Creamer Connoisseur

I review coffee creamers because I'm compelled to try them all

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Chobani S'more Coffee Creamer

I've had this creamer for a while (and finished it long ago, I've had this in my drafts for like a month) and gone back and forth on how I feel about it. S'mores is a great flavor, we love a good smore on a chilly night while sitting around a campfire. Although, S'mores is a flavor that is difficult to balance. Chocolate likes to overpower everything, marshmallow is a subtle flavor, and graham crackers is often left out entirely. Chobani generally does well when introducing a fun flavor so I have high hopes going in for this one.

When I first opened this creamer, I was surprised at how strong the graham cracker scent was. As the flavor that's always left out of smores flavored items, I was impressed that they decided to lead with it. I don't know how they made it so forward as it's not so simple as adding a single flavor extract to the mix. In my cup, the graham cracker flavor does mellow out and allow the chocolate to shine through more. This creamer did have a fake chocolate flavor like they used cocoa butter rather than cocoa powder so I imagine that helps the other flavors shine through. This creamer matches half and half in texture so it made my coffee a nice consistency as most Chobani creamers do. As far as the flavor goes, this creamer actually has a good balance of chocolate/marshmallow/graham cracker. The marshmallow is the weakest flavor here but I'm not mad about that since it's not just chocolate forward and nothing else.

While this isn't my favorite of the 3 summer flavors from Chobani, I do enjoy it enough to get it again if I come across it. I know some people think of smores as a fall flavor but I think there's something so fun about a late night and a small fire that makes smores a summer treat for me. I hope they keep bringing this one back year after year.

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Chobani American Blueberry Creamer

The first creamer that I ever fell in love with was a powdered creamer, probably Coffee Mate, called Blueberry Cobbler. I had it has a teenager in the late aughts. I could probably still find it on the shelf if I looked for it, but I'm a baby and I need my creamer cold so that it will cool my coffee down enough for me to drink it. When I first heard of Chobani's patriotic birthday creamer, I hoped it would live up to my memory of the fruity and buttery creamer that lives rent free in my head but not in my pantry.

Of the 3 Chobani releases this summer, this one stands out as the only one that isn't chocolate based. The other two flavors, Smores and Cookies and Cream, evoke classic flavors that can be found across the grocery store. The American Blueberry is the only fruity flavor and it's a nod to the U.S.'s 250th birthday. Blueberries are the traditional blue in any American flag inspired dessert and, in my experience, is a good addition to a coffee. On it's own, this creamer didn't have the strength of flavor that I expect from Chobani creamers, especially compared to how strong the chocolate flavors were. With that in mind, the blueberry flavor stands up to my coffee much better than I expected. It persists whether the coffee is cool or hot. In comparison to my memory of the blueberry cobbler creamer, this lacks the depth of flavor that the other had. Where the other was blueberry and butter, this one is a pure blueberry flavor without any depth. This creamer is not as creamy as I like though, it's fairly thin like a milk rather than a cream. I do wish that they had colored it blue though, that would have been fun.

Overall the American Blueberry flavor is my favorite of the 3 Chobani summer limited batch flavors. It's weak on its own but plays well with my coffee. While it doesn't stand up to the creamer of my memory, I do like fruit creamers in general so I would be happy if this one stuck around. Knowing Chobani, it won't but they do prove again to be one of the brands that likes to experiment with flavors and I still appreciate that.

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Natural Bliss Maple Butterscotch Creamer

I promised myself that I wouldn't let fall start in my house until September. Unfortunately, I came across this creamer during a grocery trip and it got me before I realized what was happening. In my defense, maple and butterscotch are some of my favorite flavors when I want something cozy. This was also a welcome excuse to finally try this line of creamers. Now that "real ingredient" creamers are en vogue I've been curious how they stand up to Chobani creamers which have become my standard for healthy/natural creamers.

