Simple Hack for Scooping Frozen-Solid Ice Cream

We’ve all been there — it’s hot out, and you have a hankering for something sweet. Lucky for you, there’s fresh ice cream in the freezer. Then you almost break your wrist trying to scoop the darn stuff out because you’re overheating and impatient.

Thank God, Buzzfeed is here with an ice cream hack to save us in just this situation.

Here’s what you do:

Have a small kitchen knife and an ice cream scoop on hand.

Warm the knife by running it under hot water, and then score the ice cream, the same way you would a piece of meat before you cook it. Create a grid pattern, with parallel lines about one inch apart.

Warm your ice cream scoop the same way, by running it under water, and scoop away to your heart’s content.