it's too sweet on its own. Might be simplest to give it away.
posted by XtineHutch at 6:20 PM on February 22, 2023

Believe it or not, it can kinda be used like a sweet cream. I've used it in french toast quite successfully...
posted by hydra77 at 6:28 PM on February 22, 2023 [5 favorites]

Could you try making something like chocolate pudding with it maybe? Pairing it with something else to cover the flavor?
posted by music for skeletons at 6:36 PM on February 22, 2023 [1 favorite]

Mixed drinks like white Russians, fake low budget Thai iced tea. Honestly I would either bin it or take it to the office if you work in the kind of office where anyone might use it.
posted by potrzebie at 6:58 PM on February 22, 2023 [3 favorites]

If it's not opened, give it to a church that hosts meals for the needy or AA / etc meetings.
posted by ojocaliente at 8:05 PM on February 22, 2023 [6 favorites]

that stuff is so unhealthy. if you don't enjoy it in your coffee don't force yourself to consume it.
posted by fingersandtoes at 8:23 PM on February 22, 2023 [14 favorites]

It has quite a bit of sugar in it, right?

I’m 90% sure you could boil unopened bottles of it until they carmelized into a sweet, pale brown dessert sauce.
posted by jamjam at 8:38 PM on February 22, 2023 [2 favorites]

The first three ingredients are water, sugar and coconut oil. Find sweet recipes that use coconut oil and reduce the sugar in them - should work great. Or decently.
posted by Toddles at 10:47 PM on February 22, 2023 [1 favorite]

This recipe uses coffee creamer to make a tres leches cake.
posted by limbicdigest at 2:16 AM on February 23, 2023 [1 favorite]

I have used up some in pancake recipes by substituting it for half the milk/liquid and letting the teens know the flavor of the day.
posted by childofTethys at 4:36 AM on February 23, 2023

I had some ice cream that I had made 'not sweet enough'. I put a thick layer of a similar liquid creamer (International Delight actually) on it and stuck it back in the freezer, and the frozen creamer was great as a sort of frosting for the ice cream.
posted by bluesky78987 at 7:10 AM on February 23, 2023 [2 favorites]

Mix it with vodka and do some shots.
posted by daisystomper at 7:35 AM on February 23, 2023 [1 favorite]

I like Italian sweet cream creamer to moisten cakes, apple crisp, that kind of stuff.
posted by drlith at 10:50 AM on February 23, 2023

Moistened baked goods is what I agree with

(Soooo unhealthy? Not really. It's not made of much nastiness and you don't use much.)
posted by tiny frying pan at 1:57 PM on February 23, 2023

I once worked at a winter venue that used it in the place of milk to make hot chocolate. It was very popular hot chocolate.
posted by Miko at 6:08 PM on February 23, 2023

Someone on a podcast recently mentioned that their parents would add it to scrambled eggs when growing up. She said it was good in the way that getting a little bit of maple syrup on your eggs is good. I personally can't even.
posted by slogger at 2:12 PM on February 24, 2023

I hate food waste but unless I could give it away, I'd throw it away. That stuff is vile.
posted by cyndigo at 5:50 PM on February 27, 2023