Yonanas Maker

Nice Dessert - Caution is Needed! – This appliance makes a nice dessert, if you are very patient. There are several things they so skillfully hide from you in those impressive infomercials. Yes, in my experience, it is an Overrated Device with dishonest Sales Tactics. Firstly, they show you the delicious strawberry soft-serve, if you can afford lots of strawberries for each serve,… Read more

you may settle for banana soft-serves to economize. You need to decide in advance, how much you can outlay on fruits of your choice before you buy, to be fair. Secondly, those parts they show you how easily they slot together - the truth is, you actually have to collect about a 1/3rd of your ingredients the other side of the scoop you see, to avoid wasting them. Thirdly, this device is Not quick, easy and simple to clean like the infomercials would have you to believe – it actually gets quite messy and requires dissembling and reassembling each time you use it. Fourthly, the frozen fruit must not be too hard - because it will refuse to work - or left standing too many minutes - because it will go to absolute mush in the device instead of the serving bowl. If you have patience and acquire the nac of using the Yonanas, you can make some nice desserts. Be aware, they can break quite easy if you do the wrong thing - I chose to skip further hassels with it and find that my Ninja Pro 900watt makes very nice slushies for me with little effort. The Yonanas could work well for you - I just think you have the right to be adequately informed before you buy one of these.

August 7th 2017 Update: Please Be Cautious - You Should Read

Sorry to let you know that this machine AND any like it (other brands) leave bits of plastic in your food. Soft-Serves are fun, if you can be patient with the device and cleaning but after that, there is a risk to your health if you make these Soft-Serves often. I discovered this from thorough research. Take Care!

The best nicecream I've ever tasted - and healthy to boot! – The last nicecream we made was better than what we had tasted from a great gelato bar - peanut butter swirl in frozen, overripe bananas. So good that we fought over who would lick the Yonanas clean (being careful of the blades, of course!) We cannot rate this machine highly enough. Your imagination is the only limit to the possibilities of… Read more

nicecream you can put together. Last one we made was frozen cherries (from a jar, but squishing them first to ensure no stones remained, even though they were pitted already), frozen overrripe bananas, dessicated coconut & dark chocolate thins (also put in freezer first). Just like a cherry ripe ice cream!

Whether you taste the bananas really depends on the type of bananas you use and the ingredients you add to them; peanut butter just tasted like real ice cream. One batch of our other creations tasted too much like the long, thin bananas we'd used, but since we like bananas, it didn't matter.

The machine has been serving us well for more than 2 years and has coped with frozen mangos, chocolate, berries, cookies, hazelnuts, just about anything we throw at it (but not ice).

It does not seem to make a lot of noise for us when grinding the ingredients, so we don't have issues with loud working. It sometimes goes a bit slower when faced with harder ingredients, but we don't push the plunger down as hard or fast then, to let it cope.

It isn't hard to clean if you rinse it immediately and use a brush for the blades and spout area. No fatty or oily ingredients are used, so nothing sticks to it much, making it so easy to clean. You do need to wipe the excess out first (and there is a bit left over in the Yonanas after finishing, but someone's tounge and fingers are always at the ready in our home!

A bit of work for so much gain!

Cool toy – I bought one just a few weeks ago and love it.Its easy to use and clean and I don't have to buy ice cream for my husband anymore. I never really liked ice cream that much because found them to sweet and I don't like artificial flavors.I'm not to keen on chocolate either so fruit is the only answer for me.I have always liked the texture of sorbet… Read more ·  1

and that is what you get from that machine.Frozen fruit is readily available from any shop and I can always buy fresh fruit at the markets and freeze those as well.

Some people say you can't taste the bananas when you add other fruits,but we disagree.We can still taste them so most of the time we simply don't use them at all.Just other fruit.

Mangos,fresh strawberries and blueberries are the best.Sometimes I even freeze yogurt in icetrays and add those with fruit.

Anyone who likes ice cream and tends to eat a bit to much of it,try Yonana!

