I also didn't have any problem scraping the harder ice cream off of the sides of the bowl

I transferred the ice cream into a freezer container and froze til next day, then it is a normal scoop-able ice cream

Lots of great recipes and the ice cream and sorbet are yummy!

When I received the product in the mail, I was so excited to make ice cream that I only froze the bowl for about 2 hours

The ice cream maker works great...the ice cream is a little soft...make sure all the ingredients you add are as cold as possible.

The ice cream maker works great...the ice cream is a little soft...make sure all the ingredients you add are as cold as possible.

It is as strong as an ice cream stick and breaks just as easily

Freezes ice cream well.

home-made ice cream is simply delicious!

I love this machine the best, fast, ice cream come out cold when you freeze the bowl overnight and then start making the ice cream

The ice cream is wonderful--just the right consistency and sweet and tasty.

All you have to do is store the container in your freezer and then after that: no salt, no fuss, just add simple and natural ingredients and you have beautiful ice cream/milk/frozen yogurts in a half-hour

Again, I recommend the Ben & Jerry's ice cream recipe book to go with it!------------------------------I never knew ice cream could be so easy.

The machine is quiet for an ice cream maker (quieter than a blender, louder than a dishwasher), and you typically only run it for a half an hour at a time

This machine makes fabulous frozen yogurt and ice cream.

The ice cream is so good and really easy.

By that time the consistency is perfect, and the ice cream won't get hard, and still tastes great...smooth and

Obviously, it does make ice cream and frozen yogurt, and it also makes sorbet!.

It is so easy to use and the ice cream is delicious.

Within about 20 minutes, I had wonderfully frozen ice cream

this is a great ice cream maker!

I am assuming it's me, which is why I am still going to give my cute little ice cream maker four stars.

: After about 10-20 minutes (depending on whether you've halved the recipe or not), enjoy your ice cream, frozen yogurt, or sorbet.

The more frozen and cold the bowl is the better ice cream you'll get.2.

Don't use a metal spoon to remove your ice cream from the metal canister and then complain that your canister is scratched.

The ice cream is easy to make and the very best we have ever tasted

I've had my Cuisinart for six or seven years now, and I use it a lot in the summer, making ice cream and frozen yogurt from all the delicious produce in the farmer's market, and it still runs like new

This leaves a ring of frozen icy cream, not a smooth ice cream stuck to the side

This is the best ice cream maker I have ever purchased.

The fact that the ice cream is soft when finished is also a plus factor for me because it is then easy to pour the ice cream into my pint containers

This is a great ice cream maker for the value and very easy to use.

I like GOOD ice cream

We never cared for the overly sweetened commercial brands and even the organic ice creams available on the market were too sweet for our taste buds

Stored up to a week, the ice cream tastes great, after a week, you can detect hints of iciness with some flavors, but it's still very good ice cream for a couple weeks.

The ice cream is better than store bought

We got this in 2012 and has been a dependable ice cream maker for the past 8 years

so I can't say much about that (ice cream was good though)

I love homemade ice cream, but have not had luck with the traditional ice cream freezers where you add ice and rock salt.

Automatic 1 1/2 quart Ice Cream Maker that froze our favorite recipe in just 20-25 minutes without ice.

Dosen't freeze ice cream as firm as i like, but that is fixed by removing from canister and placing in freezer for an hour or so befor serving.

Homemade ice cream is much more healthy than commercial products, and one can create one's own variations

In my opinion that is a better design because when the ice cream is ready, it sticks to the mixer petal while the bowl keeps rotating so your motor doesnt seize up

I did freeze the ice cream for an additional 2 hours after it was mixed as the manual suggests.

I've had it a few weeks and have made several different recipes for frozen yogurt and ice cream with excellent results

In 20-25 minutes the ice cream is ready!

I've always loved ice cream and there's nothing better than homemade ice cream.

I have made frozen yogurt, ice cream and frozen custard with this machine.

All my family-members love my ice-cream

If your freezer bowl is frozen, you can have homemade organic fresh ice cream in less than 30 minutes.

And fresh homemade ice cream is great

This is a great ice cream maker!

This is a very nice ice cream maker.

wrong!?This is how the ice cream making process works plain and simple:1.) freeze the freezer bowl for a minimum of 8 hours, the longer you freeze it the better.

