GreenPan Frost Ice Cream Maker & Slushie Machine, Soft Serve, Sorbet, Margaritas, Milkshakes, Frozen Yogurt, No Pre-Freezing, Ready in 15 Mins, 6 Modes, 7 Textures, Self-Cleaning, Family Size, Green

I absolutely love this machine. It makes perfect soft serve ice cream, milkshakes and slushies. I haven't tried all the functions or recipes but the ones I've tried are great. I will say do NOT add the amount of salt they have listed on the ice cream recipe or you will have a very salty ice cream. We did that for the first one and it was gross, but only added a pinch the next time and it was amazing. It is very easy to use and all things considered does not take very long to make your treat. It also has a self cleaning functioning that makes cleaning it so easy and it's not too loud in my opinion. It was expensive but is a high quality product and also looks cute.

I just received it and made some soft serve. It’s good!! Good texture. Maybe not as creamy as a commercial place but I haven’t tried the custard. I wanted control over ingredients and this worked great. I also used Allulose instead of sugar and worked great/ no error messages. Tastes great!! Easy to use and clean. Would recommend.

I LOVE this machine! I love that there isn't equipment that needs to be stored in the freezer. I mix a few simple ingredients and about 20 minutes later, have delicious soft serve ice cream. I've also found a great "hack" for making slushies sweetened when stevia. Very satisfied with the performance. Easy to clean. Easy to use. Delivers consistency I was hoping for! One downside - the clear plastic tumbler cracks easily. The first two machines i purchased on Amazon were "used/like new" but when I received them, the tumbler was already cracked. Third purchase was brand new. So far no issues but I'm fearful that the cracking is imminent. Hoping the company fixes this flaw and issues replacement parts for free. This is the only reason I gave it four stars instead of five.

I bought this ice cream maker after researching ice cream/slushie machines for weeks. Most of them require 24 hour freezing before use, but not this one. It was so easy to make the ice cream, and in such a short time, that we couldn't believe it. Clean-up was just as easy. I was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked. We made the Vanilla ice cream and the only suggestion I would make is to lighten up on the salt (maybe 1/2 tsp), and the vanilla by a little bit. We remade it and it came out perfect.

Used maker to make ice cream. The housing is cheep plastic and cracked causing ice cream mix to leak everywhere.

I was feeling nostalgic last year from when I was on submarines. We always had soft serve ice cream available. I bought a ninja creami. And it worked ok. But a lot of effort making the ice cream ahead of time. Then running the machine to churn it. Finally putting the pint container on the plunger to serve. After the cone. You have to put the ice cream back in the freezer. Clean the machine A lot of work for a cone. This machine allows you to mix the ice cream and serve in 30 minutes. I had a learning curve of course. I ues frostline mix. 1 cup to 16oz water. On l6. I then can enjoy several cones (not that good for my waistline) an afternoon or evening. The clean up is easy. So far I am very pleased. The other machine is in the garage.

Purchased this product; and also the Ninja Swirl thinking I would do a comparison myself on how close to good soft serve each machine could produce. Caught both on special so the price of each was almost identical. Also bought some Dole Orange Soft Serve Mix (here on Amazon) to try out the machines. Used a Dole recipe I found online (started with 1 cup of Dole mix) and instead of the 3 cups of water in this recipe, I used 2 cups water and 1 cup whole milk. Mixed it in a large measuring cup with a whisk. Into the Greenpan the mix went; and started the machine on the default L4 setting for soft serve. (UPDATE: Later batches I used 1 cup heavy cream instead of the 1 cup whole milk to make it creamier; and set the machine to L5) All I can say is WOW....it was perfect. Dispensed into pre-chilled bowls and what a treat it was. The quantity of mix using the 1-cup Dole recipe was too much for two people (we ate it until we couldn't any more lol). Leftovers went into a pre-chilled glass container with an airtight cover and into the freezer. Next day I had orange sorbet....yum. Next was vanilla soft serve...2 cups whole milk, 3/4 cup heavy cream, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tbsp instant vanilla pudding mix powder, and 2 tsp vanilla extract. Tasty! I did bump up the cold setting to L5 to get it a little more firm. And might use slightly less vanilla extract next time. Experimentation is part of the fun. While some recipes include adding salt, I don't add salt to any of the mixes I've made. Turns out I never opened the Ninja Swirl box...it went back to the store. The Greenpan was that good. Who wants to wait 24 hours to satisfy a frozen treat craving? And what do I do with the store-bought ice cream I had in the freezer? Decisions, decisions. VERY IMPORTANT - Since this unit has an internal compressor, upon initial delivery; or if the unit has been placed on its side for any period of time, it must be allowed to sit upright for AT LEAST 2 hours (the longer the better) before turning on, to allow the compressor oil to flow back down into the bottom of the compressor. If not done, the compressor can be damaged and will significantly shorten its life. So far I've made two batches of Dole mix (pineapple and orange), two batches of vanilla soft serve and one chocolate soft serve in the span of about 10 days. I'm gonna get fat lol........

So far we have only used the ice cream setting, however, we have much to say about that. We LOVE the convenience (no need to pre-freeze 24 hrs in advance), the easy cleanup, (literally just need to wipe down the inside of the machine as needed and clean the container), and the taste of the results! But…the functionality and resulting texture leaves A LOT to be desired. I would even say the value for the money would be decent if only the texture would come out right. We have made “ice cream” three times. The first time I added only milk and it came out as a mid tasting ice milk that was soft in the middle and frozen on the edges closest to the container. The 2nd time I added 1 spoonful of cream and it froze in a block of slushy ice. We had to dig the stirrer out. Last night we tried a third time and I added two tbsp of cream. This time the center remained completely liquid. The outer section froze the stirrer in a block of ice milk so badly that it stopped stirring and all the cane sugar was at the bottom of the container. I would think that maybe we are doing something wrong, but there are no instructions or recipes included to help get the measurements correct… and at this point I’m unsure if the issue is incorrect measurements or if something is off with the temperature of the machine. Because it freezes so badly we have even decided to not put the stirrer in next time. This way we figured it would be easier to dig out the block of “ice milk cream.” The next time we make it, I will try to remember to take pictures of each step so I can update this post with them.