Grandioso Garlic Dipping Sauce Cups, 1.5 oz, 12 Pack

These are the sealed sauce cups familiar from the top of a pizza delivery box, sold by the dozen so you can keep a stack at home. Each cup holds 1.5 oz of Grandioso garlic sauce, the creamy garlic dip that Ventura Foods makes for pizzerias and Italian restaurants, where cups go into the basket alongside breadsticks or ride along in the takeout box.

The appeal at home is the one operators buy it for: a fixed portion, a peel-back lid, and nothing to decant. One cup is about right for one person working through a pizza's worth of crusts, and twelve cups means everyone at the table gets their own instead of sharing a bowl.

Past pizza crust, it works on garlic knots and warm focaccia, as a dip for soft pretzels, fries or wings, brushed across flatbread before it goes into the oven, or spooned into a chicken sandwich. The closed cup also makes it easy to send along in a lunchbox or a cooler.