Dairy-Free Chocolate Creami Recipe | Feasting on Fruit (2024)

FAQs

Do you really need a Ninja creami? ›

Considering how loud and pricey the Creami Deluxe is, we don't think that the Creami is worth the cash. Instead, we recommend investing in a standalone ice cream maker, which is easier to use and produces more consistent results. And if you like making smoothie bowls, a blender is our preferred gadget of choice.

What is vegan ice cream made of? Vegan ice cream recipes often use coconut milk and nut milks in lieu of cow's milk. Xanthan gum is a thickener that helps ice cream gain a creamy texture, without the need for heavy cream and eggs.

After the appropriate program is selected, the appliance gets to work. The rapidly spinning blade shaves and mixes the frozen-solid contents, boring its way to the bottom as the ice cream becomes creamy, and then reverses to blend the ice cream mixture as it returns to the top.

Ninja CREAMi Ice Cream Maker

We love our Creami. To use your frozen fruit, follow your instructions from the recipes that came with your Creami. If you want to make fruit ice cream thaw your fruit, place in a food processor and mix it with the vanilla ice cream recipe.

Freezing is crucial: It's paramount that the base is completely frozen into a solid block for the Ninja Creami to work effectively. Texture is key: The 24-hour freeze time results in smaller ice crystals and enhances the dessert's creaminess. For the most creamy ice cream and smoothest sorbet, this matters!

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You can pour this mixture into an airtight container to freeze until firm, about 6 to 8 hours, or overnight. Be sure to stir it often, every hour or so if you can, to help incorporate air into the mixture. This helps make it more creamy, rather than icy.

Sorbets. Sorbets are naturally lactose-free because they do not contain dairy. They're typically made from water and fruit juice or purée. Sherbets, on the other hand, will contain dairy in the form of dairy milk or cream, so be sure to inspect the label. Sorbabes' Jam'n Lemon sorbet packs zippy lemony notes.

The Ninja Creami is not a quiet or lightweight appliance. As the motor drives the paddle through the ice block, the appliance makes a very loud sound — so loud, in our experience, you won't be able to play music, hear the TV or phone calls, or talk over it.

After your first spin, sometimes you open it and find that your ice cream is crumbly or powdery. Don't stop now. Just add a tablespoon or two of liquid and spin on respin. If your ice cream has been in the freezer a long time or your freezer is extra cold, you may even have to repeat the respin several times.

Do you have to fill ninja creami all the way? ›

On my CREAMi journey so far, I've realized a few things: The recipe book that comes with the appliance features measurements that'll fill one of the included pints. In my house, one pint feeds three people. You don't have to fill the pints up to the max fill line, though!

A Creami is not a blender (there are plenty of top-notch Ninja blenders if that's what you're after), and the user manual makes that very clear. You don't use this machine for crushing ice or blending loose ingredients.

The less sugar in the recipe, the icier and crumblier the ice cream will be. Regular sugar, honey, or corn syrup can be used to increase the sugar content if desired. To help resolve this issue, after processing, add 1 tablespoon of dairy and then reprocess.

The original Ninja Creami makes a smaller variety of treats but it typically costs a lot less, so you only need the Deluxe upgrade if you wish to make Italian ice, frozen yogurt, slushies, and creamiccinos. Everything else the Deluxe can make, the original can make, too.

You don't use this machine for crushing ice or blending loose ingredients. Rather, with Ninja's “creamify” technology, you churn frozen, liquid-based mixtures, typically made of cream or milk, into silky-smooth treats.

We made the same nice cream recipe in both a blender and the CREAMi to see if there really was a difference. The first thing we noticed is that you can immediately produce your nice cream in the blender because all you need to do to "freeze" it is add ice cubes.

Just scoop the store-bought ice cream into the tub, make a hole, and add the mix-ins. Then process using the MIX-IN program.