Ice Cream Scoops

Here's The Scoop
No Perfect Ice Cream Disher

I've scooped a lot of ice cream at the restaurant over the past two decades. I know about Ice Cream Scoops. There is no perfect scoop.

Please just don't buy an aluminum or zinc scoop. They discolor after a trip through a dishwasher. The surface of some of these scoops even starts flaking off after a short time period.

Forget about the double-walled, anti-freeze filled scoops.

Buy either stainless steel or even heavy plastic.

Pictured here is what I use at home and at the restaurant. This happens to be a Zyliss Ice Cream Scoop.

This scoop does a pretty good job. The ice cream usually drops off the scoop and into the bowl or onto the apple pie without any difficulty. Do your spoons a favor. Stop bending them.

This scoop is sturdy and attractive and for bowls or cups of ice cream or topping another dessert, it works great.

If, however, you are wanting ice cream cones, you'll need to finesse (practice scooping) with it. Often rounded scoops work better for cones.

The OXO Good Grips "Trigger" Scoop yields large round scoops of ice cream with a simple press of the lever.

A tab on the scoop keeps your hand from sliding up as you use it, and the soft, non-slip handle relieves pressure on your hand.

I use both types of scoops at the restaurant and at home.

The "trigger" type of scoop is often used to portion things like muffin mix and cookie dough so they have several uses in the kitchen.

To read about scoops in more detail, follow the link listed here. The link take you to excellent resource and very good online store for kitchen tools. It is a good place to further your research. Read the customer comments.



Donna
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