- Sweet mother of holy mac and cheese. Every mac and cheese. That's
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mac and cheese rainbow is proudly on display, and I'm
ready to start eating some. So we're starting with Kraft, the original blue box Mac & Cheese, standard issue, baseline. This is it. This is what boxed macaroni
and cheese tastes like. Let's taste it. (bright upbeat music) This tastes exactly the way
that it did when I was a kid. I grew up eating it. I love it. I wanna give it a six,
but I love it too much. My nostalgia loves it too
much. I gotta give it seven. It's a seven. I've just learned something
earth shattering, folks, from our newest team member, Sylvie, that this is not only
the first ever iteration of boxed macaroni and cheese, but it originates from the year 1937, the middle, the height of World War II! Right?
- Just before. - '37?
- No, I think- - Just before.
- '39! (beep) That's pre-World War II. This was being made en
masse for 19 cents a pop. It's beautiful. I almost wanna bump it up
to an eight for that reason, but I won't, it's a seven. Next up, macaroni and cheese spirals, which not only is a different shape, Kendall informs me, it's
a different formulation. Two tablespoons less
of butter. To what end? It tastes sharper because
there's less butter to cut through the citric acid, I think. I have to be objective 'cause this is better than the last one, but it's not an eight, not by a long shot. So that means that I need to adjust my expectations a little bit. Kraft Original. I'm gonna
bump it down to a six. This is a seven because
it's a better shape, and it's better for you too, I guess, because there's less butter in it. It's really incredible, so seven. Next step in the Kraft shapes Lexicon, "Paw Patrol" Special Edition. This calls for fat-free milk specifically and half a tablespoon of butter. What's going on here? Ew. That is the least flavorful mac and cheese I've ever
had in my entire life. The sauce might as well not
be there. It's a bummer. It's a huge bummer, and I'm gonna have to
knock it down to a three. It hardly qualifies as mac and cheese. Next up, Kraft Mac &
Cheese SpongeBob edition. We got four shapes, SpongeBob,
Patrick, Squidward, and Gary. This one calls for even less fat-free milk than "Paw Patrol," which
has an eighth of the butter. This is getting a little convoluted. - Oh no! I dunno where Gary went! Oh, SpongeBob's gonna be so mad! Meow. No, Gary! (laughs) Enough theater. I'm gonna try
to get one of each shape here. The flavor's better. Like it's not as good as Kraft Original, but it's better than "Paw Patrol." Would I rather have a bowl of
this than of Kraft Original? The answer to that is
no. This guy gets a five. Kraft Unicorns. Same deal,
more milk, less butter. That looks like a penis. I mean, sure it's a rainbow,
but it also kind of looks like a medical cross
section of a male genitalia. Let's see if there's
literally any difference here. Mm. That's good schlong. This tastes only like pasta,
just like the "Paw Patrol." That being said, the texture's better than not falling apart. So for that, I will award them a four. Not quite so magical as
their penis-headed mascot. Original with cauliflower. The Original Mac & Cheese
has nine grams of protein. This has nine grams of protein. In fact, they're exactly
the same across the board, apart from fiber. This has two grams of fiber.
This has a whopping three. It calls for one tablespoon
less butter and milk, so it's gonna be a little
bit less buttery and milky and a little bit more cauliflowery. Let's see if it translates
in the final product. Ew. What the devil? It tastes distinctly of cauliflower. It has almost the exact
same nutritional value, and it tastes worse. I don't see why it exists.
Three, three stars out of 10. Get this outta here. Three. All right folks, this
is my home court, okay? I grew up eating shells and
white cheddar. Here we go. (upbeat music) Oh, oh yeah. Oh yeah. No, that's really good. The
sauce is more flavorful. It's sharper. I really, really prefer this to everything that we've tried so far. I have to give it an eight.
Three cheese with shells. This looks saucy. This looks
the sauciest of the day. I need to take smaller bites. I'm gonna have eaten like four bowls of mac and cheese by the end of the day. Mm, mm, mm! Flavor! Texture! (laughs) Mwah! Fireworks. Put fireworks behind me in post. Ah, ah! (laughs) It's incredible!
It's fun, it's all right. Doesn't taste like there's
more kinds of cheese in there. It just kind of tastes like they just put like more powder in there or something. It's just the original flavor that's always there is just stronger, and it's got shells, which I prefer. The original is a six.