The Maple Butterscotch creamer smells delicious. It evokes warm pancakes and caramel candies. Both of these are great flavors to add to a coffee so I wasn't worried about how well the flavors would mix. However, my first few trials with this creamer were disappointing. The maple and the butterscotch got completely lost in the cup. In my experience, natural sweeteners like honey and maple do get lost very easily in drinks so I expected some of that but I had hoped they punched it up a little bit. I could taste a vague sweetness underneath my coffee but nothing else. To add to my disappointment, this creamer is not creamy at all. I might as well be adding skim milk to my cup. Every time I tried this creamer, I increased the amount I used by a tablespoon (I start at 5) and finally at 8 tablespoons for a 10 oz coffee I got a delightful experience. The cozy flavors come through the coffee without completely overpowering it and my drink is the color of khaki which is lighter than I prefer but at this point I was excited to just taste anything.

Will I be getting this creamer again? No, definitely not. Am I excited to try more creamers from this line? Also no. Hopefully their standard flavors are better tuned than this seasonal offering. If they are, that would be my mistake for using a one-off flavor as my introduction. Still, I wish they delivered a better creamer experience to usher us into the best time of the year.

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Coffee Mate Banana Bread Creamer

In spring of 2026, Dunkin released a limited collection of banana flavored drinks. At the time, I was suffering from a bout of Covid thanks to my family's inability to take contagions seriously (thanks guys). My ability to taste anything was depressed, and so was I. Still, I was working at a location across the street from a Dunkin and I deserved a treat for being there so I got a banana bread latte with banana cold foam. Even though I could only taste the top notes of very sweet banana, my eyes were opened to a new coffee flavor that I never even considered. When you think about it, banana should be an easy win for a coffee flavor. It goes well with chocolate, cinnamon, and caramel which are all classic coffee flavors. Logic states that banana would go well with coffee too. Dunkin did it well so surely Coffee Mate can too.

I had 2 cups of coffee with this creamer in it today. The first was great, the second was fine. I think this was because my first cup was with a fresh pot of coffee and I accidentally added an extra tablespoon of creamer to it and that always helps. The creamer is a little less creamy and thick than other Coffee Mate creamers. It's more like a zero-sugar creamer than a regular one. The flavor is very strong on that classic banana flavor that builds as you sip it but doesn't have any depth below that. I expected some cinnamon or butter flavor but it was just banana and vanilla. My partner says that this creamer has a metallic aftertaste that I can't detect.

I think that when I first saw this creamer, I got too excited for it. I don't find it disappointing but I do wish that it were creamier and had more depth of flavor. If banana bread became a standard offer I would probably keep it in my fridge on rotation with a white chocolate raspberry flavor.

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Chobani Cookies and Cream Creamer

As part my favorite flavor of everything, I knew that I had to get my hands on the Cookies and Cream flavor of Chobani's triple thread of limited batch summer releases. Cookies and cream has never struck me as a summer flavor but I'll take it. It seems like a simple enough flavor; just chocolate and creamy vanilla. But it's difficult to balance the flavors so that the chocolate doesn't overpower the vanilla. In my opinion, ice cream does this best. Oreos, of course, do it well if you don't deconstruct them (but let's be real, we all pull them apart). Everything else (cakes, cookies, ect) lands on a spectrum of fine to not even trying. It gets tough when everything is homogeneous to allow two distinct flavors room to shine especially when one acts as an enhancer to the other.

I was delighted to see that this creamer was in fact chocolate colored. I was disappointed previously when a chocolate bar flavored creamer was not chocolate colored. I like drinks that use color to indicate their flavor. If it's strawberry, and it's not pink, I don't want it. This creamer looked chocolatey and smelled chocolatey so I was worried that it would be overpoweringly chocolate but I will happily report that Chobani has managed to balance a nice chocolate flavor with vanilla. This creamer reminds me of the Hershey's Cookies and Cream Milk Shakes that I used to get as a child. They would be right next to the nestle chocolate milks in the refrigerated section at the gas station we always stopped at and it was my choice when they were out of my favorite gatorade. The Cookies and Cream creamer is not too sweet, just the right consistency, and I forgo judging the color of my coffee when the creamer isn't white. Like all Chobani flavors, it had the right consistency. Taste-wise, I wasn't impressed. The flavor just could not stand up to my coffee. It got lost and made my coffee taste watery. The same is true when I tried it in an iced coffee. Surprisingly, it tasted best after I watered down my coffee by about a quarter according to volume so that I could stretch the most recent pot I had brewed to last one more cup. I think this means I make my coffee too strong, but I'm not going to stop.

