I love ice cream (unfortunately for my waist), and for a long time I accepted the fact I either had to work on my wrist muscles, leave the ice cream out to soften up a bit, or run the frozen tub or a spoon under hot water before digging in. Not anymore. The trick to this unique scoop is the heat-conductive fluid sealed inside the handle and spoon portion of the scoop. The heat from your hand warms the fluid allowing the ice cream to come out easily. It's more convenient than holding a spoon under hot water, which can dilute the ice cream if it's not dried off beforehand. I learned of the Zeroll from a cooking magazine that did a test to find a scooper that makes the "perfect, round scoop." The Zeroll won the test, but the reason I love it is that it can scoop out ice cream from tubs of ice cream that are hard as a rock, like a spoon through a tub of margarine. The scoop is not dishwasher safe (the fluid can't be heated that hot), so it needs to be hand washed in warm or luke warm water. The Zeroll comes in different sized scoops from 2 to 4 ounces, and in either a silver aluminum or an Anodized Teflon finish. I opted for the 2-ounce aluminum scooper because I've heard the Teflon finish wears off over time.

-- Ethan Stettner

Zeroll Ice Cream Scoops
$17
Available from Amazon

Manufactured by The Zeroll Company