Homemade Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer

My favorite way to enjoy a cozy cup of hot coffee in the fall is with a big splash of Homemade Pumpkin Spice Creamer.

Made with rich heavy cream, real pumpkin and lots of pumpkin pie spice, this coffee creamer is absolutely amazing.

It’s incredibly easy to make and comes together in about 10 minutes. That’s faster than you can go to the store to buy a bottle of creamer.

Like many of you, I love Starbucks vanilla sweet cream, so I modeled my pumpkin creamer recipe after it. As a bonus, you can froth this creamer into pumpkin cold foam too!

Why You’ll Love this Pumpkin Spice Creamer Recipe

• Tastes amazing! This creamer is a cross between whipped cream and pumpkin pie. Need I say more?
• It’s made with real pumpkin and cream and does not contain any preservatives or artificial ingredients like many store-bought creamers. (Some of those even have oil!)
• This flavored creamer is made with ingredients you can easily get and keep on-hand so you can make it again and again, like my recipes for Italian Sweet Cream creamer and caramel macchiato creamer.
• You can use a splash of homemade pumpkin spice creamer in your coffee, or since it’s made with real heavy cream and milk, use it to make a pumpkin spice latte.
• It only takes minutes to make. Seriously, from the time you get a craving for pumpkin spice to when it’s ready, is under 10 minutes
• Best of all, you can make it all year long!

Ingredients

• Heavy Cream (Whipping Cream)
• Milk
• Sugar
• Water
• Pumpkin Puree
• Pumpkin Pie Spice
• Vanilla Extract
• Cinnamon Sticks (optional)

Heavy Cream & Milk: I like to use cream and whole milk, not sweetened condensed milk that many recipes call for. This way the coffee creamer is perfectly pourable—not too thick, not too thin.

This heavy cream and whole milk combo with syrup is similar to how Starbucks makes vanilla sweet cream.

Sugar & Water are used to make a quick simple syrup to sweeten the coffee creamer.

You can substitute the sugar with other types of artificial sweeteners, if desired.

Pumpkin Puree & Pumpkin Pie Spice: What I love about this coffee creamer is that it gets its flavor from all natural ingredients.

For this recipe, grab a can of real pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling) and a bottle of pumpkin pie spice.

This warm spice blend is full of all the fall flavors we love—cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice.

Vanilla Extract: To round things out, I like to add a little vanilla extract. For the most flavor, add the vanilla after removing the syrup from the heat so the flavor doesn’t burn off with the alcohol.

Cinnamon (optional): For even more cinnamon flavor, steep a couple cinnamon sticks in the syrup.

Looking for more seasonal coffee creamer recipes? Try this homemade gingerbread creamer.

How to Make Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer

1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil, then simmer until sugar is dissolved.
2. To the syrup add pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice. Stir to combine and cook over medium-low heat for about 3 minutes. Optionally, steep cinnamon sticks in the syrup, as well.
3. Remove the pumpkin spice syrup from the heat to cool. Stir in vanilla extract.
4. Add heavy cream and milk to a 16-ounce bottle (or slightly larger). Once the syrup cools, remove the cinnamon sticks (if any) and pour the syrup into the cream mixture and stir. (Depending on the size of your bottle, it may be easier to mix the syrup, cream and milk in the saucepan and then transfer it to a bottle.)
5. Store the pumpkin coffee creamer in the refrigerator for about 7 days (shorter if either milk or cream expires sooner). Be sure to shake the bottle before each use as the spices will settle.

Detailed recipe and instructions are in recipe card at bottom of post.

How to Use this Homemade Coffee Creamer

Homemade coffee creamer made with a base of heavy cream and milk is so versatile.

Put a splash in your coffee. If you like a little milk in your coffee, then this pumpkin spice creamer adds a flavorful touch. It’s also delicious in black tea and chai.

Make a pumpkin spice latte or pumpkin hot cocoa. A Starbucks pumpkin spice latte has espresso, milk, pumpkin spice syrup and is topped with whipped cream. And Starbucks whipped cream is a combination of heavy cream and vanilla syrup.

This creamer recipe contains all those ingredients except the espresso, of course.

To make a quick DIY pumpkin spice latte steam the homemade pumpkin creamer with a steam wand or electric milk frother, and add it to a couple shots of espresso.

For an iced latte, just add the pumpkin creamer to a glass with ice and espresso shots.

Make pumpkin cream cold brew. This heavy cream-based pumpkin spice creamer froths up into cold foam just like Starbucks.

All you have to do is put some of the creamer in a really cold jar and shake it vigorously.

Then follow it up with a handheld milk frother to add even more air.

Pour it over iced cold brew and you have an easy homemade pumpkin cream cold brew.

Non-Dairy Pumpkin Coffee Creamer

To make a dairy-free pumpkin coffee creamer, swap the heavy cream and milk for your favorite plant-based milk.

So that the creamer isn’t too thin, make sure to use full-fat coconut milk for the bulk of the milk and thin it out with another such as almond, oat or soy.

More Pumpkin Recipes

• Homemade Pumpkin Spice Syrup for Coffee
• Easy Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe
• Pumpkin Cream Cold Foam Recipe (Starbucks Copycat)

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