The Honey Dipper

• The deep grooves carved into wooden honey dippers mean you can dip and rotate the utensil in the honey and then lift it from the jar. The honey dipper holds the honey in its grooves so it can drip slowly off. Continue to rotate the honey dipper by the handle until you have placed it over the food. Because honey dippers traditionally stay submerged in the honey jar, curved dippers have an arched handle so the honey flows back into the jar. Some stores sell stainless steel honey dippers.

Special Spoons

• A kitchen spoon is not the best tool for scooping out honey from a jar because its oval bowl is usually too shallow to hold much honey. Specialized spoons with a deeper bowl or curved handle make it easier to scoop honey. They mimic the effect of the classic honey dipper. They may be marketed as a honey scoop or syrup spoon.