Allstar Innovations Ice Cream Magic Maker

My 2 daughters really wanted to buy these (seen on TV of course.) We let them use their own money to learn the “as seen on TV” lesson, doesn’t always work the way you see it on TV. Followed the directions closely which resulted in a tasty milk shake. We ended up shaking the maker 2x the amount noted to achieve the milk shake consistency. One star because it doesn’t work. However 5 stars because the girls learned a valuable lesson. My oldest recently asked about another item seen on TV but first said let’s read the reviews to see if anyone got it to work.
Save the money and buy a plug in mini ice cream maker. Better & yummier results.

The photo and description are deceiving. You cannot make even a 1/3 cup ice cream in this “machine” – more like mini-plastic-mug, there isn’t even the double insulated liquid area to freeze, you add ice cubes that would BARELY fit in it to “freeze” the ice cream!! It doesn’t even come in packaging, this was loose in a bubble wrap envelope with a PHOTOCOPY of the instructions. And there is no return allowed – so when you pay too much for this less-than dollar store garbage, you are STUCK with it.
Beyond unhappy. Save yourself the disappointment!

Our daughter also saw those commercials on the t.v. at her grandmas house. On the way home one day she almost quoted the commercial verbatim highlighting the 3 minutes and the ability to make different flavors. Of course, this was a Christmas item. We searched for the product and she confirmed it when we found it on here. We read the negative comments on and braced ourselves and her, warning that it may not be what she expected. After trying it tonight, I will say this….. PEOPLE MUST NOT BE READING/ FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS CORRECTLY. We used cold Heavy cream AS INDICATED. We used crushed ice AS INDICATED (by putting our ice in the blender.) We used 4 tbls of table salt AS INDICATED. We made vanilla for now and used the amount INDICATED. We set a timer and the whole family shook it for 3 minutes AS INDICATED. My daughter loved this part and exclaimed we were in a commercial! For this alone I will give it 5 stars. But I also give a 5 it because people just like to complain for no reason. It came out the consistency of a soft serve/ frozen yogurt. You can shake it longer for thicker consistency (ALSO INDICATED) No pre-freezing or altering the directions at all. It came out quite tasty! When you see the cup and the size of the compartments the ingredients go in, who in the world thinks it will make a lot?? Who even wants to give a Small child a Large quantity of ice cream anyway? This made a perfect One Scoop serving size and if you add toppings, it will reach above the rim. So ya commercials always make things look bigger/ better/ tastier. Who ever ate a burger that looked exactly as it did on the commercial?? Did we get the only one in the world that worked or are we the only ones who can follow instructions correctly and not get bent out of shape when an inexpensive child’s product yields a result different than our expectations??

My kids are ages 5, 7, and 9, and they love our Ice Cream Magic. Here is my advice:

1. Set your child’s expectations correctly: Tell them it makes one small serving of ice cream for one child. Tell them it will be soft, a bit liquid-y, but delicious.

2. Follow the directions and help your child shake the thing.

3. After three minutes, open it up. It will have liquid in the center and firm ice cream on the sides. If your child is too excited to wait any longer, then great you’re done!

4. If they want it more frozen, scrape the sides and stir gently, then close it up and shake for another 1-2 minutes.

It makes one small portion of yummy, soft ice cream. You can scrape/pour the ice cream into a bowl and start over for another child. This is fun and simple, and my kids love the way it looks, the ice cream spoon, and doing the measuring themselves. Start to finish, we made three batches, including clean-up time, in 15 minutes.

Our best batch was made with 1/4 cup heavy cream, 1 tsp white sugar, 1 Tbs chocolate syrup, and a drop of vanilla extract. I think the chocolate syrup helped thicken the mixture so it turned out a bit firmer than the vanilla.

My kids loved this! It was so easy to use and easy to clean up. I bought one for my daughter when she was 7 she always talked about how much she loved it. I bought her another one when she turned 18
She was so happy to have it again. I also bought one each for my 7 & 9 year old. All of them love it and say it makes the best ice cream they ever tasted. This was a great purchase.