This scores at a seven. It's a seven. Kraft Thick 'n Creamy. Interesting that they
went with actual macaroni. This calls for half a cup of milk. So it's largely being thick and creamy by virtue of you adding more stuff to it. Yeah, it's better than the original. It is, yeah, and the elbows and the sauce is better than the original,
so this is also a seven. Next up, Kraft KD from the strange and
exotic Land of Canada. It has a lot less like fake stuff in it. There's like eight ingredients, and it sounds like it's a
lot less horrible for you, but, at the same time, it is soupy. Look at how soupy. Do you see the soupy? Do you see the soupy, (laughs) Brad? Oh! (laughs) Oh, oh, how dreadful! (bright upbeat music) It tastes like the box that came in. It tastes like cardboard. This
is bordering on offensive. I'd rather eat nothing than the thing. So I think that puts it
down two territory. Goodbye. Next step, we're moving
away from cheese powders and into cheese sauce territory. (soft upbeat music) Kraft Original Deluxe Mac & Cheese, and if I remember
correctly, it tastes worse. So let's see what goes down here. Ugh. You like it? - [Kendall] I mean, not as well. - Okay, I'm definitely being
way too dramatic right now. (laughs) It's not like disgusting, but like it is a packet of
movie theater nacho cheese, I'm quite sure. I'm not crazy about it. I
like that the pasta's ridged. It picks up more sauce,
but I don't like the sauce, so yeah, no, I'm inclined
to award this a four. If these cost more,
which I assume they do, you're wasting your money on something that tastes patently worse
than the stuff outta the box. So four. Cheetos mac and cheese. Got yellow 6. Isn't that the
one that gives you bald stuff? I feel like this is actually
a good general color to not put in your body, but here we go. Jesus. (laughs) God almighty. It tastes like the pure
powder that is on the Cheetos, liquified, concentrated, and just thrown at your
mouth at full speed. I almost wanna give it
a two, but it's novel. It's a three, okay? It's three. This is the three, and
we have two more to go. So it's a three. Cheeto jalapeno. Who
wants some peen, yeah? Sorry. It's spicy. It's actually spicy. That's fun. I appreciate that it's
spicy, but it's still insane. I couldn't eat this cup. It's too strong. I appreciate that it's spicy. I like it better than the other
one, but it's still insane. So I'll give it a four.
I'll give it a four. Oh my God! (laughs) It's electric. You know, the internet's
responsible for this existence. This is your guys' fault. (soaring instrumental music) Oh, it's actually spicy. (laughs) - Really?
- It's actually spicy. It somehow, somehow tastes
better than the other ones. Did they make this product
just like to be memeable? Is this like so ridiculous that it sells? I'll give these a four
'cause I like them better than the original Cheetos. Best I can do is a four. Our very first entrant
into the healthy arena. Goodles Cheddy Mac. The noodles are made from
wheat flour, chickpea protein, wheat protein, and nutrients
extracted from broccoli, spinach, kale, pumpkin,
sweet potato, sunflower seed, cranberry, chlorella, maitake
mushroom, shiitake mushroom. (whistles) Let's see what it tastes like. (bright lo-fi music) Hmm, that ain't half bad. Little funk to it but really negligible. The texture's not as good
as straight up pasta. Again, it's a protein pasta, but the cheese sauce is pretty on point. The fact that it gives
you all this great stuff and that it doesn't taste
terrible as a result is very impressive, so
I'm gonna give it a six. Next up in the Goodles
lexicon, Shella Good. Yeah, and the sauce tastes great. The sharpness of the cheese
sauce really compensates for the kind of little funky
off flavor with the pasta. The texture still is not
quite right. This is a seven. It's a seven. It's very impressive. Thank you, Goodles. This is huge. Cracker Barrel sharp cheddar
macaroni and cheese dinner. Cracker Barrel is where you
go when you're on the highway and you're like, "Oh, what should we eat? Oh, we should probably
go to Cracker Barrel." "Again?" Yeah. Chicken and dumplings,
macaroni and cheese, fried apples, license plates on the wall. So it doesn't taste anything like the actual Cracker
Barrel mac and cheese, which I've had many, many times, and the cheese flavor is just like, it's just so off because
of all the preservatives. It's much better than the standard squeeze
cheese mac and cheese. I think I have to award it no
better than yet another five. I'm sorry. Next up, we have far and away
the ugliest mac and cheese. It just looks like plain noodles. It is also far and away the most fibrous. In one serving, there is 24 grams or 86% of your daily fiber intake. This is to clean out your
system. Phew, okay, here we go. Ugh, (laughs) gnarly. It's like sour. The pasta is tender but stiff,
so like it's not al dente. The cheese sauce is water,
and it tastes awful. Super impressed by its stats, but it's not pleasant to eat whatsoever. I'm afraid it gets a three. All right, Muscle Mac! Muscle Mac! 1,100 calories in this box, but there is 20 grams
of protein per serving. Let's see if it's worth
getting swole over. It's cool. It's got so much protein,
but it is very bland, and the sauce is really watery. Yeah, I'm not crazy about
it, but I don't hate it. Like I wouldn't stop eating
it right now if I needed food. I'm gonna give a five.
