Cooking spoons are used mostly for stirring, basting and portioning. Spatulas can be employed to scrape bowls to ensure thorough blending, to stir or blend foods in non-stick cookware while preventing damage to the coating and to lift and turn foods without breakage or damage to their appearance. Offset spatulas can be used to spread batters or icings, while flat-sided spatulas are most often used in pastry work to scrape chocolate.