Nothing says summer like a scoop of ice cream on a cone. That’s why people flocked to The Custard Cup in Danville Sunday, where the local establishment offered $1 cones to celebrate National Ice Cream ...

Why this is the only ice cream scoop you’ll ever need. The ScoopTHAT! II ice cream scoop. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) By Noelle Carter. Aug. 24, 2015 8:30 AM PT .

I test ice cream scoops all year, and the Thrifty Old Time Ice Cream Scooper is the best ice cream scooper. It’s mess-free, scoops without much effort, and is easy to clean. It’s also fun to use.

It was our pick for best ice cream scoop in 2013, and it’s still the pick. Buying a Zeroll scoop was a roughly $20 commitment to a life of eating ice cream without apology.

Getting the scoop on ice cream 02:19. Susan Spencer dishes about a hot new dessert - rolled ice cream, a delicacy from Sweet Charlie's in Philadelphia: The hot new dessert: Rolled ice cream 02:36.