What Kind of Ice Cream Scoop Do You Want in Your Kitchen?

Do you worry about finding the right ice cream scoop? Do you stay up late at night browsing catalogs and kitchen tool websites hoping to find the exact, perfect scoop to bring to your kitchen? Unless you are a major gourmet with a big diva streak, the answer is probably no, but there are some discerning people who have a few preferences when it comes to choosing the right scoop.

The Right Material for Your Ice Cream Scoop

What your cooking utensils are made of can make a great difference in how they perform. A silicone scooper, for instance can be more flexible than a more rigid plastic one, which may make it better able to get into the narrow containers for that last delicious morsel of ice cream but may not hold up to the really fast frozen or super loaded flavors. A metal scooper can take whatever you dish out without melting the ice cream in the process, but for some with very sensitive taste buds, can impart a metallic taste that is considered very unpleasant. Metal scoops can often rust if they are not treated properly.

The more ice cream you consume in your home, the more seriously you need to consider what your ice cream scooper is made of.

Is Your Ice Cream Scoop Just the Flavor of the Month?

Gadgets come and go, some ending up in our garages, our attics or worse, in our kitchen junk drawer. One of those gadgets is the electric ice cream scoop. Meant to soften ice cream with just a little bit of heat, these were higher priced than the best scooper on the market and usually more work than they were really worth. If you are really buying ice cream that is frozen so solid that you cannot scoop it with a regular, non-electrified scooper, then you might want to adjust the settings in your freezer before you go buying an expensive, difficult to store and clean item that you don’t really need.

Before you buy this as a gift for someone else, make sure that you ask yourself the classic gift question: how would I feel if I got this for myself?

Does a Brand Matter When You Buy an Ice Cream Scoop?

Is there one brand name that does a better job creating ice cream scoops than others? In the grander scheme of things, the answer is no. There really is no corner on the market for ice cream scoops- you basically get what you see without a lot of variations.