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Just 28 Cute Kitchen Items That'll Make Eating At Home A Bit More Special

We hope you love our recommendations! Some may have been sent as samples, but all were independently selected by our editors. Just FYI, BuzzFeed and its publishing partners may collect a share of sales and/or other compensation from the links on this page. Crocodile veggie chopper included 🐊 1. A colorful pan — from BuzzFeed's Goodful line — that's not just cute, but has the ability to kick all of your other dented and scratched pots to the curb as it can pan fry, sauté, sear, boil, simmer, blanche, braise, poach, deep fry, stew... and more, but I'll stop myself there. Promising review: "I waited to write a review until I'd actually tested the pan and after using it for 2 months, I can honestly say that it is amazing! It's the best cookware product that I've ever used as it heats up evenly and cleans so easily (even the bottom of the pan still looks new). I am currently looking at other Goodful products to replace my other pots, so YES, I'd highly recommend this product!" — Johnny O Get it from Amazon for $49.99 (available in eight colors). 2. A pastel knife set with such an arresting design, one reviewer warns not to forget they're super sharp, too!!! Promising review: "I am a sucker for everyday use items that are effective at what they do and also super beautiful to look at. The pastels are just perfect. I agree with everyone, though, do not get comfortable and forget how sharp they are." — Ibric Family Get it from Amazon for $21.99. 3. A neutral set of silicone-coated kitchen utensils so you can throw away the mismatched ones you've been using since college. Amazon The utensils can withstand temperatures of -40 degrees F up to 446 degrees F. Each set includes 24 tools and a holder. Promising review:"I don't normally write reviews, but I went out of my way to share this! I love these; they are super cute and really nice to cook with! I went through and threw away all of my plastic spoons and spatulas after using these. I'm definitely a fan!" — Patricia B. Get them from Amazon for $23.99+ (available in eight color combos). 4. A set of decorative trivets made to protect your table from the scorching heat of your latest creation: an over-microwaved Hot Pocket (AKA molten lava straight from Earth's mantle). Amazon Line + Arc is a small biz! Promising review: "This was a really hard purchase for me. I searched for quite a bit but couldn't settle on any trivets that also fit the aesthetic of my kitchen. These are perfect! Love the color, size, shape, dimensions… all of it. It was hard to press that purchase button though just because of the price (there are sooooo many cheaper options), but these seem like they will stand the test of time." — Anna Get a set of three from Amazon for $19.99+ (available in seven colors). 5. A Dracula garlic mincer because garlic powder simply doesn't compare to freshly minced garlic when you're whipping up an Italian feast. PS: You can also use it for ginger! Promising review:"I purchased this as a gift for my friend who is a fantastic cook — she uses fresh ingredients almost exclusively — but pressing fresh garlic is a task usually delegated. No longer — Gracula is there for her. She uses him nearly every time she needs garlic (which is basically daily) and months later still makes a point of saying how much she enjoys the gift. Anyway, definitely recommended for people who cook with garlic and have a sense of humor." — L Get it from Amazon for $18.99. 6. A croc-shaped veggie chopper so you can dice up an onion without fear of losing a digit. Yes, I've watched Gordon Ramsay YouTube explainers on how to do it with a knife, but there's a disconnect between my head and my hand, okay?? Amazon Fullstar is a small business established in 2017 that specializes in kitchen gadgets. Check out a TikTok of their veggie chopper in action. Promising review:"I'd recommend this product to everyone. I hate chopping up fruits and veggies (I'm super clumsy with a knife) and this makes it so easy and quick. 10/10." — Chepiksacc Get it from Amazon for $29.99. 7. A retro toaster with pale pink controls and a Dalmatian-spotted finish that would send Cruella de Vil into a tizzy. Wayfair The four-slice Haden x Poodle & Blonde toaster isn't just looks, either. It has six browning levels, a removable crumb tray, and settings for bagels and defrosting. Promising review: "This is such a beauty! It adds so much personality to my kitchen!! It's big but compact at the same time! You won't regret getting this." — Courtney Get it from Wayfair for $119.99 (originally $139.99). 8. And a sage green air fryer if you manage to under or over cook your entree every dang time you use your oven. You can crisp up fresh asparagus, cook salmon to flaky perfection, and even bake a GD lemon bundt cake if you so wish! Promising review: "This air fryer is the easiest appliance I own to clean and use. I have tried at least five commercial brand air fryers and they become unusable after about three uses. They do not wash well, and it's as if the nonstick is water solvable because after the first wash they aren't non stick anymore! Not this air fryer. This air fryer actually WORKS, is EASY TO USE, and honestly the food tastes SO MUCH BETTER. I bought this air fryer for the color only and thought 'eh, if it's bad I'll just return it.' Nope. You can't take this air fryer from me! It's a m a z i n g. Fries are crispy, raw chicken is cooked in 15 minutes on 400 F and JUICY, don't get me started on chicken wings. I can fit four chicken breasts in this baby and they're all done perfectly. THANK YOU FABULETTA!!!!" — Derek Get it from Amazon for $64.99. 