You don’t have to go to expensive frozen dessert boutiques to enjoy fresh ice cream, sorbet, gelato, or frozen yogurt. There are a wide variety of automated frozen dessert machines that can make your favorite frozen treat right in your own home. Start with basic ingredients and add your favorite fixings for customizable flavor.
These affordable dessert makers can create traditional desserts and, in some cases, vegan fruit desserts. Sizes range from small, space-saving units to 6-quart high capacity machines. With various designs from stainless steel to traditional wood buckets, there is a frozen dessert machine for every décor. Below are the top ten frozen dessert ice cream makers.
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1. Cuisinart ICE-30R Pure Indulgence Frozen Yogurt Sorbet & Ice Cream Maker
This fully automated two-quart frozen dessert maker can craft homemade ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet in as little as 25 minutes. The integrated motor, automatic mixing paddle, and double-insulated freezer bowl offer consistently smooth frozen desserts. A large ingredient spout easily allows for specialty add-ins to create customized flavors. The heavy-duty motor and brushed metal housing make this appliance durable and stylish. The Cuisinart ICE-30R Pure Indulgence Frozen Yogurt Sorbet & Ice Cream Maker is easy to clean and comes with a three-year limited warranty, allowing you to purchase this appliance with confidence.
2. Nostalgia ICMP400WD Electric Wood Bucket Ice Cream Maker
The Nostalgia ICMP400WD is a modern electric ice cream maker that has been designed to capture the romance of yesteryears with genuine wood bucket styling. This spacious appliance crafts up to four-quarts of frozen dessert at once. The plastic bucket is easy to wipe clean, but don’t worry if there are leftovers: a see-thru lid fits on the canister for easy storage in the freezer. If you’ve never made homemade frozen desserts before, you can simplify recipes with the Nostalgia ice cream kits such as the Vanilla Crème, Chocolate or Strawberry Ice Cream Mixes, allowing everyone to enjoy fresh frozen desserts in their own home.
3. Cuisinart ICE-100 Compressor Ice Cream and Gelato Maker
This compact frozen dessert maker can make one and a half quarts of homemade ice cream or authentic gelato. The Cuisinart ICE-100 is fully automatic with two paddles and a commercial quality compressor, allowing you to effortlessly create boutique-style frozen desserts in the comfort of your own home. An easy to read blue LCD readout with 60-minute countdown timer and touchpad control make programming this frozen dessert maker a breeze. The keep cool feature will keep frozen desserts refrigerated for up to 10-minutes. The Cuisinart ICE-100 comes with a recipe book to get you started from scratch.
4. Cuisinart ICE-45 Mix It In Soft Serve 1-1/2-Quart Ice Cream Maker
Bring the joy of soft-serve ice cream machines to your own home with this one and half quart soft serve ice cream maker. The easy-lock lid with window allows for the simple addition of custom ingredients and the ability to watch the freezing process, a great option for curious kids. The custom mixing arm mixes and aerates ingredients to create smooth soft serve while the dispensing bracket handle makes dispensing frozen desserts into bowls or cones simple. Three condiment containers can dispense toppings such as colored sprinkles, mini M&M’s, or mini chocolate chips.
5. Chef’n Sweet Spot Instant Ice Cream Maker
This instant ice cream maker is perfect for the ambitious home chef who wants to create authentic rolled ice cream at home. Make ice cream in minutes by simply pouring ingredients onto the fast freeze surface, rolling into a delicious scoop. This instant ice cream maker is suitable for kids, enhancing the fun of a birthday party or game night. The Chef’n Sweet Spot can instantly create delicious frozen yogurt, sorbets, gelato, frozen margaritas, and more. The hand-washable fast freeze surface comes with a spade, scoop, and recipe book.
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6. Hamilton Beach 68330N Automatic Ice Cream Maker
This fully-automatic frozen dessert maker does not require any stirring. Simply add ingredients, ice, and rock salt to create delicious frozen concoctions such as ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, sorbet, gelato, and custard. The larger four-quart capacity is great for family gatherings and special occasions. Hamilton Beach 68330N Automatic Ice Cream Maker is a great resource for those who want to make keto compliant ice cream. Each ice cream maker comes with a 20-recipe book for frozen dessert beginners.
7. Whynter ICM-201SB 2.1 Quart Upright Ice Cream Maker
This upright ice cream maker comes with a removable stainless-steel mixing bowl and a BPA-free churn blade for easy cleaning. The unique motor-protection function will automatically shut off the machine if the mixture freezes solid to prevent permanent damage to the unit. High-efficiency CFC-free compressor creates frozen desserts without the need to pre-freeze the mixing bowl, and the space-efficient appliance has a small footprint, making it easy to store or place on the counter.
8. Yonanas 986 Elite Fruit Soft Serve Maker
Easily create healthy, vegan-friendly frozen desserts made from fruit instead of cream. Use over-ripe bananas, mangos, or berries for a smooth “ice-cream”-like dessert without additional sugar, fat, or preservatives. Use the chute and plunger to transform fruit into a frozen dessert in just seconds. The chute, plunger, and blade are dishwasher safe. This fruit soft serve maker comes with a recipe book containing 130 delicious recipes and basic instructions.
9. White Mountain 6-quart Electric Ice Cream Maker with Appalachian Series Wooden Bucket
This high-capacity bucket will make six quarts of quality frozen dessert in 20 to 40 minutes. The traditional Appalachian wooden bucket-style sports a 12,000-rpm universal electric motor for automated churning. The triple-motion dasher creates smooth and creamy frozen desserts. The larger capacity makes this the perfect frozen dessert maker for larger families, and the stainless-steel canister and lid, New England pine bucket, and galvanized hoops provide lasting durability.
10. 1.5 Quart Automatic Frozen Dessert Cream Machine
This affordable frozen dessert maker is fully automated with a shut-off timer. Make one and a half quarts of ice cream, sorbet, or frozen yogurt in 20 to 25 minutes. The mixing arm and freezer bowl can be detached for easy cleaning and comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee.
These top ten frozen dessert ice cream makers combine modern function and style at an affordable price point. As this list indicates, there is truly something for everyone. Get your frozen dessert maker and start enjoying fresh, customized deserts in your own home.
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By BCR Staff
August 2019
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