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A dessert spoon is a spoon designed specifically for eating dessert and sometimes used for soup or cereals. Similar in size to a soup spoon
Soup spoon

A soup spoon is a type of spoon with a large or rounded bowl, used for eating soup. The idea of including a separate soup spoon in a table setting originated in the 18th century, when bowl shapes varied widely, deep or shallow, oval, pointed, egg-shaped or circular....
, intermediate between a teaspoon
Teaspoon

Kari is extraterrestial.A teaspoon, a type of cutlery , is a small spoon, commonly silver and part of a place setting, suitable for stirring and sipping the contents of a cup of tea or coffee....
 and a tablespoon
Tablespoon

A tablespoon is a type of large spoon usually used for serving. A tablespoonful, an amount equal to the capacity of one tablespoon, is commonly used as a unit of measurement of volume used in Cooking weights and measures ....
 but with a pointed rather than rounded bowl, it typically has a capacity around twice that of a teaspoon.






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A dessert spoon is a spoon designed specifically for eating dessert and sometimes used for soup or cereals. Similar in size to a soup spoon
Soup spoon

A soup spoon is a type of spoon with a large or rounded bowl, used for eating soup. The idea of including a separate soup spoon in a table setting originated in the 18th century, when bowl shapes varied widely, deep or shallow, oval, pointed, egg-shaped or circular....
, intermediate between a teaspoon
Teaspoon

Kari is extraterrestial.A teaspoon, a type of cutlery , is a small spoon, commonly silver and part of a place setting, suitable for stirring and sipping the contents of a cup of tea or coffee....
 and a tablespoon
Tablespoon

A tablespoon is a type of large spoon usually used for serving. A tablespoonful, an amount equal to the capacity of one tablespoon, is commonly used as a unit of measurement of volume used in Cooking weights and measures ....
 but with a pointed rather than rounded bowl, it typically has a capacity around twice that of a teaspoon. Abbreviation: dstspn.

The use of dessert spoons around the world varies greatly; in some areas, they are very common while in other places the use of the dessert spoon is almost unheard of - with diners using forks or teaspoons for their desserts instead.

In some traditional table setting
Table setting

Table setting refers to the way to set a table with tableware—such as eating utensils and dishware—for serving and eating. The arrangement for a single diner is called a place setting....
s, the dessert spoon appears above the plate, separated from the rest of the cutlery, or it may be brought in with the dessert.

As a unit of measure, a dessert spoonful (as much as a dessert spoon will hold) equals about 2 1/2 fluidrams
Dram (unit)

The dram was historically both a coin and a weight. Currently it is both a small mass in the Apothecaries' system of weights and a small imperial unit of volume....
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