Three imaginative kitchen gadgets: Inane or innovative?

I'm a big fan of things that make my life easier, but I have to admit, some gadgets leave me scratching my head. The same is true for these three kitchen gadgets. While I can see the appeal, I ask myself, "How much lazier can we get?" Check these tools designed to simplify our consumption of pizza, strawberries and cookies.

Have you ever stared at a freshly baked pizza wishing that there was a tool that could cut through pizza easily? (Besides a pizza cutter, of course.) That little wheel on a stick never seems to penetrate all the way through a pizza. It drags your toppings everywhere. It's just a mess! Enter pizza scissors, the solution to all of your pizza-cutting needs. These scissors even have a spatula tip to slip under your pizza to prevent scratching your pans and cutting boards.

The Williams-Sonoma Strawberry Huller eliminates that pesky chore of chopping the top off of your strawberrys. It uses a claw that is inserted, twisted and pulled to remove the stem and leaves while leaving as much of the fruit as possible. The product description says that it's also good for coring tomatoes. While it currently only costs $7.95 (plus shipping), you could save yourself $8 and just use a straw if you don't want to cut the tops off.

The most intriguing invention of the lot, in my opinion, is The Dipr. This little tool cradles your cookie around the cream center, allowing you to dunk for as long as you'd like. No more losing cookies in milk. No more sticky fingers. It comes in red, blue, green, yellow and purple and will soon feature characters, too. It works with any sandwich cookie.

What do you think of these tools? I have to admit, the pizza scissors don't seem like such a silly idea after all. Now I'm craving pizza...and an easier way to cut it.

Strawberries photo courtesy of David Slack via Flickr.

Pizza Scissors photo courtesy of Amazon.com.

Strawberry huller courtesy of Williams-Sonoma.com.

The Dipr photo courtesy of thedipr.com.