To say that I’m super excited about my new ice cream maker and to be able to giveaway one doesn’t even come close to expressing the level of excitement I’m sharing with you today.
About 3 months ago, the fabulous people at Breville send me (via to my parents’ house) a brand new Breville Smart Scoop Ice Cream Compressor Ice Cream Maker!
About 1 1/2 months ago, my parents brought the machine to my house in Honduras and just finally seeing the package on my kitchen floor was enough to make me squeal with delight.
Yes, I have awesome parents who are willing to bring anything possible onto the airplane to bring down to us… even a heavy ice cream machine! They are the best!
I would have shared with you all about this ice cream maker sooner if I had the time. I had originally planned to share this about mid-July, but the month has come and gone!
We’ve been very busy the last several weeks with large mission teams and now wrapping up our year before heading to the states for our 2 month stay. Whew!
But I always like to say… better late than never.
So, if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that I have clearly established my obsession love for homemade ice cream (even wrote an ice cream book!) and owning an ice cream compressor has been on my wish list for a loooong time.
To be honest, I had never heard of Breville until I was put in touch with the company on the possibility of reviewing their updated version of the Smart Scoop. Even when I was doing research on the different ice cream makers in the market for my ice cream ebook… the Breville Smart Scoop never popped up on my google radar!
But now this beautiful machine is sitting in my kitchen and I am so in love with it! This is truly the ultimate ice cream maker and after playing around with it for a few weeks, it has earned a place of honor on my kitchen counter.
Since this baby arrived, I’ve made several batches of ice cream. Even made 3 different flavors of ice cream in one day!
Did I say that I love this machine?!
When I first researched ice cream compressors, I really expected to be impressed if I ever got my hands on one. After testing the Smart Scoop with different kinds of ice cream, gelato and sorbet, I can honestly tell you that this machine is awesome and is easy to use!
The 4 reasons why I really LOVE this Smart Scoop:
One.
This machine is truly a smart one. You can choose from 12 settings… from super soft serve ice cream to extra firm. At the highest level, the ice cream is totally scoopable straight out of the machine!
I’m in ice cream heaven.
Instead of making ice cream and then putting it in the freezer and waiting hours to let it firm up enough to scoop, you can serve it straight from the machine! In less than an hour, the ice cream maker produces ice cream, frozen yogurt, gelato and sorbet in the consistency of your choosing.
Here’s a bonus, you can churn ice cream firm enough to make ice cream sandwiches straight out of the machine!
Two.
This baby automatically senses the hardness of the mixture and keeps it ready until serving time. It will keep churning the ice cream just enough to maintain the perfect consistency for up to 3 hours after it has finished. Sweet!
You want soft gelato? You got it. Want firm ice cream? Coming right up!
Three.
There is no bowl to freeze. No ice or rock salt required. Everything you need is contained in the machine itself.
When you are ready to make ice cream, you just pour the prepared mixture into the container, set your desired hardness and press start! No planning in advance. No 24 hour chill time for the bowl.
It is now extremely, dangerously easy to make ice cream at home.
Four.
In case you haven’t already figured out my final reason… because there is no need to freeze and re-freeze the bowl, you can make batch after batch after batch and so on.
Think about it, you can make enough ice cream to feed a crowd in just a few hours!
I really am in ice cream heaven!
Final verdict… Totally a worth splurging for if you are a serious ice cream lover (like myself!). I’ve used this machine multiple times and have been happy. every. single. time.
Yummy. I have been looking at ice cream makers recently but also never looked at he Breville. Vanilla bean ice cream is calling my name!
Chocolate ice cream would probably be my favorite. What a lovely little ice cream maker!
For the last few years I’ve been a lover of bittersweet chocolate at a local ice cream shop.
-Soli
My daughter loves homemade ice cream, my fav flavor is butter pecan, gotta love the south:)
I went on a mission trip to Honduras several years ago and we support a local church and pastor and his family there. I love your blog, we will def be praying for your family!
