Customer Ratings & Reviews

I pretty much only use it to make milkshakes and have yet to use it to actually make ice cream. I got it on sale so it was worth it for me.

We love trying all the different recipes. There are even more online!

This machine is awesome. Churns the mixture into ice cream in minutes. I love it.

Have not yet opened but I think this is going to be well worth the money

Product came as described. It’s a Christmas gift so I haven’t used it yet.

[Employee of bestbuy] Nina creami is an amazing ice cream maker, it also makes great sorbets

Great product and price, Must have item. Highly recommend

I haven’t given it to my son and his family yet it’s a gift.

Can’t wait to use it. It was a gift to myself for the holidays.

I purchased this pricy item wanting to go home from the store and make homemade ice cream. I was disappointed to find that this is a 24 hour process to make ice cream . Although it has many options , it is not what I thought it would be and it was utterly disappointing to my Granddaughter that we could not make it the same day.

Excellent birthday gift to someone who loves frozen treats!

24 hours freezing time is too much to make ice cream…. Don’t want to wait so long

This has been in almost daily use by my wife for the smoothie bowl option alone. She loves creating her own combinations and knowing what goes into them. Very easy to use and maintain.

Product is not as good as I thought it would be. It does its job. BUT, it’s not worth the money. You can not make ice cream when you want. You have to make sure to freeze the base for 24hrs. Stupid!!

This machine is well made and does a great job mixing the frozen preparation into ice cream. I wasn't really aware that it was just a mixer for frozen products. So it was disappointing as I was looking for the traditional, nostalgic churning device. I should have done my research. 3 stars because this machine is a glorified mixer.

Full Disclosure: I received this product through Best Buy’s Tech Insider Network in exchange for a fair evaluation and an unbiased review. Without knowing what to expect, I was very excited to finally receive my Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker in the mail a few days ago because homemade ice cream brings back pleasant childhood memories for me. Unboxing the CREAMi was easy. It was well packaged (triple-boxed actually) and secure, yet easy to remove all parts and packaging from box. The box contained the Ninja CREAMi machine, 1-paddle blade, 1-outer bowl with lid, 3-pint containers with lids, safety manual, quick start guide, and a recipe book. The CREAMi has a countertop footprint about the size of an average coffee maker. There is no assembly required, just plug it in and once your ingredients are frozen you are ready to process. It is very heavy for its size. An indication that it is well-built using quality materials. Heft means a lot to me. Ninja CREAMi works differently than the ice cream makers you're probably used to seeing. This is not just a new way to crank creamed ingredients inside salted ice. In fact, it doesn't use ice or even salt for that matter. Basically, you freeze your ingredients ahead of time then use the Ninja CREAMi to process them into ice cream, sorbet, sherbert, and so on. The only downside to this concept is that it takes a little preplanning on your part to freeze the ingredients. For our family that didn't seem to be a big deal and the results are well worth it. Nothing has to be pre-cooked either for it to be creamy as silk. The CREAMi works by using the strong paddle blade and powerful motor to quickly process any pre-frozen, base recipe. The average recipe takes less than five minutes to process once it is frozen completely. Because the CREAMi has settings for ice cream, sorbet, sherbert, gelato, milkshakes, and smoothies the combination of ingredients and textures that you can come up with is virtually limitless. I have made chocolate ice cream, fresh blueberry ice cream, and fresh peach ice cream so far and all have turned out delicious. I have used a combination of milk, cream, half-&-half, and fresh fruit, all of which turned out very creamy and delicious. To make a shake yesterday, I used the ice cream setting first then immediately reprocessed it with the milkshake setting and ended up with the creamiest chocolate shake we've ever tasted. This machine is a lot of fun. If a full pint is not consumed it can be placed back in the freezer with the lid on and eaten another day. It can also be re-leveled with a spoon, re-frozen, and re-processed again making it smoother and creamier every time. I would definitely recommend this workhorse of a machine for many reasons, but the best reasons are that it is easy to use, fun, and so simple to clean. A few thoughts: The Ninja CREAMi is best suited for the small to medium family who would enjoy old-time ice cream flavor without all the work and mess of crank machines. However, you could buy extra pint containers for larger families, groups, parties, or for just having a variety of flavors on hand. This device is going to be a godsend for those with serious dietary restrictions such as dairy free, gluten free, egg free, nut free, etc. It would seem that if you can freeze any safe ingredients (like coconut milk or almond milk) you can make an allergy-free, specialty ice cream for that dietary restricted loved one in your family. All you'd have to do is try it with ingredients you know you can trust. The instructions cautioned against using fresh fruit (just like the old-style, crank, salted-ice machines), but we went ahead anyway and made fresh blueberry ice cream and fresh peach ice cream and both came out even better that perfect. Actually they were both a little bit of heaven in July! If this new concept in making ice cream becomes a success for Ninja, I'm betting we'll see a quart-size version in a year or two. I hope anyway. Because in our family of five, a pint of this ice cream doesn't ever make it back into the freezer. Overall, my family and I found Ninja's CREAMi Ice Cream Maker to be an extremely well-engineered and well-built machine that makes a superior ice cream. We highly recommend it without any reservations whatsoever. For a final stamp of approval my 10-year old granddaughter said, "It's really yummy!" Well, there you go, kid tested and approved!

The recipes are not all that I was hoping. Looking for more options

My parents are in love with this gift! It makes the best desserts ever and in an amazingly short amount of time!! Best gift ever!

This Ninja Ice Cream maker is a fun gadget for everyone. I couldn’t give it 5 stars, you have to prepare all the ingredients ahead of time. Put it in the freezer for 24 hours before you can make ice Cream.

This is the best ice cream maker I have seen. Its easy to use and make clean up nice and easy.