Best Ninja Creami Pints: Extra 16 oz Pints for NC301 and NC351

Compatibility

The original 16 oz pint has not changed shape since the first Creami, and the 2026 NC351 accepts pints from a 2021 NC301 box without any difference in lid lock or spin. The table below covers every pack we have bought and the two containers people most often buy by mistake. The rule is simple: original pints fit the three Creami series models and nothing else. If you own a Deluxe or a Scoop and Swirl, go to the Deluxe XL tubs guide or the Swirl pints guide instead, and the full pint compatibility guide has photos of each model label.

Our picks

We bought all three Ninja-branded packs with the site’s own money, froze each pint at 0 F for 24 hours with a vanilla, protein, sorbet and oat base in turn, and ran every pint through 20 top-rack dishwasher cycles. None cracked, none warped, and every lid still sealed at the end. The differences between packs come down to lid color and how many pints you get.

The grey-lid 2-pack is the identical pint that ships in the NC301 box, down to the fill line and the ridges on the lid. We use it as the default extra pair because the lids stack with the box pair and the sleeves, if you own any, fit the same. Two extra pints took us from spinning every other day on the NC301 to spinning daily.

The Lime and Aqua pack is the same pint with colored lids, and the color is more useful than it sounds. With six pints in a 0 F freezer we could not tell a protein base from a sorbet base without lifting a lid, which lets frost in. Lime now means protein and Aqua means sorbet in our freezer, and we have not opened the wrong pint since.

The 4-pack is the one we recommend to anyone who spins most days. Six pints in rotation, the box pair plus four, means a fresh base goes into the freezer every evening while four others are already frozen flat and ready. On a per-pint basis it is the best value of the three packs, and the pints are identical to the 2-pack.

What to look for

Match the model number first. The three Ninja packs all carry the fits list on the pack, and the pint should say 16 oz on the side with a max fill line about 1 cm below the rim. If a listing does not name the NC299AMZ, NC301 or NC351 series, or lists a 24 oz capacity, it is not this pint.

Count the lids. Each pint needs its own storage lid, because the lid is what keeps frost off the surface during the 24 hour freeze and what lets you store leftovers flat for a refreeze. Every pack on this page ships one lid per pint; some third-party listings sell pints and lids separately and the lids do not always fit.

Check for a flat, rigid base. The paddle drills from the top down to about 3 mm above the pint floor, and a pint with a flexible base can bow under the outer bowl clamp. The Ninja pints are rigid enough that our NC351 cycle times stayed within 2 seconds of the box pints across 30 days of spins.

Think about how you store them. Pints need to freeze level on a flat shelf, and a pint on a wire shelf with the lid on can tilt if the base is not full. We lay a small tray on the shelf and freeze four pints on it at once; the bases come out flat every time and the flat-top rule takes care of itself.

What to avoid

Avoid unbranded pints described only as compatible. Of the four third-party 16 oz pints we bought, two cracked at the rim within a month of 0 F freezing, and one lid let frost form on a vanilla base, which came out icy on the first spin. The ones that cracked had visibly thinner walls than the Ninja pint when we compared them side by side.

Avoid buying by size alone. The Swirl pint for the NC701 is also 16 oz, but it is shaped for the dispenser and will not lock into an NC301 or NC351 outer bowl. The listing title for the Swirl 2-pack includes the word Swirl and the model number XSK7PNTLD2; the original packs do not.

Avoid overfilling to get a fifth serving. In our NC301 the base expanded enough to push the lid up 3 mm, and the pint would not lock into the outer bowl until we scraped the top level. Fill to the line, leave the headroom, and the lid locks first time.

Avoid glass or metal containers of any kind. The Creamerizer paddle is designed to cut through frozen base inside a plastic pint, and only the Ninja pint shape fits the outer bowl. There is no safe substitute, and we do not test any.

How many pints do you need

Two pints come in the box, and that is enough to spin twice a week. The freezer is the bottleneck: each base needs 24 hours at 0 F before it will spin, so with two pints you can freeze tonight and spin tomorrow, but you cannot also have a spare ready.

Four pints, the box pair plus a 2-pack, is the number that let us spin every day on the NC351. One pint comes out of the freezer, one goes in, and two are always frozen flat and waiting. This is the right count for one or two people who want a pint most evenings.

Six pints, the box pair plus the 4-pack, is what we run for daily protein use and recipe testing. It covers a full week of bases frozen ahead on a Sunday, and it gives a spare for leftovers that need to be levelled, lidded and refrozen for a later re-spin. Our NC301 review and NC351 review both describe this rotation in the 30 day sections.