Cuisinart Mix It In Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker, 1.5 Quart, ICE-48

Brought this for my daughter and she loves it. We all get icecream now

I love my old delonghi that finall gave out, after almost 20 years. LOVED IT. It was a compressor model and i know this was not. So I purchased two bowl, that amazon recommended to go with it. IT DID NOT, this ice cream maker is newer style and bowl revised, $50 bucks waisted after packaging gone and frozen bowl that did not fit. I think what I do not like is the way this works, messy, too many parts that are unnecessary = hard to really clean and to make it, you really need a very cream based recipe, whole milk, not a way to make a healthy alternative like in a normal compressor nodel, so i made it (after the first bowl disaster) and it was ok, worked, not great, a bit soft and runny (just limp), or it then went too frozen and would not come out. Very little wiggle room, not good. But it worked about 80% of what I expected and have again, experience in making ice cream. I think if i was on a budget, and this was not a budget buy at $179, but if so, i would buy just a simple freezer bowl maker, more options in recipes, you do not need to worry about the soft serve being just right recipe and timing and better experience. I would not buy this again. BUT, i also would really not buy a freezer bowl model again, instead there are new compressor models out there, amazon and magazine recommended I am going to buy, they are about $280, but for the extra money, they do more, no freezing and will use more like my old delonghi. I just do not like this one from Cusinart, it has a limited window of results, take a bit too long, the recipe is really based on heavy cream and milk (not at all healthy and tastes like fatty ice cream) and the texture is only so so. It is way too many parts, messy, big and complicated. Add to this the shoot for kids toppings did not really work, was super messy. This is more of a novelty that was part of a party that I will just never want or like to use again. Waist of money, go better with a compressor if you really make ice cream or a smaller freeser bowl unit - same size both, but smaller machine and not mess and easier, cheaper and you just make ice cream over limp soft serve. I do not recommend this item.

This is a great machine! We put it together, just follow the instructions (took me a minute to figure out the dispenser mounting location). Left the bowel in the freezer overnight, the strawberry ice cream mix well chilled in the fridge overnight (because the wife couldn't wait for the bowel to start making it). Next day started the machine added mix to the bowel and 25 minutes later had awesome strawberry ice cream. It made about 5 waffle cones with a little swirl above the rim of each (just to show how much you'll get from one bowel.

A lot of fun and kids love it but a few things could be better. When handle bar is pressed it will continue to serve icecrream until you turn it off so inevitably you end up with a lot of ice cream on the ground. It’s hard to see where the dispenser is so you have to guess it every time. It just very messy!

Where to begin? Not as simple as photos depict. Too much thought was given to the dispensing of toppings, and not enough thought given to ease of assembly. We haven't used, nor do we intend to use, the toppings side. Yet, that was used as an appeal in the photos. As for the actual maker, know that there is lots to keep in mind: must keep the inner bowl frozen until use, must be sure to assemble the pull-down unit, the bowl, the mixer wand and the lid precisely. The directions to do so are poorly written. The only good thing so far is that it's easy to clean. Conclusion: not worth it.

This ice cream maker is so easy to use and best of all, easy to clean up. Great for family gatherings or small parties or an after dinner snack.sonce you pick how big or little the amount of ice cream to make. The grandkids love how it comes out like at the ice cream store across town.

The instruction manual is moderately helpful so are the recipes, but that’s about it. I ordered this for my child during Christmas expecting quality, I was disappointed. The machine is very slow, and even after doing everything said by others in reviews (such as freeze the liquid over night) it still wouldn’t work. The ice cream would always be too liquidy, like a soup. The machine isn’t very hard to use but it doesn’t work well and the motor is not powerful at all. Cleaning this machine was also a major issue as there were many flaws. When the bowl with the mixture is taken out of the machine after being run, there is some left and it spill everywhere, especially in the machine. This is an even larger issue due to the fact that the area it first spills in basically impossible to clean. One of the main reasons I bought it over others is the mixin capabilities, this didn’t work. I filled one with crushed pretzels one with crushed Oreos and one with sprinkles. The sprinkles was uncontrollable and spilled out, the Oreos took for ever to leave the compartment and so did the pretzels. The crank used to open the hatch to let the ice cream pour out was very messy, when the ice cream started to pour out, some would be left in the hatches path, leaving it very sticky. It didn’t help that this was connected to the other uncleanable part mentioned earlier. The machine was honestly a sticky disaster of low quality. If you’re reading this review you probably want a soft serve machine or ice cream machine believe me this is not it. Save your money don’t get this one. I would advise either getting the Ninja one or Breville. The ninja one is $30 more and the deluxe is $60, the breville one is far more expensive but if you’re budget allows I would highly suggest it, (it’s around $500) (Forgot to say earlier): the texture of the ice cream was really abnormal and terrible, it was a very artificial texture.

We have added this little machine to our traditional homemade pizza night. So now we have a pizza & ice cream night. 🙃 Works great. Love that you can add toppings as well. Must rinse & clean immediately with hot water, so that the milk fat doesn’t stay on the mixer paddle.

Once u get it thick enough so isnt to soft and melty as soon asu get on cone it doesnt dispense i will be looking at returning not what i thought and a lot of money to not do the job x

Take your time. Don’t blow a gasket! It takes two or three times to master this wonderful machine. I had 2 failed attempts and then when I found my patience I made the best creamiest soft I cream I ever had. I am going to really enjoy this machine when summer comes. I love it.

Muy entretenido y además ricos los helados

J'ai tenté de faire de la crème glacée a plusieurs reprise et le résultat n'a pas été obtenu, reste liquide. Je ne suis pas satisfait du produit

This product must be the worst says ice cream maker ever. Value for money what a waste . Followed instructions and ice cream . Couldn’t even say it was ice cream . Will be returning this product avoid at all cost