Going into trying this flavor, I was excited but ready to be disappointed. It doesn't mix well with my coffee and that's fine. If you make a strong cup like I do just water it down a little bit. If you usually make a medium or light roast then your experience will probably also be fine if you just add a little extra if it's not tasting right. I'm probably going easy on this flavor because I do like Cookies and Cream so much. It didn't deliver in the ways that really mattered, but it was nice to open my fridge and have it as an option.

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International Delight Almond Cherry Macaron Creamer

I recently became acquainted with a group on facebook that is a support group for fans of discontinued International Delight flavors. As someone who has also been personally victimized by International Delight, I took a scroll through the posts to see which flavors were most missed. I found a controversy in the community regarding a recently discontinued flavor, Amaretto which was supposed to be a nutty, slightly fruity flavor. When contacted, ID claims that their new flavor, Almond Cherry Macaron, is the same flavor but with a new name and label. Members of the facebook group disagree vehemently, claiming that they increased the cherry flavor and decreased the almond so it's not the same as the discontinued flavor. Unfortunately, I don't have any of the old flavor to do a side by side comparison, but my store does keep the new flavor stocked so I decided to pick it up to see what the fuss was about.

If this creamer is just a shadow of it's former self, I can see why people miss Amaretto. Almond Cherry Macaron does something that no other creamer does. It's fruity, it's nutty, and it's a bright addition to a morning coffee. But it also tastes like cough syrup. If Amaretto is this flavor with toned down cherry and more emphasis on the almond, it would have been a good alternative for someone who wanted fruit flavor but didn't like raspberry white chocolate. Unlike most other creamers with almond flavor, this one doesn't get better as my coffee cools. The cherry stays pretty overpowering to any other flavor note this creamer tries to deliver. This creamer also doesn't make my coffee as creamy as I like. It turns my coffee a little darker than the color of peanut butter when I prefer my coffee to be more of a cookie dough color.

Almond Cherry Macaron is a unique flavor and I can value that aspect of it but I am happy to finish this bottle so that I can move on to another flavor. The Cherry medicine flavor is too much for me, I'll stick with raspberry white chocolate.

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Great Value Almond Biscotti Coffee Creamer

Any regular at Starbucks is probably familiar with the little trinket tray they have at the register that holds tempting, overpriced treats. While cake pops rotate in and out, the almond biscotti stands the test of time and continues its dutiful watch over Starbucks' transactions. As a flavor concept, this flavor isn't a stretch but could add to the few nut flavor based creamers that we have. This creamer was the other that I grabbed during my hazy trip to Walmart so I wasn't sure what to expect. I find most biscottis to just be slightly sweet and pleasant, though I would love a creamer that delivers a nice nutty, almond flavor since most of the others I've tried have fallen short of what I expect.

The almond biscotti creamer is creamy and lightly sweet. It has a subtle vanilla flavor but I have difficulty finding the almond. The flavor doesn't develop any depth as my coffee cools as some other flavors do. I like adding this creamer to my coffee when I'm eating something salty with it; the salt in the food enhances the sweetness of the creamer. The almond isn't even strong enough to enhance the chocolate notes of my coffee so it falls flat as an almond flavored creamer.

In all, this creamer is bland and unmemorable, delivering a most basic pleasant, sweet, and creamy experience that is the bare minimum of what creamers should be. Almond Biscotti is a mid tier creamer that could be swapped with any vanilla creamer and no one would notice. I don't hate drinking it, but I won't be getting it again.

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Great Value Pecan Praline Coffee Creamer

A few weeks ago, I had the flu and stopped by Walmart to get some medicine so I could sleep again. In my sickness induced haze, I swung by the creamer section and grabbed anything that had a limited edition label on it. I think I came home with 3 creamers and this was one of them. Half of the bottom shelf of my fridge is just creamer bottles now. I may have a problem. On the other hand, candied pecans are my favorite snacky treat so I was excited when I finally felt good enough to process anything and realized this was one of the flavors I grabbed. There are two different kinds of pralines and I think this one follows the style of praline that is a candied nut and not the type of fudgy praline that's popular in Acadiana. I thought that this creamer was a holiday creamer that my Walmart failed to shelve for a few months but Allrecipes reports that this flavor was released in February.