It's not ice cream but the next best thing and healthy! Fast to make,easy to clean and we can have different flavor everyday A bit on the expansive side

Love it – So easy to use and clean. I had.my doubts about it tasting like ice cream, but yum I now can have healthy desert every night without the guilt. It is much cheaper than the Tutty Fruity machine advertised on TV. My favourite mix of fruits is mango pineapple and bananas.  Show details

Great for any kind of banana flavoured ice cream – Simple and easy to use. Easy to clean. Can mix any fruits as long as there is banana in the mix. All fruits must be frozen and the mix, I have found needs to have a larger portion of bananas for the ice cream to be creamy. This ice cream maker wouldn’t suit anyone who does not like banana ice cream, which I found out were my kids! I have tried… Read more

using the machine without the banana, but it didn’t quite work as the ice in the fruits melted too fast, as I was trying to get the frozen fruits through the machine to make a decent bowl full for each kids dessert. They ended up with half melted fruit mush and some sorbet style ice-cream. I must admit, we do not use this machine much, however, if my kids loved bananas I would definitely use this much more often for quick easy healthy dessert alternatives and the machine is really very easy to clean.

First time I have used this and loved it – I actually thought it was going to be a dud by the time I got round to using it. I then found it was so easy to clean and use and I made the most delicious desert. I know it is advertised as just fruit but I froze one third yogurt with cherimoya in ice cube containers. I alternated frozen banana pieces with a block of cherimoya/yogurt. This… Read more

was just scrumptious. I will do it again even without the banana. I will leave the machine out in my kitchen so it is easy to use.

VERY disappointed - nothing like ads, and company ignores emails – Reading these reviews, I really had to wonder if I had bought the same machine. I am utterly stunned at the totally different result. Every fruit I have used - all it does is come out as minced and crushed icy fruit. NOTHING like the creamy ice-cream like consistency they show. Am I missing something? Do I have to add ice cream, or milk? But… Read more

instructions don't show that. All I get is crushed up icy fruit! Tried different fruits, no difference. Just a crushed up mess. Sent email to company - no courtesy of a reply.

Puts shredded plastic into the "ice cream" – Loved this machine at first as it produced a nice creamy ice cream like product just like it says on the box. After only a few uses I found that it was grinding one of the seals on the machine into the ice cream so you ended up eating bits of plastic. Took it back and swapped/upgraded to elite version, but this had exactly the same problem. If… Read more

you google you will find loads of people complaining that it grinds plastic so it is a very common problem. I have friends who have a yonannas and their machines have same problem but they didn't notice the ground up bits of plastic seal until I pointed it out to them.

Would've given 5 stars if it didn't shred plastic and put it in the 'ice-cream ' – I love the product made from this machine! It tastes great, has a fantastic soft serve like texture and is healthy. After the 3rd time of using the machine we started to notice shavings of plastic in our dessert. We took the machine back and got another one and I'll be taking this machine back tomorrow to get a refund.

Fantastic little machine for making the grandkids healthy icecream. The only thing I disagree with is using over ripe bananas. They taste absolutely disgusting. Just use ripe bananas and freeze them. The taste improves 100%. We also like adding frozen strawberries and mango. Just remember to take the fruit out of the freezer 10 minutes before you want to use it. Easy to take apart and clean.

Yo-nanas – Firstly I have been rading the reviews and honestly cant fathom how these people can find something so easy ,so hard . I bought mine 2 weeks ago on sale ,brand new for $17 I have always wanted one but out of my price range. So it was delivered,and I had mango,pineappple already frozen in the freezer. I unboxed it read the i structions and it… Read more

was so simple. Doesnt take much effort to defrost fruit for ten minutes,

I tried it the next day and it took 2 bananas and a handful of raspberries to make soft serve we enjoyed it. It made 2 small dessert bowls half full.

Just shove the fruit down the shute and its done in seconds. Whats to complain about being hard?

4 pieces to pull apart and rinse under the tap in under a minute.

A rubber ring inside a cap that scews onto another cone of very small,blades.

I find it great,if you fruits too icy then maybe it wasnt thawed enough.

I find it great and have used it three times in two days lol

Banana flavour is awesome and it help with fruit intake for littlies as you know exactly whats in it . Just fruit. Im glad I finally got the chance to own one

Nice item – Nice one, blend your frozen fruit into a ice cream alternative. I love it for summer. One issue is you always have to use banana as base or the dessert will not be creamy as it should be， I tried use banana with mango and just mango. The outcome is not good on just mango  Show details

Best invention ever! – AMAZING! Best idea ever to get kids and adults to eat fruit. Easy to use, easy to clean - 5 parts in total. Tastes so creamy and smooth. Great dessert option and way to increase your fruit intake while thinking you're eating sorbet! No additives needed, just frozen fruit! A worth while purchase or gift.  Show details

Healthy Option – Totally health as you can use fruit in season. No more wasting over ripe bananas. Bananas are not required for every recipe. Peal and cut your fresh fruit and place in the freezer over night. Take out of the freezer for 15 minutes before use and pop into your Yonanas maker. So easy. Wash up is easy when finished. YUM  Show details

Sweet buy – I bought this in a thrift store because it looked interesting. I tried it first with banana & hated the taste. Too sweet & cloying for me so was disappointed & was going to write it off. Thought I would give it another shot & I bought a bag of Compliments Mixed frozen fruit,. Has every kind of fruit imaginable. Did not use any banana. Bingo. What… Read more

a treat. That one bag made a good sized bowl enough for about 3 people & it tastes fantastic. Definitely a keeper. Best of all, it was brand new & I only paid $6.99 for it.

