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You can’t tell me it’s not annoying AF when you realize the thing that’s been clogging your drawer is that “helpful” gadget you bought months ago.

I am a contributor and former BuzzFeed Shopping writer based in Cincinnati, OH where you can find me curating lists on ~a little bit of everything~ (and adding a few things to my own cart in the process).

Promising review: "We bought this to replace a similar yet old one that had outlived its utility. We found this one on Amazon, and it has been put to use nearly every morning, whether for eggs, pancakes, or anything else made in a frying pan. Couldn't do without it." —William Capodano

Get it from Amazon for $11.99 (available in eight colors).

Ronan is a small business that specializes in multipurpose tools for home use.

Check out a TikTok of the scissors in action. 

Promising review: "This is a kitchen must-have. We use it all the time — it's so easy to use that even our kids use it. Very durable blade that continues to perform and get value for your money." —Dawn

Promising review: "I recently tried out this juicer for the first time, and was blown away at how fast and easy it juiced my fruit! I would normally use the handheld fruit squeezer, but this takes all the effort out of it. It's a good-looking machine on my counter, and I plan on using it quite often!!" —Charles Dayment

Promising review: "I am obsessed with this product. I have never been able to slice my bread with such precision. Easy to use, easy to store, and cleanup is a breeze. Several options for the width of your slices. It’s like having a professional bakery slicer in my home. If you have trouble slicing your bread, this is the product for you. Highly recommend." —Patti Page 

Handy Gourmet is a small business that specializes in home and kitchen products. 

Promising review: "Who would have guessed how much easier this product makes getting hot items out of the microwave? This makes the retrieval much safer for me. I have hand problems, and gripping this tool makes removal steadier and safer, reducing the risk of burns. I recommend!" —Envy's Opinion 

Get it from Amazon for $10.99+ (available in six colors). 

Promising review: "I love this item. All these years, I have been squeezing lemons and limes for recipes. I saw this one day while scrolling through kitchen gadgets on Amazon and I liked that it was going to keep the seeds from getting into my food. It is AWESOME! I wish I hadn't waited so long to get it. What I love most is that it squeezes SO MUCH juice out. I had an older lime that was as hard as a rock and very difficult to cut in half. Normally, I would just throw limes like this away. But I decided to try it with this tool. I couldn't believe how much juice came out! I love this and I am going to buy some more as Christmas gifts." —Amazon Customer

Get it from Amazon for $14.99+ (available in 12 colors).

It has a finger protector and a container with a bottom lid — so you can automatically and easily catch all your zoodles as you spiralize! Plus, there are three blade settings for thin, medium, or ribbon zoodles.

Promising review: "This little thing is sharp! I love how compact it is and how fast I can zoodle up an entire zucchini. Perfect for small kitchens like mine. I haven’t had any issues cleaning or using it and reach for it almost daily." —Rachel Akiko

Get it from Amazon for $16.99+ (available in two versions).

Promising review: "We bought this little gadget with low expectations and fully anticipated using it two times before throwing it in our kitchen drawer, where it would inevitably sit for a year before we threw it away. Boy, were we wrong. It only took one use for us to realize that what we thought would be another useless novelty was actually a parent's HOLY GRAIL of food preparation. No joke, I literally used it the other day to cut THREE grapes for MYSELF, just for the enjoyment. If your little one enjoys eating grapes, do yourself the unimaginable pleasure of buying this...you won't regret it." —Michael

Bonus! A lot of reviewers with arthritis swear by these for pain-free, easy opening, and parents say it makes it a lot easier for kids to open jars, too! 

The jar opener also comes with a nifty 5-in-1 tool that has a bottle cap grip, jar breaker claw, pull tab assister, soda can tab opener, and bottle opener.

Promising review: "Having had arthritis in my hands since my teens, I have used many jar/bottle openers out of necessity. The Oxo ones work well, but wear out within a year because of the volume of usage. This fabulous opener has yet to find a container that it cannot easily open, even bottles of water with heavily sealed caps. I love it so much, I ordered another one to have in two drawers on either end of my kitchen. This gripper does not exacerbate my carpal tunnel syndrome, either. I would give it more stars if I could." —Patrizia L. 

Get it from Amazon for $7.89+ (available in eight colors). 

