Mac-and-Cheese Fans Noodle Around With Elaborate Recipes
TikTok that he adds some carrots for color—and, he notes, “you get a few vitamins." PepsiCo now sells boxed mac and cheese in various Cheetos flavors, including flamin’ hot, which the company said it created to offer “a more exciting and flavor-forward option." Whole Foods named “retro remix" as a top 10 food trend for this year, with throwback foods like mac and cheese being reinvented with better ingredients and adjusted for special diets. Organic food company Annie’s has 25 different styles of mac and cheese, including vegan and gluten-free varieties and different pasta shapes, according to parent General Mills, and an extra-protein version is coming in the fall. Tharin White, a content creator in Orlando, Fla., made a Barbie-themed mac and cheese in July for himself and his girlfriend to celebrate the release of the movie about the doll.
He created a pink sauce using beets, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese and cheddar cheese, then mixed it with the mac and cheese from a box of Annie’s. It was a hit. “There was one serving left.
It was gone the next morning," White said. Kraft Heinz said its recent research found that almost 40% of consumers customize their mac and cheese. Avocado, salsa, broccoli and bacon bits were common additions, while more unexpected ones included pickles, ketchup and cookie crumbs.
Kraft Heinz found some people add cream cheese to make their mac and cheese extra creamy, cut-up hot dogs for protein and pasta water instead of milk. It’s offered more mac and cheese flavors over the past decade, including cotton candy, pumpkin spice and southwest chipotle. For Janei Forbes, a nursing student in Altoona, Pa., proper mac and cheese takes about an hour.
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