Abstract: A heated scooping utensil comprises a handle assembly, a scoop assembly and means for releaseably retaining the handle attachment structure of the scoop body in engagement with the housing. The handle assembly includes a housing and an electrical power supply at least partially contained within an interior space of the housing. The electrical interconnect portion of the electrical power supply is exposed at an exterior surface of the housing. The scoop assembly includes a scoop body and a heating element. The heating element is attached to the scoop body. The scoop body includes a handle attachment structure disengagably engaged with the housing. The heating element includes an electrical interconnect portion disconnectably interconnected with the electrical interconnect portion of the electrical power supply. The means for releaseably retaining the handle attachment structure enables the handle attachment structure of the scoop body to be selectively engaged with and disengaged from the housing.