Chocolate indulgence

Hershey's newest offering aims at filling the gap between mass-market candies and the company's top-of-the-line Cocoa Reserve truffles.

Bliss bite-sized, melt-in-your-mouth chocolates - in creamy milk and dark chocolate and milk chocolate with meltaway centers - even got good taste grades from our resident chocolate snobs.

Bliss chocolates, 9.6-ounce bags, $3.99. In candy sections of most major markets nationwide this month.

- Marilynn Marter

Green cleaning

Made of sustainable, plant-based materials, they provide a durable, machine-washable, alternative to paper towels and non-biodegradable disposables.

The sponge absorbs 15 times its weight in liquid; the towels sop up 10 times theirs.

EcoSponge, one (6-by-4-inch) or pack of 2 (3-by-4-inch), $6.95; EcoTowl, 2 (14-by-10-inch) towels, $7.95. At grocery and gourmet retailers nationwide, Acme to Whole Foods.

- M.M.

Custom coring

OXO's stainless steel, two-sided scoop corer lets you strip out narrow stems or wide seed sections from halved fruits and veggies with a minimum of waste.

OXO Good Grips Fruit and Vegetable Corer, $7.99. At Linens 'n Things and www.oxo.com.

- M.M.