Thank you!! Where in Honduras?
I love coffee ice cream and hubby loves butter pecan.
anything with peanut butter and chocolate! 🙂
I favorite is still chocolate fudge brownie, anything chocolate!. I would love to win this for my mom she has diabetes and I would love to make her some naturally sugar free ice cream!.
Peppermint ice cream! I just love minty stuff.
This looks awesome!
That’s a hard question! Anything chocolate, or butter pecan, or mint chocolate chip, or…
🙂 This looks awesome!
We LOVE the chocolate peanut butter ice cream that we made from your ice cream book!
I just recently needed to find things to make with a lot of excess basil. I found a recipe at thevanillabeanblog.com and now it is my favorite. Chocolate pudding cake with basil ice cream. I just switched out the milk for coconut milk for a dairy free version. I would love to have this machine in my kitchen! Love your blog, style, and ideas!!
I love ice cream but chocolate and mint chocolate are my favorites :-).
My favorite flavor is cherry-chocolate. YUM-YUM!
I would love, love, love to win this machine!
This thing looks INCREDIBLE!!! For me, choosing a favorite flavor of ice cream is like being asked to choose a favorite child….but if it’s got peanut butter in it, it’s pretty much got my seal of approval!
I love ice cream and I would absolutely LOVE to win this machine!!
we love to make homemade ice cream…we have an old hand crank one, which is great when all the kids are here to help, but on a more regular basis this machine would be AWESOME!!!!! We would so love to win it & would use it lots – thanks for the chance!!!!! And our favs are peppermint bon bon & peach
I will never, ever turn down coffee ice cream!
Chocolate. Rich, creamy milk chocolate. There is no other flavor worth messing with.
I love just simple vanilla as a base, sometimes the joy is also in the topping variety!
What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Coconut off course! MMMmmm so yummie 🙂
Chocolate peanut butter
Butter pecan!!! YUM!
Oh my , I am SO in love with this machine! Peppermint Chocolate Chip.
Chocolate peanut butter or mint chocolate chip are my favorites!
I’d like to say that my favorite flavor is something really cool and totally unusual, but for me there’s nothing better than straightforward, dellicious chocolate!
Mint chocolate chip and chocolate hazelnut!
My favorite ice cream flavor probably is cookie dough or butter pecan! 🙂
Cake batter! but I won’t turn away ice cream no matter what the flavor
cookies n cream is my all-time favorite! fingers crossed for a win 🙂
I like them all? I tend to go with icecream that has lots of add ins. Chocolate covered pretzel is pretty good. We had dark chocolate w/ raspberry that was to die for but all that chocolate kept me up at night! LOL!
Coffee ice cream has been a long time favorite. I hope to start experimenting with coconut milk ice cream recipes if I win this machine!
Michelle D…
Dark chocolate peanut butter…or coffee.
Mint chocolate chip!
For absolute, all time favorite, I have to say chocolate. With chocolate fudge sauce. 🙂
bethelderton59 at gmail dot com
I love chocolate…and mocha…and mango. I really love ice cream! =)
I love chocolate the best! (this is under a different email than I use for the rafflecopter log in).
I made coconut milk mint chocolate chip last night and it was delicious! Need a quieter ice cream maker we have to put it in the other room it’s so loud lol
salted caramel – vegan of course!
We love bringing things down to our favorite Hinduran Missionaries! It is always fun when we are home to see what shows up for Mare and determine how many extra pieces of luggage we will need! HA!
Love you Mare!
Daddio
Love you Daddio! Thank you for doing that for us 🙂 See you guys soon!
I would love one of these. I love making homemade ice cream, but it takes forever with freezing the bowl time and time again! I have dreamt of this ice cream machine!!!
Hi,
To win this would be a dream. My all time favorite food is ice-cream. Yep, I would probably eat it every day if I could. So, go ahead and enable me, won’t you???