Yes, in theory, it can make ice cream, but not the ice cream that's worth the time and effort

The ice cream is great.

I was a little concerned that the quanities would not be enough for my family of four, but the ice cream is so rich that we've had a bit left over each time

The maker has made some great ice cream form a variety of ingredients

The ice cream tastes awesome, and I would recommend this machine to anyone, especially those who cannot use a hand crank machine, or don't want the fuss and muss of using salt.

If you love ice cream, and in particular home made, the Cuisinart is handy, fast (20 minutes), and doesn't require you to make a scary 6 quarts!

I haven't tried making frozen yogurt of sorbet yet, but the ice cream is fantastic!Along with the ice cream maker itself, you also get 4 small glass desert cups (which you can chill before serving), and an ice cream scoop.

I was afraid that the ice cream would not be smooth enough but it is perfectly smooth and creamy.

The ice cream is cold and creamy like it should be.

The ice cream is delicious!

The ice cream came out with an excellent consistency and was frozen very well.

This counter-top ice-cream maker works pretty well.

Ice cream sounds fun to make, but the ingredients are expensive and the process is time consuming!

I bought this to replace a cheaper table top ice cream maker and was very satisfied with it's preformance.

Surely I am not the only messy ice cream chef

I transfer the ice cream to a container and freeze for another 1-2 hours and this generally produces a consistency that I'm happy with.

It's true that the ice cream comes out with a very soft consistency, like a thick milkshake, but after a couple of hours in the freezer it's fine.

it freezes the ice cream!

This is a pretty cool ice cream maker

It does make a good server for 4-5 people but the ice cream is so good that they always want more

I usually run the ice cream maker until the ice cream is too hard for it to easily stir, and then take the freezer bowl out, cover it with foil and put it back in the freezer to get extra hard before serving

With the recipe above, the ice cream gets hard in the freezer but is not hard to scoop

This is a great ice cream maker

I was very surprised how easy it was and how good the ice cream turned out on the very first try.

Absolutely the best ice cream maker out there

My only complaint is the ice cream in 20 minutes is a little misleading

The ice cream is extremely easy to make as well as the frozen yogurt.

I've had this ice-cream maker for three years now, and think it's the best little ice-cream maker I've owned

My only complaint is I wish it were a 2-quart capacity; the ice cream is so good but goes so fast!

I've been making ice cream for over 2 years with this maker and LOVE IT.

And here's a helpful hint: there are a lot of ice cream recipes available on the internet!

he loves ice cream!!!

The ice cream is not frozen solid after churning but is perfectly soft frozen for immediate eating.

Now to freeze my ice cream!

So, to stop him from sneaking and getting regular ice cream and killing us all with his horrendous

And that's when ice cream is best, isn't it?

I am pleased with how the ice cream turned out, and impressed with the actual ice cream making process.

My husband has a dairy allergy but, just loves ice cream and there are very limited soy ice cream flavors available in our neighborhood stores.

Transfer the ice cream into a container and place it in your freezer if you want solid as a rock ice cream

I did this after the ice cream had hardened and broke the motor!

If you want a very user-friendly ice cream maker, this is the one.

Although I cannot rate this Cuisinart product for its ability to make ice cream or frozen yogurt, its ability to make sorbet is fabulous!

I did put the ice cream in the freezer to firm up a bit, as we like firmer ice cream better, but you don't have to

I got this machine because my daughter had one and the ice cream was great

All in all, this is the best ice cream maker for the home kitchen I have encountered for such a low cost

My ice cream is ready in about 12-13 minutes.

Well, this neat little ice cream maker doesn't take up much space on the counter when in use & stores easily -- the base is no wider in diameter than a dinner plate.

First I want to say that I think this is a great ice cream maker.

My strawberry ice cream tasted wonderful, but in the machine never made it past a thick liquid stage

So far I have made strawberry sorbet (ohhh my gosh, so good), mint chocolate chip ice cream, peach ice cream, and coffee ice cream.

Has never let us down, makes great ice cream in no time, easy to clean and very quiet.

My husband has a dairy allergy but, just loves ice cream and there are very limited soy ice cream flavors available in our neighborhood stores.

