New from Kraft, we have Bagel-fuls -- bagels with a tunnel of cream cheese inside. Well, make that bagel sticks; nobody would say that an item that isn't doughnut-shaped is a bagel.
They're sold in the freezer case, and they can be microwaved from frozen, but for best preparation (in a wide-slot toaster), they should be moved to the refrigerator first.
The warm, toasted-bagel outside and cool cream cheese inside (several flavors) is pretty darn close to the experience of eating an actual (round) toasted bagel to which cream cheese has been added.
UP AND DOWN
The new 100-calorie little Debbie Nutty Bar is simply a single Little Debbie Nutty Bar two-thirds the size (smaller and thinner) of just one of the regular (two-in-a-serving) Little Debbie Nutty Bars.
You could simply eat two-thirds of one regular LDNB for your 100 calories, but the fact that the new bar is not as thick produces a slightly different texture that some people might prefer. But (surely you know what's coming): The regular 12-ounce package of Little Debbie Nutty Bars (six two-bar servings) has a suggested retail of $1.39. The 8.21-ounce package of a dozen 100-calorie bars is $1.59 -- 67 percent more per ounce!
VINEGARS
You might not have noticed the astounding variety of flavored balsamic vinegars available from various firms: strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, pear, cherry, lemon, fig. Now, from Benissimo brand (it had to happen), there's pomegranate balsamic vinegar.