On it's own, this creamer tastes like lightly candied pecans. It's not too sweet and not too cinnamon forward. It also has a brown sugar flavor that I don't usually experience in coffee creamers. Though pecan isn't a flavor that I expected to taste, it does come through in the same way that almond flavor likes to act as an enhancer to the other flavors. In my coffee, however, the creamer becomes watery and loses most of its complexity. The cinnamon flavor stays and the sweetness but not the brown sugar or pecan flavor. Even when I add a little extra creamer the flavor fails to shine through the coffee. As my coffee cools to room temperature, the flavors return so I think this creamer is best used in an iced coffee so that it can truly shine. Texture-wise the creamer is creamy and doesn't leave my coffee watery like some Great Value creamers do.

Even though this creamer doesn't live up to what I expect from a creamer, I like this one enough to grab another bottle the next time I see it. The nearest comparison to this creamer I can think of is is the International Delight Butter Pecan coffee creamer. I've not had that one in a long time but it used to be a favorite. I think I'll try to do a comparison in the future to see how the two stand up against each other.

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International Delight Almond Joy Creamer

First introduced in 1946 by Peter Paul Inc., then acquired by Hershey in 1988, Almond Joy is a bar of sweetened coconut, topped with almonds, and then covered in milk chocolate (the Hershey website says that Almond Joys and Mounds are coated in chocolate candy but I can't find any other instance where they call their chocolate coating a chocolate candy rather than just milk or dark chocolate). Almond Joy bars have persisted as one of the United States' classic candy bars. In a similar fashion, this creamer recently showed up on shelves near me which means everyone else has probably been enjoying it for years now. I have never liked the texture of shredded coconut so I've never had an Almond Joy. I can't tell you if this coffee creamer tastes like the candy, but given what I do taste in this creamer, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it will fall short for any Almond enJoyers out there.

I poured my cup yesterday morning expecting a good mix of chocolate and coconut flavor. I find almond acts more like a flavor enhancer rather than standing up on its own in coffee so I expected a little bit of it on the back end. What I got was a cup of coconut flavored coffee and while that was delightful, it was not at all what I wanted. I couldn't taste any chocolate or almond flavor at all. Otherwise, it's exactly as creamy as I expected and the coconut flavor does stand up to my coffee. In my cup this morning, I put in extra creamer and my coffee cooled before I finished it. The cooling allowed some almond flavor to shine through but chocolate is still absent. The lack of depth in the flavor when this creamer is supposed to be a mix of 3 flavors is the most disappointing flaw in this creamer. While some may not agree, I think this creamer would benefit from some true cocoa flavor in it.

It's most telling that reviewing this creamer just brought up comparisons to other coconut creamers that I've tried. A couple of months ago, I reviewed Chobani's toasted coconut and vanilla creamer. The Almond Joy creamer tastes similar to that one. I would go so far to say that if you don't want to pay Chobani prices or want a non-dairy alternative, the International Delight Almond Joy creamer is the one for you. Since International Delight shied away from making this a true chocolate creamer, the Almond Joy flavor completely falls flat for me. If they had committed to the flavor profile, this creamer would be unique and I think many coffee drinkers would pick it as a summer favorite. Instead, the Almond Joy creamer is and should be the cheaper dupe of a better creamer.

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Barissimo French Vanilla Coffee Creamer

The year is 2019. The seasonal depression is finally starting to lift as winter begins to unfurl its fist-tight grip on the world. You stop by the dairy section to stock up on your favorite creamer when a beady eye meets yours. From one of the bottles, a bloby, yellow chick stares at you. You find that to your personal delight, International Delight has collaborated with your favorite easter treat, Peeps. The apparently divisive marshmallows were finally having their moment and you were going to have a very good coffee. While Peepsmania lasted a couple more years, International Delight did not deign to revive their seasonal marshmallow flavor. You've been chasing that dragon ever since.

