Dunkin' Extra Extra Creamer Recipe
A copy of Dunkin' Extra Extra creamer from its label: skim milk, cane sugar and cream, in amounts that match its 35 calories per tablespoon.
- Total
- 40 min
- Serves
- 31
- Calories (est.)
- 35
Dunkin's Extra Extra creamer is skim milk, cane sugar and cream: 35 calories, 1.5 grams of fat and 5 grams of sugar per tablespoon. This copy dissolves three quarters of a cup of sugar in one cup of skim milk and stirs in nine tablespoons of heavy cream, which comes out at the same figures. It makes just under two cups and keeps a week.
What is in Dunkin' Extra Extra creamer
The product page lists skim milk, cane sugar, cream and water, then less than 2 percent of two potassium salts, carrageenan and natural flavour. It calls the creamer extra creamy and extra sweet. A serving is one tablespoon, with 35 calories, 1.5 grams of fat and 5 grams of sugars, all of them counted as added.
The creamers are made under licence by Danone, according to the brand's FAQ. The recipe here is a reconstruction from the label, not Danone's formula, and MakeFoodLovely is not connected with Dunkin' or Danone.
Recipe
Dunkin' Extra Extra Creamer
A reconstruction of Dunkin' Extra Extra coffee creamer from its ingredient list and nutrition panel — skim milk, cane sugar and heavy cream. Just under two cups, 31 tablespoons.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 5 min
- Total
- 40 min
- Serves
- 31
- Cuisine
- American
Ingredients
- 1 cup skim milk
- 3/4 cup cane sugar
- 9 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- Warm the milk and the sugar in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes, until the sugar has dissolved and the milk steams. Do not let it boil.
- Take the pan off the heat and let the milk cool for 30 minutes, to room temperature.
- Stir in the cream. Pour the creamer into a clean bottle or jar, close it and refrigerate. Shake it before each use.
Nutrition
- Calories:
- 35
Calculated from the ingredient quantities above using the USDA FoodData Central database, then divided by the number of servings. It is an estimate and will vary with the exact products you use.
Why these amounts match the Extra Extra label
The label gives the order of the ingredients and three numbers. Fat can only come from the cream, so 1.5 grams per tablespoon fixes the cream. Five grams of added sugar per tablespoon fixes the sugar. Skim milk fills the rest. Worked out with USDA's figures for heavy cream, skim milk and sugar:
| Per tablespoon | Dunkin's label | This copy |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 35 | 35 |
| Fat | 1.5 g | 1.6 g |
| Sugars | 5 g | 5.1 g |
The copy leaves out the water, the stabiliser and the potassium salts. Those stabilise the bought creamer; the homemade one separates as it stands and needs a shake.
Vanilla and caramel Extra Extra
Dunkin' sells the creamer in a Vanilla and a Caramel Extra Extra as well. For those, start from the card:
- Vanilla: stir in 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract with the cream.
- Caramel: dissolve 2 tablespoons of thick caramel sauce in the warm milk and use 2 tablespoons less sugar. The caramel sauce on this site works.
How much goes in a cup
By the label, two tablespoons in a mug add 70 calories and 10 grams of sugar. Extra Extra is already sweetened, so the coffee needs no sugar of its own.
For Dunkin' drinks to use it in, this site has the brown sugar shaken espresso and the Dunkalatte. For a creamer that froths, see the cold foam creamer.
How long it keeps
Dunkin's FAQ gives an opened bottle seven days and advises against freezing it. The same goes for the homemade one, with one limit: it keeps no longer than the earlier date on the milk and the cream it was made from.
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