The Best Ninja Creami Pints

Buying Guide

A frozen treat like ice cream, gelato or sorbet is welcome any time of year, no matter the weather outside. It’s sweet, delicious and full of your favorite flavors. However, for many families, buying these desserts in a grocery store or specialty shop can become quite pricey, especially if everyone in the family likes a different variety. For others, it’s important to control what ingredients go into their desserts. The Ninja Creami is an excellent gadget for those who want to make ice cream, gelato or sorbet at home. It’s powerful and comparable to commercial ice cream makers, and easy to use in a home kitchen.

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With the Ninja Creami, you can make any flavor combination of frozen dessert you like, using fresh fruit, toppings and even food coloring if you want to. For those on special diets like Keto or those who are vegan or gluten-free, you can carefully control what goes into your desserts. Plus, it’s cost effective because you can use the ingredients you like and nothing more to make the exact quantity you need.

The Ninja Creami doesn’t work like other ice cream makers. A key component of the Ninja Creami are the pint containers, which is why it’s a good idea to have extra Ninja Creami pint containers on hand. When it comes to buying the Ninja Creami pints, compatibility is essential. Make sure the pint containers work with the Ninja Creami series you have.

With a traditional ice cream maker, you churn the ingredients and then freeze them. However, the process works backwards with the Ninja Creami. First, you fill your pint containers with the ice cream base you want to make, including all the ingredients and flavors you want. Then, you freeze the pint container.

Once it is frozen and you’re ready to eat, you transfer the pint container to the Nina Creami machine, select the setting you want, such as the ice cream setting or gelato setting, and the machine finely chops, shaves and creams the concoction for you.

• Ninja Creami pint containers come with lids of different colors. These are not only aesthetically pleasing, but they have a function as well. Use the different-colored lids for different types of ice cream, gelato or sorbet you’re making. For example, use a pink lid for strawberry ice cream. This makes it easy to spot which Ninja Creami pint container you need from the freezer without having to open each one.
• The lids of the Ninja Creami pint containers are made from silicone, which is specially constructed to provide an airtight seal. This material also won’t break or crack once it is frozen, unlike some plastic lids. The lids are dishwasher safe, but it’s important to keep them on the top rack of the dishwasher so they don’t get damaged from the hot water.
• Each Ninja Creami pint container has markings which indicate the maximum fill. You should not fill the ingredients past this line. It’s important to leave extra room in the container for a few reasons. Once ingredients are frozen, they tend to expand, so they need extra room in the jar to do so – otherwise it may crack. In addition, when you can creaming the ingredients, you need to have extra room in the jar to avoid making a mess and have ingredients flying about your kitchen.