Ninja Ice Cream Maker [NC300UK] Ice Cream, Gelato, Milkshake, Sorbet, Smoothie Bowls, 7 Programs, Black/Silve
More than an ice cream maker
Ninja Ice Cream Maker
Turn almost anything into ice cream and more. Create and customise delicious homemade treats with 7 preset programs. The choice is yours – low sugar, dairy free, vegan and more. With 3 Dessert Tubs you can make up to 1.4L of ice cream. Create 3 different flavours at once.
Fill, freeze, churn and scoop
Simply fill a Dessert Tub with ingredients, freeze in 24 hours, then churn to perfection in minutes! The rotating Dessert Paddle quickly transforms your frozen base into a creamy treat.
More than an ice cream maker
Enjoy limitless options with 7 preset programs: Ice Cream, Gelato, Sorbet, Smoothie Bowl, Light Ice Cream, Milkshake & Mix-Ins.
Not just for desserts, make a spoon-thick smoothie bowl for breakfast, serve frozen yoghurt as a tasty afternoon snack or treat the kids to their favourite milkshake.
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Your desserts, your way
Indulgent, low sugar, dairy free, keto or vegan, the choice is yours.
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Customise with Mix-Ins
Personalise your treat, evenly distributing chocolate chips, sweets and more throughout your tub.
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3 BPA-Free Dessert Tubs
You can please everyone with 3 different flavours at once. Make 1.4L of ice cream.
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Easy to use
With simple touchscreen controls, this sleek appliance is a stylish addition to any kitchen.
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Easy to clean
The tubs, lids and paddle are top rack dishwasher safe for hassle-free cleaning.
| Weight: | 6.4 kg |
| Dimensions: | 27 x 16.5 x 40.5 cm; 6.4 Kilograms |
| Brand: | NINJA |
| Model: | NC300UK |
| Colour: | Black, Silver |
| Colour: | Black, Silver |
I was a bit reluctant to buy it because I didn’t have the space for another appliance in my kitchen. After watching many videos and reading reviews I decided to buy it and I’ve got no regrets. I love making my own healthier ice creams and best of all is that they are very easy to do.
Need to buy extra pots but apart from that I’m very happy. Looked up recipes and ideas on tiktok. Also have ordered soft serve ice cream on here for an authentic ice-cream experience! Worth every penny
IT IS WONDERFUL! And easy to use! And makes AMAZING ice cream! Do not let that little awkward bit put you off buying one if you want one… they are AWESOME! And the possibilities of flavors is endless!!!!!
I’ve had it a few weeks, and have only made low calorie, high protein ice cream in it so far, and every one has been 10x as good as what you can buy in the supermarket in every way.
I can’t even imagine how good it will be with real cream and sugar.
It is loud, probably louder than any other kitchen appliance?
Something to keep in mind if you’re thinking about using it after the kids have gone to bed.
My first go was making pineapple dole whip, which was just blended tinned pineapple and a little evaporated milk on the light ice cream function. It turned out amazing, such strong flavours but the texture was lovely. Soft and still thick enough to hold its shape and it really takes no time at all! I’ve since made cherry sorbet that my Mother adored, and banana with peanut butter that was an all round hit!
You create a mixture, freeze it for 24 hours in one of the three included tubs, then process it in the machine. It basically grinds down the frozen mix and optionally stirs in additions (“mix-ins”) such as nuts, fruit or chocolate chips.
It’s very noisy but only takes a minute or two to produce the desired product. Results are likely to be mixed, on initial use, or at least were for us. You have to experiment and find what works for you (which is part of the fun). And you do need spare freezer space. Ideally, you’d have three tubs in there with different contents, then choose which one to process.
I doubt if the machine saves much money, if any, over shop-bought, quality ice cream. But it lets you choose the ingredients, reducing sugar and avoiding the nasties that might be lurking in commercial products. And, of course, you can make all sorts of flavours and mixes that you can’t buy.
I’ve investigated the many recipe books that are available for the machine. They all seem to be American at present, unfortunately. That means ingredients that have different names and need translation, ingredients that are hard to find in the UK, US imperial measures such as cups instead of metric, and some super-unhealthy all-American recipes. Still, there’s a good selection of recipes in the booklet that comes with the machine, even if they’ve been converted directly from US versions, resulting in some strange quantities such as 112g sugar.
