Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2012

I doubled this recipe to make four servings. I wanted to make this a breakfast drink. What I did was freeze two "cups" of Yoplait Light Very Vanilla yogurt the night before and use that in place of the ice cream. We thought this was really good but quite sweet. Next time, I'd omit the sugar completely. Out of a doubled recipe, this made enough for three people.

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Sarah Jo

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

Living In: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2012

This is a great drink recipe, though I picked the wrong time of year to try it (it's about 30 degrees outside today). I made it exactly as written, using "low pulp" orange juice, which was all I had on hand. I've never measured out ice cream for a recipe, so wasn't sure if to go by volume or weight, so I weighed out 10 oz. (1 1/4 cups) on my kitchen scale. This is quick and easy, and turns out nicely thick. In fact, I had one glass and kept the blender in the fridge for a few hours until I had the rest; I was glad to see that the consistency stayed the same. It has a pretty strong citrus taste, so you'd have to like those flavors, but I can heartily recommend this.

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SPOOTY

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2012

I thought this had a good flavor overall, but the citrus came off as really tart. I used all the ingredients, but didn't have lime juice. I used 1/2 fat ice cream and 2 packets of Truvia for the sugar. I think it would have been better with much less lemon juice.

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Baker Bee

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Living In: Richmond, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: May 12, 2010

Good but it is a bit on the sweet side. I do love anything orange, but I agree with Steph that I like the Orange Glorious better - and it's even healthier. Since this didn't all get drank, I stuck it in the freezer for a couple of days & then reblended after it thawed a bit. I started licking the frozen stuff and it was pretty good - I think this might actually make good creamsicles. :-) One thing that concerned me is that I dislike pulp, but this blended pretty smooth and there was only a rare piece of pulp, so that was good.

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Erimess

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2009

This is a keeper! We used the vanilla and strawberry portions of a neopolitan ice cream quart since that was what we had- WOW was it good.

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Chrissy's Class

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2008

This was good but really REALLY sweet. I prefer the Orange Glorious recipe from this site.

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Chef Steph

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Houston, Texas, USA

Living In: College Station, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 2, 2008

Yummy and with tons of flavor! It's different than a smoothie or shake. I used only 1/4 C sugar but increased the ice cream to about 2 C. I recommend chilling or possibly slightly freezing the pineapple first to keep the drink from getting warm.

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