Have you ever looked at the ingredients on a tub of flavored yogurt?
Sugar, fructose, corn syrup, flavorings, colorings…
A bowl of ice cream often contains less sugar than a similar serving of flavored yogurt!
This makes plain yogurt the healthiest choice, hands down. But it takes time for taste buds to adjust, and sometimes we all just want to eat something a little more exciting. 😉
The good news? It’s easy to create delicious and healthy flavored yogurts at home. The possibilities are endless!
Not sure how to make yogurt in the first place? Learn how in our Cultured Dairy eCourse.
Here are 10 of our favorite flavored yogurts to get you started.
Vanilla Yogurt
Delicious alone or paired with fresh fruit, this is a classic! Makes two 1/2-cup servings. Learn how to make yogurt in our Cultured Dairy eCourse.
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- raw honey or maple syrup*, to taste
Instructions
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Mix together all ingredients.
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Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
*We like this maple syrup.
Fruit-on-the-Bottom Yogurt
In love with this stir-in style yogurt? It's easy to make this at home with your own homemade jam. Makes two 1/2-cup servings. Learn how to make yogurt in our Cultured Dairy eCourse.
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 3 tablespoons jam
Instructions
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Place jam in the bottom of a bowl or Mason jar.
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Layer the yogurt on top.
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Stir and enjoy!
Pumpkin Yogurt
This is a fall favorite! Makes two 1/2-cup servings. Learn how to make yogurt in our Cultured Dairy eCourse.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- raw honey or maple syrup*, to taste
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients.
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Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
*We like this maple syrup.
Chocolate Yogurt
I often make this as dessert for my husband, who otherwise won't eat yogurt. It's delicious as a parfait with fresh berries. Makes two 1/2-cup servings. Learn how to make yogurt in our Cultured Dairy eCourse.
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon raw honey or maple syrup*, or to taste
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients.
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Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
*We like this maple syrup.
Apple Pie Yogurt
This is a nice treat on a crisp fall morning! Makes two 1/2-cup servings. Learn how to make yogurt in our Cultured Dairy eCourse.
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup apples peeled and chopped
- 1 tablespoon pure water
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves
- raw honey or maple syrup, to taste
- small handful of raisins optional
Instructions
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Combine the apples, water, and spices in a pan and heat until the apples are softened.
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Cool.
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Stir cooled apples into the yogurt.
Recipe Notes
*We like this maple syrup.
Ginger Pear Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup pear fresh, chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon ginger freshly grated
- raw honey or maple syrup*, to taste
- sprinkle of ground cinnamon
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients.
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Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
*We like this maple syrup.
Maple Walnut Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup or to taste
- 2 tablespoons walnuts
- 2 tablespoons raisins
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients.
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Enjoy!
Key Lime Pie/Lemon/Orange Yogurt
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons grated lime or lemon or orange zest
- 1 tablespoon lime or lemon or orange juice
- raw honey or maple syrup*, to taste
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients.
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Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
*We like this maple syrup.
A Few Notes
These recipes are easily doubled or tripled for bigger batches.
Honey and maple syrup are always added to taste. If you’re unsure, start with a teaspoon and add more if needed.
For a no-sugar option, omit the sweetener altogether or experiment with stevia.
See how easy it is to flavor your own yogurt without all the yucky ingredients of store-bought, flavored yogurt?!
What are your favorite yogurt flavors? Do you prefer store-bought flavored yogurt or flavoring your own?
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Love these great ideas! I can’t wait to try the chocolate flavor!
The chocolate flavour is definitely a favorite around here – enjoy! 🙂
Got one for you, my favourite is organic peanut butter and smuckers natural preserves….DELICIOUS!!
Great ideas to try, thanks! We had puréed apple with cinnamon & honey tonight (in a blend of yoghurt and cultured cream) – so delicious!!
That sounds delicious Clare!
I was a few days out of the hospital (and a week, post-appendectomy) when it was my son’s birthday, for which he requested banana splits. I was eating mostly yogurt, because I could tolerate it, and to combat the effects of all the antibiotics. I dearly wanted to join in with the birthday treat, so added chopped banana, chopped nuts, and unsweetened coconut to my yogurt, and it’s been such a nice change of pace to have the crunch and extra nutritional benefits. Sometimes I leave out the banana, but then it needs some raw honey.
That sounds yummy – thank you for sharing Elaine!
I simmer a bag of frozen mixed berries or blueberries with a little honey to make a thick syrup. Of course, I have some in yogurt or on pancakes while it is fresh and warm. But then we freeze the rest in ice cube trays with flower, star and heart shapes. Store in a freezer bag. Then when you want berry yogurt, just pop one on top. It defrosts pretty quickly.
I do that too but never thought of freezing them as ice cubes! Great idea! Thank you for sharing.
I was wondering if you have a homemade yogurt recipe. I haven’t found a source of raw milk in my area yet as it’s basically black market here but I can get non homoginized, pasturized milk from grass feed cows at my co-op. Is it possible to add a starter to this to make my own yogurt and what are the best ways of doing this?
Hi Jenn,
You certainly can make your own yogurt even without raw milk. (I can’t get raw milk where I live either.) The Cultured Dairy class here at Traditional Cooking School https://traditionalcookingschool.com/lp/member/#cultureddairy goes through the whole process.
You have to boil the milk first to make yogurt so it won’t be raw once it’s done anyways. The internet is full of recipes. I make mine in my instant pot, but there are lots of recipes where you put it in a heated, and then turned off oven.
I want to make best yoghurt desserts for my family as yoghurt contains less calories…
So help me out with some good nd delicious recipes.
Thank you..
Tried the lemon and it was great! I just had packets of crystalized lemon and lemon juice with honey.
These sound great! I make a fresh fruit compote by simmering blueberries on the stove and adding some chia seeds to thicken it. My kids love this drizzled on top of yogurt.
Is it possible to sweeten my yogurt as I’m making it? When I try to add the jam, honey, etc to my plain yogurt it clumps up and doesn’t look great (but it does taste great).
Hi Beverly, yes you can sweeten your yogurt after it’s been cultured. If you add sweetener while you are culturing the yogurt it may interfere with the culturing process.
~ Vicki, TCS Customer Success Team
I have had great luck adding extracts during the yogurt fermenting period. I have strawberry extract, orange extract, vanilla extract, and lemon extract. Also a tablespoon of white sugar or stevia sweetener per cup of milk.
I didn’t get much success with fruit during the fermentation so I stopped trying and save that for the end.
The worst that will happen is it will not set and you throw it away and try again.
No need to throw it out….just throw it in a blender with fruit and drink as a smoothie.
Can I add mashed fruit to the milk prior to adding yogurt starter.?
I would recommended adding the fruit to the yogurt after it is made. 🙂 ~Makenzie, TCS Success Team