Five's what it gets. Banza. I remember when this stuff came out, and I tried it, and it was bad. So let's see if it's any better. Oh, what? (footsteps thud) The (beep) was that? There was something gelatinous and big. I thought it was like a worm. I'm gonna really try to not let that horrifying first
experience color my opinion. All I taste is the chickpea flour. The texture of the pasta is bad. It's not as healthy as the Goodles, and it's not nearly as good. I'll give it a four because
it's not totally horrendous for you to eat. Wacky Mac! It's got all the
kinds of shapes, and that's it. It's wacky, it's Mac, it's Wacky Mac. Four shapes, one awesome taste. It does have wagon wheels, which are represented here on my skin. (bright upbeat rhythmic music) That is wacky. The flavor's not great. Still eating it, but yeah,
the sauce is a disappointment. It's not watery. There's
just not much of it. If a classic Kraft blue box is a six, there's no way that it's a six, so I think the best that
I can possibly give it, and it's mostly getting
these points for whimsies, is a five. Nature's Promise. What is
nature's promise anyway? What does it promise us
other than decay and death? I guess that is a promise
that it does keep. It's never broken that promise. I would've genuinely guessed
that that was a protein pasta 'cause the texture is so not good, and the cheese sauce is
very nondescript again. Like there's really little flavor to it. I'd give it a five if it, I don't know, if any aspect of it was
like, good, but it's not. So I think that puts it in four territory. Market Pantry. This is the ugliest mac and
cheese of the day. (laughs) It's like there's this
suggestion of yellow to it. It was yellow at one time or something. Let's actually eat it and see what, you know, the fuss is all about. Ugh. (laughs) Ugh. Gosh, what is that flavor? Am I just losing my mind 'cause we've had too much mac and cheese? - It's kind of sweet.
- It's very sweet. I was gonna say, it's
like sweet hamster food. This is bad. I don't like it. It doesn't hit me like
a punch in the tongue, but it's so horribly
boring and boring looking. Dear God. I feel like when we get down in three, that's when we like I'm angry at it. It's so ugly though. It's
a three, it's a three. It's disgusting looking. Whoa! Okay. (laughs) What does that smell like? It smells insane, but
also it is insane (laughs) because what we have here
is Guinness mac and cheese. (bright rhythmic music) (stammers) Here we go. What the (beep)? That is as sour as a Sour Patch Kid. I shit you not. That is (laughs)
the most sour tart thing. What am I eating here? This is insane. Today has been the most
absurd flavors I've ever experienced as a human being. Like I like it kind of, but
it's also weirding me out. The pasta is like great. (laughs) I haven't mentioned actual
flavors and stuff in a while. The pasta is really fantastic. It's the cheese sauce
that's absolutely insane. It's so weird, but it's also kind of good, but it's also terrible,
but it's also kind of good. It's also pretty gross. That's a five if I ever heard one. Cabot's Classic Yellow
Cheddar Shells & Cheese. It is also uncharacteristically like tart. I'm eating a bunch of it, but it's also 'cause I've had a whiskey, and now I'm a little hungry. Cheese sauce is fine. It tastes more like natural, more like cheese than your Kraft blue box, but I do like shells. Six. I think we got a six on our hands. Okay folks, this is my
favorite cheese, okay? Cabot pepper jack is my
favorite cheese, okay? And I'm not just trying
to get a sponsorship, even though I totally am. Cabot, hit me up. I'm a
big fan of your products. Even though I just gave you
bad ratings for the other ones, just pretend that didn't happen. So if this isn't awesome,
frankly, I quit YouTube forever. (soft bright lo-fi music) It's a reasonable thing to do. I undercooked it.
- You did? - I did, I did.
