Take your coffee to the next scrumptiously sweet level with this Homemade Salted Coffee Creamer recipe with all the sweetness of salted caramel right in your coffee.
Homemade Salted Caramel Coffee Creamer
Two homemade coffee creamer recipes in one month, you ask? Yes, it's true. I'd apologize, but this Homemade Salted Caramel Coffee Creamer is worth it, I assure you.
I absolutely adore caramel in my coffee. I don't know why. It's an obsession of mine. Like pumpkin, but all year long. And salted caramel is so popular right now (and for good reason, I might add), I just thought this would be perfect. And it is.
Do you know why salted caramel is delicious? It's because salt is kind of magical. Because, yeah, salt is salty. But it can also bring out other flavors as well. Whenever someone tells me their recipe didn't turn out because it just tasted kind of "off," I always suspect lack of salt is the culprit. It just does so much to help with flavor! If you're not adding salt to recipes, definitely start. Even baked goods. I just always use salted butter so I don't have to measure it out (Ha! Lazy, much?)
Anyway, there are TWO special cooking properties of salt that make this Homemade Salted Caramel Coffee Creamer fabulous.
- Salt cuts down bitterness. Since coffee is bitter, this is a good (and tasty!) thing.
- It can also help bring out sweetness, making salted caramel even better than your average caramel.
And so we combine these two tasty elements into one coffee creamer that I just know you'll love as much as me!
Homemade Salted Caramel Coffee Creamer Recipe
Homemade Salted Caramel Coffee Creamer
Ingredients
- 1½ cups half and half
- 1½ cups milk
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 12 ounce jar caramel topping
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, heat your cream and milk over medium-high heat.
- When the milk mixture is hot, but not boiling, add your sugar and stir to combine.
- Add the caramel and salt, and whisk to combine until smooth and creamy.
- Remove mixture from heat and add in the vanilla extract. Stir to combine.
- Pour into a container, and refrigerate until you are ready to use it. This can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.
Did you like this Homemade Salted Caramel Coffee Creamer Recipe? Find more on my Coffee, and Breakfast boards on Pinterest!
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A Keen Cook says
Hello, what's "caramel topping" do you have a link please so i can look in the UK for it 🙂
Thanks
Michelle says
Like caramel ice cream topping. Here's a link to some http://amzn.to/2czZ5Fw
Michelle says
Sounds amazing!
Caramel and coffee really do go nicely together!
Thanks!
Michelle
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
I love salted caramel! Thanks for sharing on the What's for Dinner link up!
Sheree Thomas says
Thank you for sharing your post on the Simply Sweet Home Linky Party. You were my choice for this week's Party. I can't wait to try and share your recipe with my fellow Coffee Lovers.
VALERIE ZUNIGA says
Does this taste like the international delights one? It is my favorite but so hard to find!
Sam says
I added instant coffee and dark cocoa powder, a pinch more salt to this recipe and it’s much closer to the ID Salted Caramel Mocha. I’ve also tried another recipe with sweetened condensed milk but I find I don’t like the flavor of the canned milk at all.
Valerie says
What a great addition!!! Just made it now thank you!
Cathy Crabtree says
I made this for an ingredient to go in a sea salt caramel Kentucky butter cake. I could not find one in stores that was good. This was perfect! Much better taste than store bought and so simple!
Michelle says
That sounds amazing!