The Ninja NC301 CREAMi Ice Cream Maker works nothing like a traditional ice cream machine. Instead of churning liquid mix in a cold bowl, it takes a completely frozen pint of ingredients and shaves through the solid block with a metal paddle powered by dual-drive motors, turning it into ice cream, gelato, sorbet, milkshakes, or smoothie bowls in minutes. The process starts the night before when you pour your base into one of the included 16-ounce pint containers and freeze it for 24 hours. Drop the frozen pint into the machine, press a button, and Ninja’s Creamify Technology takes over.
Check Amazon to get the Ninja NC301 CREAMi Ice Cream Maker for just $200, down from its usual price of $230. That’s a $30 discount and 13% off.
An easy-to-use ice cream machine perfect for frozen treats
There are seven one-touch programs available for making all types of frozen desserts, including ice cream, gelato, lite ice cream, sorbet, milkshakes, smoothie bowls, and mix-ins. Each of these programs uses a combination of speed, pressure, and time to create the correct consistency for the type of dessert you wish to make. The ice cream program is used to produce the densest and most scoopable product. The milkshake program will continue running until the base of your frozen treat has broken down enough to be consumed as a shake. In addition, a Re-Spin feature allows you to run the mixture through again to thin it out if it becomes too thick or crumbly.
The Mix-In program is where the Ninja NC301 CREAMi shines. After processing a base on any of the other six settings, you can drop chocolate chips, crushed cookies, peanut butter cups, fruit, or candy into the pint and run the Mix-In cycle, which folds the add-ins throughout without completely pulverizing them. It gives you the kind of customization you’d normally only get at a Cold Stone counter.
Ingredient control is one of the main selling points. Because you make the base from scratch, the Ninja NC301 CREAMi works just as well with dairy-free milk, sugar substitutes, or protein powder as it does with heavy cream and sugar. Anyone following a keto, vegan, low-sugar, or gluten-free diet can make frozen treats that fit their restrictions without reading the ingredient panel on a store-bought pint.
The machine includes the motor base, a Creamerizer paddle for mixing, two 16-ounce (pint) containers with lids, an outside container to hold one of the pints while it is being processed, and a cookbook containing 30 recipes. All of the accessories are easy to clean as they’re dishwasher-safe. It also has a very small footprint, so you can keep it on your counter without losing all your space.
The Ninja NC301 CREAMi Ice Cream Maker is on sale for $200, down from the usual $230. A single batch of homemade ice cream costs a fraction of a store-bought pint, and you pick the flavor, sweetness, and texture every time.