Bottom line, though — we’re having great fun with this. If you only really want to make ice cream, choose an ice cream maker that churns and freezes. If, however, you value the Ninja’s versatility and want to make a variety of drinks and desserts, don’t hesitate to buy.
I heard about the Creami from a friend who is a bodybuilder like myself and starting his competition diet for the year. Said it was amazing and took the grind out of the diet by allowing actual healthy and delicious treats to be included in their diet.
So I watched some YouTube videos and figured that they can’t all be lying and took the plunge.
So glad I did. What an awesome piece of kit. The products it creates are delicious and can be as healthy or unhealthy as you want.
Naturally for me the selling point is the healthy and delicious desserts that it allows you to make. A sorbet made with a tin of peaches mixed with a scoop of peach flavoured vegan clear protein powder, frozen for 24 hours and then run through the sorbet setting, has no right being so straightforward but also so delicious!
But since getting the CREAMi, it has been in constant use.
A conventional machine churns and freezes, and relies on a certain balance of sugar or fat (and, sometimes, alcohol) to achieve the right scoopable texture. With the CREAMi, which takes a frozen pot of ingredients and shaves it into ice cream/sorbet, you can use all the same old ice cream recipes, but you can do other things too. Like empty a whole can of mango pulp and simply freeze it – the CREAMi turns it into a perfect mango sorbet.
Because some of the CREAMi recipes don’t have that magic sugar/fat ratio, they may taste great when you make them, but freeze solid again if stored in the freezer – this is the difference between CREAMi desserts and traditional ice cream. But it doesn’t matter, because you can take a half-eaten pot out if the freezer, and put it in the CREAMi again to make it scoopable again. (Note this isn’t always necessary – my simple mango sorbet scoops straight out of the freezer)
But there is another factor. When I used to experiment with my churn machine, if I got a recipe wrong, then that was it. With the CREAMi, you can add stuff and mix again. A good example of this – I tried making a mixed berry sorbet that ended up just too intense and sharp. So I let it melt a bit, and split it between two pots, topped them up with cream and refroze. Processing it again through the CREAMi, it turned into two pots of delicious berry ice cream.
Finally, there is the Mix-Ins option. After making an ice cream you can use this to mix in another ingredient, like chocolate pieces. The last of my pictures shows a vanilla ice cream that flavoured with orange marmalade. Absolutely sensational!
Yes, as others have said, this is pretty loud but then it’s churning through solid ice! Other reviewers have also complained that this is not an ice cream maker, and I guess from the point of view that this doesn’t cool itself, that is true, however it’s the end result that’s important and that is good.
This is a pretty tall unit, taller than pretty much everything I have in my kitchen so it can be difficult to find a space in a cupboard for it.
It comes with three pots which I think are a good size and allow you to make different flavours.
I can’t have dairy milk or cream so being able to make my own ice cream is such a treat. I found a double chocolate, coconut ice cream recipe and was very pleasantly surprised when it turned out as good, if not better than the best chocolate coconut ice cream I’ve ever had!
There are all kinds of recipes you can find online which of course you can customise to your own liking.
This is the third Ninja product I’ve had and I can say every one has been consistently great.
Ha cumplido todas mis expectativas, es muy fcil de usar y salen unas preparaciones buensimas
Habe heute den Eismaker bekommen, sieht sehr gut aus und ich habe mich sofort
An die Vorbereitung der Eiscremes gemacht, werde hierzu sicher noch eine Rezension
Schreiben, wie die Ergebnisse sind. Leider muss ich vorweg schon einen Punkt
Abziehen, da das Gert keinen deutschen Stecker hat und ich hierfr noch extra einen
Adapter kaufen musste. Nicht gut, wenn es in Deutschland angeboten wird.
So far I’ve made pineapple sorbet (from a tin of pineapple chunks), coconut milk vanilla (just mix the milk with vanilla and a little sugar), and frozen soy yogurt. Almost no clean up needed and the containers are dishwasher safe.
I haven’t made any dairy ice cream so don’t know how it does with more custard based ices, but for non-dairy eaters – 10/10. Compared to churn machines, which are very bad at leaving non-dairy impenetrably stuck to the edges – this is a winner.
Purchased this as a gift, but it’s, without doubt, the Rolls Royce of ice cream makers.
I love ice cream but the luxury ice creams can be expensive and since I am not longer allowed to ear sugar due a stomach condition I am not longer allowed to eat store bought ice cream.
However, now that I have this device I can make my own and sweeten without the need for sugar as I can use honey, or aguave syrup.
