But my daughter, always curious, decided to gently poke it with her spoon.

A moment later, she screamed. Beneath the chocolate, we saw…  I was horrified when I realized what it was  The details are in the first comment 

Inside the ice cream was a small body with a tail and pincers. It was a scorpion. A real one, though dead. Judging by its size, it was a baby.

We froze. The first thing that came to mind was: how could it have gotten in there?