Yvonne/ yrd@hotmail.com
Oh wow, to narrow it down to one favorite flavor. Probably cinnamon! I would love to make cinnamon ice cream at home…and many other flavors too! Thank you so much for the thorough review and giveaway.
I think my favorite is chocolate with brownie bits in it. Mmmmm… now I really want some!
chocolate
Any flavor involving peanut butter and/or caramel!
i’ve been making a red bean ice cream lately, it’s been really delicious!
Chocolate caramel!
Chocolate!!
Chocolate with any add ons!
Chocolate….. No chunks…..
Mint chocolate chip! I am so excited — ever since I started doing more raw food eating the past few months, I thought I’d have to say goodbye forever to my wonderful ice cream. I’ve not tried anything but banana nut butter yet, but I’m dying to try a spinach ice cream or even a fresh strawberry ice cream. This would be a wonderful prize to win. Thanks for the giveaway!
My favorite is homemade choc. chip cookie dough!
ANything with chocolate and caramel!
I love chocolate & marshmello.
pistachio ! 🙂 lydia
PUMPKIN….<3
Strawberry
Mint…with or without chocolate chips.
my favorite is vanilla with cherries!!
I love butter pecan!!!
Chocolate mint!! 🙂
my favorite ice cream is Mint Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Pecan Turtle Ice cream….. mmmmmmmm that and vanilla ..love it so does the family
I love making homemade ice cream! Vanilla with add-ins…
rum raisin is my fav!
Coffee ice cream! Yum!
My fav changes with my mood… often I crave flavors that are light, refreshing, fruity, and minty… but sometimes need a rich gooey chocolate fix!
Just one? I guess butter pecan then…
My mom makes an awesome green tea from brewed green tea. Would love to make it without the bowl freezing planning!
Favorite flavor? Anything with nuts or cheesecake!
My favorite is Butter Brickle
‘Excited to find your post via Nourishing Gourmet today. And even more fun that I came just in time for a giveaway, after reading some other fun ice cream posts first!
Cookies n cream!
Chocolate ice cream is my favorite!
Nancy
allibrary (at) aol (dot) com
I just tried a new favorite, Salted caramel, ohhhhhh so good!
Chocolate Almond Fudge!
I like a really good vanilla ice cream. dwelchert at yahoo dot com Debbie Welchert
Would love to win this because my favorite ice cream is just plain vanilla but my family would like a bit more fun flavors. mkls87@gmail.com Karen
My favorite kind of ice cream was inspired by Just Makin Ice Cream!! 😀 Almond Joy-soooo good! 😀 How exciting this is!
Chocolate Mint Chip
I love mint chocolate chip!
Cinnamon is my favorite. It’s hard to find though. It would be better to make it.
What great timing! The paddles on our present machine broke and it is old enough that we can no longer get a replacement. Thank you for the review and an opportunity to win an amazing ice cream maker!
Favorite flavor? Oh, plain old vanilla!
I would say banana ice cream! yummy:)
My favorite ice cream flavor is coffee
Vanilla. I know sounds so boring. But it leaves room for experimenting with toppings!
Salted caramel for sure!!!
I love toasted coconut ice cream. I also like ginger ice cream–so refreshing.
With high quality vanilla pods, vanilla is my favorite. Topped with walnuts and berries.
Chocolate! Or blueberry… No, definitely chocolate.
I love Rocky Road, but I want to try out new flavors
You know what? I’m a chocoholic, so this is gonna sound crazy, but your triple vanilla ice cream recipe is my favorite of the summer. It totally takes the cake.
Actually, any homemade ice cream with real cream. and real vanilla. and real egg yolks. so, yeah. thanks for making me drool on the computer.
Mint Chocolate Chip is my fave!
I love a good vanilla ice cream, especially with fruit, a brownie, or peanut butter chocolate sauce!
Tough question. Mine changes from day to day–but any thing with chocolate or carmel is good. We always have vanilla in the freezer for my husband though who likes his ice cream plain and simple.
