No Fun Ice Cream Maker

Advantages: I haven't thrown away the box so I can sell it
Disadvantages: It's messy, time consuming and not much fun

...Why is it that absent fathers always feel they have to spend far too much money on thoughtless, useless bits of plastic toy in order to make up to their children for the weeks and weeks that they haven’t seen them? Well, that’s what happened on my daughter Daisy’s birthday. I didn’t have a huge amount of money and I agonised for weeks about what she’d love the most. I finally decided to take her to the Bear Factory for her birthday gift and she chose to have a special bear made, which spoke with her own voice. Her father, who we haven’t seen for weeks, bought an overpriced bit of purple and pink plastic – the Food Fun Ice cream Maker. It costs about £20 and is available from most large toyshops. To be honest based on our experience of this “machine” I wouldn’t bother...

alliecat 26.09.2002 · Read review
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Review of Food Fun Ice Cream Maker

The best ice cream maker

Advantages: Easy to clean and maintain. Automatic. Big capacity.
Disadvantages: Noisy

...This professional ice cream maker is excellent for making great quality ice cream, sorbets and ice cream yoghurt. It comes with a good selection of ice cream and sorbets recipes for everyone's taste. It's easy to clean and maintain. No need to pre-freeze the bowl. Everything is automatic. You only need to add the ingredients to the bowl and let the ice cream maker do the rest. And here you are left with time to do other things in the kitchen or around the house. It has a capacity of 1.5 liters so plenty of ice cream for all the family and guests. This ice cream maker turns off automatically once the cycle is finished. The only disadvantage is that the compressor system can be a bit noisy while making the ice cream....

cscott 02.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Cuisinart ICE50BCU

Ice cream made at home

Advantages: Make your own ice cream
Disadvantages: Makes you fat

...I bought this about a year ago for the princely sum of £20 in a sale from a catalogue. I haven't seen this specific model for sale in shops recently but at the time I bought it, it was retailing for between £35-£40. Since we bought it, I?m surprised it hasn?t broken down (am I tempting fate?) as it?s been used and used. The ice cream maker is made up of six parts. The base or bowl into which fits the cooling container for making your ice cream. The container needs to be put into the freezer overnight (well for about 18 hours really) so that it is cold in preparation for making the ice cream. If there is any ice inside the container, scrape this off first as it will impede the stirrer from turning correctly. The stirrer, which does exactly as it says!! This is attached to the motor unit which sits on top of the clear...

Lizard_Lover 07.04.2003 · Read review
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Review of Philips Ice Cream Maker

Ice cream! ICE cream!

Advantages: Fresh, delectable ice cream made to order
Disadvantages: -

..., by and large, is that I?ve not had ice cream since leaving home six or so years ago (although I tried Yeo Valley, and that?s quality stuff). This all changed when I got my brand spanking new ice cream maker last Christmas from my parents. An appropriate time for such a gift, you may sarcastically be thinking, but as far as I?m concerned, any time is the perfect time for ice cream, be it summer or winter. Calling an ice cream maker an ice cream maker is a bit naughty really, as it doesn?t really make the ice cream. You have to do that bit. What the maker does is stir the mix it while it freezes, and that?s it. This ensures that the ice crystals are teeny tiny and the ice cream has a smooth, creamy texture. You can off course make ice cream without the machine (I have a few times). You either have to stir it a lot yourself, or just not...

digitalburn 26.08.2003 · Read review
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Review of Philips Delizia HR2303 Ice Cream Maker

MAKES REAL ICE CREAM..OR DOES IT.......

Advantages: Strong, washable, attractive, easy to use.
Disadvantages: It fails miserably.

...Every year at Christmas some must have novelty toy hits the shelves and becomes a must have present, let me tell you all about one such item The Food Fun Ice Cream Maker… You see on the box lots of lovely ice cream coming from the machine and it states “ It’s delicious, it’s fun, now you and your friends can make delicious ice cream at home in 10 minutes” Wow, sounds impressive doesn’t it, we all love ice cream don’t we so lets examine this new invention and put it through it’s paces. The Ice Cream Maker = = = = = = = = = = = This needs to be assembled before use of course and consists of a white base, a metal drum, pink handle with cogs and a purple clear lid, which acts as a scraper. All plastic bar the drum but very sturdy I may add. Extras = = = = An ice cream...

