There are some of us that can’t wait for the ice cream to thaw and we struggle frantically to free the frozen morsel from their cardboard prisons. This tool takes care of the wait. As a former chef, I am not a tool freak. I look for the practical and useful tools to fill my kitchen arsenal. I’m truly an OXO fan but now they have competition. Once you try this scoop you will be enlightened, of course not from the calorie side. Let them eat “iced” cream not cream drool!