I don't buy expensive ice cream cakes for birthdays anymore, I make my own

I recommend buying the book that is generally recommended along with it, "Best Ice Cream Maker Book Ever."

This has to be the easiest and quickest Ice Cream maker out there

A little noisy, but similar to most ice cream machines...except makes fresh ice cream in 20-30 minutes!

Great ice cream maker, but

I can make my own ice cream as rich or as bland as I want.

This makes good sorbets and ice creams (though depends on your own recipes to make them good, right?)

Cuisinart has done it again with this exceptional ice cream maker.

Great ice cream maker

Perfect little ice cream maker, years later still going strong.

Overall, a very good ice cream maker

The nice thing about making your own ice cream or frozen yogurt is you can control the ingredients, so you can be sure it's healthy and all natural.

We make ours a little to the healthy side, so I can't even imagine what good ol' regular ice cream would taste like!

The ice cream is delicious, but it takes quite some time for it to set.

The ice cream is just like soft serve

, it's easy, it's fun and the ice cream is delicious!

What a disaster!The easiest, creamiest ice cream recipe is just to use 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup half and half, 3/4 cup fine ground sugar and 2 tbsps of real vanilla extract.

I have made ice cream and frozen yogurt.

This is a great little ice cream maker

After decreasing my machine run time to a little less than 15 mins, the ice cream comes out PERFECTION

Now we make ice creams, frozen drinks and sorbets weekly!!!

The ice cream has turned out pretty well

Yes the ice cream is soft when first made, but all ice cream is when first made

Delicious ice cream ready in 20 minutes with little mess or preparation.

White It has one annoying fault; a thin layer of very hard frozen sorbet, ice cream, or whatever will remain in the inside wall of the freezer bowl

The ice cream was a little soft, but just a short time in the freezer, it was good to go

Sure enough Cuisinart had a "better" ice cream machine.

Easy to use, easy to clean, no ice/salt required (too messy!), quickly makes ice cream after bowl is frozen, great tasting ice cream, you know you're not eating nasty preservaties etc, easy to make at home when you need it (always keep these staple ingredients on hand though!)Cons:

This is the perfect ice cream maker

We either have to move it to another room once we start it or make ice cream earlier in the day and freeze it in the freezer.

25-30 minutes later your ice cream will be ready.

We love "chunky" ice cream, and love to experiment with all the different things we can add to the Ben & Jerry's French vanilla recipe.

We also like how fast it works -- often, the ice cream is fully processed well before the 30 minutes are up -- and how easy it is to clean and use.

For example, the motor in the ice-cream make stops after 5-10 minutes of operation for no reason leaving you with unfinished ice-cream sludge

Its extremely easy to use, makes great ice cream of high quality, and is lots of fun

Regardless of how long the machine runs, the ice cream will remain sloppy

This is a good ice cream maker, but the use for it is limited.

It made wonderful ice creams/sorbets, but after about 8-10 batches, the bowl cracked and the stuff inside leaked out.

Second, if you end up with "cold soup" rather than ice cream as some have complained, you have one of two problems: either you didn't chill the ingredients in the fridge prior to freezing as reccommended in the instructions, or your freezer is set too warm

The ice cream is incredible.

I'm going back to find a Rival ice cream maker, or maybe a Krups.

I love ice cream and saw this Cuisinart at Amazon.

We like ice cream

I like making ice cream at home mainly because I control the ingredients

I love ice cream and figured making my own was the way to go.

That said, I have to tell you that it's a great deal of fun to watch the ice cream freezing and to turn it out into bowls and see the eyes of your family light up when you say, "The ice cream is ready!"I put this item in the fun to have but not a necessity category.

Give it a try and you will find yourself enjoying some good ice cream and, like me, wondering what else you can toss in that bowl!!

The faster ice cream freezes the better because you get a finer ice crystal.2

However, if you'd like small batches of delicious home made ice cream, this is the gadget for you.

this makes terrible ice cream, I like ice cream not ice milk and maybe most of these review don't know the difference

: After about 10-20 minutes (depending on whether you've halved the recipe or not), enjoy your ice cream, frozen yogurt, or sorbet.

WE ALL LOVE THIS ICE CREAM.