9. Some matching oil and vinegar dispensers with metal pour spouts that'll make feel like you're dining at an Italian restaurant every night and not just pulling a frozen Trader Joe's meal from your freezer. Promising review: "I LOVE these dispensers!!! They look so cute and make me feel so organized. They dispense liquids really well and do not leak. They come with almost every label you would need." — Tara Foster Get them from Amazon for $14.95+ (available in two sizes, sets of one, two, or four, and in three styles). 10. A foldable mushroom funnel so you can transfer your liquids without spilling them all over the counter. Think of how many paper towels this will save you!! Amazon To use it, just flip it inside out and stick the "stem" through your container's opening. Plus, it's dishwasher safe! Promising review: "I am obsessed with this funnel!!! I juice a lot of citrus and juices for cocktails, and this little guy is the perfect size for bottling. It's beyond cute and really great quality. I'm always hesitant about buying silicone items, as I don't want them to be too thin. This is perfect! Sturdy and cute! Can't get better than that! The perfect addition to any cottagecore kitchen!" — Abbey Klem Get it from Amazon for $13.95. 11. An egg white separator for the baker who hasn't quite mastered the shell-to-shell method. This cute gadget will do all the work for you — just place it over any small cup. Promising review: "This is a terrific little tool and it works perfectly. I place it over a short drinking glass and crack an egg right into it. The white of the egg tends to hang down in one long 'stalactite' but with a couple of shakes, it plops neatly into the glass." — D. Rachlin Get it from Amazon for $9.90. 12. A silicone crab utensil holder that'll triumphantly hold your spoon over its head so it doesn't melt on the side of your stove while you're cooking. Promising review: "Probably the coolest holder I have ever seen. Bought it for my wife and she loves it and thinks it's cute. I laugh when I look at it, just cool as all! Hangs on all of our pots and pans, stays cool. Easy to clean and looks awesome. Great addition to any kitchen. Works great, does exactly what it is intended to do!" — Logan E. Get it from Amazon for $13.95. 13. A garlic keeper where you can store your most reached-for ingredient. Sorry, garlic powder and jarlic — you may be convenient, but your taste will never compare to a freshly minced bulb. Ceramika Zapiecek is a small, Polish ceramic studio. Promising review: "I love the garlic cellar it is perfect, finally I can put more than one garlic inside. It looks beautiful on my counter! Many thanks for such a wonderful working piece of art!!!" — Darlene Gallagher Get it from Ceramika Zapiecek on Etsy for $53.55 (originally $66.93). 14. A watering can juicer you can use to squeeze lemons and limes and then pour them over whatever you're cooking. When serving others, you can even say "tell me when" like you're a parm-wielding waiter at Olive Garden. Amazon Promising review: "It's easy to use and lemonade is quickly made. It looks so good I leave it on the counter." — Stephaniep Get it from Amazon for $14.90. 15. A stoneware butter dish for the person who's all about toast, all the time. It's not only functional but extremely cute, so you can use it as countertop decor. City to Cottage is a UK-based one-man ceramic studio from Tibor Palocz. Promising review: "Beautiful butter dish! I love the thick blue lines. You can tell it's been hand painted, which was what I was going for. It fits a slab of Kerrygold perfectly. Highly recommend." — liz Get it from City to Cottage on Etsy for $50.53 (originally $67.37). 16. A TikTok-viral floating pasta timer so you never under or overcook your pasta again. Al Dente, as he's known, sigs a different song every seven, nine, and 11 minutes so you know exactly when you pull your farfalle. Check this dude out on TikTok. Promising review: "Fun little kitchen gadget — it really works. Bought this as a gift last January and ending up keeping it with the plan of buying several more to give as Christmas gifts this year." — KW Get it from Amazon for $24.99. 17. A kitschy chip and dip bowl, because if anything deserves to be romanticized, it's your daily dose of [insert go-to snack here]. For me, that means my Trader Joe's pita chips and Everything But The Bagel dip. 🧑‍🍳 Lydia Ceramic is a mother-daughter small biz based in Turkey. Promising review: "I love this chip and dip bowl so much! Totally adorable! Love it, love it, love it! Thank you!" — Jenn Reay 18. A cactus measuring spoon set that won't melt when oops! you accidentally leave them too close to the stove. Amazon Promising review: "The cutest measuring spoons I've ever owned. They feel high quality and look great in our kitchen. I love using them." — Ash Johnson Get it from Amazon for $20.99+ (available in three styles). 19. A set of four cherry blossom dishes you can use for everything from mise en place (AKA prep) to soy sauce and wasabi if you're having a homemade sushi night. Amazon PS: These come from small biz Jusalpha! Promising reviews: "These are super cute and perfect for size for individual side sauces or soy sauce for sushi." — Serena Di Millo "These are absolutely adorable, and the photos are very true to their actual appearance. They are a little shallow/small but I knew that they would be mini so that isn't a surprise. Overall a lovely addition to my dishware." — Megan Get the four-piece set from Amazon for $10.99+ (available in two colors; also available in sets of five, six, and eight). 