Little Debbie Christmas Cherry Cordials present themselves most like a gift. The outer carton features an old-timey Santa along with cheerful red cherries, and a stout rectangular shape reminiscent of Queen Anne or Cella's chocolate candies. That's an honest hint at what's inside. I opened the box to find eight individually wrapped, and formidably sized sandwich cookies veiled in a thin chocolate coating. The vanilla discs underneath were soft, but a little too dry for my liking. Thankfully, the subtly sweet cherry creme filling helped smooth things over with legit bakery-cake frosting flavor. These would be even better with a glass of milk.

Little Debbie Cherry Cordials get extra points for daring to be a little different. I'm pretty fond of boxed chocolate-covered cherries (even the cheap drugstore variety), and this snack-cake spinoff captures the experience without being too cloying or artificial. However, cherry cordials turn up on America's worst Christmas candy lists all the time. If you're one of the haters, hold onto your $3 for a holiday snack further up on our list. As it is, some LD fans have had trouble locating these Cherry Cordials for years. You can try the Little Debbie online snack finder, but they weren't available anywhere within a 50-mile radius of my ZIP code.