using a helper_method in a view

I'm having an odd problem... in application.rb I have:

helper_method :admin?

...since I use this all the time in my views to test if the user is an administrator, of course. Pretty standard.

I thought I'd be able to use this in specific helpers, but I'm getting "method not found":

undefined method `admin?'

I'm surprised the admin? method works in a view but not in the respective helper. Anything I'm missing? How can I use this method in helpers?

Thanks!

Oops... subject should be "using a helper_method in a helper".