Trying the New Clearly Frozen Clear Ice Tray Inserts
July 07, 2023
I've long been a fan of the Clearly Frozen clear ice cube tray. It's value priced at $40 (including shipping) and makes 10, 2-inch cubes at a time.
Well now they've released two more trays that fit into the original base (which cost $20 each), so I tested them out. Short answer: they're great!
You can order them on Amazon:
- Clearly Frozen clear ice tray that makes 10, 2-inch clear ice cubes
- Insert: Makes 21 smaller clear cubes, 1.3-inch clear ice cubes
- Insert: Makes 6 clear spears/collins cubes, 5 inches by 1.3 inches
They're actually quite adaptable - you can fill them about twice as deep as that 1.3 inches to make them wider collins or taller cubes. You can see in the pictures below that I overfilled both trays, but particularly the collins cubes are wider than normal. I was in a rush, I got sloppy!
Take a look and if you want to buy them please follow the links above as so far they're listed on Amazon but not on the main ClearlyFrozen site. (They're also a bit hard to find on Amazon since other companies stole the original design- please don't support them.)
Hi Camper, I noticed a couple times that the ice has been placed in what looks like a salad spinner basket? If that's correct, do you use the spinner to dry the cubes before storing? Thanks, love your work.
Posted by: Richard Newton | July 18, 2023 at 02:53 AM
@Richard - Correct it's a salad spinner basket. I use it like a colander because it drains and allows airflow. In the freezer I drop cubes in it when wet then shake them up every 10 minutes or so so they don't stick together... but stupidly I don't spin them first to dry them off. Going to do that next time!.
Posted by: Camper English | July 18, 2023 at 06:26 PM
What is the best way to separate the blue mold from the ice on the bottom?
Posted by: Joe Stevens | March 22, 2024 at 06:49 PM
@Joe Stevens
You can be patient and wait until it pulls off - but let's be honest none of us do that :)
What I do it break it off - A couple of jabs to the bottom of the block with an ice pick is all it needs to split and it falls off the blue tray super easily after that.
Posted by: Camper English | March 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM