Ice cream and frozen treats are famous among people of all ages. Making your frozen treats may be a fun and rewarding pastime. This post will examine the Ninja CREAMi Deluxe 11-in-1 Ice Cream & Frozen Treat Maker and Ninja Creami Deluxe recipes. We’ll investigate its features, functions, flexibility, recipes, and other factors. So, let’s get started and learn everything we can about this ground-breaking equipment.
Overview of The Ninja CREAMi Deluxe 11-in-1 Ice Cream
The Ninja Creami is a frozen treat maker that allows you to manufacture handmade ice cream, sorbet, gelato, and other frozen treats effortlessly. Add mix-ins like cookies, candies, and chocolate chips to extend your taste options.
Pros:
If you want to experiment with producing ice cream or sorbet out of anything (gazpacho sorbet, anyone? ), the Ninja Creami Deluxe has several fun functions. It has a devoted (noisy) fan base that lauds its inventions; some people adore it.
Cons:
It’s a big, noisy machine, and the ice cream, sorbet, and slushies weren’t quite what we expected (not to mention that you have to freeze most products for 24 hours before certifying them). It was also a bit challenging for me to put together.
Key Specifications
- 14.4 pounds
- Power: 800 watts
- Dimensions of the machine: 12 x 8.4 x 16.7 inches
- The capacity of the container: 24 fluid ounces
- Ice cream, mix-ins, milkshakes, sorbet, gelato, lite-ice cream, slushy, Italian ice, frozen drinks, Creamiccino, and frozen yogurt are all available.
- Two pint-sized ice cream cartons and one paddle are provided.
- All attachments are top-rack dishwasher safe; separate the paddle, pint, outer bowl, and lids before placing them in the dishwasher.
- 1-year limited warranty
How Does The Deluxe Compare To The Original?
The idea, look, and footprint on your counter are identical, except the original Ninja Creami includes seven functions: Ice Cream, Sorbet, Lite Ice Cream, Smoothie Bowl, Gelato, and Milkshake. The Ninja Creami Deluxe, on the other hand, includes 11 functions: Ice Cream, Lite Ice Cream, Sorbet, Gelato, Frozen Yogurt, Creamiccino, Frozen Drink, Slushi, Milkshake, and Italian Ice. Both machines have a Mix-in function as well as a Re-spin cycle.
The Creami Deluxe costs $250 or less, depending on current sales. The original Creami costs $230, although it’s a little easier to get on sale (as of writing, it’s marked down to $180 on Amazon and Target).
How Does The Ninja Creami Deluxe Work?
The Pacojet was an expensive tool popular in the early days of molecular gastronomy before the Ninja Creami Deluxe. The Pacojet looks eerily similar to (though svelt than) the Creami and works on the same mechanical principle: a bit attached to a blade (Ninja calls it a paddle) spins and descends slowly into the frozen base, shaving it super finely and making it creamy.
Since you don’t have to infuse custard or add additional ingredients (you could use fresh fruit), your sorbet or ice cream tastes purer. To make sorbet, put some fruit in the pint container, mash it, and repeat with the rest. After freezing the liquid for 24 hours, you place the pint glass in the outer container, screw it into the machine, and click the button for your desired choice.
Original Ninja Creami has seven functions (ice cream, sorbet, light ice cream, gelato, milkshake, smoothie bowl, and mix-in); Deluxe has 11 (slushy, Italian ice, frozen drink, Creamiccino, and frozen yogurt). The Deluxe’s containers carry three cups instead of 1.5 cups.
Ninja CREAMi vs. Ninja CREAMi Deluxe vs Ninja CREAMi Breeze
The Ninja CREAMi is available in 5-in-1, 7-in-1, Breeze, and 11-in-1 deluxe versions. I have the 7-in-1 model, which has preset programs for ice cream, lite ice cream, sorbet, gelato, mix-ins, smoothie bowls, and milkshakes; however, the 11-in-1 Ninja CREAMi Deluxe 11-in-1 has five new exclusive Ninja CREAMi Deluxe functions frozen drink, slush, frozen yogurt, cream chino, and Italian ice.
The Deluxe version lacks the Smoothie Bowl function; however, it has bigger container sizes, resulting in a higher volume of ice cream (the Ninja CREAMi Deluxe has 24 oz containers compared to the Ninja CREAMi 7-in-1 ice cream maker’s usual 16 oz pint container size).
