Dreyer's 6-ounce cups great low-calorie treats

Dreyer's Slow Churned Snack Size Cups. Mint Chocolate Chip, Chocolate, and Vanilla Bean. $1.25 per 6-ounce cup.

Bonnie: Dreyer's just introduced snack-size portions of three flavors of its Slow Churned ice cream, a light ice cream with the creaminess of premium, yet with half the fat and a third of the calories. This creaminess is a result of the way the company kneads, stretches and distributes the ice cream's fat molecules as part of a patented Slow Churning process. These non-premium ice creams do contain thickeners and, in the Mint Chocolate Chip, artificial coloring not found in premium ice creams.

I'm still glad that Dreyer's decided to put this light ice cream in new single-serve cups. I'm only sorry it chose to fill them with 6 ounces of ice cream instead of the more traditional 4-ounce serving — thus cutting down on the fat and calorie savings.

Carolyn: Cardboard Dixie Cup ice cream novelties filled with individual servings of plain-Jane ice cream and eaten with little wooden paddles date back to the early 1920s. Apparently awakened by the popularity of 100-calorie packages of everything, single-serve cups are now the latest trend with national premium and super-premium ice cream brands.

I'm still waiting for Ben & Jerry's to send me cases of its ultra-indulgent Flipped Out! sundae cups for testing. Until then I'm more than happy with these Dreyer's cups, which are much more of a treat than the original Dixie, despite their modest 150 Slow Churned calories. They're also cute enough to eat up. I only wish they came in more interesting flavors than the current Vanilla Bean, Chocolate, and Mint Chocolate Chip.

La Tortilla Factory Hand Made Style Corn Tortillas. Yellow Corn, White Corn and Chipotle. $1.99 to $2.49 per 11.57-ounce package containing eight soft tortillas.

Bonnie: I like all three of these new handmade-style soft corn tortillas from La Tortilla Factory. Each has 90 calories and only 1 gram of fat, along with 1 gram of fiber and 14 grams of whole grains.

I like heating tortillas in a medium-hot, ungreased skillet for about 20 to 30 seconds per side before using. They're perfect for quesadillas, fajitas, soft tacos, enchiladas, burritos, wraps or huevos rancheros (ranch-style eggs). The Chipotle has just a hint of smoky jalapeno pepper and is my favorite.

Carolyn: I would say the Chipotle tortillas have more than a hint of jalapeno, Bonnie. They have so much that they distract from the corn and anything you might put in them.