How serious are you about ice cream? If you want pretty, perfectly rounded scoops, you're going to need the right tool. Here are five ice cream scoops up to the task.
Top Pick
• Zeroll Original 2-Ounce Aluminum Ice Cream Scoop, $15.99 from Amazon: We first recommended the Zeroll ice cream scoop here and we still think it's the best. Classic and sturdy, it has heat-conducting fluid in its handle to help melt ice cream as you scoop. Note: this feature also means it's NOT dishwasher-safe.
Great Runners-Up
• Rösle Ice Cream Scoop, $23 from Sur La Table: designed in Germany and made out of 18/10 stainless steel, the Rösle scoop has a tubular handle and a very thin lip for neat, perfectly rounded scoops.
• Zyliss 71372 Metal Ice-Cream Scoop, $8.55 from Amazon: this heavy scoop features a non-slip, ergonomic handle to give you great leverage. For right- or left-handed use.
• Fantes Stainless Portion Scoop #16, $14.99 from Fantes: a Cook's Illustrated recommendation, the Fantes scoop #16 (which means you get 16 scoops per quart) works particularly well for softer ice cream.
• Cuisinart Ice Cream Scoop with ABS Handle, $14.99 from Amazon: a strong, sturdy scoop! Pretty basic, but durable.
Do you have a favorite ice cream scoop? Tell us!
Related: An Heirloom Ice Cream Scoop That's Older Than Me
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Uggh. The Zyliss scoop looks great on day one, gets five star reviews from new owners, then lasts less than a year before the coating pocks and corrodes. Our whole family got them for Christmas one year, and they all failed, and are now scooping at the landfill. The next year we all got Oxo ones instead, which are actually solid stainless, scoop just as well, but don't fall apart: www.amazon.com/dp/B003BEDQL2/
http://www.amazon.com/Calphalon-Traditional-Ice-Cream-Scoop/dp/B000SOD23A/
It has the semi-pointed corners for making a dent in harder ice cream and haven't seen any bend in it so far. Also, dishwasher safe which is nice.
These are awesome. I don't even have a scoop - I use spoons, or eat straight out of the pint (shhh!) but when I do get one, your choice looks like a solid bet.
Tupperware's ice cream scoop is FANTASTIC! No fluid in the bowl but I believe it's made of a metal that has similar conductive properties.....
I just use a big spoon haha. I should probably get a proper ice cream scoop though...
@SkerlieB - we have two of the Tupperware scoops that we're waiting to trade in, as their lining pitted like @ITMAYBEJJ described. They still work just fine, but they do NOT look pretty anymore.
I can't use a metal scoop as it will scratch the interior of my ice cream maker. Any suggestions for one that won't?
We have the Zyliss one, and love it. And have loved it for over 6 years. I've just gone to look at it, and I don't have any of the pitting or marking mentioned, which I'm assuming is because I don't put it in the dishwasher. I don't trust metals other than stainless steel to the dishwasher.
I've owned a Zeroll for a few years now and LOVE it!!! Really, really good ;)
I've had a Cutco ice cream scoop for 7 or 8 years and it is amazing.
I have the Zyliss one as well (have had it for two years), and I haven't had any of the problems the first poster mentioned. I really love the Cutco one, too--one of my old roommates was a Cutco rep and had it. I love how the scoop part doesn't touch the counter.
This is not technically a scoop but it is my preferred tool. Probably because I'm not in love with balls of ice cream.
http://www.lehmans.com/store/Kitchen___The_Home_Dairy___Making_Ice_Cream___Ice_Cream_Spade___92726?Args=