Well, they have been for a few years since the brand known for its top-selling Greek yogurt entered the coffee-creamer market in late 2019.
Each creamer contains cream from the brand's yogurt-making process and six or fewer simple ingredients, including milk and cane sugar.
Once Chobani began introducing "limited batch" flavors, like s'mores and raspberry rose, the creamers also found virality online. On TikTok, posts with tens (sometimes hundreds) of thousands of views feature consumers hunting down drops, tasting new flavors, and making drinks with them before they're gone.
I'm already a fan of Chobani's coffee creamers, though I usually stick with sweet cream year-round and peppermint mocha during Christmastime.
However, with several flavors in the core lineup and more regularly rolling out, I figured it was about time to see if I'm missing out on something better.
To keep things fair, I used the same amount of creamer in each glass of cold brew.
Paige Bennett
When working on this piece, I found nine different Chobani creamers at Target. With the exception of a marked-down seasonal flavor, each 24-ounce creamer cost me $5.07 on sale (regularly $5.79).
For consistency, I mixed 0.75 fluid ounces of each creamer into 5 ounces of unflavored, unsweetened, medium-roast cold brew without ice, so it wouldn't be watered down.
Without further ado, here's how I ranked these Chobani creamers, from my least favorite to my top pick.
9. Cinnamon coffee cake — I found that this flavor needed more sweetness to balance the strong cinnamon taste
Paige Bennett
I love cinnamon coffee cake as a dessert, so I had sky-high expectations for this flavor. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite what I wanted.
It smelled strongly of cinnamon and cream cheese, which reminded me of a coffee cake made with sour cream or a coffee-cake-style muffin filled with cream cheese.
In terms of flavor, this one was hardly sweet, but strongly cinnamon-flavored. I like cinnamon, but felt this needed more sweetness. Without it, the spiced flavor was a tad too sharp.
8. Cookie dough — This was OK, but I felt the cocoa left a bitter aftertaste
Paige Bennett
Cookie dough is great on its own, and it's delicious in ice cream. So, it stands to reason that a cookie-dough-flavored creamer would also taste amazing.
Unfortunately, this flavor was just OK for me. It smelled incredible, exactly like cookie dough. However, the flavor didn't really resemble a cookie.
The creamer tasted chocolaty and was super sweet with a bitter aftertaste, likely from the Dutch cocoa it was made with.
7. Toasted-coconut vanilla — I liked this flavor, but I'm not a huge coconut fan
Paige Bennett
This Chobani creamer smelled like fresh, real coconut, which was pleasant. Despite my personal hangups with coconut — I have to really be in the mood for it to enjoy it — I did like this creamer.
It tasted exactly like it said it would: toasted coconut and vanilla. The coconut flavor was milder than I expected, which may be why I liked it even though I don't love the fruit.
I only ranked this below vanilla because I'd have to be in the right mood for it; otherwise, I found it to be very natural-tasting and well-balanced.
6. Vanilla — This was nearly tied with confetti birthday cake and sweet cream
Paige Bennett
This creamer had a sugary vanilla smell, almost like a fluffy vanilla cupcake, plus a creamy, smooth texture.
Ranking vanilla, sweet cream, and confetti birthday cake was a tricky task. Without tasting these flavors back-to-back, I probably couldn't tell a difference.
Each one is made with milk, cream, sugar, and natural flavors; the vanilla flavor also specifically lists vanilla extract as an ingredient.
Compared to the sweet cream and confetti birthday cake, vanilla seemed to have a very subtle bitter note from the added extract, but I wouldn't have noticed it without tasting these consecutively.
5. Sweet cream — This was once my go-to, but I'm not as impressed after trying others on this list
Paige Bennett
I've purchased Chobani's sweet-cream creamer many times before because I like the simple ingredients and straightforward flavor.
Now that I've tried it alongside the brand's other offerings, though, it falls to the middle of the pack.
In terms of flavor, it had no bitter notes, but it was not as flavorful as the vanilla creamer nor as sweet as the birthday-cake one.
Simply put, this made my coffee taste as if I'd just added plain cream and sugar to it.
4. Confetti birthday cake — This tasted like a really well-balanced version of a vanilla or sweet-cream creamer
Paige Bennett
Of the trio of vanilla-esque creamers (vanilla, sweet cream, and confetti birthday cake), I liked this one the most.
The creamer smelled impressively like frosting and sprinkles, but the flavor was like a very nicely balanced vanilla creamer. I didn't find this to taste like a typical cake-flavored snack or drink, which can be on the artificial side. I'm not mad about it, though.
It skipped the bitterness that I had noticed in the vanilla offering, but it had a better balance of sweetness than the sweet cream.
3. Caramel macchiato — The richness of this flavor added more depth to my morning coffee
Paige Bennett
Ah, a caramel macchiato; one of my favorite drinks to order at a café. In creamer form, though, I usually find this type of flavor to be overly sweet.
This was definitely one of the sweeter-tasting Chobani creamers I tried, but I still really liked it.
It smelled strongly of caramel with a slight note of coffee, and I found the taste matched. This creamer had a rich, deep caramel flavor with a hint of coffee in the lightly bitter aftertaste.
Next time I use this creamer, I may balance it out with a bit of milk since it's a little sweeter than I usually prefer.
2. Hazelnut — The nutty, earthy flavor balanced the sweetness of the creamer and the bitterness of the coffee
Paige Bennett
I'm a sucker for a hazelnut creamer, and Chobani's really delivered.
I wouldn't have guessed it'd be so tasty from the smell, which was like raw hazelnuts and very earthy — not my favorite, but at least it seemed realistic.
The flavor was amazing, though. It brought an earthiness and nuttiness, plus the right level of sweetness to the slightly bitter coffee.
I'm looking forward to buying this creamer again — fortunately, it's available year-round.
1. Chocolate-covered strawberry — I'm begging Chobani to make this flavor permanent
Paige Bennett
This limited-batch chocolate-covered strawberry flavor was available January through March, but I purchased it on clearance in early April for $2.89.
I didn't have high expectations for a fruit-flavored offering, especially since it was marked down and still available after the season was over, but I was pleasantly surprised.
This creamer looked almost like chocolate milk, yet it had a strong strawberry scent. The flavor reminded me of fresh strawberry syrups I make with real fruit — a far cry from any artificial berry flavoring.
The strawberry was so strong that I didn't taste much chocolate, though the chocolate flavor was still definitely present in the creamer.
The sweet berry and slight bitterness of chocolate complemented the coffee, and I really wish Chobani had this flavor year-round. I think it would be amazing in iced coffees for summer.
Ultimately, I'd drink any of these again.
Paige Bennett
It's hard to beat the brand's eye-catching, colorful packaging and the incredibly simple ingredients on each bottle.
I also appreciated that none of these had an artificial taste, which I've experienced wth coffee creamers from competitors.
In the end, I don't think you could go wrong with any of Chobani's coffee creamers. I'd even try cinnamon coffee cake again despite ranking it last.