The Ninja CREAMi Breeze, on the other hand, offers all of the functionality of the 7-in-1 but a more compact size.
The smoothie bowl and milkshake options are absent from the 5-in-1 vote. The 5-in-1 option seems discontinued, so it may be tough to find.
Ninja CREAMi Deluxe Accessories
The Ninja CREAMi makes ice cream, gelato, sorbet, and milkshakes like conventional ice cream machines. Find our Ninja CREAMi review here. Another Ninja CREAMi Deluxe 11-in-1 Ice Cream Maker has additional capabilities and larger containers for better ice cream. It’s a great ice cream maker; however, the Ninja CREAMi may be improved with extras.
Many third-party accessories can improve your Ninja CREAMi experience, and Ninja sells extra pint-sized containers (click here for 24 oz containers for the Deluxe and here for Breeze-compatible containers) so you can always have a variety of ice cream and gelato flavours.
Ingredients for Ninja CREAMi Flattening and Freezer Leftovers
Ninja cautions avoiding processing unevenly frozen ninja creami deluxe pints since it can harm the blade. I repurposed my favourite meat tenderizer to guarantee that all my prints were levelled equally. It seems strange for an ice cream maker attachment, but bear with me.
The base of the tenderizer is spherical and fits precisely into the Ninja pint-sized containers, as shown in the image below. It also has a lot of weight for pressing materials down. This is ideal for mashing bananas, drowning any components that have risen to the surface of your liquid, or re-levelling a processed pint so that it may be frozen and reprocessed later. As an extra benefit, before adding mix-ins to your pint of prepared ice cream or gelato, use the meat tenderizer to break them into more manageable bits.
Get Perfectly Round Frozen Treat Scoops
To achieve precisely round scoops of ice cream and gelato, I use my Zeroll ice cream scoop. It works well because the handle contains a unique liquid that transfers heat, allowing the scoop to penetrate a firmly frozen pint of ice cream or gelato. I’ve used this scoop for 5 years and would replace it instantly if it went missing.
Extra Ninja Creami Deluxe Pints of Your Favorite Ice Creams and Gelatos
Variety is the spice of life, and additional containers allow you more options for ice cream, gelato, and sorbet. The Ninja CREAMi comes with three pint-sized containers, but once you start creating ice cream and gelato, you’ll realize you need more. I prefer to keep a variety of frozen ready-to-go pints on hand, so these extra containers come in handy!
You only need to ensure you get the correct container for your machine. Below are links to 16 oz pints for the original 7-in-1 and 5-in-1 Ninja CREAMi machines, 16 oz pints for the Ninja CREAMi Breeze, and 24 oz containers for the 11-in-1 Ninja CREAMi Deluxe.
What Are The Ninja Creamie Models?
- The rare Ninja CREAMi 5-in-1 (NC300) is available at a considerable discount.
- The Ninja CREAMi 7-in-1 (NC301) is the most popular model, selling at $229 but sometimes for less than $200 (particularly now that the Deluxe edition is available).
- The $249 Ninja CREAMi Deluxe 11-in-1 (NC500 / NC501) is the highest model, introduced in September 2022.
- As of May 2023, the Ninja CREAMi Breeze (NC200) has the same functionalities as the original Creami but not the Deluxe’s. Our Ninja CREAMi Breeze review is up; however, this piece will focus on the Deluxe model. The model offers five, seven, and eleven one-touch routines. Ice Cream, Lite Ice Cream, Sorbet, Milkshake, and Mix-in are the 5-in-1’s programs. The 7-in-1 added Gelato and Smoothie Bowl to its 5 programming. The CREAMi’s 11-in-1 adds Frozen Yogurt, Creamiccino, Frozen Drink, Slushie, and Italian Ice but removes Smoothie Bowl. For much of this article, we’ll compare the Deluxe 11-in-1 to the 7-in-1, the most popular model at the time and the other CREAMi model we possess.
Ninja CREAMi Deluxe Recipes
Pineapple Sorbet And Banana Ice Cream
we dumped a can of pineapples, liquids and all, into the Ninja CREAMi pint for pineapple sorbet. After freezing for 24 hours, we processed the pint as sorbet on the machine. The sorbet was tasty and refreshing, ideal for summer. Only a small quantity of components stuck to the walls of the pint-sized container and were not processed correctly, but it did not influence the sorbet’s taste.
