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The Quest To Make The World’s Best Mac & Cheese

Allie Folino
2 min read
Photo credit: Parker Feierbach
Photo credit: Parker Feierbach

Think about your perfect bowl of macaroni and cheese. You're struggling, right?! Because there’s no such thing as *the* perfect macaroni. For this challenge, we narrowed it down to four main categories: creamy, baked, fancy, and vegan.

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Photo credit: Allie Holloway/Studio D

Which mac & cheese sounds best to you? Right now. At this very moment. Vote below and make the upwards of 20 pounds of pasta and 12 pounds of cheese that we had to cook (...and eat) worth it.


If you like the kind in the blue box...

Makinze's stovetop mac & cheese is so creamy and saucy, it'll make you question whether you should use a fork or a spoon. No bread crumbs. No snobby cheeses. It's the mac you should go for if you're looking for something classic.

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Photo credit: Hearst Owned

If you like a crunchy topping...

While developing the ultimate baked mac & cheese, June learned a combo of panko bread crumbs and crushed Ritz crackers makes the best topping. If you're into baked pastas, you MUST try it.

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Photo credit: Hearst Owned

If you love bacon…

Lauren's mac is the one you make for a special occasions. The sauce: a creamy combination of gouda, cheddar, and Parmesan. The topping: thyme caramelized onions, crispy bacon, and sourdough croutons.

Photo credit: Hearst Owned
Photo credit: Hearst Owned

If you don't do dairy...

Delicious vegan mac & cheese might sound like an oxymoron, but thanks to Lena, it can be done. The secret ingredients: sauerkraut, russet potatoes, cashews, and nutritional yeast. Sounds crazy, tastes like, well, cheese!

Photo credit: Hearst Owned
Photo credit: Hearst Owned
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Photo credit: Krasyuk - Hearst Owned

Craving MORE mac & cheese content?

Tess, our features editor and unofficial (but pretty damn legit) food astrologist, dug deep to figure out the perfect pasta for your sign. And, if even after reading through all the recipes, you still wanna go rogue and play around with your own recipe? Go. For. It. But first, find out which cheeses melt best.


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