Discovery Kids Ice Cream Maker

Do not purchase this product!
We purchased this for my daughter's birthday, and it is complete garbage. We tried to get it to work for a couple hours to no avail. The ice cream forms on the drum just fine (that's just science happening), but the unit is constructed so poorly that nothing stays together when you start turning the crank. Within a minute or so of use, most of the liquid was on the kitchen table. Further, the plastic tongue that is supposed to shave the ice cream off the drum is so flimsy that it simply rides atop the formed dairy treat. The only way to get ice cream from the drum to your bowl is to remove the drum and whittle it off with a knife (adding to the tabletop mess). This is not fit for its intended use, and obviously saw no product testing time. We're returning this in the morning. Save yourself time and birthday heartache by buying a actual ice cream maker rather than a toy.

Yep, piece of junk
I just wasted about $15 on this. The ice cream made a mess as it was freezing, then it got stuck to the drum so hard that I couldn't get it off w/ a hard spoon. There's no way the attached "scraper" was going to do the trick. I was left w/ chunks and liquid.

Worth the $13 I paid Elsewhere
This machine reminds me of my Snoopy Snow Cone Maker from the 80s. It looks cool, but is made cheaply. The finished product never looks like what is on the box and it is not as easy as they say (but, hey - I paid $13 on clearance. I did not expect much!)

However, the kids and I had fun. This seems unlikely given the other reviews here. However, I read them and made it work based upon the complaints. I got the scraper to work by lightly brushing the drum with olive oil. The ice cream slid off with no problem using the cheaply made, plastic scraper. I added a little extra cream to help with the iced milk problem. With this approach, the kids and I were able to get enough ice cream (not much though) to make them happy. I also warned them before we made it that it might not work (I told them about the Snoopy Snow Cone Machine - those who grew up in the 80s may remember the problems with the crank!!) Good luck, but be sure not to pay too much for this.

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