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Has anyone tried any of the slushy cups? There's a few around and they vary in price. There's one at Big W called Chill Factor for $14 and the Zoku cups that cost $30-$40. If you have tried any which ones have you tried, were they any good and can young kids use them? TIA.
We've had a couple of different ones & the kids love them. The first lot had an inner cup that you pre froze & then you tip the drink in & stir like crazy. They took a while to slushy over because the liquid next to the side of the cup would freeze & slow the cold-transmission.
The new ones are better. (Slushy magic). They have big ice cube shaped things which you freeze, and lids so you can shake instead of stirring. They seem to slushy faster than the old ones did. Works best if the cubes are kept in the deep freeze & you add cold drink to start with, but even then it's not as solid as a machine slushy.
I love the look of those instant icy pole makers but that's a different thread I think. :)
I just googled the Zoku one and IMO the stirring part will be the same design flaw as the first lot we had. Happy to hear someone tell me otherwise if they have one of them!
Yes the Zoku ones look nice & I think they are popular but they are twice the price and you stir the drink. The ones at Big W (Chill Factor) you squeeze! I have no idea how well that would work. I have also seen the Magic Slushy Maker with the ice cubes. At what age could your kids use the Magic Slushy?
They've had them for a year but dd2 had the other one from toddlerhood - she just needed help with the stirring
We always had the first type MD mentioned (don't think there was any other option growin up though ;))
We loved them as kids. It mad true drink last loner because we would scrape down the sides that had frozen and mix through.
Id be interested to hear about experiences with other types too.
I have the zuko and it's good. The cup is very thick and it does not take much stirring at all to make a slushie. Remember though you get the best results from drinks that contain sugar, artificially sweetened or no sugar containing fluids may take a long time or not freeze at all.
I have the Big W ones, but sorry can't recommend them as yet as they going into Santa sacks. Big W did have 2 varieties for a similar price and another lady actually recommended the one I was going to get anyway as opposed to the other.
I got the slushy magic one with the ice cube.
You shake it.
Its ok but annoying trying to fish out the huge ice cubes
I didn't know that Big W had two varieties. I've only seen the squeezy one. I'd love to know what that one is like.
The squeeze one is the new one. The other option is the one mentioned above with the ice cubes that you put in and shake. We have that one too, DS loves it.:
Thanks for the clarification No.5. Which cup did you get Astrolady?
Could a 5, 6 and 7 year old use any of the cups?
No problem. The one with the ice cubes you have to shake pretty well for it to work and you can only do one drink with the ice cubes before they'd need refreezing which is a PITA. Haven't tried the squeeze one though, getting it for DS's stocking though.
I got the squeeze variety not the shake one.
Just bumping this thread.
We got the squeeze one from Big W & I can't seem to make a slushy from cordial.
What am I do wrong, I'm waiting till it's frozen but I can only get it to go really cold.
It works fine for soft drinks.....
Is your cordial from the fridge or at room temp?
I tried fridge & room temp.
It's not diet cordial either.
Does it contain more sugar than the fizz? The higher the sugar content of the liquid, the harder it will be to freeze.
We got the ones from big w that you squeeze. One of them wouldn't work not sure why do I bought a new one and it was fine. I find the cordial takes longer to slush and doesn't go as slushy as soft drink. If you put the drink in the freezer first and then into the cup it slushed up almost instantly.
By the way, how do they work?
Hmmm not sure, will look tomorrow :)
Thanks for the tip, will give that a try tomorrow :)
Thank you both!
We got one each for the kids for Christmas (Chill Factor)
Lachlan's never froze at all. The inner lining was a funny colour as well compared to the other two. For them to work well they need to be in a deep freeze. Our freezer on top of the fridge doesn't really cut it. They say if it isn't freezing then you need to make the freezer colder if you can. I tried that but still didn't work, so into the deep freeze they went and have been fine since. They don't get used until I can push on the inside lining and have it crunch under my finger.
I went to get Lachlan a new one from Big W but they had sold out nation wide. I had to get it direct from Chill Factor.
Coke and soft drink work great in them, as does milk products. I ordered one for myself too and regularly have a slushee iced coffee which sort of resembles icecream at the end lol. Ashton had room temperature cordial the other night for the first time and it took ages to slushee, but did get there.
Bailey's doesn't slushee lol.
Soooo maybe I just need to be more patient lol
Will try using really cold cordial from the freezer & yes mine live in the chest freezer as the regular freezer didn't freeze it.
We've got the squeeze one, works GREAT with soft drink but juice & cordial take extra squeezing, might try freezing the drink a bit first ;)
The cup cells/cubes contain a salt water slurry. Salt water has a freezing point lower than water so salt water ice is colder than fresh water ice. So when you add another liquid, the heat from the liquid will transfer to the saltwater ice to reach thermal equilibrium. The heat will be taken from your beverage and cause it to chill, perhaps forming ice crystals.
Pure water should freeze best. As additional ingredients are added to the beverage, the freezing point will decrease so it will be harder to get them to turn to slushy. Diet drinks should freeze faster, having less sugar in them. Highly sugary drinks and things like juice with a complex matrix will take longer.
If you are having trouble getting cordial to slushy properly, you could try making the slushy with water then adding the cordial syrup on top.
Fat and sugar don't freeze well.
That's why icecream works
Like Arte said, use just plain water and add the cordial after.
And I use chilled water in ours, and only have a freezer above the fridge and it works fine. Bunt I can only use it once a day, as it takes that long to refreeze again.
We have the chill factor one.
The instructions say if you are having trouble getting it to freeze to add drink then pop in freezer for a few minutes and then squeeze away. I think it is talking about dairy drinks, but worth trying for cordial.
We have the squeeze ones and they work fine with cordial. It does help if the cordial is already cold, but we've had them work with room temp cordial too - it just takes longer and it's not as frozen.
My grandies have them, they love them. I think their mum got the slushy magic ones for them. They may have been appropriated for alcoholic beverages for the adults over xmas ;)
Tried using cordial from the freezer this morning & it worked great.
Slushed up nicely & was perfect.
Thanks for all the help ladies :)
I bought DS and all the nephews an ice cream making one, I think its the chill factor brand.. (from BIGW) I just pour in cold milk and a bit of flavouring then squeeze away, the kids love them..
These are a life saver! Have the ones from Big W, as it's a treat, the kids have had soft drink in them and it works very quickly.
I find if the freezer is too cold, they don't freeze up as well.
DS1 was given and electronic slushee maker for his birthday, it's works well, it's a little noisy and takes more time than the Big W squeeze ones.
Someone posted on FB a gin and tonic one in it. Looked very refreshing. Might try a few ****tail like ones in them when the kids go to bed :)
I have the freezy hard inner cup one - I found that they don't work as well if you over fill them.
It was me who did the G&T in it and it worked a treat!
So..... Our two slushy cups from Xmas that were working fine have both stopped working. What's up with that? Not doing anything differently they are just not freezing as hard and either taking ages to get a semi slush or not slushing at all. Do they only work for a limited time?