Abstract: This invention relates to a scoop for dispensing balls of ice cream. The scoop comprises a spoon or dish portion equipped with a sweeping band or doctor blade mounted for rotation on the spoon, and a handle. The spoon and its sweeping band are removably engageable with the handle by means of three fixed pins, or through a ring nut which is secured to the spoon and can be fitted on the handle. The pivot pin of the sweeping band is operatively connected to a drive system actuated by an electric motor or a fluid-operated cylinder/piston unit housed in the handle. The electric motor or the fluid-operated unit can be controlled through a pushbutton and is arranged to impart a rotary motion through approximately 180.degree. first in one direction and then in the opposite direction to the sweeping band.