- Severely undercooked it. - I did it for the same amount
of time as the other one. - Pasta doneness aside, it is fine. It's not as spicy as
I would like it to be. There's like a barely detectable tickle of a whisper of a mention
of a hint of spice, and it's just not enough. Ah, man, what a disappointment, honestly. It's not spicy enough and it's too sharp. Five at the best, and that's
'cause I'm being nice. This is my nice face, Daiya, deliciously dairy free Daiya. This is a squeeze cheese. That
is objectionable. (laughs) It is a bitter aftertaste.
It was bad enough to begin. It's like nutritional yeast
and mustard and cardboard, and then it ends on a bitter note, just to say, "(beep) you." Vegan life is hard enough. You don't need to also have this going on. That's a hell of a combination,
dairy free and gluten free. Like woof. That you made a product at
all is frankly fascinating. That earns it a three. Even if I were gluten free and dairy free, I would not opt for this. It's a three. Great Value Mac & Cheese. This is Walmart's in-store
brand, if I am not mistaken. Whoa, that sucks! I was fully expecting this to be a perfect blue box competitor. That's awful. The texture of the pasta is okay, but there's just no flavor. It's not enough sauce. If Kraft blue box is a six, I guess this is a true five
because it's just food. Yeah, it's not very good. It's a five. Great Value Thick & Creamy. This is the thicker creamier cousin to the great value classic whatever. It's thicker and it is creamier, but it tastes the same, just thicker. So that's an improvement but not much. The image on the box is
straight up disgusting. (laughs) It looks so
gross. Have you seen this? It looks like coagulated, like they overcooked it
or something. (laughs) I don't know what to do with it. I really don't know what to do with it 'cause I still don't like it. It doesn't deserve a six. You know what? I'm revising. Great Value original goes down to a four. This holds strong at a five. I hate to revise, I'm very sorry, but this isn't good
enough to warrant a six. It's simply not. Five. Just one. (laughs) Great Value Macaroni & Cheese original, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Mutant Mayhem edition. I can't make out a single shape at all. Presumably there are supposed to be Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles. I mean, all my life, I've said shape makes a difference
in the way pasta tastes. I believe that. I'm having
so much more fun right now. I'm having so much fun right now. It's thanks in no small part
to the shapes, but also, I don't know if the sauce
is thicker or if the shapes, all the holes in the
shapes capture more of it, but it's more evenly sauced. Sauce isn't as good as Kraft blue box, but the shapes are better, which I think nets it out to an even six. It's a six. It's Great Value's version of the Deluxe Mac & Cheese dinner, which comes with a squeeze cheese packet. I do not have high hopes for this. Ooh! Wow. That's garbage. It is all the preservative-laden flavors of prepackaged squeezed
cheese sauce plus an element of cardboard and a bitterness about it. This undoubtedly gets
a three, if anything. No, I'm so offended by it.
I'm gonna give it a two. I'm gonna give it a two.
It's horrible, horrible! (box clatters) Macaroni and cheese
tasting, day two. I gave up. Everything started tasting the same. The room started spinning.
I decided to call it. I felt like my palate was
starting to just like dissolve, and everything just tasted insane, and I had had a whiskey or two. So we're gonna get started with Velveeta. Velveeta Shells & Cheese, one of my very least favorite
mac and cheeses growing up. Let's see if my opinion has changed. (bright upbeat music) Yeah, yeah, Kendall undercooked
these by two minutes, and they're still overcooked, and the cheese sauce is gnarly. It's just that nacho cheese, fake cheese, squeeze cheese flavor. I would give this a
five, but I don't wanna, like I'm hungry right now. It's my first mac and cheese of the day, and I do not want any more of it. Probably just a four. Velveeta Shells & Cheese with broccoli. Now I love Velveeta
when you add, you know, Rotel chilies to it and
you make some easy queso, so maybe broccoli will
save this god awful sauce. Yeah, not doing any favors, not even enough to earn it an extra point. It doesn't even look like
there's broccoli in there. You have to like look for
it. Staying at a four, sorry. Not doing enough for me.
Velveeta Shells & Cheese Mini. Will a different shape
change it? Probably not. Ugh, yeah. That's the same. It feels like there's more
sauce, so it's just stronger. It's the exact same thing
though, so four, four again. Velveeta Shells & Cheese with bacon, courtesy of Oscar Meyer. I think this is the only
one that has a chance of me giving it a higher score because I really don't like the sauce, and I think bacon could actually make it
a lot more bearable. Let's see what happens. Now it only tastes like bacon
but not very good bacon. Like it is an improvement.
I have to concede. Even though I still don't
like it, it's an improvement. So that's gonna bump it up to a five. 365, Whole Foods' own brand. The coastal elite Mac
and cheese, if you will. It's almost exactly the same
as blue box but slightly worse. Less sauce, and the sauce has a very slightly
like bitter quality to it. It's blue box but it's worse and presumably more probably, what, twice if not three times the
price coming from Whole Foods? It's a four, it's four. It's not good. (soft lo-fi music) (box clatters)
(fork clangs) HEB, (laughs) a distinctly Texan brand. Made with pride and care for
HEB in San Antonio, Texas. It's undercooked. (laughs)
- It is, it is. - We're not gonna hold that against them. I will say I really like the sauce. It is the least tangy of the
sauces that we've had thus far. I don't think they put as
much citric acid in there to sort of emulate like a sharp cheese. It's very round and sweet and soft. Like blue box, it doesn't
really taste like cheese. (laughs) It just tastes like, you know, what boxed mac and cheese
tastes like, which is good. I think I will give it the
same score of six. I like this. No, you know what? No,
I'm giving this a seven. I like it. I like it too
much to give it a six. Ladies and gentlemen, we
have entered the Annie's mac and cheese extended universe. My preferred brand growing
up, it cost a little more, so it drew the ire of my parents who were the ones spending the money. I loved their shells and
white cheddar so much that I just cried until
they gave it to me, just same as I do today. How do you think we get
anything done around here? It tastes like blue box,
but there's less sauce. There's less flavor. The noodles are also
inconsistently cooked. Some are al dente, some
are straight up mushy. I don't hate it enough where
I would give it a four, but there's no way it
deserves better than a five. Off to a pretty slow
start there. Thank you. Ooh. Oh boy.
- I know. - Uh huh. Yeah. See? That's what we're
dealing with here, folks. Need I say more? Annie's
Shells & Real Aged Cheddar. There is a cardboardy element
to it. It's too watery. It's got the little pockets of powder, but it is a very nice nostalgic flavor. I think I gotta go five on this 'cause if blue box is a six,
this is absolutely a step down. Annie's Super Mac. This is their protein and
fiber-infused macaroni and cheese. Let's see how it performs. This is like almost
indistinguishable from the regular. That's really cool. So you know what? I mean, that gets it an extra point because it's almost the same,
but it's better for you. So that's gonna be a seven. Am I insane? Am I insane? Yes, it's a seven. Somebody call Fatboy Slim because I just found my weapon of choice. I'm old. This is my favorite
mac and cheese from childhood. This is the one that I
cried and cried and cried until they would buy it
for me, and I love it. I do love it. My nostalgia is definitely
doing cartwheels in my prefrontal cortex probably. I can't stop that unfortunately. That's just the reality of the situation. So these are gonna tie
with Kraft's version of white cheddar and
shells, which is an eight. This is one of the higher expressions of good that can come from a box. What do we got here? This one is spirals with
butter and Parmesan? Huh? I don't know. It is quite buttery, and as a result, the Parmesan flavor is
really nice and muted. I was expecting almost like
more of a cacio e pepe vibe. In fact. (pepper grinder crackles) It's like a cheater's cacio
e pepe! It's pretty good! Wow! How about that? I'm hesitant to go crazy, but I kind of wanna give it a nine. I really enjoy this one.
The sauce is not watery. It's clinging nicely to the
noodles. This is a winner. This is a all-around winner. In terms of boxed mac and
cheese, this is a nine. I love it, I love it. Still gonna hit it. Oh, next up, Annie's Organic
Shells & Alfredo Cheddar? What? (laughs) And there's little bits of
herb in there. It's basil. None of this makes sense. (laughs) - It's a weird syntax, right?
- Yeah. Maybe it's amazing. Dried basil tastes like fish food to me. It's got this very off-putting
stale flavor to it. It's a five. I'd say this is a five
'cause like it's interesting. It's different, but I don't like it. This is definitely a five.
Annie's Penne & Four Cheese. This is a different entry into
the world of mac and cheese. Penne, huh? The sauce tastes
like some familiar snack food. It tastes like Goldfish!
- White parm or white cheddar Goldfish.
