Abstract: A foldable eating utensil includes an elongate handle member having a food-engaging blade extending integrally from one end thereof when operatively disposed, the blade being hingedly connected about a transverse axis to the inner edge of a connector plate of the handle member extending laterally between spaced handle arms of the handle member which define therebetween an opening to receive the blade to lie coplanar with the handle member when the blade is hinged to storage disposition, the blade including a longitudinally extending neck portion at its hinged connection to the connector plate and adapted to lie against the connector plate when operatively disposed, the handle arms being foldable each about a lengthwise axis adjacent the connector plate, and the parts being so made and arranged that when the blade has been hinged to operative disposition, the handle arms may be folded digitally towards each other and brought to and held in co-acting relationship in which parts of the handle member engage the b