Big taste in little Cheesecake Bite

Sara Lee Cheesecake Bites. Original, Chocolate, and Strawberry. $3.69 per 7-ounce to 7.5-ounce container containing 40 pieces.

Bonnie: Sara Lee says these are bite-size cheesecakes with full-size taste. And I must say, I agree.

Each carton contains 40 half-inch cubes of cheesecake, with a modest 20 calories each, enjoyable straight from the freezer. The problem is that most people can't just eat one. I've put a bowlful out on the table for friends who don't usually indulge in dessert, and I never had any left to put back in the freezer. It's just too enjoyable — and easy — to keep eating these.

Five to 10 of these still contain lots fewer calories and less fat than the average cheesecake slice, which makes for a less indulgent dessert. I only wish they contained fewer artificial ingredients.

Carolyn: Time was when you could buy only a whole Sara Lee cheesecake. It was either serve it to a crowd or eat it all yourself. A few years back, waking up to the fact that Americans no longer lived in big families but were themselves getting bigger, the company began selling its cheesecake in individual slices. Although better than eating a whole cake, these slices were hardly a "light" dessert. But these new 20-calorie Sara Lee Cheesecake Bites are a snack even a weight watcher could afford to have in her freezer.

The Bites can also be eaten straight out of the freezer — thus solving frozen cheesecake's other problem: having to wait for it to thaw (although these do taste even better if you set them out a few minutes).

Despite their physical resemblance to the late, great Rondos and Edy's Dibs, Sara Lee Cheesecake Bites are cheesecake and not cheesecake-flavored ice cream. Sara Lee has, in fact, done a remarkable job of capturing the entire cheesecake experience in each bite — cracker or cookie crust, dry cheesy base, jam accent and all.

Anyone who loves cheesecake will love these. And anyone who once liked cheesecake but ruled it out because of its indulgence and inconvenience will now need to give it another look.

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