Norpro Stainless Steel Scoop, 50mm (3-Tablespoon)

by Norpro

• Scoop is 8.5 inches/21.5cm long
• Holds 3 Tablespoons/.75oz
• Heavy-duty spring action releases food by sliding band beneath it
• Made of stainless steel with a high polished finish
• Handwashing recommended

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 1 x 8.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004UE84
• Item model number: 678
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,297 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #13 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Measuring Tools & Scales > Spoons
  • #20 in Kitchen & Dining > Kitchen Utensils & Gadgets > Specialty Tools & Gadgets > Ice-Cream Scoops

Product Description

Amazon.com

An all-purpose scoop, this tool portions ice cream, frozen yogurt, cookie dough, meat balls, rice dishes, and vegetable purées. And it's ideal for forming pretty sherbet balls to fill dessert glasses. Its heavy-duty spring action releases food with a squeeze of the hand by sliding a thin steel band beneath it. The scoop head holds 3 tablespoons. The tool measures 8-1/2 inches overall, is made of noncorrosive 18/8 stainless steel polished to a mirror finish, and is dishwasher-safe. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Norpro's spring action Stainless Steel Scoop is 8.5 inches/21.5cm in length and holds 3 Tablespoons/1.5 ounces. Ideal for scooping ice cream, scoop and drop cookie dough, use as a meatballer, as a fruit/melon baller and also great for dishing up pet food

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely in my "Top Ten List" of Inspired Kitchen Gadgets! November 14, 2002

By Anne C. Schwaikerr

Finally, an ice cream scoop that gets the ice cream out of its container AND then out of the scoop into the dish. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Should be -- but this is the first scoop design I've ever used that managed both with equal ease. Most of the old-fashioned ones had a release mechanism that got the ice cream into the dish pretty well, but needed tons of hot water and the strength of 10 men and a boy to get the goodie out of its native container. More recent versions have made the container-to-scoop process less of a herculean task, but need the assistance of finger or other appendage to make it the rest of the way to the bowl.

This delightful object has solved both problems. In addition, it's a God-send for baking cookies. I operate a virtual cookie factory every Christmas and have tried many techniques to speed the dough-to-baking pan transfer. Last year, I saw this scoop and its smaller (2 teaspoon) sibling at a kitchen supply place and purchased both. I was able to bang through all my drop cookies in record time -- hurrah!

Whether ice cream or cookie baking is your passion, I can't think of a better way to spend 10 bucks!

Enjoy!

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Actually, it IS 3 tablespoons October 10, 2009

By John David Schatz

Amazon Verified Purchase

ETA: Regarding the review above claiming a "horribly" "flawed design": There is no design flaw, only an unrealistic expectation. No one should ever use any sweeper scoop to dish HARD ice cream, They're not engineered for that. If I need to dish HARD ice cream (I make my own and it rarely freezes to HARD), I use a Zeroll Original 3-Ounce Aluminum Ice Cream Scoop and would heartily recommend it.

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I came to these Norpo scoops (I have three: a Norpro 35 mm Stainless Steel Scoop [one tablespoon], this one [three tablespoons] and a Norpro 56mm Stainless Steel Scoop [four tablespoons]) recently, in September, 2009, after a bad experience with the Oxo Good Grips Trigger Ice Cream Scoop. I really like them. Very well made. Coming from the OXO it's sort of like the difference in closing a door on a Benz and a Ugo.

However, now I need to look for a TWO tablespoon scoop because this really (with all due deference to D. Evans) does hold three, and it's immaterial whether it's water or grains of salt, 2009 or any other year.

ETA: In looking for a real 2 tablespoon model online today, I came across a vendor who claims to have one that "holds PRECISELY 2 tablespoons of your favorite ice cream, cookie dough, melons, chicken or potato salad..." (Emphasis added.) Unfortunately, it's the same model as this one, a Norpro #678. So much for precision.... I'm not having much luck finding what I need so, a shout-out to Norpro: Label this one correctly as a three tablespoon and make a real two tablespoon model.

ETA: I ordered the Norpro 39mm Stainless Steel Scoop and I'm making a guess it will hold two
tablespoons.

ETA: It doesn't. It holds almost, but not quite, two tablespoons.

ETA: I see Norpro took my suggestion (and the suggestion of others) and labeled this correctly now as three tablespoons. Read more ›

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars You can use this for many things November 23, 2002

By Stephanie Manley TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

I can't say enough about how handy these are. I love my cookie scoop. This one is very sturdy and can take heavy use. One of the benefits of making a batch of cookies with this is that they all come out the uniform size. Uniform size helps in baking evenly and also they just look better once they start out from the same size and shape. They recommend scooping up ice cream for this, but I like the 2 tablespoon size to use when I put muffin batter into a tin, there is much less clean up!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars COOKIE SCOOPER December 7, 2007

By Lori

I have had this for at least 4 years now and i can't even imagine being without it. I bake cookies quite frequently and use this because it saves me time and all the cookies are uniformly the same size. You will get up to 4" cookies with this scooper and it makes great meatballs as well. I don't have any problems cleaning it or using it. I am ordering the smaller one knowing that i will have great success with it. Highly recommend every kitchen who does alot of baking.

UPDATE: 09/20/2009
Still working good and use it all the time.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great cookie scoop! November 8, 2003

By Alice Johnsom

This is a perfect cookie scoop. I like to make slightly larger cookies, and this scoop gets the cookie dough out perfectly every time. Because the cookies are larger, it is a good idea to flatten each blob of dough slightly before baking. (as I did when I worked in a bakery) I have not used this scoop for anything else, because I only bought it for cookies. It does not look like it would work that great for ice cream, but I don't know. I love making cookies with it!!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Scoop, but... March 19, 2009

By Don Lockwood

Amazon Verified Purchase

Nice well built scoop, but like others have said, this is NOT a 2 TBS. scoop. I measured it and it will hold exactly 3 TBS. of water. I wanted a scoop that was about 3 TBS., but couldn't find one. So, listening to what the other comments were, I ordered one anyway and got EXACTLY what I wanted. Yes, you would think that Norpro would not miss a detail like this... Go figure. Anyway, I give the scoop five stars for quality and subtract one for inaccuracy. Bottom line: If you do NOT want a quality 3 TBS. scoop, do not order this one. Personally, I'm happy with it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Add this to your gadget drawer! January 15, 2003

By A Customer

Amazon Verified Purchase

Don't have this yet? What are you waiting for? This is a must for any cookie baker! You'll get perfectly round cookies everytime, and without getting your hands in the dough (unless you like to taste your creations :). It's far more efficient that the old two spoon method. You'll get those cookie sheets in the oven much more quickly! This one is a good size for making chocolate chip cookies. I use the smaller one when I'm making cookies for the kids or making peanut butter balls/chocolates ... This is a great gadget to add to your drawer. Highly recommended from a frequent cookie baker.