Promising review: "This product to remove corn is so easy and works great. No more fresh corn kernels flying around off the counter. It’s so great. I gave mine to my mother and then bought another. It’s a great gift for cooks and those who love corn." —Michelle

Get it from Amazon for $7.45 (available in three other versions/sets).

Promising review: "This Oxo Good Grips scraper is perfect. The handle is perfectly shaped to fit your hand well and comfortably. I also like that the handle has a rubber, nonslip feel. The blade is also perfect and has a nicely tapered edge. There are no worries here about any bent or sticking-up edges that might scratch my countertop. Also, I like the etched-in ruler on the blade. I've tried a few other scrapers, and you would be doing yourself a disservice by going with anything other than this one by Oxo Good Grips." —MADPWR

This slicer comes with an extra wire in case the first one wears out!

Promising review: "Cheese is considered a major food group in our house, so replacing our broken slicer was an absolute necessity. This slicer is an absolute dream. It's very sturdy (without being too heavy), and it cuts extra-sharp cheddar as if it were room-temperature butter! Don't waste your time and money on a cheap slicer — this one will probably last for years." —Kindle Customer

Get it from Amazon for $14.99+ (available in three colors).

Crack'em is a veteran-owned small business established in 2013 that specializes in family-friendly kitchen accessories. 

Check out a TikTok of the egg cracker in action. 

Promising review: "I absolutely cannot believe I'm doing this. I got this because I am ALWAYS having to pick out the shell when I crack an egg, whether for breakfast or my baking. Since buying this, I have cracked dozens of eggs without ANY shells. To say I am happy is an understatement. If you don't have one, you should rush to get one. We are going to get them for wedding gifts when we know that the couple loves to do their own cooking. Kudos to whoever thought of this. It works perfectly, every time." —Edwin Myers

Get it from Amazon for $11.99 (available in six color combinations and a three-pack).

Just soak it in water for 20 minutes and place it in your sugar to soften and maintain moisture for approximately 3–6 months.

Promising review: "I was nervous to try them in case they were a waste of money. Yesterday, I followed the directions, i.e., soaked them in water for 20 minutes, then plopped one each in containers of hard-as-concrete dark brown sugar and one of light brown sugar. I didn't dry them, just dropped them on top. So today, I took the containers down and looked, and each container of formerly concrete-hard sugar was easy to measure out, no lumps, it's a miracle!" —NGS

Get two from Amazon for $6.80+ (also available in a three-pack).

Cut off the top of your pineapple, twist the corer into the fruit (kind of like a wine bottle corkscrew), then pull it out. You now have a cored and spiral-cut pineapple in minutes!

Promising review: "OMG! Why did I take so long to get one of these? I would typically spend two or three minutes slicing up a pineapple, and I LOVE pineapple, so it's pretty common for me. Now, I can do it in 30 seconds, and that was the first time, not knowing what I was doing or what to expect. I suspect I'll have this down to 10 seconds on the next go-round. Love IT! Oh, BTW, it is sturdy and seems like it should last a while." —riverseine

Get it from Amazon for $9.99+ (available in eight colors).

Check out a TikTok of the Totchop in action.

And it's dishwasher-safe for easy clean up!

Promising review: "If I could give this 100 stars, I would. Ever since buying it (over two months ago now), I have used the Totchop every single day for every meal. I have even used it for my own meals to cut things up. I could not recommend this enough to every parent, not just first-time parents. We are so happy to have found this and will forever be a lifelong customer!" —Lexi B.

Get it from Totchop for $54.99 (originally $69.99; available in four colors).

Promising review: "This chopper is amazing!! I love cooking, but used to absolutely HATE chopping onions... until someone gave me this chopper! Now I simply have to quarter the onion, throw it in the chopper, pull the handle about 10–15 times, and they're ready to be used! No more teary eyes or spending a long time chopping onions. The cup is big enough to fit a whole onion... I think the capacity is three cups. There are tons of other uses to this as well... you can chop pretty much anything from herbs, veggies, and fruits, to making salsa and guacamole." —Valjulia

These are way easier to keep track of (and seal WAY better) than those silly plastic dongles that come on bread and English muffins.

