Nutribullet Chill – an ice cream maker the size of a blender
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Every ice cream machine I’ve ever wanted has the same problem. It’s huge. The old-school ones need a frozen bowl that eats half your freezer, and the new pint-style machines are so tall they don’t fit under the kitchen cabinets.
The nutribullet Chill is an ice cream maker built like a nutribullet blender. You freeze your base in a pint cup, screw a blade on top, flip it onto the motor and press a button. Five minutes later, ice cream.
It’s the first ice cream machine from a brand best known for small personal blenders. And it’s small enough that you might actually leave it out.
What is the nutribullet Chill?
Nutribullet launched the Chill in April 2026, its first appliance for frozen desserts. It has five presets: ice cream, gelato, frozen yogurt, smoothie bowl and sorbet. In the box you get the motor base, two 16-oz pint cups, two storage lids and the blade block.
The base comes in five colors, all named like ice cream flavors: Cotton Candy Pink, Mint Chip Green, Latte Beige, Black and White. Nutribullet lists it at 9.6 x 5.74 x 15.08 inches and about 10.5 pounds.
How does it work?
This is the “plan ahead” kind of ice cream maker. You mix your base (milk, cream, fruit, protein shake, whatever), pour it into a pint cup and freeze it for 24 hours. Then you twist the blade block onto the frozen cup, flip it onto the base and pick a program. A progress ring on the top shows how far along it is.
Nutribullet calls the blade 360DoubleCream. It’s double-sided and spins in both directions, which is supposed to break up ice crystals more evenly. Leftovers go back in the freezer with the storage lid on.
Ideal Home points out the big difference with the Ninja Creami: the Creami is almost 43 cm tall, while the Chill’s base is about 27 cm without the cup. The blade parts also pop out and go in the dishwasher, which fixes a common Creami complaint.
The good and the not-so-good
The good: the results. PureWow’s tester spent a month with it and said the desserts were consistently silky, never gritty or icy. Her chocolate gelato reminded her of a summer in Venice, which is about the best compliment a gelato machine can get. It’s also compact, and every removable part is top-rack dishwasher safe.
The not-so-good: it’s loud. The same PureWow reviewer had to shout over it and compared the noise to a small airplane taking off. Don’t run it during naptime. You also need to think a day ahead, since every pint needs 24 hours in the freezer. And there’s no mix-in or slush program among the five presets. Ideal Home’s tester wished for a slush mode.
Nutribullet also says the Chill is “47% smaller than other ice cream makers,” but doesn’t say which ones it measured against. I’d take that number with a spoonful of salt.
Who is the nutribullet Chill for?
It’s for people with small kitchens who keep looking at the Ninja Creami and then at their cabinets. It’s also a great gift for anyone who counts protein or wants dairy-free ice cream, since you control every ingredient.
If you want more programs and don’t care about counter space, the Creami is still the bigger, more flexible machine. If you just want to eat more ice cream with less effort, get a scoop that works on rock-hard ice cream and call it a day.
Where can I buy the nutribullet Chill?
It’s sold on nutribullet.com, at other retailers and on Amazon. The launch price was $199.99, and the white one was about 175 bucks on Amazon at the time of writing (October 2026). Extra pint cups are sold separately, and you’ll want them.
One more scoop? Take my money.