Yeah, we put whole fruits in there (all the instructions/recipes we saw called for the whole fruit). Do you know, these are all done and sitting on our kitchen counter, still, because we haven't cared enough to try them? I don't really think any of them will be any good except the lemon, and maybe the Meyer lemon, and I just... ugh. It was a lot of work and the end result is less than inspiring, I gotta be honest.