The only bad thing about this ice cream maker is that it is so easy to use and the ice cream it makes is so delicious that you may find yourself making a fresh batch of ice cream a couple of times a week - and that may show up on your

Stays pretty soft as well, almost like having tasty soft serve ice cream.

This is the best small ice cream maker I have ever used.

This is a great ice cream maker.

I have so many ideas I'd love to do, I just don't have enough ice cream eaters in the family to make ice cream every day!Bottom line, this is an excellent machine that produces incredibly delicious ice cream

After this time the bowl is filled with ingredients and 20 minutes later ice cream is ready.

When the machine works, this ice cream is awesome.

We have made ice cream several times now and really have enjoyed the creaminess of both the chocolate and vanilla

The most basic ice creams have 3 or 4 ingredients and if you are the type who enjoys stopping at expensive ice cream shops for gourmet flavors, this unit will save you money in the long run.

A good investment though not as good as an actual commercial ice cream maker.

The ice cream freezes great if you use an airtight bowl and still tastes freshly made.

, MAKE SURE YOU GET IT, read the entire page!Good luck and happy ice cream making! :-)

This machine makes fabulous frozen yogurt and ice cream.

I love this machine the best, fast, ice cream come out cold when you freeze the bowl overnight and then start making the ice cream

I would (and already have) recommend it to anyone who likes the taste of good creamy home-made ice cream.

After only half an hour, the ice cream is ready to eat.

The machine is quiet for an ice cream maker (quieter than a blender, louder than a dishwasher), and you typically only run it for a half an hour at a time

my family all loved the ice-cream

You have to pre-freeze the maker's bowl for about 12 hours prior to making ice-cream and all the ingredients you pour into the maker have to be chilled for at least an hour or two, and then it takes about half an hour to an hour for the ice-cream to solidify

As much ice cream that we eat, larger would have been better!

I've made the full-fat ice creams, a couple of sherbets, and frozen yogurt -- everything froze quickly and evenly, and came out with fantastic texture and flavor

Some reviews diss this machine for making "sloppy" ice cream...obviously, they have never made homemade ice cream before, because it ALWAYS has softer consistency than Haagen-Daaz out of your grocer's freezer...and it freezes much harder in your food freezer, too

I bought this as a gift for my boyfriend, and we have so much fun making ice cream together every weekend!

so, enjoy the ice cream and watch your measurements!

If you have egg allergies, make sure you don't try the decadent ice cream recipes - they normally include eggs!So far our ice cream has turned out great - best of all "Strawberry", and we tried Regular coke slushies (you can't use diet/sugar

I rarely buy ice cream for my family because 3 of us are on dairy-free diets and the soy ice cream is too expensive.

The faster ice cream freezes the better because you get a finer ice crystal.2

"hey, a cheap ice cream maker, what the heck

The good news is that the ice cream is really good.

Talk about the PERFECT Ice cream maker for your home

Easy to use, ice cream in 25 to 30 minutes,easy and fast clean up.

Your Ice Cream will turn out harder, and faster, than if you start with your sugar at room temperature.

I just made strawberry ice cream and the taste is trully AMAZING!

The ice cream is great

The ice cream will harden nicely in about this amount of time

This is an excellent ice cream/sorbet maker

Yes, the ice cream is a little soft, but that's the way homemade ice cream should be.

Makes great ice cream, kids love it!

Once you price the ingredients, I cannot honestly say making ice cream is all that much cheaper than buying it, but the quality is far superior to store bought, and you have the added bonus of knowing exactly what is in your ice cream.

The price is good and the ice cream is wonderful.

No rock salt, no mess, just yummy ice cream.

Now we can make ice cream to "our specifications" and I can enjoy it without guilt

Trying to eat healthy, I always had trouble finding the right ice cream for myself.

The 1st time I used it, the paddle was upside down, and the ice cream still froze, although not as solid as I would have like.

I've used it to make ice cream, frozen yogurt, and fruit sorbet

I read some of the slightly negative reviews from people saying that the ice cream maker doesn't freeze all the ice cream, or that the edges of the freezing bowl are frozen while the middle is liquid

I bought this ice cream maker and put it to use immediately!The ice cream was by far the richest and creamiest

Also homemade ice cream is so much better than store bought

Since I own a chest freezer I use it to store the bowl and have avoided the problem some mentioned concerning the ice cream not freezing well

I never realized how much better homemade ice cream is than store bought.

