NC301 CREAMi Ice Cream Maker, for Gelato, Mix-ins, Milkshakes, Sorbet, Smoothie Bowls & More, 7 One-Touch Programs, with (2) Pint Containers & Lids, Compact Size, Perfect for Kids, Silver

The Ninja CREAMi has completely transformed how I think about frozen desserts and has become one of the most-used appliances in my kitchen. This machine genuinely delivers on its promise of creating smooth, creamy, professional-quality ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and milkshakes at home with results that rival or exceed what you'd find in premium ice cream shops. The seven one-touch programs provide incredible versatility for different frozen treat preferences. Whether I'm making traditional ice cream, lighter gelato, refreshing sorbet, protein-packed smoothie bowls, or indulgent milkshakes, each program is specifically calibrated to achieve the perfect texture for that particular dessert type. The precision of these programs eliminates the guesswork and produces consistent results every single time. What sets the CREAMi apart from traditional ice cream makers is the revolutionary processing method. Instead of churning ingredients as they freeze, you freeze your base completely solid in the provided containers, then the machine uses its powerful blade system to shave and blend the frozen mixture into incredibly smooth, creamy perfection. This process creates a texture that's noticeably superior to conventional churned ice cream, with none of the ice crystals or graininess that plague homemade frozen desserts. The ability to customize flavors and control ingredients is a game-changer for anyone with dietary restrictions or specific preferences. I can create sugar-free versions using alternative sweeteners, make dairy-free options with coconut or almond milk bases, increase protein content for post-workout treats, or experiment with unique flavor combinations that you simply can't find in stores. Having complete control over every ingredient means I know exactly what I'm consuming. The included pint containers are perfectly designed for the machine and conveniently sized for storage. I typically prepare several bases at once and keep them frozen, ready to process whenever a craving hits. This prep-ahead capability means I can have fresh ice cream ready in just minutes.

I have made three different recipes of ice cream since I got this Ninja Creami less than a week ago. I’ve made Butter Pecan, Coffee and Vanilla. I ordered extra containers before I even received the Creami. I’m glad I did. Might even order more. I want to make other flavors such as Mocha Almond Fudge. I watched a YouTube video. One man said the ice cream wasn’t much better than what you can buy at the store. Well, he needs to look for better recipes. I only made the ice cream recipes if they had heavy cream, sugar, and eggs. They’ve also had salt and vanilla in them but the first three are mandatory. You do have to freeze the recipe in the container for 24 hours before you put it in the machine but that takes minimal time. Long story short, yes, it’s fun to use, the consistency of the ice cream is perfect and it functions wonderfully. Easy to use, FANTASTIC tasting ice cream. I’ll never buy another box of ice cream again. This is perfect and in the long run will save us a lot of money. Also, it doesn’t make ½ gallon at a time (there’s only me and my husband) so the chances of freezer burn are almost nonexistent. This is a FANTASTIC machine and it works really well. I fits on the counter and it’s going to stay there. Not a big footprint at all. It’s a little bit expensive but I sure like it better than the Cuisinart. I like the container method rather than the freezer urn by 1000%. The package arrived damaged which was no fault of the seller but luckily, the unit works perfectly. To stay healthier and away from all those additives they put in food these days, this is one step closer to healthy food.