- Yes! It tastes like the dusty Goldfish. Fascinating though that is, I can't say as though I really like it. Despite having four cheeses in it, it doesn't taste like particularly cheesy. Like Goldfish is one of the
least cheesy cheesy snacks I can think of, even the dusty ones. Let me give it a six. I'm gonna give it a six 'cause
it's not like objectionable. It's interesting enough, and
I like penne kind of, kind of. Whew, I'm getting to the point again where I don't want to eat
any more mac and cheese. So it's a perfect time to introduce us to Annie's Vegan Mac. Cheese sauce tastes like flat and fake, and there's just not much of it. If it weren't vegan, if it was
just normal mac and cheese, I'd put it at like a three or a four because it's just so,
so bland and so boring, but because it is vegan, I
have to take that into account. It's the best that they can do with the technology that's available. I'm still gonna give it a four 'cause I don't want to eat any more, and it's not just because I'm very full of mac and cheese right now. It's because it doesn't
beget the next bite. Annie's Yummy Bunnies Cheddar.
Are these bunnies yummy? (bright upbeat rhythmic music) Normally I'm a shapes advocate, but I think this is actually
a downgrade from shells, if I'm being honest. I'm not crazy about the
sauce either. Very thin. God, I really am having
a hard time parsing out how much I so deeply don't
wanna be eating things right now and how I actually feel about it. It's like Brad was saying. There's a terrifying
statistic that, apparently, judges give out harsher sentences before lunch statistically. That's exactly what's
happening here. (laughs) I like the shapes. That's the only thing. I would give 'em a five, but I like the shapes so
much that I give 'em a six. Hear that? You got lucky
today, Yummy Bunnies. (box clatters) A lot of fun things
happening with this box. First off, it's called
Farm Friends & Cheddar, and it's got some arcs
and Krafts on the back, and I love the idea of it so
much that I'm just gonna do it. I'm not gonna tell you
what it is until it's done. Let's see what happens. (audio squeaks in fast motion) So it's a really fun
and interesting craft. You'll notice that it's a car. (laughs) (laughs) That's the best
they could come up with. What is this garbage?
Here we go, Farms Friends. It's the exact precise
same thing as before. So it gets a a six. Back
to the important work. (imitates car rumbling) I feel like I'm there. (laughs) All right, it's our last powder pasta, and it is a promising one. Peace Pasta & Parmesan.
I love alliteration. Love peace, love pasta, love Parmesan. God, I'm full. (grunts) Oh, I like that. It's a really, really flavorful
but well-balanced sauce. The shaped little peace pastas
stay together pretty well, and they have a nice texture to them. It's getting a nine, folks. It's getting the second nine of the day. I can't even hit this. I have
to gingerly put it over here. Oh, Annie's Deluxe Shells & Aged Cheddar. Really hoping that they've improved upon the squeezed cheese formula 'cause I have not been
happy with them thus far. Let's see what happens. Ah, nope, same bitter,
hyper-processed flavor. It's the preservatives
that keep it shelf stable that just tastes like, you know, this is mildly poisonous for you. Nope. That's gonna get
my standard deluxe four. Not a fan. Annie's Deluxe Rich & Creamy
Shells & Aged Cheddar. So this one, unlike the other
one, is rich and creamy. The other one is loose and (beep). It's the same exact thing. If anything, yeah, the
sauce is just gluey-er. Nar nar. Same score. Four. Four, four, four, four! (laughs) Another deluxe, but it is
the first non-cheddar deluxe, I believe, that we've tried. Hopefully it will redeem the
deluxe paradigm. We'll see. Not only is it bad, I think
it tastes exactly the same. It's so, so slightly
different, like barely. It does taste slightly
different than the cheddar, but it still has that
acrid kind of bitter, weird, processed flavor that
I'm really not a fan of. So unfortunately, I don't think any progress
has been made here. So I think I'm also gonna
have to give it a four. Not for me, sorry. Well folks, that's it. 51 different mac and cheeses,
and these are my top four. What the hell is this? Ugh. - What'd you just eat?
- It's your treat! - Does it taste like mac and cheese? - We don't know.
- It can't be. Dear God. Top four, folks. Two eights, two nines. I did not think I was gonna
be giving out any nines today. These two, I think,
represent the very best in boxed mac and cheese technology. They were a genuine pleasure to eat, and these were more scratching
my childhood itches. That's really all there is to it, I think. All that's left to do is try one of these, Mac & Cheese Candy Canes. Why does this exist? (upbeat music) My brain just fluctuated
from, "I like it." (blubbers and yells) You know how like butter
popcorn jelly beans are gross? If there was a mac and cheese jelly bean, that's exactly what this
tastes like. (laughs) That's it, folks. That's all we got. I hope you don't try these. I hope you give one of these a try. I hope that, no matter
what your favorite was, if I gave it a bad score, don't
let that change your opinion because subjective
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