Much better when it is on special – It has outplayed many of its competitors in supermarket. A naturally way to have ice cream/yoghurt/sorbet at home without wasting fruit and getting more weight. All in all, it comes with great value and bonus pack, can not believe it was priced over 100 bulks. Recipe book is dated 2014 but still plenty of choice.

Great ice cream alternative – When my hubby first saw this on the Today Show he had to have one - so after hours of convincing we purchased one and are certainly not disappointed. It is so easy to turn fruit (and in the tropics we have lots of it) into the creamiest desserts. Our favourite is a mix of mango and banana - add a few strawberries and you've got tropics in a… Read more

bowl. The grand daughter loves it and when we have dinner guests it is usually what we serve for dessert and everyone asks what sort of ice cream it is - when we tell them they are stunned. We do love our Yonanas.

great for summer – I have only just got my dessert maker and i found if you put bananas in to early u may have shredded ice so wait the 15 min and u get beautiful creamy banana soft serve .. its not a terrible machine u just have to read intructions have patience and experiment even .. enjoy

yonanas elite – Got this lil beauty from gumtree never used...makes perfect desserts that taste like ice cream..i my self hate banana but some recipes u cannot taste banana at all ..eg .used with cacao..peanut butter..protein powder....anything can be used just get out ur frozen bananas.roll in powder sugar what ever u feel like..add pieces at a time then ur… Read more

extras eg nutella. Nuts.m&ms...then banana... enjoy and experiment.. only thing i found wrong with this machine is it tightens it self while working..found it hard to undo when ready to clean....otherwise healthly great desserts

Exceeded Expectations – I am cautious when new products come out as the claims usually fail to deliver. We bought it on sale as I didn't want to spend too much on a product I had never seen used, just recommended. The Yonanas dessert maker was better than I hoped. The end result is tasty and healthy. It is easy to use and clean. I have only tried bananas so far but will be trying other concoctions in due course.

Terrible – This was a terrible product. It's supposed to be very easy to use, put frozen fruit in and out comes soft creamy yogurt! No. Instead everything just domes out whipping and shredded. A very difficult to use appliance.

Great sorbets – This machine is great for making sorbets! If you aren't a fan of bananas in everything then try the 'no bananas recipes' on the Yonana's website. My favourite atm.... watermelon, rockmelon & a few coconut milk ice cubes. Sweet and very refreshing.

Fantastic product – I purchased the Yonanas elite model (not shown here) and was skeptical with the final result before trying it . The result with just bananas was fantastic, creamy, soft serve consistency, super fast to process and my partner thought the same. As a sweet tooth this is the answer!

Love it – We love this little machine, uses over ripe bananas that would normally be thrown out. Really does taste like soft serve ice cream and it's instant, no bowls to freeze or waiting for the mixture to freeze like other ice cream makers. Easy to clean, easy to use, healthy and makes areally quick snack or dessert. 10 out of 10.

Great & loved by my kids! – My kids love the Yonanas. We mix it with raspberries and sometimes frozen mango. I love that it's an all natural healthy way to eat soft serve. It really does taste like a soft serve ice cream you would buy from the shops. You need to freeze your bananas when they are very very ripe or you can taste an 'unripe' taste in the mixture. It's easy to clean as well. Great way to use overripe bananas as well. Nothing

Yum yum yum – My children had try it at a friends house and raved about ! So we went and check them out. And now me and all the family love it. My youngest calls it ice cream. I can't wait to try more of the recipes. The web site has loads more recipes even banana free ones. Very easy to clean. Affordable, easy to clean and small size.

tastes like over ripe mushy bananas – I have tried quite a few flavour combinations but the banana dominates. I love bananas but not the taste of overripe bananas which is suggested for use in this machine. Consistency is not comparable to soft serve and if not eaten quickly especially in a warmer climate turns out to be mushy and lumpy and not very appetising. Very disappointed and not as advertised ! Couldn't even convert my family!