MY first rendition was easy and fun, it isnt a 2 minute process but it sure is fun chucking into the mix various different fruit etc.
Currently I am sticking to the fruity ice creams. The device doesn’t do the freezing as well, you will need a section in your freezer devoted to the freezing of ice cream.
The device is quite large, and if like me you don’t like keeping too many devices on the work surface then be prepared to find some cupboard space.
The instructions are easy to use and there are a few suggested ice cream recipes to get you started.
Recommended.
A few other things worth knowing – it’s huge! At least it’s much bigger than you’d expect given the modest size of the half-litre tubs it uses. It’s also very well-made and like most Ninja appliances it’s highly engineered with clever latches and safety features and can take a minute or two to figure out, especially if you’re averse to reading instruction manuals. It’s a bit top-heavy too because the motor that plunges the spinning blade down through your ice cream is in the top section, it’s like the action of a bench-drill, but it’s still quite stable in use. Just be aware it’s about 36cm/14″ high and might not fit under some wall-cupboards. You get three tubs to use with it and you can only freeze and then churn ice-cream in those special tubs although once churned you can decant the finished ice cream into something else. If three isn’t enough you can buy more tubs from Ninja.
The basic procedure is simple enough – first make your custard or fruit mix, put it into the provided tub (maximum amount about 400ml) snap on the lid and then freeze it for a minimum of 24hrs in your freezer, it has to be very thoroughly frozen. Once frozen put the open tub inside the jug-shaped holder and attach the twist-lock lid which houses the churning blade. Put the whole thing into the maker, rotate it to lock it into position and engage the blade with the motor. Press the button to select the preconfigured churn function (choose from ice-cream, light ice-cream, gelato, sorbet etc) and wait while the machine goes into noisy overdrive and in about 2 or 3 minutes churns and blends your ice cream. At this point you realise just how powerful this thing is because it basically turns a solid frozen block into smooth ice cream or sorbet in minutes flat. Occasionally the first churn leaves the mix looking a bit granular and bitty (though still perfectly edible and lovely) and there’s a ‘Re-Spin’ option to give another quick churn to achieve full smoothness. There’s also a ‘Mix-In’ option that lets you add in chocolate chips or chopped nuts or other treats but there are limits on what additions are suitable – basically crisp/crunchy things are ok but softer things like fruit pieces are not. However once the ice cream has been churned you can add soft add-ins yourself, for example use a skewer to quickly stir in fruit syrup or honey to create an ice cream ripple. After you’ve made your ice cream you can either snap the tub lid back on and put it back in the freezer or you can decant it into another container leaving the tub free again for another batch. The tubs and lids and the entire jug/lid/blade assembly are all fine in the dishwasher and so cleaning up is easy.
You get a recipe booklet with lots of ‘optimised’ recipes for the machine including ideas for ice creams, sorbets, gelato, light ice creams and other desserts, although most of the desserts and shakes are based around your already-made ice creams. To get traditional ice creams you need to have a blend of fat and sugars, that’s how ice cream works, and some of these recipes use soft cheese rather than cream to achieve a super-rich creamy effect. The gelato recipes rely on egg yolks, so they’re equally rich. There are light ice cream recipes that use milk and so give a lower fat version and of course you can make sorbets from fruit juices. To be honest the recipe booklet makes you think the machine is more limited or fussy about recipes than it actually is and if you use the recipes as a guide and experiment you can achieve some lovely and relatively healthy ice creams.
I adapted a recipe in the booklet for Dark Chocolate Sorbet and made it with vegan chocolate milk (based on Coconut water), Light Muscovado sugar, Cocoa Powder and a bar of 80% Chocolate (dairy-free) and ended up with an ultra-smooth ultra-chocolatey ice cream that hardly anyone would suspect was Vegan and/or dairy-free. Second time I made it I used the ‘Mix-In’ function to add Cacao Nibs (which I toasted in the oven for 10 minutes to make them crisp instead of crunchy-hard) and some Keto chocolate chips and then got a dark Triple Chocolate Crunch ice cream that was ridiculously indulgent tasting but still dairy-free and lower fat than many standard ice creams.
