All baffle-type trims are glare=y. Check out "alzak" or "specular reflector" type trims. They have a plated inside finish and come in 4 colors. I used black alzak trims, but you can get clear (actually silver), "haze" and IIRC "wheat".
Counter-intuitively, the plated lining actually prevents glare.
In this "during" pic, the two 4" cans over the sink at the far end are ON. You can see the light on the wall, but the trim still looks black. No glare from them ever.

Casey

We have white baffles because they "disappear" in our white ceilings (just note that they sometimes yellow inside over time, but they can be swapped out easily enough if we so desire).

I went with white because I wanted them to blend in with the ceiling and not stick out. I think its a matter of taste.

Sombreuil_mongrel mentioned the haze ones. Those are the ones we have (made by Juno Lighting) in our kitchen both for our 4" and 5" cans. They are wonderful as they actually do seem to disappear into the ceiling--no "ceiling acne" (as someone here called can lighting awhile back).

We have the black baffles in our basement ceiling and the haze ones are much, much nicer IMO--worth the upcharge. You can check out the various colours on Juno's website but there may well be other manufacturers of the coloured baffles too.

Another way to make can lights more esthetically pleasing is to use frosted (sometimes called "ice") halogen bulbs. We found them a bit harder to find than regular ones, but again, we felt they were worth it.

Ours have a silver/chrome type of baffle. Honestly I leave that up to my husband, he's an electrician and tends to have pretty strong opinions on what type of light/fixtures he prefers.

I should add that the alzak or specular trims are really expensive; like $30 or more each. If you have a lot of lights (my kitchen got 13) it will add up fast.
Casey

OK- this is news to me.

What glare? How do you get glare from recessed lighting?

We have chrome/silver baffles on recommendation from the lighting store - said they disappear when lights are on -which in our case is most of the time.

White, to blend with the ceiling.

Make your pendants and chandeliers the focus.

We are installing cans in our kitchen remodel. The electrician brought plastic baffles (white, my choice). Should the baffles be metal? We are thinking that the plastic will crack over time as the baffles become brittle. Is there such a thing as white metal baffles? Should we change to that? I could use your help. Thanks.

We switched from black to white about 5 years ago for reasons others already stated. I could not stand seeing black holes all over my ceiling. I wanted the lights to fade into the ceiling so that other features could grab attention. I was warned that the white would create more glare but honestly, I can't tell if there's a difference. We also switched to halogens, upgrading to baffles that were suitable for halogen bulbs, and I'm loving all the extra light in my kitchen.

I was shown baffles that were silver/mirrored but I thought they had more glare, not less. Not sure if these were what above posters mentioned, though. I sure couldn't afford $30 more a baffle. I think we have at least 30 can lights in this house.

I just finished up a kitchen lighting course and was advised to choose clear specular or Alzak. others above mentioned this too... would probably be a good way to go.

We went through many hours of trying to decide and put up samples of silver, black, and white. I really liked the black. Then I went to some very high end homes--multi-million dollar--they all had the black, so I went with black and love them. To me they disappear.