Pampered Chef The Corer Review

Since I try to be healthy, one of my favorite snacks is sliced apples with peanut butter.  I added the Pampered Chef The Corer to my party order about a year ago and have eaten more apples in the last year than in my entire life before that!

The Pampered Chef website gives the following description of the product:  "Instantly remove cores and seeds from apples or cucumbers.  A stainless cutting edge easily pierces apple peels. The ejector cleanly removes cores. Includes safety lock. Dishwasher-safe."  The Corer sells for $10.50 and has a 2-year guarantee.

What I like about it:  It took me a few tries to really get the hang of the easiest way to use The Corer, but after trial and error, it's a really simple tool to use.  The design is great!  The ejector works well and once it's been cleaned, a simple twist at the bottom locks the ejector into place to cover the sharp end. 

What I don't like about it:  The only problem I have run into is that if you don't have The Corer perfectly positioned over the top of the fruit, you'll end up missing a lot of the core and have to cut it out with a knife.  If you've got an apple that doesn't sit quite straight on a flat surface, it's a huge pain. 

This kitchen gadget is a little pricy, but when you consider the easy of clean-up, guarantee, and convenience factor of not having to cut pieces of core out of individual apple slices, it's definitely worth it.  If you don't ever want to use the whole fruit (like for baked apples), I would suggest the Pampered Chef Apple Wedger instead, so you get your core removed and fruit sliced, all in one clean move.