My family loves to cool off with slushies, so discovering that you can make slushies in an ice cream maker has been such a game-changer. Now, we can make them whenever we want, and we don’t have to suffer the disappointment of walking into a gas station only to discover that our favorite flavor isn’t ready yet.
Since an ice cream maker freezes and churns, like a commercial slushie machine, these come out just like the store-bought version – maybe even a little better, since you won’t struggle to drink these with a straw, and you won’t end up with a bunch of flavorless ice when you get down to the bottom of your slushie.
Make a batch, and I guarantee you’ll be making another.
I use this Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker to make slushies. I just keep its bowl in the freezer all the time, so it’s ready to go whenever we want to make ice cream or frozen drinks.
Ice Cream Maker Slushie Recipe
Ingredients:
5 cups of your favorite sweet beverage, chilled (soda, lemonade, fruit drink, etc.)
What You Do:
Pour your favorite sweet beverage into the freezer bowl of your ice cream maker. Then, churn.
Note:This recipe has been sized to fit in a 1-1/2 quart, or larger, ice cream maker. If you’re using a smaller ice cream maker, just fill the freezer bowl to within an inch of the top. This will allow room for expansion, as the drink freezes.
It should take 10-20 minutes for your drink to reach the consistency of a slushie.
Ahhh! There’s nothing like a slushie on a scorching hot day.
Use your ice cream maker to make slushies! This easy recipe is ready to sip in as little as 10 minutes.
Total Time:10 minutes
Yield:1–1/2 quarts 1x
Ingredients
Scale
5 cups of your favorite sweet beverage, chilled (soda, lemonade, fruit drink, etc.)
Instructions
Pour your beverage of choice into an ice cream maker, and churn until it freezes to a slushie consistency, about 10-20 minutes.
Notes
This recipe fits in a 1-1/2 quart ice cream maker. If yours is smaller, just fill the freezer bowl to within an inch of the top, to leave room for expansion.
Hi Becky, I haven’t tested any stevia-sweetened sodas, but I just did some digging, and found two studies that show stevia actually raises the freezing point of a liquid (meaning if anything your icee should start freezing sooner). I’d say it’s worth a try.
Would this work with stevia sweetened sodas? I am try to make low carb icees and failed at this method with diet soda. Thank you!
Hi Becky, I haven’t tested any stevia-sweetened sodas, but I just did some digging, and found two studies that show stevia actually raises the freezing point of a liquid (meaning if anything your icee should start freezing sooner). I’d say it’s worth a try.