I’ve also made a light vanilla ice cream using just Jersey milk, Vanilla Extract and Muscovado sugar and got a melt-in-the-mouth light ice cream. I also took a frozen smoothie mix containing Mango, Kiwi fruit, Kale and Spinach and blended that (in a different blender) with a little Apple & Mango juice, then froze the resulting puree. I churned it in this machine on the Sorbet setting and got a bright green sorbet that looked odd but tasted of fresh tangy fruit (you couldn’t taste the Kale or Spinach) and had a buttery-smooth texture and no added sugar or fat. So basically as long as you don’t try to churn a solid block of ice (you need some sugar, fat and/or fruit pulp in the mix) then this machine can probably turn it into a delicious dessert. I’ve had other basic ice cream makers before and made some very enjoyable homemade ice creams but this one turns your homemade mixes into professional quality ice creams with incredibly smooth textures and eating quality, it’s quite amazing. It might be a one-trick pony and a bit pricey but what it does, it does very well.
I’m dairy intolerant so was pleased at the chance to try this machine so I could customise my own treats, I was disappointed that the mixture had to be frozen before use, I had thought that at the price it would do it all for you. Instead you fill the jar (you get 3) with your mixture of choice, freeze it for at least 24 hours and then insert it into the machine and select your programme. The heavy duty paddle works its way down through the frozen mixture churning as it goes.
I started simple with a tin of mango in syrup – syrup is better than juice for adding the sweetness needed as things taste less sweet when frozen. It worked well, the texture was a bit crumbly – next time I would probably use a higher proportion of fruit to liquid, but it was tasty and of course a lot cheaper than buying a tub of sorbet.
Unfortunately I had a couple of weeks of illness where the last thing I wanted was ice cream, but when I felt better I decided to try frozen fake yogurt.
I went off recipe with this and just stirred some icing sugar into a tub of coconut milk yogurt and added some finely chopped dried strawberries which would soften in the mixture and blend into it when churned. This was delicious and I would do this again and of course try other variations of flavour. I’ve never really had a ‘fake yogurt’ that I loved as much as the real thing, but churning it into ice cream works really well.
It is a pricey piece of kit but does deliver good results and will come into its own in warmer weather.
Literally, magic.
All the reviews, YouTube videos, things you’re reading…. I was sceptical… its all true.
This thing makes ice cream better than what you can buy in the store… its so fresh, its so tasty, its literally from another dimension.
I made honey ice cream, vanilla ice cream, choc chip ice cream… even chopped up a snickers and ‘mixed it in’ to a choc peanut ice cream… its incredible you can make anything you can think of into ice cream…
Threw a banana, cream, milk, xylitol into a cup, froze it, BAM ice cream. did the same with strawberries… was amazing there is no end to what you can make with it.
After chilling the base for 24 hrs we made a very successful first batch of ice cream without any difficulty. It was delicious. The Bowl fits in a standard basket in my upright freezer with no difficulty and the whole thing is simple to use and easy to clean. Now experimenting with different flavour combinations.
The most successful, so far, are raspberry/yogurt, mango sorbet and basic vanilla. I tried the rum & raisin recipe by using whisky and marmalade – it tasted fabulous but it didn’t freeze as well as the non- alcoholic recipes.
It’s a little messy when pouring mixture into it but that may be a matter of practice.
The motor also seems good, it feels robust and likely to last for ages.
I have to say, Being able to make our own ice creams /smoothies with low fat yogurt has been brilliant! The whole family have had ice cream / smoothies every day since it arrived!
This arrives very well packaged and I recommend having a good look over the instructions in your own time and not opening in front of the kids expecting ice cream to be ready in a few hours! You need to be at least 24hrs prepared in advance before being able to taste the results.
It is incredibly versatile and allows you to be creative with your recipes and ingredients. This is the beauty of using a machine like this at home. Being a Ninja brand too, I was expecting good things and the machine is clearly well designed and made. I’m struggling with the 250 price point because this is clearly not a necessity in your kitchen but if it was a bit cheaper, then you could justify having it in the cupboard ready to pull out for a treat.
Importantly, this machine is easy to use – by putting all of your chosen ingredients in to one of the 3 supplied bowls, mix it up and freeze for 24 hours. It doesn’t take long to make or add the ingredients, maybe 5-10mins max. After 24 hours you put it on the Ninja machine and press ‘ice cream’ to start churning. It was much louder than I imagined but this isn’t an issue. The results are a thick, well churned ice cream -more akin of a Mr Whippy style of thickness rather than solid ice cream. What is useful too is the option to make a milkshake, as this doesn’t require freeing of the ingredients 24hrs prior.
Overall, I’m pleased with this machine. It is well made by a trusted brand and makes pretty good ‘at home’ ice cream in which you can choose the ingredients entirely. For me, it just needs to be a little cheaper and therefore justifies a treat purchase.