Best thing since sliced bread – I love this appliance. I'm the most lazy person and I found this product very easy to use and clean compared to many other appliances. I buy my fruit and anytime I find I can't eat it and it's getting ripe, I cut it up and put them in little freezer bags. As a result I have made all sorts of fruit combination ice-cream but always with bananas… Read more

included. Other fruits I've done: Kiwi, paw paw, white nectarines (with skin), and even lychees. And when you eat it, it feels light in your stomach compared to ice-cream.

Someone wrote it's noisy but I found it to be quieter than a blender and there is no way you could use your blender to make this dessert. So healthy! Need to remore fruit from under the lid when done. Pushing the fruit down the shute can be hard

Pretty much just a blender – Yeh this machine I just bought off TVSN. Its just a blender. Freeze a few bananas and chuck them in the blender. This is simply another appliance to clog up your kitchen and is just totally duplication and nonsense. My machine I've used once and I really can't be bothered getting it out, cleaning it and putting up with the most hideous noise it… Read more

makes whilst the underpowered motor tries to make creamy ice cream. I'd rather use my thermomix and just do it properly without the noise of a rock concert. It's something you'll use once then chuck it on eBay and rid yourself of the clutter!!

Great dessert - healthy – Highly recommend if you are after a healthy alternative to ice-cream or frozen yoghurt then this does the trick. Just follow the instructions & you can't go wrong. I've only tried plain banana & also banana & blueberry so far. You will find more fruit treat under the kid once you have finished. I use a plastic spatula to get this. It's very easy… Read more

to hand wash & stores easy. Healthy desserts, easy to use & clean Noisy. If you don't follow instructions banana will be icy.

Quick and easy, much better than an ice cream maker – I got one of these for Christmas and love it. If you follow the instructions and make sure your fruit is ripe enough the taste and texture is beyond what you think can be achieved with just bananas and berries. So quick, so healthy. We fire it up after dinner and make desert when we are going to eat them. In 15 minutes we made 3 different… Read more

recipes with a quick rinse between each batch. The 5 parts that get dirty can go in the dishwasher. Need to be careful pushing fruit in as motor is a bit underpowered.

Ok, but not what I expected – I had tasted a product made with a machine that turned fruit into icecream and it was beautiful. The machine was a big enamel thing and was worth $2000. The yonanas is nothing like that machine. The texture isn't that creamy and I find you can only eat the tiniest amount as it is so rich. Not worth the washing up, although it is not a hard task.… Read more

My daughter loves it but I am slightly disappointed. Easy to use. Easy to use. Can use up excess seasonal fruit The consistency isn't as "creamy" as it claims

Not wonderful – I found that freezing makes bananas lose their wonderful taste and the texture is not like ice-cream (not that I would expect it to be!) It does give the bananas a smooth texture though. I don't believe any review that says this machine can make bananas taste like ice cream - I mean, that's impossible! It would be some kind of miracle machine… Read more

that could do that.

The machine also switched on and off a lot, which was annoying. The bananas quickly turned to mush as it's pretty hard to keep them at the right temperature.

It's a long process. Wait for bananas to reach over-ripe stage, freeze them for 24 hours, wait for them to thaw a little - then use the machine.

I love bananas and make desserts with them a lot - especially smoothies, but this machine wasn't a good experience for me. Healthy dessert. Makes a smooth paste from bananas if you can get the timing right and if you're not making too many desserts at one time. Hard to use. A long lead time needed to make the dessert. Switched on and off.

Best 'icecream' – Bought one before xmas and loved it so much, bought another for my niece and she bought one for ther sister. We all use them all the time. One girl said it was the best icecream she had ever tasted. Grandaughter won't eat bananas but will eat Yonanas. I mix banana with mango, berries, kiwi, rockmelon, stone fruit. It comes out delicious and… Read more

creamy and only takes a few seconds. I keep a supply of frozen bananas and fruit so we can grab it and make a batch when ever we feel like some. Easy to do, easy to clean and healthy to eat :) Love it!! Easy, quick and healthy

Delicious Healthy Treats in minutes – I love Yonanas, it is so easy to use and easy to clean, and takes only a few minutes to prepare. I have made 'ice cream' using bananas and other fruits, I have also made it without banana which I prefer, I bought ripe rock melon very cheap and chopped it into small wedges and froze it ready to use, I also freeze over ripe stone fruit halved, skin… Read more

and all. I have also added frozen pineapple chunks and frozen berries, I have even frozen yoghurt in ice cube trays and used them along with the fruit. Great healthy treats for kids. Easy to use and clean