Bought this “used” from Amazon at a discount from the regular price. The box was open but that’s what it said it would be like. Everything was present and accounted for. I’d watched a lot of ninja creami videos on Instagram thinking about getting one (like for over a year). Was hoping to use to make frozen yogurt/ healthier frozen options. It took me awhile bc I wasn’t sure if it’d be worth it. IT IS. So easy to use. Pretty loud (kind of scary loud) but I’m used to it now. It goes for about 2ish minutes and it’s done. We make sure we scrape the top of the frozen yogurt in the container so there are no bumps before we spin it. The only real challenge is coming up with new recipes and flavors- and really that’s a joy. Easy to clean. The little spinner thing (looks like a tire valve cap) in the machine that connects to the basket & blade does get stuff on it so be sure to clean that each time you’re cleaning up after a spin. It’s thick and creami. Just bc I looked for forever, I’ll leave the recipe I’ve been using for the base for my froyo. 3/4 C greek yogurt. (But I use just an individual container of yogurt and that’s plenty. Been using chobani zero sugar vanilla) 1/2 C (choice- any kind) milk 1 TBSP maple syrup (real stuff) I add a scoop of protein powder (optional) If I’m doing a fruity flavor it’s 1/2- 1/3 C of the frozen fruit. (For plain vanilla, I double the amount of yogurt, and add a tsp of vanilla) I blend all of this until it’s smooth in a blender. Then put it in the quart and freeze it. Scrape the top level, spin it. An absolute delight. I’m so glad I bought it. It’s already paid for itself in happiness and froyo.

I've had this Ninja Creami for a few weeks now and have made about two dozen recipes with it - sorbet, lite ice cream, ice cream (I haven't tried gelato or milkshakes). So far, I have no complaints at all. I'm not understanding the negative reviews, other than to assume that people aren't following the recipes, tips and instructions from Ninja, or they are expecting a perfect commercial-like appearance. Anything I've made that came out "crumbly", as most of the recipes I've made did on the first spin, instantly became smooth just by waiting for a minute and then stirring it up a bit. Doing a re-spin will make it 'creamy' 99% of the time. Even if it's "crumbly" it instantly feels like 'silk' and melts in your mouth, and in this case the texture doesn't affect the taste at all. To be honest, this stuff is good no matter how it looks. I started with the basic recipes in the book that came with the unit, and followed them to the letter before exploring substitutions/additions or other adjustments. Chocolate ice cream was the first one I tried. I have to say, it makes the best chocolate ice cream I've ever eaten in 60+ years, hands down, no kidding. My husband, an ice cream fanatic, agreed. Although he isn't wild about chocolate anything, he said it was the best ice cream he's ever had and would eat it anytime. The sorbets are a breeze to prepare and come out great. They're even better if you take the time to chop up the ingredients/fruit first, but it's not necessary. I use a blender if I feel like going to the trouble, and blending say canned pineapple with a touch of coconut cream is worth doing. It's worth making that combo even if you don't blend it first, trust me. If you're using canned fruit you don't have to chop or blend anything (I guess there could be a rare recipe that specifically calls for it), but I find it makes it even better if you do. If your fruit has any pulp, the Ninja does a really good job of pulverizing 99.9% of it. Everything about the specific ingredients you use determines the outcome regarding texture - for example, a can of pineapple or mandarin orange slices by themselves will be more icy/sorbet-like than creamy, and canned pineapple tidbits with coconut cream or heavy cream will be extra creamy and not icy. I think it's of key importance to follow the instructions & recipes from Ninja first, not 'the internet', until you know what works, what can be substituted (successfully) for what, etc. As far as quantity and leftovers: Clearly, this processes one pint of ice cream at a time - you mix your ingredients, pour them into the Ninja pint and freeze for 24 hours. Yes, you have to freeze it for 24 hours, but you can prep and freeze multiple pints (I recommend buying extra Ninja pints) and have them ready. After 24 hours (or days/weeks later) you take it out of the freezer and process it in literally 2 minutes and it's ready to eat. If you should have any leftover, you can either let it melt in the pint container (so it will refreeze evenly), refreeze, and then reprocess it in the machine whenever you want, or, you can put it into any container you have, refreeze, and just let it sit out for a minute or two before eating it with no need to use the machine. It may not 'look' as good, but it certainly will taste as good (**note that if you do this you should do it in individual serving sizes because when it refreezes it's hard as a rock and probably won't scoop out of your container like commercial ice cream will). Just be certain that if you refreeze the recipe in the Ninja pint container that it refreezes such that the top of it is level (as all recipes should be). Otherwise you can damage the blade of the machine. As far as cleaning, I get what people say about the lid. It doesn't come apart to clean and has working parts inside that can be exposed to the ingredients. I haven't had it happen that I can tell, and I just don't see it as a big issue, unless you're letting the lid sit around for hours with stuff drying up on it. I immediately rinse mine, and after eating I soak the lid for a bit, rinse it well and let it dry. It's definitely not a deal breaker for me, and I'm pretty sure if any microscopic bits do get in there I'll survive it just fine. That said, I think Ninja could create a sealed unit that would make everyone happier. Otherwise, cleaning is a breeze. The pint container and lid/blade are the only things that need washing; I think they're dishwasher safe but I hand wash mine. If the machine holds up over time, I give it 5+ stars. Follow the instructions & recipes from Ninja kitchen before you experiment on your own and I think you'll be happy with this purchase.

