Best ice cream scoops

Top pick: Zeroll Original Ice Cream Scoop. The classic pro scoop — its aluminum body holds heat from your hand and the fluid inside, so it glides through rock-hard ice cream instead of bending. It's the one to buy if you scoop straight from the freezer.

Who the others suit:

• OXO Good Grips Solid Stainless — a sturdy, comfortable everyday scoop for softer ice cream and gelato.
• KitchenAid Ice Cream Scoop — a solid cast-zinc workhorse with a grippy handle; good all-rounder.
• Zyliss Ice Cream Scoop — light and easy on the wrist for kids or lighter scooping.
• Midnight Scoop — a big, heavy stainless bowl for bakery-style portions and serving a crowd.
• Jeni's Ice Cream Scoop — small, pretty and precise for neat, dainty scoops.

Skip anything with a thin plastic head if you scoop hard ice cream — that's where scoops fail.