The banana ice cream was made by adding fresh bananas to a pint container. However, the Norpro Grip-EZ Stainless Steel Meat Pounder, my favourite meat tenderizer, was great for flattening the bananas for the Ninja CREAMi. It fits into the pint-sized container and weighs down the contents. Uneven freezing or ingredient distribution might ruin the Ninja CREAMi Deluxe 11-in-1 blade.
After freezing the bananas, we filled the machine and pressed “sorbet.” Due to bananas’ buttery nature, the sorbet program produced a rich, creamy product resembling ice cream. The taste was decent but mono, so we would add strawberries and fake banana extract to improve it.
Smooth And Decadent Ice Cream
We created peach and chocolate ice cream to test the Ninja CREAMi’s ice cream feature.
As with the pineapple sorbet, you can make a simple peach sorbet by pouring a can of peaches into a pint-sized container. However, add dairy or dairy replacements if you prefer a fuller texture and consistency.
I made peach ice cream with canned peaches, whole milk, heavy cream, corn syrup, and vanilla. The Ninja creami deluxe recipes booklet asked for almond milk coffee creamer and agave syrup instead of corn syrup, but we used what we had. The photos below show that everything worked properly.
We used my favourite ice cream scoop to make round pieces. The liquid within this Zeroll ice cream scoop transmits heat to make scooping icy delicacies simple.
We made chocolate ice cream by mixing sugar, cocoa powder, cream cheese, whole milk, and heavy cream. This ninja creami deluxe recipes made a nice essential chocolate ice cream; we want to try more luscious melting chocolate.
Milkshakes
The Ninja CREAMi can produce foamy milkshakes in addition to sorbet, ice cream, and gelato. Making my homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream into a milkshake couldn’t have been easier. I combined the ice cream with some whole milk before pressing the “milkshake” button and seeing the Ninja CREAMi turn the combination into a delightful dessert.
Conclusion
The Ninja CREAMi Deluxe 11-in-1 Ice Cream & Frozen Treats Maker’s fun and fast frozen treat-making will benefit your kitchen. Its adaptability, performance, and use set it apart. The Ninja can improve your frozen treat game whether you’re an ice cream connoisseur, gelato gourmet, or flavour experimenter.
FAQs
Was the Ninja Creami Deluxe worth it?
For preparing ice cream and sorbet with unusual ingredients without a custard basis, the Creami may be handy. Instead of velvety sorbet and ice cream, most outcomes were brittle and powdered.
What can I do with the Ninja Creami Deluxe?
There are 11 pre-programmed options on the Ninja Creami Deluxe: ice cream, sorbet, lite ice cream, gelato, milkshake, smoothie bowl, mix-in, slushy, Italian ice, frozen drink, Creamiccino, and frozen yogurt. All of these frozen delicacies can be made using the machine.
What is the distinction between the Ninja Creami and the Ninja Creami Deluxe?
The Ninja Creami features seven preset options, while the Ninja Creami Deluxe offers four more, including slushy, Italian ice, frozen drink, Creamiccino, and frozen yogurt.
Should I buy an ice cream machine or the Ninja Creami Deluxe?
We don’t think the Creami is worth the money, given how noisy and expensive the Creami Deluxe is. Instead, we recommend purchasing a separate ice cream machine, which is easier to operate and gives more consistent results. If you enjoy preparing smoothie bowls, we recommend investing in a blender.
Must Ninja CREAMi be frozen for 24 hours?
Official Ninja instructions say to freeze your pint for 24 hours. Some users frozen for a shorter time have succeeded. Your freezer temperature and ice cream mix components determine the freezing time, so you must experiment.
Why is it possible to process the top or bottom of the Ninja Creami Deluxe?
If you utilize the top or bottom feature on the DELUXE model, you may produce two distinct tastes at the same time. The basic formula will be used to create all 24 ounces. However, you can process only the top with your preferred mix-in when processing mix-ins. Scoop out the top and fill the bottom half with a separate mix. As a result, you’ll have two distinct tastes. The basis is the same, but the mix-ins are different.
