Straight to the Point

The Ninja Creami Deluxe is loud, large, and makes middling "ice cream." Instead, we recommend investing in our winning ice cream maker from Cuisinart , which is also significantly cheaper.

As someone who is annoyingly countercultural, I’ve rebuffed TikTok’s wiles, preferring to encounter reality in all its humdrum glory. But even so, TikTok still manages to influence me. Take the Ninja Creami —it was all the rage on the app at some point, and as a gear nerd and equipment reviewer, I took it upon myself to review this oddity of an ice cream maker to see if the masses were right.

The Ninja Creami Deluxe promises to make pints of ice cream out of anything—no custard base or hours of churning required. Just freeze whatever you want to creamify in one of the pint containers the machine comes with (for 24 hours—no one said this thing was instant), pop it into the machine, pick a creaming option, and watch as the blade descends into your frozen base and magically turns it into ice cream.…