My favorite is cherry vanilla.
mine is pecan yummy!!
my favorite ice cream flavor is butter pecan
My favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip.
boylaneely at hotmail dot com
coconut coffee ice-cream!
Favorite flavor is chocolate . . . but would you believe I’ve never made it? My husband doesn’t like it and I tend to be more motivated to make things we both enjoy. 🙂 I enjoyed making the pistachio recipe from your book so much, our kitchen smelled INCREDIBLE!
Rocky road is my fave!
Vanilla ice cream is my favorite – it’s just so good by itself or with almost any kind of topping.
An ice cream maker is on my wish list 🙂 favorite flavor:Chocolate !
vanilla
mint chocolate chips, no question about it!
I like a classic vanilla bean ice cream
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{in the contest I am Margot Core on the Rafflecopter; connected to another email:
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We feed a large family with our raw milk homemade ice cream in my cuisinart, and NEVER have enough to go around. Certainly can’t serve it to company. I’m THRILLED there is an option for making multiple batches.
anything chocolate and peanut butter.
I love chocolate peanut butter. I would love to be able to make triple espresso ice cream or any kind of ice cream.
I love plain ol’ chocolate 🙂
chocolate, strawberry cheesecake, coffee, peanutbutter, every flavor except mint chocolate chip.
would love to enter but can’t because it says it’s closed = but the date is still the 12th. I love coffee ice cream….
Chocolate!
I love mint chip, butter pecan or ice cream with fresh fruit on top like berries. Thank you for the opportunity to win this wonderful machine.
My favorite homemade ice cream flavors are chocolate, banana and peppermint. I’d help my grandmother make them.
I love ice cream with caramel and chunks in it!
my favorite ice cream flavor is homemade french vanilla
Hmmm so many favorites, mint chip is probably the top.
I love ice cream, but have to start experimenting with dairy free recipes…this would be a big help!
My favorite is chocolate, tho mint choc chip is right there too.
So glad you re-opened this! Ice cream is the best. =)All flavors are wonderful, but have been making Kefir ice cream to get some of the good stuff in our tummies.
Although I became allergic to chocolate last year, I love fudge in treats!
Fudges!
pistachio is my fave! oh how i would love to make it at home!
I have always been the original homemade vanilla addict but I love many flavors. I just love all ice cream 🙂
Salted caramel or a coffee flavor are my favorites!
Chocolate!!!
vanilla but with a topping of my homemade magic shell = chocolate chips and coconut oil !
YUM!
nybeca at yahoo dot com
My favorite ice cream flavor has got to be strawberry with chocolate a close second!
I love vanilla bean made with coconut milk!
Strawberry ice cream made from fresh strawberries out of my garden is my favorite ice cream flavor.
My fav (besides chocolate) is blackberry swirl.
I love rocky road!
Anything with the word “chocolate” in it! 🙂 When it comes to ice cream, I’m not that picky!!! (except for plain vanilla…can’t stand it!)
Jamocha makes me jump for joy!
So, no salt? You just pour in milk and sugar and/or whatever?
OHHHHHHH please pick me! I NEED one of these!!! <3
Love,
Ann
I love homemade peach ice cream.
One favorite?? Impossible. 🙂 Rocky Road, Black Berry Cobbler, Turtle Brownie Sunday, Cake Batter… I will stop there before I get carried away and run to my nearest grocery store!
Wow, so excited to hear about this ice cream maker! My favorite would be a toss up between vanilla or mocha!
I love chocolate and coffee together….or mint chocolate
When asked about their favorite, my two little ones excitedly replied, “Chocolate, peach, cabbage, orange, raspberry, blueberry, banana, lemon…”
Not sure about the cabbage- but I would be excited about any others!
Thank you for extending the opportunity!
Thank you or extending the contest
I love chocolate! I have been wanting to make my own homemade ice cream for a long time now and this would be such a blessing! Thanks for having this giveaway. (:
Chocolate or rocky road
Butter Pecan
Right now I’m loving a soy cherry chocolate chip- would love this ice cream maker to make homemade non-dairy ice cream!
