Does this hand blender work on frozen fruit smoothies?
219082
I don't think the attachment is strong enough to break up frozen fruit. I have gone through two attachments in a short amount of time trying to do this when I make my smoothie.
219083
No. This is dangerous and will break apart as you use it if you attempt to crush ice.
219084
Yes, does an amazing job! I've used on frozen strawberries, peaches, etc. Just need to move blender in and up-and-down movement so you start blending top layer of fruit ... don't push down hard into all the frozen fruit at the bottom initially.
219085
Don't know if it will work well on smoothies I got mine to make milk shakes and it doesn't work for that I did get A ninja and it works great and I think it would work great for smoothies too.
219086
Never tried it on frozen food. I use the hand blender to mix cake batter and blend beans on the stove.
219087
Been doing it for 8 years. BUT - buy the HB food processor, as it works MUCH better for that.
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
1207566
I make smoothies all the time in it. It handles ice and frozen strawberries, but it takes a bit longer than a $200 blender would. I would buy it again because for the price it does the job fine. It's also easy to take apart and clean. The negatives would be that it is loud. I also love the food processor attachment!
1067642
No, and never try to make such smoothie where other cheaper machines can do the job. Smoothies are blocks of ice crushed with fruits in a high power (750 watts or higher) blender.
1670458
I have my doubts it would have enough power to mix anything with ice involved.I ended up donated my blender to a charity. Not of any use for making protein smoothies with frozen berries either!
486099
You can make smoothies with frozen fruits. However, I do not recommend putting frozen fruits in this juicer - or any juicer, for that matter. If I want to add frozen fruits to my juices, I will juice the fresh produce and then, using a strong blender, blend in frozen fruits.
751870
Hey there! I know there are blenders out there that impressively make "snow" from the ice cubes you put in it, but I have never even tried that with this blender. This blender has a 1200 watt motor and has made the creamiest smoothies from frozen fruit, frozen yogurt, and about 8 oz of liquid base, so simply grating ice to the consistency you are hoping for seems a task this blender would rise to. The NativeJuicer website has recipes and blogs that may be more helpful to you in answering this question, and I highly recommend you visit there before you buy!
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.
1500527
I haven't used it to blend frozen...only fresh strawberries...bananas...peaches and ice. Ran it for 3 days straight and made approx 250 smoothies each day. It still works great. I would recommend you let your fruit soften a little if possiblehope this helps
536875
Depends in the contents. Most fruit smoothies come out good. Leafy add ins don't get fully blended. For some reason frozen blueberries don't turn out so well either.
1037243
According to the Booklet this isn't able to do "soft fruits". As in banana, avacados, mangos. It probably can, but it probably will clog it up. Smoothies are more blenders.
104861
I think so, depending upon what you're chopping. I mainly use the blender for smoothies. Sor far great. It chops strawberries very good.
665150
No Way. It doesn't even blend soft fruits properly as the blade just chops only which is in the very bottom of the blender. You have to open the lid several times to cycle the contents manually to the bottom to get it chopped. I was about to return this item and it is stuck with me because of the return shipping charge.
667467
Yes, the BSB400XL Control Grip™ will handle chopping and blending frozen fruit for smoothies.
1045755
Yes it works find. I also suggest getting the Replacement 77666 Blender Blade Cutter. These blades do a much better job then the regular blades that come with this blender. I use my BL2500s for smoothies and making raw milk. With these new blades frozen fruit is a snap on pulse for about three counts and then you can just blend away. Hope this helps sorry it took soo long to respond.
1008691
I would say yes, although I have not tried that but it will do shaved ice, so it makes sense to me that you could do that. It pulverizes frozen fruits for smoothies, so again, I would think that the system is quite efficient.
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.