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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Yvonne C Lam, recipe by Cara Devine

If you like piña coladas: how to make slushies at home without a machine

Hands pouring white smoothie into cocktail glass.
‘If it can be juiced or blended, it can be a slushie.’ Photograph: zoranm/Getty Images/iStockphoto

It promises icy, refreshing drinks, and for a cool $179, this slushie maker is yours – if you can find one.

Australian TikTok users have become fixated on a Kmart slushie machine, apparently a budget version of the equally viral Ninja slushie machine (RRP A$499), with users posting videos and reviews of their frosty, fruity extrusions. One Australian video has racked up 2.7m views, and the appliance has sold out online. But with Kmart supply chains under scrutiny and the knowledge that culinary trends and the very specific appliances needed to make them are passing fads, not everyone wants to – or has to – buy a machine to make slushies this summer.

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