Is there anything worse than being ready to scoop your ice cream and realising you’ve forgotten to get it out of the freezer and it’s still rock-solid? Or leaving it out too long and coming back to a puddle of sweet gazpacho? We’ve found a solution – enter, the rechargeable heated ice cream scoop.
Heated ice cream scoops are nothing new, but they usually involve messily filling the handle with hot water (while risking some minor third-degree burns) and eventually realising that it isn’t actually hot enough to make much difference. Thankfully, technology has moved on, and we’re entering a new era of extra-smart temperature-controlled scoopers that guarantee gelateria-worthy ice cream balls every time.
We tried the FrostJoy rechargeable ice cream scoop, available for £29.99 on Amazon. It’s a rechargeable electric scooper that maintains an optimal temperature for the perfect scoop. There’s no fiddly buttons to press – simply hold the handle and it will quickly start heating up. Worried about it getting too hot? It also cools down incredibly quickly, too!
We tried it out on our 3-ingredient Biscoff ice cream and were able to scoop straight from the freezer, even though it usually requires at least 10 minutes softening at room temperature.
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Alice Shields is Senior Cookery Writer for Good Housekeeping. A trained pastry chef, you’ll find her food styling on photo shoots, developing delicious recipes and writing about all things food. She loves to bake and her favourite pudding will always be a chocolate fondant. Originally hailing from Lancashire, she finally achieved her goal of getting a butter pie recipe into the magazine.