I've wanted an ice cream maker for a while. I haven't been happy with store ice creams for a while, the taste and use of artifical & poor quality ingredients have been a turn off. Specialty shops, well they're expensive. My needs when researching were quality, easy use, cleaning and space. So I decided on the Ninja Creami. Size not bad I don't have a lot of counter space. It's takes up a little more than half the space of a kitchen aid mixer. The quality for the price will be reasonable if it last at least 5+ years. Received it yesterday and only had ingredients (canned peaches) in house to make sorbet. It came out creamy and delicious. Making sorbet pros: Easy! Just a can of peaches, freeze 24hr in container, mix on Creami and done. Con: 24hr wait. I was hoping to be able to make ice cream but you must prepare a base 24hrs in advanced (cream cheese, heavy cream and milk). Everything is a 24hr freeze prep. You can make a few base pints in advance (they supposed to keep up to 2 weeks). Booklet with recipes doesn't have base recipe, it's on a separate pamphlet, which is strange. Machine is loud (why 4 stars), but it's only for 3-4 minutes. Not a deal breaker for me. I will give an update once I've made ice cream and will video it. If you love sorbet this is your machine. I'll see in a month, but I believe this will be a great gift. Just to add, some reviews had stated plastic shavings in there ice cream. I inspected the container and lid before and after and found no evidence of this happening. There is an insert that explains how the containers should be filled and frozen. Follow their instructions and it shouldn't be an issue, but I will continue to monitor for signs.

I have the silver Ninja Creami, and I REALLY love how sleek and modern it looks on my counter. The silver finish makes it feel high-quality and clean, and it blends in beautifully with the rest of my kitchen appliances. It doesn’t look bulky or out of place, which I really appreciate since I use it often. I think that appliances should stay out on the counter. My favorite thing to make in it is protein chocolate ice cream with collagen powder. It turns simple ingredients into something that honestly tastes like real ice cream, not “healthy” ice cream. It’s creamy and satisfying, and it makes getting extra protein in feel indulgent instead of forced. I often use it as an easy meal replacement because it keeps me full and tastes amazing at the same time. This is very easy to use as a meal prepping tool. One of my favorite parts is adding chocolate chips after spinning. Using the mix-in function gives the perfect texture contrast, and I love biting into little pieces of chocolate throughout. It makes the whole thing feel even more like traditional ice cream. There is definitely a learning curve. At first, I kept making the mistake of not letting the frozen pint sit out long enough before spinning it. I’ve found that if the container is fully frozen solid, I need to let it sit out for about 30 to 60 minutes to get the perfect texture. If I spin it straight from the freezer, it can come out way too thick or even powdery. Once I figured out the timing, the texture improved dramatically. It does take some trial and error to get used to. Sometimes I also add too much liquid like soy milk which makes the texture way too thin and watery. So....try to get a good recipe online. I also use non-dairy milk, and I’ve found that the “Lite Ice Cream” setting works best for that type of base. It consistently gives me a smoother, creamier result compared to other settings. The only real challenge I’ve had is when I try to use raspberries or other berries with seeds. The seeds don’t break down completely, and the texture isn’t as smooth as I’d like. I think that would require a more powerful blender before freezing the mixture to fully solve the issue. Overall, once you understand how to work with it and give the pint enough time to soften, the Ninja Creami is incredible. It’s perfect for protein desserts, easy meal replacements, and customizing flavors exactly how you want them. There’s a small adjustment period, but once you get it down, it’s absolutely worth it. 10/10 gift and we even got one for family after we got ours.