The Ninja Ice Cream Maker Pros and Cons:
Pros:
-Great design
-Multiple programs which are very easy to use
-Come with a recipe guide
Cons:
-The price is a little high in my opinion
-The gadget is too big
Do I recommend it?
Yes: because the Ninja Ice Cream Maker does the job for what it is made for Perfectly
No: because of the size (it is big)
Ninja Ice cream maker is just brilliant, but it’s also a lot of money. This was great, I will be honest I followed the instructions and watched some videos as I was so scared I was making a mess of everything, but it’s great. You could buy a cheaper machine, but if you have the extra get the nInja, it’s a great brand and the quality is sublime.
I am increasingly becoming a very loyal Ninja customer – their product range is excellent and their attention to detail and quality is better than other leading and popular brands.
WE really love this Ice Cream maker – it is so good!
Fun to play around with different flavours and ingredients in the frozen bowl, you then get the frozen bowl into the machine for a good churn and you will have simply the most delicious ices and gelatos without any real effort.
AN investment for sure, but better value over a year of use and better for you too I suspect, than purchasing tubs elsewhere.
Highly recommended.
The Ninja ice cream maker arrived with a lot of packaging a little excessive I think but that’s where any negative comments stop.
It is really heavy but extremely well-made it makes all different types of desserts including ice creams smoothies gelato sorbet and milkshakes et cetera.
It comes with three tubs which you can put various ice creams or other desserts in and they are frozen overnight you are able then to make the dessert you want.
You have to put a frozen tub into the bowl with the handle and that is clicked in place you press which desert you want and it will do it to that texture and consistency.
It comes with a recipe book if you stuck for any ideas which they all look really delicious so I think I’m going to pile on the pounds as I have no willpower and I feel I need to make all of them.
I watched a video which all you have to do is add some canned fruit into the tub and freeze them use the ninja sorbet function and it looks absolutely delicious.
It’s also easy to put together and when it comes to cleaning up it’s really easy to just wash with soapy water.
I just can’t rate this enough it’s fantastic
In terms of use, it’s really easy to use. The pots are easy to attach to the machine and everything feels secure. It’s also quick to blend and isn’t overly loud.
The recipe book included has a good variety of recipes including details for adapting the recipes for different flavours. You need to follow a recipe to ensure the correct consistency (I tried just cream and condensed milk and whilst it tastes amazing – it wasn’t set!)
To test it out I made kinder ice cream using the nut spread recipe which I blended (24hrs later of course) and after it was blended I used the mix in feature to add chopped up kinder chocolate. The ice cream whilst it didn’t look smooth after mixing was lovely and soft – easy to scoop.
In terms of whether this is worth it – I’m still unsure. If it’s something you will use regularly so daily for smoothie bowls etc and have the worktop space to leave it out then yes it’ll be worth it and it looks good enough to have on display. For just occasional use it’s just another bulky gadget to have to store.
I struggle to find ice cream that I can eat and enjoy as someone who suffers from lactose intolerance.
So I thought I would make my own and have tried a few different types of ice cream makers in the past.
Most of them do not handle almond milk well and I just get a sad pile of ice cream.
However the Ninja ice cream maker process almond milk perfectly.
Also this thing is super easy to use, setup, and the best part, clean.
Being able to eat good tasting dairy free ice cream is grea
I’ve always wanted to make my own ice creams before but never tried out any type of ice cream maker.
It is extremely heavy and has lots of different functions.
It can make ice cream,milkshakes,sorbets, light ice cram,gelato and smoothie bowl.
You receive a little cook book that shows you a lot of different ingredients and recipes you can make. Some of them you can make straight away, some things you need to freeze at least 24 hours.
You recieve 2 tubs that you can freeze stuff in and 1 jug.
I was really excited to use this so I gave a milkshake a go.
I done the fresh strawberry milkshake just strawberries,ice cream and milk.
Once you have all the ingredients in the tub you then put the tub into the jug then you click it into place on the machine. You then turn it right to move it upwards and it will lock into place, you then just press milkshake and it will start.
If you want it more smooth you can press re-spin. ( the noise is very loud when making it )
Overall I am so impressed with this ice cream maker, it has so many different functions and my first milkshake tasted amazing.
Yes the price is super high, for most people maybe too exspensive. But if you can afford it I really think its worth it and a great tool to have in your kitchen.