20. A terra-cotta bear that, when presented with a bag of brown sugar, will bravely say "I volunteer as tribute!" This adorable little guy can be used a few different ways. To keep things like brown sugar and fresh cookies nice and moist, soak it in some water and then place it in the same container. On the flip side, keep things like chips and crackers nice and crispy by using it dry. Promising review:"Not only do I use one of these little fellows for my brown sugar, I picked up a tip from someone else. If you take one of these little guys and don't run him under water, but leave him perfectly dry, he will help keep your electronics such as cameras dry in the camera bags during humid months by absorbing the humidity. How perfect is that? A multi-tasking little fellow. Well worth getting several of. I'm sure I can find other uses as well." — A.B.A. Get it from Amazon for $5.26. 21. An artichoke spoon rest to keep your counters sauce-free. Just be careful if you have pets because they may try to snatch it off the counter in search of a treat! avOKado Ceramic / Etsy avOKado Ceramic is a Ukranian small biz from Oksana Kadochnikova. Promising review: "The artichoke spoon rest is BEAUTIFUL! You can really see the care and detail that went into creating this piece. Oksana was very communicative about shipping timelines as well." — Kate Madoff Get it from avOKado Ceramic on Etsy for $26. 22. A hanging lemon wicker basket that looks like an egg chair — but for your fruits and that just delights me. Wicker WoW / Etsy Wicker WoW is a Ukranian small business from Tanya Podolskaya. Promising review: "This is a gorgeous basket and extremely well executed. It was also much larger than I expected! I didn't measure it out on my counter before I ordered (my mistake), but I found a perfect spot and it looks wonderful! I am really impressed with the quality and it's so different from any other fruit holder. It's definitely a piece of art. I highly recommend." — Tamra7 23. A pack of fiberglass chopsticks you can keep in color-coordinated pairs or mix and match like the twinless socks in your drawer. Amazon Promising review: "So cute and very high quality. A great addition to my kitchen and my friends love them as well. Colors are a bit more muted than I was expecting but great overall!" — Natalia Get them from Amazon for $14.99 (available in six color combinations/designs). 24. A Great Jones casserole dish ready and waiting to bake up your signature dish: Frito pie. It may not be the most photogenic fare, but this baby will put in serious work as soon as it's placed in front of a camera. Great Jones If you haven't heard of Great Jones before (welcome to the party!), they're a small direct-to-consumer brand from foodies and first-time entrepreneurs Sierra Tishgart and Maddy Moelis. Their brand — named for cookbook author/editor Judith Jones — looks to bring home cooks everything they need to take to the kitchen more confidently. Get it from Great Jones for $75 (also available in pink). 25. A mess-free Cherry Chomper so you can de-pit your favorite fruit in no time at all. There are no exposed sharp parts, either, so it's safe for littles to use on their own. Amazon, Promising review:"Hands-down, one of the coolest and cutest kitchen gadgets I own. I bought this pitter because my father is a HUGE bing cherry fan. When cherry season is in, you can guarantee he'll be sitting in his recliner with a bowl full of cherries. He normally eats cherries and pits them in his mouth, but in his older age, I worried about him cracking a tooth or choking on the pit. So I bought this pitter and it was an INSTANT hit! He loved how cute it was and the pitter does an amazing job. Easy to use, not a ton of force needed, and then the pits are in one place and easy to throw away!" — cocade27 Get it from Amazon for $17.99. 26. A stunning, heirloom-worthy East Fork dinner set in delicious hues like panna cotta, morel, and amaro. East Fork What's included: Breakfast bowl, everyday bowl, cake plate, side plate, and dinner plate. East Fork is an Asheville, North Carolina-based small biz that's been throwing and firing pottery since 2009. Today, they are a Certified B Corporation, Climate Neutral Certified (meaning they offset and reduce all of their greenhouse gas emissions), and they "partner with local non-profit, grassroots organizations and individuals working toward racial equity, community reconciliation, and the liberation of folks who've been systematically oppressed by white supremacy, patriarchy, and heteronormativity." Promising reviews: "Great pieces worthy of collection and praise. We have been slowly collecting pieces of East Fork as we go and absolutely love how durable and beautiful they are." — Grant and Vicki T. Get it from East Fork for $156 (originally $182; available in eight colors). 27. A speckled salt cellar so you can add a little pizzazz — a la Salt Bae — to your next dish and your countertop. Blake 'N' Grey is an Illinois–based small biz. Promising review: "It is even more beautiful in person! I love it so much, and it's perfect. Thank you!!" — rachel Get it from Blake 'N' Grey on Etsy for $24.65 (originally $29). 28. And some bat-shaped kitchen shears you can use to chop up herbs and remove the creepy bits from your chicken tendies. Trust me, as someone with a weak stomach... it makes such a difference!!!! Amazon Promising review: "What is there not to like about bat scissors? These are durable, comfy on the hand when cutting, and they are sharp... Plus, they look awesome in my knife holder. 😀" — sharon skully