Cookies and Cream Bagel Dots

Yes. That's what I'm calling them because I can't remember what they are called.

I had a coupon for Einstein's bagels-and since my time was upon me, it was justified to eat the bad carbohydrates that they provide.

When I arrived, the pickings were slim. As in: no pumpernickel, which I love. Even if Napoleon hated it. So I tried the potato bagel, which wasn't bad. I had a Nova Lox bagel, complete with real cream cheese (extra creamy), tomato slices, capers and LAAAAAAA, the lox. Which was fabulous and fishy. Well, not TOO fishy. It was smoked salmon! This was served with a side of creamy potato salad, which had a teeny tiny crunch of celery in it, just a hint. And of course, a diet Coke(TM)-and this time, no lemonade was mixed in as I usually do. I just wasn't in the mood for it!

But the piece de' resistance was the cup of bagel dots, which I had "won" from their "Flip the Lip" sweepstakes. Oh MY. All the joy and taste of cookies and cream without the heavy gravity of the actual cookie portion. The little dots were a taste of chocolate sweetness, tempered by the white icing and the way they felt in the mouth.

I give you: Ode to the Cookies and Cream Bagel Dots (that are too soon gone)

Stop.

Sweet softness fills

my mouth.

The chocolate, the glazing

the taste

amazing

and POP

another goes in.

Until-they are all

(sadly) gone.

I remain,

Hilda Stinson