The Best KitchenAid Attachments of 2024

Looking for a helpful way to incorporate more vegetables into lunch or dinner time dishes? This clever sheet cutter will help. Similar to how sheets of fresh pasta are made, this blade is designed to power through vegetables and fruits for plenty of creative uses.

The set comes with a food holder and food skewer that is inserted into each end of a piece of fruit or vegetable. Once the food skewer is in place, you can choose to use either the thin or thick blade for your fruit and veggie sheets. The attachment can work through everything from zucchini and yellow squash to sweet potatoes and cucumber. Turn the stand mixer to the lowest setting and watch as the produce is turned into a long sheet to use for gluten-free wraps or lasagna dinners. Or, cut them up small to make thin sweet potato chips or regular russet potato chips.

If you’re a pasta lover, the next home cooking project to tackle is making fresh homemade pasta from scratch. (Did you know you only need four simple ingredients to pull it off?) KitchenAid sells multiple pasta roller and cutter sets, but this three-piece option gives enough variety to get started. Each piece attaches right onto the power hub, without any need for additional assembly or tools. “The pasta attachment is the best accessory in my opinion, because there is nothing as good as fresh pasta,” says Niles.

A pasta roller is included, which allows you to choose whether you want thicker or thinner sheets of pasta. The roller can be used to make sheets of pasta for lasagna or homemade ravioli. Carrie Smith, chef-instructor of Pastry & Baking Arts at the Institute of Culinary Education, says she also uses the pasta roller for cannoli dough and gum paste for decorative flowers. “It is so consistent and easy to use,” she says. Prefer a different noodle? Once the pasta has been rolled out to the desired thickness, use the spaghetti cutter or fettuccine cutter for noodles. Once you’re done prepping all the fresh pasta you can eat, cleanup is simple with a quick handwash using the included cleaning brush.

Less prep time in the kitchen means more time sharing an excellent meal. This tool makes it simpler, whether you’re making dinner on a weeknight or prepping veggies to have on hand for the entire week.

The attachment includes the main body, which is inserted into the power hub. From there, you can choose from three different blade inserts. The slicer can be used for cucumber for salads, sliced potatoes for au Gratin potatoes, and more. There is a medium shredding blade and a coarse shredding blade included to produce shredded carrots, potatoes, cabbage, kale, cheese, and more. Once you’re done prepping? The blade can be washed in the dishwasher on the top rack.

What if you could whip up a batch of your favorite ice cream flavor at home? With this attachment, your stand mixer can help you get creative with unique ingredient combinations and tackle this beloved treat. “The ice cream maker attachment is a great option for home chefs who only need to make a family-size portion of ice cream at one time,” says Niles.

The attachment set includes a tool called a dasher, which is inserted into the head of the mixer where the beater or dough hook would normally go. The dasher is what churns the ingredients of your ice cream. The included freezer bowl retains cold in order to provide the ideal environment for churning ingredients and gradually freezing them. 

Keep in mind: the bowl needs to be frozen for 24 hours prior to making ice cream. Once it’s cold enough, you’ll be able to churn ice cream in less than 30 minutes. “At first, it seemed complicated to set up and I was a little frustrated,” says Smith. “The attachment has to be set up correctly, and the machine needs to be running when you add the ice cream base. But once we made our first formula, we were hooked.”

Zucchini noodles were all the rage at one point, and the trend has still continued to hold strong ever since. To make the ideal “zoodles,” you’ll need a spiralizer. This attachment places vegetables and fruits on a skewer. Once it’s in place, you can tackle a variety of tasks. The spiralizer will peel and core the produce for you while it’s in motion on low to medium speed.

There are three sizes of blades including extra-fine, fine, and medium to decide the best cut for you. You can use it with zucchini and squash for veggie pasta, or try processing carrots and beets for salad. Another great option? Use the spiralizer for potatoes to make the ultimate homemade curly fries.

Do you want to start grinding your own meats for control over ground beef or to make fresh meatballs? “The meat grinder is awesome because most full-size meat grinders are large machines that take up a ton of space,” says Niles. This provides a more compact solution.

The body of this attachment is accompanied by three different grinding plates, so you can choose from fine, medium, and a larger coarse grind. Push meat and herbs through the grinder and watch it come out the other side into your bowl. It’s a quick and easy process and gives you the necessary ground texture of meat for homemade hamburgers, ground turkey burgers, or chicken meatballs. The food grinder is also versatile enough to use for other food prep such as grinding up nuts, leftover bread for breadcrumbs, and even cheese.

When it comes to baking, a stand mixer makes the process that much simpler. With the right attachment, the process of measuring and incorporating ingredients for baked goods becomes that much easier as well.

This attachment is incredibly helpful for measuring, sifting, and incorporating dry ingredients into everything from cakes and quick breads to cookies and bread. Without it, the process requires several separate tools. The body is inserted into the power hub, with a 4-cup bowl on top and a chute on the bottom leading into your mixing bowl. The built-in scale will register whatever you add to the bowl, which is very helpful for dry measurements in grams. From there, whatever is in the bowl is sifted to rid it of any clumps and then transferred to the mixture through the chute in one fell swoop. Once your dough or batter is done and in the oven, cleanup is simple with a quick rinse of the sifter and the bowl can be washed in the dishwasher.

KitchenAid attachments are a great option for someone who wants an all-in-one kitchen appliance. With this attachment, there’s no need to buy a separate food processor to use for easy prep work. “I’m a huge fan of the food processor attachment, simply because it replaces a whole machine for a simple attachment,” says Niles. “It’s convenient, easy to attach and use, and easy to clean.” It’s the ideal choice for someone who wants to make meal prep that much faster.

The food processor body comes with three different disks, including blades for slicing, shredding, and processing julienned vegetables. That means you can put cucumbers and tomatoes through for a salad, shred plenty of cheese for lasagna or enchiladas, and dice red peppers and onions.

Shave ice is such a treat, especially when it’s warm out. But if you’re someone who loves to visit the shave ice cart or food truck, it can get expensive over time. Why not make your own instead?

This fun attachment is wonderful to break out for any occasion, whether you’re making dessert for a party or a treat for yourself. The attachment comes with two blades, so you can choose between finer shaved ice or something a bit more coarse. Freeze water, juice, or coffee in the included ice mold. Process it through the shave ice maker with the mixer on high, and you’ll have a cup of shaved ice full of possibilities. Top it with your favorite flavors of syrups, add additional juice, or try adding whipped cream and caramel to coffee for a pick-me-up.

This KitchenAid attachment doesn’t make use of the power hub, but it’s still a powerful attachment to have in your baking toolkit. While a stand mixer typically comes with a flat paddle beater, it’s often still crucial to scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl with a spatula while you’re making batters, cookie dough, and more. This beater fits tilt-head mixers and eliminates the need for scraping the bowl by hand, making your baking process much smoother.

It’s designed to fit into the motor head, with the same durable steel as other beaters at its base. The key difference? One edge has a rubber spatula built right in. That way, as the beater is making its rounds in the bowl, it’s consistently scraping ingredients off the side of the bowl for better incorporation. Once your mixture is done, pop the beater in the dishwasher for easy cleaning. Learn how to adjust your KitchenAid stand mixer so you know your beater is in the right place.