Kiwi Cutter and Scoop Tool

Kiwi Cutter and Scoop: Peel, Slice or Scoop

Kiwis are great until you have to deal with the fuzzy skin. Peeling one with a knife wastes a lot of fruit, and a spoon makes a mess of it. This kiwi cutter gives you two cleaner ways to get at the fruit, depending on how you want to eat it.

It has two parts. The base is a round ring with thin metal cutting wires arched across the top. The second part is a small scoop with a serrated edge that clips into the middle of the ring for storage. Neat kiwi slices or clean scooped halves, without fighting the skin.

How to cut a kiwi: kiwi slicer or kiwi scooper

• Scoop: cut the kiwi in half, slide the scoop between the skin and the flesh and turn it once around. The fruit lifts out in one piece. It works as a kiwi peeler too: run the scoop just under the skin of a whole kiwi.
• Slice: set a peeled kiwi on the wires and press it down through the ring for even pieces.

Good for

Fruit salads, yogurt bowls, smoothies, lunch boxes and topping a pavlova or cheesecake. The scoop also works on other soft fruit with a thin skin, like ripe mango cheeks or dragon fruit halves.

How do you know if a kiwi is ripe?

Kiwis that give a little when you press them are perfect. Hard ones resist the scoop, and very soft ones turn mushy when you slice them.

Size and colors

The ring is about 7 cm (2.8 in) tall and 6.5 cm (2.6 in) across the top, and the scoop is about 5.5 × 4.5 cm (2.2 × 1.8 in). Choose green or yellow.

Care

Rinse it right after use and dry it. Clean around the wires with a brush rather than your fingers.

If kiwis are a regular in your fruit bowl, this little kiwi slicer pays for itself fast. Add it to your cart, or see more fruit slicers.