New Dove Cookies are a delicious indulgence

Dove Cookies. Chocolate Walnut Oasis, Beyond Chocolate Chunk, Chocolate Walnut Rendezvous, Milk Chocolate Moment, Mint Chocolate Serenade and Toffee Chocolate Tango. $2.99 per 5.3- to 6-ounce box of 8 to 15 cookies.

Bonnie: Dove chocolate is the focus of these new Dove Cookies. Half are 3-inch, round chocolate chip cookies dipped on one side in milk chocolate; the other half are small butter cookies with a one-sided coating plus another, thicker half-coating on top.

Obviously these are an indulgence, not food for someone on a weight-loss or heart-health diet. One serving, a single large cookie or three small cookies, contains 100 to 160 calories with up to 5 grams of saturated fat with 9 grams of total fat. That's a huge amount of saturated fat for a cookie and a quarter of the government's recommended daily limit.

Not worried? Then I'd recommend trying the delicious Mint Chocolate Serenade or Toffee Chocolate Tango.

Carolyn: Indulgent Pepperidge Farm, LU and Hershey's Cookies have recently been selling like hotcakes (actually better). These Dove Cookies are an amalgam of all three. Some are a straightforward affixing of candy to cookie, like LU's Little Schoolboy; most are big and bumpy, like Pepperidge Farm; the exceptions are smaller and dipped in chocolate, like Hershey's. These Dove Cookies share the addictive deliciousness of Pepperidge Farm cookies and the messiness of Hershey's Cookies. And like Hershey's, Dove Cookies' chocolate coating melts both on its tray and all over your hands, making these totally impractical for on-the-go snacking. It also makes me wonder why Dove introduced these in the summer.

One big advantage to Dove over both Pepperidge Farm and Hershey's is how they're packaged: in boxes containing two individually wrapped cookie sleeves, thus creating the (admittedly slim) possibility of eating only half a box of cookies at one sitting instead of the whole thing.

Hot Pockets and Lean Pockets Subs. Pepperoni Pizza, Philly Steak & Cheese, Meatballs & Mozzarella, and Hot Pockets Ham on Cheese. $2.99 per 10- or 11-ounce box containing two frozen subs.

Bonnie: I like the concept of these new Hot and Lean Pocket sandwiches. Just place them in their microwaveable sleeve and cook a few minutes to produce a sub sandwich with a warm, soft — yes, soft — roll. That's quite an impressive technological feat. But that's all that impressed me about these. The fillings taste horrid, and both the Lean and regular lines are way too salty.