Any kind of cheesecake ice cream, but I like lots of other flavors too 😉
I love Mocha Almond Fudge, most ice creams with pb, or fresh strawberry! i hve been wanting an ice cream maker for years!
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maple flavored
been looking for an ice cream maker, this one is amazing
I had Almond Joy flavored ice cream once…I’d LOVE to recreate it, because I’m pretty sure it’s my absolute favorite!
Mint chip or cookies and cream!
Definitely Caramel!!!
My fav is a nice creamy eggy custard. I bet it would taste even better coming out of this machine!!
chocolate
Salted Caramel! This ice cream maker looks amazing!
Hard to choose one, but homemade strawberry….YUMMY!
My favorite is coconut almond with a little chocolate. MMmmmmm.
I can’t imagine lugging an ice cream maker through the airport. But when I was in Honduras in June I saw stranger things. You really don’t have much choice if you want something there since there’s no real mail system. I’d love to ship some things to the ministry there (Mision Caribe in Tegucigalpa), but I haven’t figured out how to get things there unless I just take them when I go.
Chocolate, fudge, marshmallow, caramel swirl!!
Cherry!!!
i have an old fashioned ice cream maker from my mom but can’t ever get the salt and ice mixture correct. I have tried the attachment for my kitchen aid mixer. but this looks so much simpler. I like strawberry ice cream but would love to try more flavors.
my favorite is hazelnut!!
Any thing with chocolate & caramel I’m in love with 🙂
Vanilla – plain, yet versatile (top with fruit, coconut oil, etc)!
CHOCOLATE! If it has brownies and fudge mixed in, I’m all the happier. 😀
Maple Walnut has always been my favorite ice cream.
How can you choose…..peach, butter pecan, chocolate, blackberry, mint chocolate chip, rose……
vanilla dipped in chocolate
My favorite store bought flavor is Cherry Garcia. But I also love pretty much every kind of sorbet.
Homemade chocolate ice cream is my all-time favorite.
Vanilla with fresh fruit
I love coffee ice cream – marbled with dark chocolate.
My favorite is vanilla with hardening chocolate topping. ( Like a dip cone)
That looks like an awesome machine! I love mint chocolate chip, chocolate, anything with nuts or caramel.
vanilla bean
My favorite ice cream flavor is dulce de leche.
Butter Pecan or mint chocolate chip would have to be my favorites!
My favorite flavor? Depends on the day! Or the hour, or minute, or maybe I can just put a little of everything in my bowl! 🙂
Marron Glace, a seasonal flavor at our local Gelateria. I can’t wait until November…
Vanilla with cherry and chocolate pieces
Butter Pecan!
I really want to make homemade ice cream! I figure ‘homemade’ is almost like ‘health food,’ right?
Chocolate/peanut butter
Homemade blackberry ice cream!
coffee flavored with chopped almonds in it.
my fave is homemade salted caramel ice cream:)
i love cookies and cream
I really like your Maple Cinnamon Pecan, but I think it ties for my favorite with my Kiwi Ice Cream.
Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
I’ve been wanting an ice cream maker for some time but couldn’t decide on one that I wanted to buy. This sounds great! Would love to win this! All the ice cream you made looks amazing!
Oh gosh… I have to choose just one!? 😀 If I’m being really naughty, then chocolate ice cream with brownie chunks… and maybe cookie dough. If I was able to make my own, then I’d like to try some with berries or fruit. YUM!
Cherry Pineapple!!!
Also, how do you do the one for 10 entries if you don’t have an ice cream maker already? 🙁 I don’t have one, and that’s why I’d love to win this one!
Christina – you can make ice cream without a maker! Do you have my ice cream ebook? I share in there different ways to make ice cream without a maker.
Cherry Ice Cream with Cherries and Chocolate Chunks
So many possibilities I could make with this!!