If you use cold ingredients, a frozen container, and put the ice cream in the freezer for a couple of hours after freezing, the ice cream is fabulous and easy!

Keep the bowl in the freezer if you want to be able to make ice cream or frozen yogurt on a whim.

and it's ready for the delicious ice cream mixture you already prepared earlier

In fact, you'll have trouble cleaning it until it's had quite some time to defrost a bit (the ice cream stays frozen and thus stuck to the container).

It is a great little ice cream maker.

This is a great little ice cream maker!

What comes out is a cold mushy mess- not a solid ice cream or even a softer sorbet

Made our first batch of vegan ice cream and it came out perfectly - creamy smooth and frozen consistently through like normal dairy ice cream

It makes the best ice cream, easy clean up

For me the ice cream freezes up just fine, but I put our freezing unit in an extra cold freezer.

If you want good ice cream don't miss this product!

wrong.we have enjoyed ice cream at least weeky since purchase.

So I was pouring in a good deal of edible antifreeze with my ingredients--next time I'll just use chocolate or something!So, if you're having trouble getting your ice cream to freeze and you've checked everything else, make sure your flavorings don't contain propylene glycol!!

The ice cream tastes great

(If you need to make more than one batch at a time, you can buy an extra freezer bowl.)3)Bear in mind that the ice cream will still be soft when the machine is done with it

I for sure would not have been able to let my kids use this, as the same thing would have happened, and what fun is making ice cream if the kids can't help?

This is a very good ice-cream maker

Also, the ice cream comes out not as hard as your typical ice cream from the store (just freeze the ice cream - more waiting, yes!) for 2 to 3

We've made ice cream and frozen yogurt

The ice cream when it is done will also not be hard, like the ice cream you get in stores, but of the soft variety that you get from like a Diary Queen - soft ice cream.

The ice cream will freeze to the inside of the bowl about 1/4" thick.

The owner's manual comes with some great basic ice cream recipes, too!

The ice cream is more like soft serve ice cream unless you let it harden for a few hours in the freezer, and 3.

The ice cream I made in this machine tasted wonderful, and it was easy to make

The design is clever, the ice cream easy and delicious

Personally, I like the softer ice cream.

Good Ice Cream maker.

When I was making a choice about the right ice cream maker for me - I read all the reviews.

This product is easy to use and makes you into a great ice cream maker at first try.

My wife loves the super tasty ice creams and sorbets that I make on a regular basis

fun easy ice cream maker

With the Cuisinart icecream maker, making ice cream is fun and very satisfying.

Our reward for sore arms was some awesome ice cream.

The ice cream when it is done will also not be hard, like the ice cream you get in stores, but of the soft variety that you get from like a Diary Queen - soft ice cream.

It is a nice little ice cream maker.

Ice cream is usually ready to eat in about 25 to 30 minutes.

Because we could not think of a more convenient ice cream maker: it is simple to use, easy to clean and produces perfect results every time

The ice cream's in the freezer to harden up and the spare bowl I got went into the slot for the first bowl

This is such a great little ice cream maker.

I found that the ice cream became better as it hardened

As for the remark about homemade ice cream not being as good as ice cream purchased from a store -in flavor or consistency, our is better!

But for an extra ten or twenty dollars, a stronger, QUIETER ice cream maker would be the way to go

If not, the liquid inside the freezer bowel won't solidify and the ice cream making process won't work.

this is a great ice cream maker

we just through together on our own - like golden graham ice cream - freaking awesome.

Easy to use and fast ice cream maker

This counter top ice cream maker has made it possible for me to make my own sugarfree ice cream.

SIMPLEIve made ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet and ices in this machine and they have all turned out great

As others have mentioned, everything must be super cold and even then ... the ice cream will be more like soft-serve.

The ice cream technique that Cuisinart has perfected of a constant scraping of the sides of the bowl assures that your ice cream is super smooth too

The ice cream is pretty soft when I take it out of the container and I put it into another container and leave it in the freezer for a few hours.

