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116 of 117 people found the following review helpful.
My exploration paid off
By wendy
I veritably love this little ice cream maker. I live alone, but ofttimes have an extra for dinner, and this is perfect. I had a more prominent one from when my kids were all at home, and when it died, I knew I wanted a way to make little batches. Homemade ice cream does not store well. I searched for a long time before I made my decision.
This little one is perfect, and it works like a charm. I keep both bowls in the freezer, so I may make two dissimilar flavors if I choose. I can’t comprehend how any person could assert it is hard to clean. The paddle and lid pop apart easily, and into the dishwasher. The freezer bowls take a swish of hot water, arid them and back into the freezer.
Most primary — it works. I make my own yogurt, and without evident crusade make frozen yogurt in minutes with no strange ingredients. I set it running while we eat — normally takes regarding 10 minutes. I hop up to take the paddle out, and let it sit until we are ready for dessert. A quick stir, and it is perfective consistency. You may make up to 12 oz in one bowl — perfective for two people. I in peculiar love that it works evenly well when I am making just a tiny amount for just me. If you love to experiment with exotic flavors that may be terrifically or awful (or expensive), you may make tiny batches to perfective your recipe.
I’ve been making ice cream for over 20 years, and I am having more fun than I ever did with my huge machine. Easy to use, easy to clean, easy to store, makes outstanding ice cream, and is as cute as may be — what’s not to love.
46 of 46 persons found the following review helpful.
Easy and fun!
By Teresa
My husband and I have used this little guy a few times now and it couldn’t be easier. The directions are veritably simple (almost annoyingly so) and include pictures for each step. There aren’t actually a lot of steps. You freeze the little bowls for at least 12 hours, mix up numerous ice cream mix (recipes included – takes in regards to 4 ingredients,) pour 6-12 oz of the mix in the bowl, put the little lid on – it’s kind of ribbed so it will stay put while it churns, then turn it on. And then you wait a few minutes and you have soft serve ice cream.
Clean up couldn’t be easier. Since it’s ice cream it just rinses off with hot water. You can’t submerge the motor, you just wipe that off, the paddle detaches and may be rinsed off. If you do it right away, dripping isn’t a problem getting it to the sink, even if you’re on the other side of the kitchen.
As for the consistency of the ice cream, you just have to figure that one out for yourself. You may get anyplace from milkshake to regular soft serve. If you want it harder than that, just put it in the freezer for a while.
I did find their recipe for chocolate ice cream to be a bit grainy and way too chocolaty. But the next day the graininess was gone as everything had had a chance to dissolve. I then mixed it 3:1 with the vanilla ice cream mix to cut down the chocolate and it was perfect. Also, they suggest that to make frozen yogurt you may just put in a container of yogurt. That tasted just like… yogurt. It won’t be TCBY by any means. I won’t undertake that a second time.
As for the ice cream sticking to the side of the bowl. This is how these ice cream makers work. The bowl is frozen, the side of the bowl freezes your ingredients. Naturally the ice cream on the wall of the bowl is going to be the coldest. Wait a few minutes and the ice cream peels off the walls without apparent venture with a spatula. No huge deal and it makes a great deal of finelooking ice cream curls.
This is my third ice cream maker, my second of this style – where you freeze the bowl. This is by far the most fun and easiest of them all. Just make sure your ingredients are very cold and your bowls are very frozen (24 hours in the freezer is best.)
It’s nice to be competent to mix up two dissimilar bowls of ice cream and have it be ready so quickly. In the past we always had to compromise, as we have one chocolate lover and one not-so-chocolate lover.
All in all, it’s a fun and simple machine. Now I just need a couple of extra bowls!
22 of 23 humans found the following review helpful.
Fast, fun and easy!
By B. Foster
We have had so much fun playing with dissimilar mixtures and all have been delicious! We leave the bowls in the freezer so they’re always ready to go. Have yet to have it take more than 10min. For those who think it’s too soft… let it set in the bowl a few minutes, it proceeds to harden after you remove the mixer. And clean up is easy… the blade and clear cover remove easily… merely rinse, arid and reassemble… takes all of when it comes to 20seconds!! And we eat right out of the mixing bowls, so just rinse them out, arid and return to the freezer ready for next time!
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