That was until I happened upon the Barissimo French Vanilla creamer. This creamer is as creamy as half and half and it's flavor stands up well to my dark roast which I expect from vanilla creamers. However, this creamer is not your run of the mill vanilla. It tastes like a marshmallow creamer rather than french vanilla. The two flavors are very similar since marshmallows have vanilla in them, but something makes this taste like more than a regular french vanilla. If I had a guess, it would be that they add more hazelnut than other french vanilla creamers. This creamer has become my everyday creamer. When I'm not trying something new, this is the flavor I reach for. This is the flavor that I use to make my partner who doesn't like coffee that much an iced coffee on early mornings. Vanilla based flavors can have a lot of diversity and I think that this creamer is a prime example of that.

I know that I am a bit biased to this flavor since it's my everyday creamer, but I do believe that it is a very good alternative to a marshmallow creamer like the Peeps or Rice Crispy Treats creamer if you are like me and are upset that you can't find them anymore. Vanilla may be the standard coffee creamer flavor but this one brings a lot to the table and I think it's worth a try no matter what your favorite flavor is.

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International Delight Paris Hilton Raspberry Champagne Creamer

Is Paris Hilton the queen of coffee creamer? International Delight's line of creamers released in collaboration with Paris Hilton include 2 flavors that shone like a pink beacon in the dairy section. As far as seasonal creamer releases go, International Delight has the most boring ones. In general they like to err on the side of punched up comforting flavors like the Home Alone collaboration which featured frosted sugar cookie and marshmallow hot chocolate flavors. With this in mind, I expected something along those same lines. Maybe they would be a berries and cream flavor, or pink rock candy, or cotton candy (which is the flavor of the cold foam released with these and I think would pair well with the sweet and spicy flavor). Instead, we got sweet and spicy and raspberry champagne. I've already reviewed the sweet and spicy flavor and found it delightful. It was everything I could hope for in a seasonal flavor and I hope they bring it or a version of it back again. Now that Valentine's Day is approaching, I thought it was finally time to crack open the other burst of pink in my fridge to try the raspberry champagne creamer.

I am a fan of a raspberry and cream flavor. Actually, I'm a fan of any berry and cream flavor really. That's what I expected out of the raspberry champagne creamer. What I got was a flavor that I keep trying and failing to express in words. There is a bright raspberry note up front but there is also a fermented hop flavor that I usually associate with beer that does the job of evoking the alcohol in champagne. On it's own, this creamer has a flavor profile that I enjoy even if I can't really reconcile the feeling that I'm drinking a particularly fruity beer with my breakfast. In my coffee, the hop flavor comes to the front, it's almost too strong and I can taste it long after I've finished my drink. As my coffee cooled, however, the raspberry flavor became more prominent. I have yet to try this creamer in an iced coffee but I suspect it would have the same raspberry forward notes rather than the beer notes of my freshly brewed cup. It has the level of creaminess that I expect from a creamer, International Delight very rarely fails in that category. That strong alcohol adjacent aftertaste is the only real complaint that I can muster.

As a fan of novelty, I enjoy this creamer even though It's not my favorite. I have to applaud Paris HIlton for finally making International Delight do something interesting rather than retreading the same worn ground. It's fun, it's fresh, and it makes me excited to see what comes next from the brand. I won't be sad when I run out of this creamer but I will miss what it brings to the table in terms of something different and something new. Also, she is the queen of coffee creamer.

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Chobani Toasted Coconut Vanilla Creamer

A tropical vacation in a cup sounds like a great idea on these cold winter mornings. Coconut is a versatile flavor that pairs well with classic coffee flavors like vanilla and chocolate. Chobani chose vanilla as the classic half of their new flavor. To be honest, I find the choice of pairing vanilla with coconut boring for Chobani. We all know that Chobani is not afraid to experiment with flavor combinations that others may not consider. Despite the safer choice, the addition of a new flavor to Chobani's regular line up is exciting and of course, I had to give the flavor a try.

When you crack open the lid of this container, you are hit with the most delicious coconut scent. It smells and tastes just like coconut milk so at first, I thought they might use it as their coconut ingredient. If that is the case, I'm not sure why they wouldn't advertise that instead of hiding it behind the natural flavors ingredient. I suspect they get the coconut flavor some other way and that's why they choose not to mention it.