Promising review: "I hate bread ties. Normally, I would just twist the end of the bag and tuck the loose part under it in the cabinet. My wife doesn't, though. She twists the tie back on the bag. This wastes so much time and is annoying. I decided to find a solution: this. It's great. It's fast, effective, and reusable... Kind of pricey, but over time, I'm sure it will be worth it. For the last few months, it's definitely been worth it." —Ray Believeau

Get a set of three from Amazon for $9.95.

Check out a TikTok of the collapsible whisk in action. 

Promising review: "Absolutely perfect. Easy to clean, easy to use, very sturdy. The whisk stays in the position quite well; it stows away quite flat. The perfect solution for a kitchen with limited storage!" —CMA01

Get it from Amazon for $8.99+ (available in two colors and two-packs).

Promising review: "Wow, wow, wow, I have no words to describe how great this product is. I'm a mom with a large family who cooks and bakes all the time, and there is never a time that something doesn't spill over, even when standing and watching the pot. With this, life has just gotten easy. I think I'm throwing out all my pot covers after using this."—Rackel

Get it from Amazon for $17.07+ (available in three colors and two-packs).

Smilyeez is a small business! Fill the brush handle with your favorite dish soap, attach it to your Scrub Daddy, then use the little lever to dispense the perfect amount of soap into the sponge! Many reviewers also note they like to use it to clean their bathroom.

Promising review: "This is a game changer for me. I hate dishes. Like, seriously hate dishes. I hate touching wet food. When I wash dishes, I believe the water needs to be lava hot, and sometimes, it’s too hot for my hands when I use a rag or sponge. This tool helps me so much because it makes scrubbing easier without all the things I hate. I highly recommend." —Hope

Get it from Amazon for $12.95 (available in four styles).

Promising review: "This scale with a built-in cup is the best thing for my baking tools. No more whipping out 1,000,000 cups. Also, [rather than] always trying to figure out grams or cups, now I just press a button, and it tells me. I love this." —Corin lonigro

Get it from Amazon for $19.98+ (available in three colors).

Promising review: "Bought an air fryer several months ago, which I haven't used a whole lot because it came with only a few recipes, but not enough info on other items to cook. The Lotteli cheat sheet gives you cooking times and temperatures for a lot of your common everyday foods in a magnetized, easy-to-read, two-sheet combo that fills in where the air fryer pamphlet that came with the unit leaves out. I also bought an air fryer cookbook, but this only comes with specific recipes, whereas the cheat sheet fills in the void for quick, basic needs. Very happy with this purchase! 😁" —B. FRANK SMITH

Get it from Amazon for $8.95+ (available in two colors). 

Alchera Designs Posters is a Germany-based Etsy shop established in 2015 that specializes in organizational and decorative printables.

Promising review: "We purchased these for a birthday gift for our chef friend and had them printed on matte poster. They looked amazing, and he loved them so much. Thank you so much for the awesome designs!" —Sarah

Get it from Alchera Designs Posters on Etsy for $4.42 (originally $5.90).

Promising review: "The wood is really super nice, smooth, and clean. It sticks great to the pan, and the silicone rings add great shock absorption, so it doesn't make a lot of noise when I send down my heavy 13-some-inch skillet! It cleans off easily; I've only used it a handful of times, but it still looks brand new! A little pricey, but it's a premium kitchen thing. I recommend not settling for something cheaper." —K. Lujan

Promising review: "I cannot believe this works so well! I'm a huge guac-on-toast person, but how unappealing is brown guacamole? Received this on Saturday, made a batch on Sunday, and it was still beautifully green and tasty six days later! My standard batch perfectly fits six medium avocados, plus the fixings. Happy girl here!" —Amazon Customer

Get it from Amazon for $16.49+ (available in two colors).

Promising review: "At first use, I was confused and thought it wasn't working until I cracked one egg open. Lo and behold, this product actually works as described. Now, I can't stop using it every morning." —Amazon Shopper

Promising review: "Don’t think twice — just buy it! This has revolutionized cupcake/muffin making. No more using your finger or extra utensils to scoop the mix into the tins. You can measure out exactly how much you need to scoop and then just push the button up, and the mix glides right into the tins with no mess." —Dorothy H

Get it from Amazon for $8.79+ (available in two colors).

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