I love chocolate ice cream more than any other kind….yummmmm
Chocolate Cherry is my fave ice cream 🙂
I almost always choose some sort of ice cream with chocolate, but I love fruit ice creams, too. Really, if it’s ice cream, I’ll probably eat it!
For a long time, chocolate, but more recently, I’m open to things IN my chocolate (strawberries, nuts, etc). 🙂
Best flavor ever is salted caramel.
Good old fashion chocolate ice cream or some kind of berry, goat ice cream is the best.
No way I can pick one. Mint chocolate chip is super yum o. And cookies and cream. If I win I’m so mixing them!
My ice cream flavor is Almond Dream Chocolate. I’d love to be able to make my own ice cream with milk substitutes.
Thank you for this chance to win. My favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate.
This looks so fab. I had a cheepy maker 20 years ago but it got ruined during a move while in storage during a MN winter. Now I kida sorta make ice cream with my vitamix. My Hubby would sure love real ice cream some day 🙂
Oh my gosh, would love thiss!!!!! Love vanilla and chocolate!
Chocolate but since I’m nursing vanilla.
Good old chocolate!
I love all ice cream, but mint chocolate chip is my favorite right now! Thanks for offering the giveaway!
I really like eating soft gelato! It would be amazing to be able to make it. I absolutely love mint ice cream
coffee ice cream is my FAVORITE!!!!!
Chocolate – maybe with some coconut added in… and brownie chunks… and peanut butter… and, and, and…
I love butter pecan – sooo yummy!
Amy
Favorite ice cream? It is HANDS DOWN, Blackberry Goats Milk Ice Cream. <3
I love a good vanilla ice cream but chocolate has been a love of mine for ages. I’d have to go with that….
Magda
Mint Chocolate Chip
FB User name: Cristel Green
CHOCOLATE PEANUTBUTTER!
We love this tasty treat and have been looking and researching different machines. Thanks for the opportunity to win one!
We just love ice cream…lots of kinds. Rocky Road, vanilla, and chocolate to name a few. Thanks for the great opportunity!
Cookies ‘n Cream is our favorite around here! 🙂
Butter Pecan is my FAV! 🙂
OMG! Ive been coveting this machine! I love everything Breville! Have their Bread Machine, Juicer…. would love to add this to my kitchen. Thanks for the chance to win.
Ohhh! Nothing better than homemade ice cream!
Pistachio Almond
I love almost every flavor of ice cream, but my VERY favorite is Rocky Road with lots of marshmellows. (so unhealthy, I know!) I would LOVE to win this, as our family (with 9 children :-)) is changing our diet to the anti-inflammatory diet due to my 11 year old son’s diagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is a low to no sugar diet. No more store-bought ice cream for us, so this would be WONDERFUL! Thank you for offering it to your readers! I so want to get one now! 🙂
~Kim at countryroad@volcano.net
Plain ‘ole chocolate
Either Chocolate Almond, or Chocolate with PB Cups 🙂
Banana pudding ice cream!
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Mint Chocolate, Strawberry, and Caramel
Mint cookie is my favorite flavor and I would love to be able to make it at home. I have a tiny freezer so a machine that didn’t require space to freeze a bowl would be amazing!
My favorite flavor is vanilla!
Hawaiian Delight
Awesome ice cream maker!! My favorite flavor is butter-pecan 🙂
Two of us in the house are dairy free due to allergies, so to be able to make my own ice cream for the family would be heaven !!
My favorite flavor is chocolate chip cookie dough…but I would love to try to make ice cream with coconut milk for my food allergy prone little boys!!
Could you post an ice cream recipe you use with the machine?
thanks!
Hello Megan! I did post two recipes… the coconut blackberry lime and the Cafe con Leche ice cream pie. They are right after this giveaway post.
Are you talking about pictures of me using the ice cream machine?
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I really love to homemade ice cream. I will buy one of them for this summer!
THANK YOU, Two of us in the house are dairy free due to allergies, so to be able to make my own ice cream for the family would be heaven !!