Cuisinart ICE-45 Mix It In Soft Serve 1-1/2-Quart Ice-Cream Maker, White
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Cuisinart ICE-45 Mix It In Soft Serve 1-1/2-Quart Ice-Cream Maker, White
Customer Review: Save your money, drive to DQ
Summary: 3 Stars
I was so excited to buy this to make homemade treats for the kids. Like others said, it's a pain having to freeze the container and it's only good for making one batch. If you insist on buying it, you might want to buy a spare container (about $40).
You won't have soft-serve like at Dairy Queen unless you are good at tweaking recipes. My first attempt was a disaster but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. It's something you'll definitely need to practice. I've had to wait over 20 minutes each time I've made it. I think putting the ingredients in the freezer for about 20 minutes before making the icecream helps to speed it along.
If I could do it over again, I'd save my money, it's not worth the hassle.
Customer Review: ice cream maker results mixed!
Summary: 4 Stars
After getting this for the family there are a couple of issues I have with the Cuisinart Ice-45. The volume is a little too small for any more than 4 people, and it takes longer than the advertized 6-10 minutes to get the mixture to the point of soft ice cream. The mixing blade is difficult to clean.
On the positive side, the ice cream is creamy without ice crystals, the taste is quite good, but the flavors are too strong if you follow the recipes. The dry mixers are a nice touch - would like to see it work with crunched up candy bars or cookies. Very small sugar beads do not work well with this prodict. Clean-up is fairly easy. Overall, we do like the product, but it isn't as good as advertised.
Customer Review: Very expensive 'Milk Shake Maker'
Summary: 1 Stars
Believe the comments you are seeing about the ice cream not solidifying properly. They're correct. I bought this unit for my wife and kids for Christmas and it was a disappointment to say the least. We froze the canister for 24 hours and followed the instructions perfectly and the best we could get was milk shakes.
I even tried letting it go beyond the suggested 12-15 minutes. We had it going for about 30 and at some point, it started getting runnier and runnier. After about 20 minutes, it passes the coldest it's going to get. I know this because when you take out the ice cream, you can shake the canister and hear liquid.
Do not buy this unit. You will be let down.
Customer Review: Does not freeze
Summary: 2 Stars
I agree with the other reviewers that this product never freezes the ice cream beyond a soup consistency. We received this as a gift, and although we already had the Cuisinart Frozen Yogurt-Ice Cream & Sorbet maker (which we LOVE), we decided not to return this one and give it a try. What a mistake. I've tried this (and failed) three times. I'm currently working on a batch of Root Beer Float Sherbet that's been churning for 25+ minutes, and we're going to end up drinking it out of straws. I've had complete success with the other ice cream maker, so I don't think it's lack of understanding the instructions on my part. Definitely think hard before investing in this one!Customer Review: Not what I expected...
Summary: 3 Stars
The mixing bowl must be completely frozen solid for over 12 hours before this machine will work properly. So I hope you have a large, below 0 degrees Fahrenheit freezer to place it in. Once you start mixing the ice cream, its best if you mix the ingredients first, and then pour the mixture into the bowl. It does freeze in about 20 minutes, but by the time it is thick enough to stay in the cone, it is almost too thick to dispense, and the ice cream comes out around the top of the mix-in dispenser tray. The mix-in option is pretty worthless too, just sprinkle them on yourself, or you'll get a lot in the bottom of your cone and none in the middle and a little on the top.