Black inventor Alfred L. Cralle became a hero for dessert lovers on February 2, 1897, when he patented an “ice cream mold and ...

Building upon inventor Alfred Cralle’s seminal “ice cream mold and disher,” Thrifty initially introduced a barrel-shaped metal scoop to ensure uniform portion sizing and painless scooping ...

Also known as a cookie scoop or press disher, this tool is for so much more than ice cream. You probably have an ice cream scoop at home, but if it’s just a simple, standard dipper made out of ...

Ice cream scoops are certainly one of them. Even the most superior brands are no contenders for iceberg-level ice cream. I always struggled with rock-hard ice cream and flimsy ice cream scoops ...

I tried ready-made ice-cream cakes from Dairy Queen, Cold Stone Creamery, and Baskin-Robbins. The Baskin-Robbins cake was the most expensive, and I didn't love its flavors or layer structure.

Having an ice cream maker at home gives you the freedom to mix and match as you create your favorite flavor variety. Yes, you can buy a pint at the store, but sometimes making it yourself from ...

You never know what you’re gonna get. At Surprise Scoop, a new ice cream shop in the East Village, customers don’t get to choose a flavor. The only menu item is “surprise ice cream” ($9.18).