The reason I believe this creamer doesn't use coconut milk as the natural flavor is that when mixed with my dark roast coffee, it develops a chemically, bitter aftertaste. I tried this creamer with a medium roast and the bitter taste was less prevalent but still present. Where the toasted coconut vanilla creamer shines is in a light roast iced coffee. I know that I had to travel way outside of my personal parameters for review but I really wanted to like this creamer and it just doesn't work in my usual morning coffee. Other than that strange aftertaste, this creamer performs well in all other categories. It is creamy and flavorful. The coconut and vanilla are well balanced, though the vanilla acts as a flavor enhancer for the coconut. The flavor itself doesn't get lost when mixed with coffee so it stands out well.

Overall, the toasted coconut vanilla creamer is not for me. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I would have to go out of my way to make a good cup of coffee with it. If you like a light, medium roast. or an iced coffee, this creamer will satisfy your tropical cravings. As a new standard Chobani flavor, it does make the line-up more interesting, but I'll still go for my tried and true flavor over this one.

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Chobani Chocolate Covered Strawberry Creamer

Chobani creamers are marketed as a sort of healthy, real alternative to most other creamers. The ingredients list is short and sweet and it has roughly the same calorie and nutrition content as creamers that opt for dairy derivatives and artificial flavors. To be honest, Chobani's real dairy selling point doesn't really do anything for me. I prefer dairy alternatives because dairy will sometimes make me sick but that hasn't kept me from trying Chobani creamers. Their line-up is impressive with a wide range of flavors from classics like vanilla and caramel macchiato to flavors that other brands only venture into seasonally like chocolate chip cookie dough and birthday cake. I also enjoy the fact that they're comfortable trying something off the wall like their newest flavor drop, raspberry rose (I'm still trying to get my hands on this one). Even though Chobani isn't made for a consumer like me, their appeal is vast enough that I get excited when they have a new or experimental flavor.

My first impression of this creamer was the scent of strawberry when I cracked it open. It wasn't an artificial scent either, it was the scent of the reddest, ripest strawberry I've ever smelled. A scent of chocolate was there too but it was more subtle than the strawberry. This creamer tastes almost exactly how it smells but the chocolate is stronger. If you gave me a cup of just this creamer without context I would just think that it was strangely thick strawberry chocolate milk (because it is).

In my coffee is where this creamer falls short for me. The strawberry sticks around but the chocolate is lost completely and it makes everything taste almost watery. This isn't the case when I use more than my standard ratio of creamer to coffee but that's true for all creamers. Even though this creamer has a light chocolate color, it is creamy enough that it makes my coffee a nice light brown. It makes a pleasant cup of coffee that isn't disappointing but doesn't blow my mind either. It would probably be best in a light roast if you like to restrict the amount of add-ins you put in your coffee but if you don't mind a high creamer to coffee mix then you won't be disappointed in this flavor.

Chocolate-covered strawberry is a great flavor in general. It's sweet, comforting, and colorful which is just what we need during the worst of the winter months. Chobani couldn't have picked a more romantic limited batch flavor for the run-up to Valentine's Day (except wedding cake but that's been done before). This creamer has been my favorite for the past few days as I do enjoy it despite it's mismatch with my coffee.

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Planet Oat Emily in Paris White Chocolate Raspberry Oatmilk Creamer

I was surprised to find this creamer when I stopped by the store to get odds and ends to prepare for the crazy winter storm hitting most of the middle and eastern U.S.. This one a few random Chobani creamers were all that was left so I guess most people around here aren't oatmilk creamer fans. Truthfully, I am an oatmilk person through and through. Planet Oat is my favorite oatmilk brand but I usually find oatmilk creamers disappointing so I was tepidly excited for a new flavor. To be completely honest, I've never seen Emily in Paris. I've watched video essays and read reviews so it seems like a show that Netflix refuses to kill and audiences love to hate. When it comes to this creamer, I am Netflix standing by my darling it even though it's clearly disappointing.

My first cup of this was surprisingly good. I was blown away by how good it was. On it's own, it has a very light, almost weak, flavor but it does have a true white chocolate and raspberry taste (not just vanilla pretending to be cocoa butter). There was no oat flavor that I could make out. I didn't think it would stand up to my coffee but, to my surprise, it did. It was creamy and the flavor broke though to give me a nice springtime, raspberry flavor with an aftertaste of chocolate. Then I investigated later and realized that I had used one less tablespoon of grounds in my coffee than I usually do so my coffee was just weaker than it usual.

