Can this blend frozen fruit and ice?
1137523
We haven't tried it on large frozen fruit (strawberries, etc.) -- it's still winter, so we're not doing fruit smoothies yet-- but it's done fairly well with ice and smaller frozen fruits.
1137524
Yes! That's primarily what we use it for - making health drinks with frozen fruit. It's better than a traditional blender in my experience.
1137525
I've only used it with frozen fruit and pre-crushed ice from the fridge dispenser as another poster indicated, but it works fine with that.
1137526
i was unable to successfully blend ice with this blender. this thing is more for soups than smoothies. i have no idea how other people have found success with ice. they might be using pre crushed ice from a fridge dispenser.
1562173
yes I use it for a frozen fruit all of the time and I've never had an issue it also works with ice I hope that helps
1628124
It depends on how frozen they are. We are smoothie drinkers here, but if the ratio of frozen fruit to juice & unfrozen is 25% or so you should be fine. If you make it without frozen at all you're golden.
1531078
Yes! I use the immersion blender attachment for smoothies with frozen fruit. I use a lot of frozen fruit but I often steam for a few min before I use the food processor.
1651606
It works on frozen fruit, so I suspect it will do okay with ice cubes -- if you take certain precautions. The motor is not as strong as a regular blender. You might have to "bounce" the hand blender a bit and make sure to have enough liquid in your container to help move things around. Otherwise the blade simply gets blocked and the blender gets hot.
1828843
I don't, but I don't see why it wouldn't work for that. Just make sure you don't get it to cold and freeze the fruit.
930765
You can mix it with cold water if you use a blender. When I want to have it iced. I do a little(1/2 C) of warm water, mix it and then add the cold to it and then ice and it comes out real good.
759876
Probably, but a blender would be a better way to go on for ice. This is more for dry food and sauces.
1987350
yes, absolutely . The only tip i have is if it is having trouble blending take the blades off and shake the prod around a bit. if it is too full it creates a sort of vaccume other than that it works perfect with ice or frozen fruit.
200083
Most definitely. The only time we have had trouble with it is when my husband puts in first too much frozen fruit to make a smoothly without adding enough liquid. I am very happy with this product. We had one before that lasted five years making smoothies or something on a daily basis.
1326808
It works very well. I have a protein yogurt frozen fruit smoothie and it mixes with no problems.
1432510
Yes! We make fruit and vegetable smoothies (kale, spinach, bananas, apples, yogurt, etc) and freeze them! They turn out great!
1650212
Yes, when I use it to make smoothies I only use frozen fruit and my kids use it to make slushies using crushed ice. I've never used whole ice cubes but I don't think it'd be a problem. Hope this helps!
2123772
sorry have not tried it with ice. However it blends everything else well. simple and compact, love it on the go.
425875
Of course! It's a very powerful blender. I've blended many batches using frozen ice cream in the base.
1700029
Works on frozen fruit in smoothies, but I wouldn't recommend it for crushing ice cubes. That's a job best left to a conventional blender. These blades really weren't meant for ice cubes nor would they go through the blade brackets.
972627
I don't think it juices but it turns frozen fruit into smoothies with ease.