Ninja SLUSHi Frozen Drink Maker
The verdict
For a New Year's party, this is the set-it-and-forget-it move: pour in liquid, press one of five preset buttons, and the machine hums away for 15 to 60 minutes while you do everything else — the steady hum is your audio cue that it's working. No ice to haul, no blender noise, and it keeps drinks frozen for up to 12 hours.
Ninja SLUSHi Frozen Drink Maker — about $300 (list $350) · 4.6/5 from ~4,400 Amazon reviews — the countertop machine that turns juice, soda, or wine into slushies with no ice and no blender.
The non-negotiable rule from every reviewer: the liquid needs sugar to freeze — diet soda and sugar-free mixes won't slush, and that's the number one disappointment in low-star reviews.
The five presets — slush, spiked drink, frappé, milkshake, frozen juice — are large one-touch buttons, and a temperature dial lets you go thicker or thinner by feel. The 88-ounce vessel makes seven-plus servings per batch, and parts are dishwasher-safe with a built-in rinse cycle. It runs quietly for a compressor appliance — reviewers call it white noise, not a roar. Cleanup is genuinely easy, which matters after a party.
Don't buy it for single servings — it's a batch machine with a real countertop footprint. Skip the renewed units; reviewers report quality-control issues and short warranties on those, so buy new. And heed the sugar rule before you buy: if your household drinks mostly diet or sugar-free, this machine will frustrate you — Wirecutter and BBC Good Food both confirmed it.
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Last reviewed: October 2026.