My second cup, which I made sure I made according to my standards for reviews, was more inline with what I expected from an oatmilk creamer. It wasn't very creamy and most of that nice flavor is lost when mixed with coffee. To be fair, it did make my coffee the color of peanut butter which is fine for a creamer that doesn't use dairy derivatives but I prefer my coffee to be a little lighter like the color of chocolate chip cookie dough. The white chocolate flavor was completely gone but the raspberry stayed true. It doesn't stand up to the normal International Delight Raspberry White Chocolate creamer but it's better than most other oatmilk creamers I've had in that it doesn't completely disappear in a cup of coffee.

Even though I want more from a creamer, I still find myself drawn to this cute pink tv show tie in. It's not different. International Delight has a raspberry white chocolate flavor that's a regular offering in most stores. It's not even the first Netflix show tie in that uses the berries and cream flavor profile. Bridgerton season 2 had one that was just berries and cream (and it tasted a lot like this one). This creamer doesn't taste like oatmilk, it's more expensive, than regular creamer, and it's less flavorful. Yet there is something charming about it that makes me keep wanting it when I look into my fridge to pick what flavor I want in my coffee every morning. Like Emily in Paris, I'll think about it while it's here but I won't miss it when it's gone.

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International Delight Paris Hilton Sweet and Spicy Creamer

I love a novelty food item. I'm there when places dye their drinks green for St. Patrick's Day or make things heart-shaped for Valentine's Day. All that to say, this creamer is right up my alley. Spicy creamer? Sign me up. International Delight is consistently the best at keeping their creamers the right consistency and this one is no different so it's easy to move on to the real star of the show: the flavor. I would call this creamer a cotton candy flavored creamer. When tried on it's own, it starts with a sweet, slightly fruity taste and leaves a bit of a burn at the back of the throat. When I say burn, I mean it's a comfortable burn like a bonfire, not a hot burn that you would expect from something like a hot sauce. When added to coffee, the sweetness loses the cotton candy flavor and becomes more of a plain sugar syrup flavor which is kind of disappointing but not unexpected. I think that if you paired this creamer with the Paris Hilton cotton candy cold foam, then you'd have a really nice iced coffee. As for the spice, if you're like me and have to drink your coffee really quickly before you leave for work, the burn does build. It never becomes overwhelming but is noticeable for a few minutes after I finish my drink. Overall, this would not be my everyday coffee creamer but it succeeds in delivering a unique coffee experience that I hope more companies notice. I'd love to try more experimental flavors like this one.

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Coffee Mate Red Velvet Cake Creamer

I was very excited to grab this creamer as a little treat on a recent grocery trip. I had seen it around for a while now but I never really had a reason to pick it up, I just go through too much creamer to justify such a small bottle. When I finally opened it up, I was disappointed that it wasn't that nice bright dyed red that red velvet cake is. I think that would make a fun color change in my coffee if it was at least a little red. When I tried this creamer on it's own, it reminded me of the chocolate scented lip balms that I used to have as a kid. It was a very fake chocolate taste. Mixed in my coffee the fake taste did disappear, as did most of the creamer's flavor. The only positive thing I have to say about the red velvet creamer is that it did enhance the natural flavor of my coffee pretty well but I already know my coffee tastes good, I turn to creamer to add something new to it. There just isn't a lot to recommend this creamer and so far it's my least favorite one that I've ever reviewed.

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International Delight Home Alone Hot Chocolate Marshmallow Creamer

This creamer is my favorite out of the two Home alone tie-ins. On its own, it tastes like a very sweet hot chocolate. In fact, it's so sweet that I was surprised that I didn't find any artificial sweeteners that I recognized on the ingredients list. This is a true chocolate creamer so it doesn't make coffee as light as regular creamer but it does have the right consistency. My real complaint is that this creamer's flavor doesn't stand up as well when mixed with coffee as when I just use a regular packet of hot chocolate mix. Unrelated to coffee, I did use this creamer and some chocolate pudding mix to make chocolate overnight oats and it was very good as an enhancer for that. This creamer really shines when I use a little bit more in my coffee than the standard measurements I use for reviewing it so I do end up reaching for the hot chocolate marshmallow creamer a lot and look forward to having it every winter.