20-30 minutes later, ice cream is ready.

I altered ingredients to cut some fat and the ice cream is ready is about 30 minutes, soft serve.

like Haagen-Dazs)and this machine creates stellar ice cream

After using a larger one of a different brand that required the salt, my husband proclaims this the best ice cream maker yet.

Has made great sorbet and ice cream love it

Great ice cream in 30 minutes start to finish, you really can't beat the convenience.

The ice cream was wonderful though.

As many reviewers commented before, the ice cream will be a tad softer than store bought initially but just stick it in the freezer until desired consistency

20-30 minutes later, the ice cream comes out like soft serve, which is great, but you can pour it into a freezer container and firm it up if you'd like, (which I did because it was for a birthday party later in the day).

The bottom line is that this is a great ice cream maker and I would recommend it to anyone.

The ice cream is a good consistency when it finishes, but it's not hard

If your freezer doesn't maintain a temperature of between 0-5 degrees Fahrenheit, your ice cream probably won't turn out that well

Don't keep the ice cream in the freezer too long or after it's made or it will lose that fresh homemade consistency and taste (under a week is best).

After checking all Amazon reviews on this product and other similar to it, I decided to purchase this rather cheap ice cream maker

The ice cream keeps good and is great even if you freeze the extra

So far we have made chocolate ice cream (using chocolate chips for the batter), coffee ice cream, and peach frozen yogurt.

It's true that the ice cream comes out with a very soft consistency, like a thick milkshake, but after a couple of hours in the freezer it's fine

You also don't have to make the desserts as unhealthy as the recipes call for: we use half and half instead of heavy cream, and 1% milk instead of whole milk, and we couldn't imagine the ice creams tasting any better!I can't wait until the summer to make frozen daiquris using fresh ingredients instead of

I also got "The Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt Cookbook" for the recipes

Of course, it's easy to go to the frozen food section of your nearby grocery store to buy ready-made ice cream; but there may be a problem: if you're concerned about your weight and on the Atkin's Diet, most ready-made ice creams have too many carbohydrates that defeat the purpose of the diet.

My freezer is set very cold, and I found if I let the machine run 20 mins, my ice cream was too hard and froze to the sides of the machine.

If you're an extreme ice cream connoisseur and real picky about ice cream, you might not like the results, but if you're willing to bend a little for the sake of eating a healthier product you should be able to find recipes you like.

It's excellent for the price and makes great ice cream and frozen yogurt

As a Type 2 diabetic I worried about grams of carbs and sugar each and every time I ate ice cream (and sugar-free/fat-free is hard to find in the stores)

Some reviews diss this machine for making "sloppy" ice cream...obviously, they have never made homemade ice cream before, because it ALWAYS has softer consistency than Haagen-Daaz out of your grocer's freezer...and it freezes much harder in your food freezer, too

, it works well, it's not all that expensive and the ice cream you'll make is easily better than the most expensive storebought ice cream available

If you have egg allergies, make sure you don't try the decadent ice cream recipes - they normally include eggs!So far our ice cream has turned out great - best of all "Strawberry", and we tried Regular coke slushies (you can't use diet/sugar

Yes, the ice-cream is soft when it comes out of the freezer, be patient, put in your freezer for a

I have tried ice cream, frozen yogurt, and slushies

Dosen't freeze ice cream as firm as i like, but that is fixed by removing from canister and placing in freezer for an hour or so befor serving.

The bowl goes into the freezer until it has frozen solid (I just leave mine in there all the

The ice cream maker is very easy to use and while not as quiet as I hoped for, it doesn't take long to get great ice cream.

Works exactly as it is supposed to

The bowl really has to be completely frozen, as eager as you may be, it just won't work if you do it to early AND it'll waste your ingredients.

The second would be the fact that it does not freeze the ice cream as hard as I would like.

The worst thing that can happen occurs to those of us who are just a tad too impatient: the ice cream does not freeze up quite as firmly as you might have liked because you haven't let the freezer bowl stay in the freezer long enough (24 hours should do it).

In any other case, the cuisinart automatic ice cream maker is functional and easy to use, as well as it is easy to clean up

I will recommend this product to others, and will also be ordering a second mixing bowl, as we eat the dessert as fast as I can make it!