This is now the third time in my life I've tried a home ice cream maker. Well, third time is the charm! This machine is AMAZING! The chocolate hazelnut gelato you see pictured above is made with skim milk and sweetened with allulose, making it low calorie while still completely delicious and creamy. How the machine gets skim milk so creamy I have no idea! It's even better if you use a little half and half. The pint I made tonight was 315 calories for the whole pint, and it has exactly what I want in it. I hate all other non-sugar sweeteners, and I prefer not to have tons of fat and sugar. Here are the advantages of the Creami over my discarded ice cream makers of the past: --it seems to be nearly fool proof. You won't always get a great result if you're just winging it, but you do generally end up with actual ice cream. In the other ice cream makers, if you got the proportions wrong, it would sometimes not really freeze or it would get icy. --It's so much easier to get the ice cream out and to clean! The ice cream maker I had with a compressor was such a pain--you had to get the ice cream out around the paddle, or dig the paddle out of the ice cream, and invariably you end up making a mess. The Creami pints are so much easier to deal with. Even the lid, which is a little more annoying, is pretty easy to clean once you know what to do. (Read the manual, even though you have to go online to get it--it's important to take out the rubber gasket and clean under it.) --It doesn't matter if you have leftovers that freeze hard as a rock. We never enjoyed eating ice cream from our other makers on the next day, because they always hardened so much in the freezer. (And you had to make so much we always had leftovers.) With the Creami, if the leftovers freeze hard, you can just process them again and have just as good an experience the next day. The only real downsides I can see are 1) you have to wait 24 hours for your pint to freeze before you can make it into ice cream, and 2) the horrendous noise the machine makes. It's seriously loud, and the sound changes in alarming ways as the blade makes its way down and back up. The first few times I ran it, I was afraid something was going to break or blow up or something. I am now starting to get used to it and know the weird noises are normal. Dealing with the racket is totally worth it! If you've tried an ice cream maker before and decided it wasn't worth the hassle, give this one a try. It's wonderful!

We were enjoying the CREAMi until it inexplicably managed to cut up one of the included plastic containers used to hold the ice cream mixture - filling our batch of ice cream with stringy pieces of plastic of various sizes that were stuck to the blade. Upon closer inspection it turns out that this has happened to all of the containers that we have used even though we have carefully followed the directions for the unit and made less than 10 batches of ice cream so far. Unfortunately the plastic shavings on the other containers were smaller and we just ate them without realizing what had happened - thanks Ninja! I had assumed that this would be something that Ninja engineers would ensure wasn't a possible outcome, since this seems dangerous not to mention disgusting. What moved me from being a disappointed customer to an angry one is that it is clear that many CREAMi users have reported this issue for at least the past year, some here and some on Ninja's facebook page, with at least one user claiming that Ninja support knows about the issue. That user claimed that it is a known motor defect, my guess is that the spindle assembly is improperly balanced, the shaft is not sufficient to prevent deflection, or the blade coupling mechanism is failing. It is hard to trust this thing after this experience and my takeaway is that Ninja shipped the CREAMi with this obviously dangerous defect and apparently is aware of it (or at least should be) and has not issued a recall. If you like eating plastic shavings and enjoy feeding your friends and family small pieces of plastic then I suppose this product works great, otherwise Ninja/Kraft should be held accountable by customers and regulators for continuing to ship this defective product without alerting consumers. Here's a fun game for CREAMi owners - take a moment to inspect the bottom walls of your ice cream containers. If they contain fine scratches then congratulations - you too have eaten sharp little plastics shavings in your CREAMi ice cream just like I did.