“It wasn’t awesome then, either.” “It is a microwave product, through and through.” “Oh, good, more orange.”Middle of the pack: Marie Callender’s Vermont White Cheddar Mac & Cheese, Evol Truffle Parmesan Mac & Cheese, Devour White Cheddar Mac & Cheese with Bacon, Stouffer’s Cheddar & Goat Cheese Mac, Lean Cuisine Marketplace Vermont White Cheddar Mac & Cheese, Blake’s Farmhouse Mac & Cheese. (Tom McCorkle for The Washington Post; food styling by Lisa Cherkasky for The Washington Post)The best frozen mac and cheeses:1. Trader Joe’s Hatch Chile Mac & Cheese“Looks almost like real mac & cheese,” with “the slightest bit of kick” — which comes from a decent amount of roasted Hatch chile peppers in the mix. “The color is less fluorescent” and “a little clove-y,” and it had the “best noods of the bunch.”[How to make a better bowl of mac and cheese]The worst boxed mac and cheeses:Trader Joe’s Wisconsin Cheddar Macaroni & CheeseTrader Joe’s completely dominated the frozen mac market, but when it comes to its boxed mac, yikes. Maybe it really is “liquid gold.” (Stacy Zarin Goldberg for The Washington Post; food styling by Amanda Soto/The Washington Post)The best boxed mac and cheeses:1.

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2019 17:05 UTC