Broksababie 30.12.2001 (02.01.2002) · Read review
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Review of Food Fun Ice Cream Maker

Yummy Mars Ice Cream

Advantages: Taste great, good value for money.
Disadvantages: None

...PACKAGING "The things that caught my eye about the packaging where" The peel back lid in the centre which is similar to that of McCain microwave chips and the lid can be resealed.The inviting picture of a Mars bar which looks sort of like it has been cut in half and only half of it is being shown, "revealing all the ingredients inside" including the ice cream and the delicious caramel centre. On the cover it tells you that in the box there are four individually wrapped bars. The part written on top of the picture of the mars ice cream says that its made of "Real Dairy Ice Cream". I also noticed how well designed the box is and that the lid is "very easy" to open. The recognizable mars design that anyone who has ever tried their products will be well acquainted with.The message which says " Real dairy ice cream " and deliciously soft...

danielleg1989 13.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mars Ice-Cream

Chewy ice cream!!

Advantages: Yummy sweet ice cream taste, Good value
Disadvantages: Has quite a lot of sugar, Hard to get hold of

...***CHEWITS*** Chewits are yummy chewy sweets available in a range of different flavours and different sized packs. You can buy these in single stick packs which come in flavours such as Blackcurrant, Fruit Salad, Orange and Strawberry. You can also buy these in packs of 5 which are available in mixed fruit and citrus flavours. Also according to their website they also sell sour flavoured Chewits in apple and tutti-fruity flavour. ***ICE CREAM CHEWITS*** I bought this 5 pack of Chewits in WHSmith for a bargain price of 69p which were labelled half price. I haven?t seen the ice cream Chewits around for years and they were my favourite flavour as a child, so I just had to have a pack of these. These come in light cream plastic packaging with the look of an ice cream on the front as the bottom half of the packet is coloured and looks...

kiss_me2070 28.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chewits Original Ice Cream

Summertime ice cream

Advantages: Chocolate and ice cream
Disadvantages: None

...Summer summer summertime and that only means one thing, ice cream! I love it when it's hot outside as i now have a good excuse to eat ice cream, as if you really need an excuse, but anyway. One of my favourite ways to eat ice cream is in bar form and in my opinion one of the best ranges around is the range from Magnum! Magnum is an ice cream brand is owned by the British/Dutch Unilever company. They have quite a lot of different flavours that they produce now, including the ones that they have released the last couple of years such as Mayan Mystica, Ecuador Dark and Colombia aroma but I have to say that my favourite is actually the original version, now known as the Magnum classic. The Magnum Classic first came out in 1989 and was just called Magnum but was later rebranded. It can be likened to a choc ice, ie vanilla ice cream covered...

Spottydog11 29.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wall's Magnum Classic Ice Cream

Baskin Robbins Ice Cream

Advantages: Tasty, variety of flavours, not sickly, range of milkshakes, provide lighter options, can take home
Disadvantages: Sometimes hard to find, Unhealthy, Price

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Baskin Robbins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baskin Robbins is the world's largest chain of ice cream. Baskin Robbins was founded by Burton Baskin and Irvine Robbins. They have been providing ice cream for 62 years to more than 5,800 shops in 34 countries, proving how popular it really must be. Baskin Robbins is widely available at Cineworld cinemas and Millies Cookies. ~~~~~~~~ Flavours ~~~~~~~~ I absolutely love ice cream and apart from the nutty ones I have practically tried every flavour at Baskin Robbins, although I have my favourites I always like to try other flavours as well. You can have these severed as 1, 2 or 3 scoops in a pot or in a cone. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classic Flavours ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vanilla - This Classic has been around since Baskin and Robbin's first started in 1945. It is made...

lilyellowfish 25.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Shop

I scream for Mars Ice cream

Advantages: Much nicer flavours and textures than the chocolate bar version
Disadvantages: Expensive; too small

...Right now, there was nothing more satifying than tooking into one of my favourite chocolate bars, ice cream style on such a sticky hot day. Mars ice cream is, of course, supposedly the same as a Mars Bars (i.e. Chocolate, caramel and malty nougat) with the nougat ommited and replaced with ice cream instead. However, I think the tastes and textures are different (disregarding the ice cream). Okay, they come packaged in the standard black wrapping as is tradition of the Mars Bar. The fornt is really appealing. 'Mars' is written in that new floaty red writting and then 'ice cream' written underneath is the same front but a pale creamy colour. Then there is a big swirly 'underline' of delicious looked pale ice cream and CG chocolate chunks and golden caramel chunks. The ice cream 'underline' is outlined is a golden orange like...

LaceyR26 29.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mars Ice-Cream