Cuisinart Frozen Yogurt & Ice Cream Maker, Pink

Easy to use. Nice size. Good price compared to others that are this size.

Update: I tried to use this ice cream maker a few days ago and it wouldn’t freeze my recipe. Since other items in freezer were frozen, I assumed the freezer bowl had stopped working so I posted a negative portion to my review. When I buy a pound of bacon, I roll each slice like a jelly roll and freeze the rolls. They don’t take up so much room that way and they thaw in a couple minutes. So I put a tray of rolled bacon in the freezer and it didn’t freeze. True bacon has a high fat content but in a zero degrees freezer, the bacon should freeze. So on Amazon I hopped and bought two fridg/freezer thermometers to check the temp in my freezer. I wanted two so that if they were near the same temp then I’d feel they were working okay (then I’d have one for the fridge). I bought these: amazon.com/gp/product/B071F5MD27/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I don’t know why this doesn’t appear as a link like they usually do but the item # is B071F5MD27

Turns out my freezer had warmed up to 21 degrees according to one themometer and 22 to the other (I can live with a one degree difference since it isn’t possible to put both thermometers in the same exact location in freezer). The story continues but I won’t bore you all with additional details but once properly frozen the ice cream maker bowl did work (I made a bowl while ago). So I deleted that negative portion of my review and now assure readers that I’m back to supporting my original review below. Should I actually have any additional problems with this maker, I’ll come back. I do recommend checking temps in freezers/fridgs since had I not put the bacon in the freezer, frozen food would have stayed frozen but the freezer wasn’t cold enough to freeze certain items like bacon or this ice cream maker bowl.

Original review: I’ve owned this Cuisinart ICE-21PK Frozen-Yogurt, Ice Cream maker long enough to have made a half dozen quarts of ice cream. Since I’m the only person eating it, that is a lot of ice cream, I’m thinking!! There is a lot to like about this little freezer and topping that list is that I know what is going into the ice cream. And even using quality ingredients, it is cost efficient especially since I bought organic ice cream which is a lot more than regular ice cream. I’ve made vanilla, strawberry, chocolate and various fruit ice creams using the recipe book that comes with the freezer. For the fruit ice creams, I simply add a berry mix (for example) in the same amount as strawberries are called for in that ice cream recipe. So far, all have turned out firmly frozen and they stayed frozen until eaten but not so hard frozen one has to chisel it out of the container!

I already owned the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream book and the only difference in the basic recipes for the ice cream maker is that Ben & Jerry’s calls for whole eggs and the Cuisinart recipes do not. I looked up a peach ice cream recipe on-line and that recipe called for two egg yolks. I intend to add eggs to the next batch and if they make a great difference I’ll post about that later but I imagine the eggs just add extra texture but can be left out if one has qualms about eating raw egg. All my ice creams have been super great without the egg. Keep in mind however that most bacteria, etc. will not survive freezing.

I purchased the smaller quart & a half size since that makes 5 cups which will last me for a few days. I also wanted the pink freezer since it looks like ice cream! The round circular part seen in the photo has to be frozen for 24 hours before use so if one does not have a freezer, one will need to set aside that much space in their refrigerator freezer for that period. I have an upright freezer so as soon as I clean mine up from freezing a batch, I just put it back in the freezer and it stays there until I use it again. Clean-up is a breeze. Instructions for use are well explained and are simple. Two minutes and the ice cream is churning away. Mine usually freezes in 15 minutes. This is a great little ice cream maker and I’m so glad to own it. I love the ice cream I make especially since I know it is healthy, at least for a sugared item :))

I love this little ice cream maker. This size easily makes 3- 4 large bowls of ice cream. If you just want a smaller amount, that’s fine too. I use the Carnivore Dr. Kiltz recipe for fantastic KETO ice cream. You just mix up some cream, raw eggs, vanilla extract, and some type of powdered natural sweetener just as powdered Monkfruit, or Swerve brand and you have fantastic homemade ice cream without high-fructose corn syrup or other poisonous garbage.

Me having an ice cream maker is like an anarchist learning how to make a bomb. This is dangerous!
I obsessed perfecting a vanilla base and now use that as a springboard for whatever flavors I can dream up! A lot will depend on your freezer- how cold it is, how full it is and how cold your ice cream base is. These are factors having nothing to do with the machine but they WILL affect your finished product and any failure tends to get blamed on the machine.
There is a bit of a learning curve. When you make an ice cream it will need to be transfered to another container (preferably one you prechilled in the freezer) to finish freezing in the freezer. The stuff your machine produces is not really ‘soft serve’ as in Dairy Queen. That is a different product with different ingredients and doesn’t melt quickly. The ice cream your machine will make WILL be soft but its too soft to serve and will melt rapidly. Make your ice cream base on day 1, chill it very well, I put mine against the back wall of the fridge. Have the canister freezing at least 24hrs, preferably 2 days. Churn your ice cream on day 2, put in a final freezing container and freeze overnight. Serve on day 3. I have had success doing it this way. If the canister isn’t totally utterly frozen, it will defrost in the 20-30min you are churning and you’ll end up with a qt of milkshake. Not a bad thing but probably not what you were aiming for. This machine is excellent, make sure you HAND WASH the canister because the gel is sealed inside and I suspect cannot withstand the heat of the dishwasher (heat causes things to expand, sealed things can burst). The clear top IS dishwasher safe but doesn’t need to be washed if you didn’t spill anything on it while pouring your base into the canister, or if you didn’t use too much base and it overflowed.
Make your base, churn your base. If you want to add swirls of sauce or chunks of things, fold them in when you remove the ice cream from the canister and place in your freezing container. Tiny pieces might not hinder the rotating paddle but its just as easy to fold things in afterward.
This is a good machine and I’m happy I bought it but having ice cream around all the time will be hard to resist!

great product. even kids can operate. delicious ice crem in 15 min

it is built well and functions as expected, plus I mean the colour, who doesn’t love hot pink. If this one ever breaks I would happily purchase again. We even use the frozen base to store drinks in for events by freezing it and filling it with ice because it stays cool for so long.