Our *First Time* Trying Kraft Mac N Cheese - This With Them
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0:00 - Intro
2:22 - Making Kraft Mac n Cheese
5:35 - Trying Kraft Mac n Cheese
8:55 - Final Thoughts
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The Thick and Creamy version is the best, but that one is the best one for nostalgia. When I was in pre-school we would add chopped up hotdogs to it.
I know a lot of people who put hot dogs in their Mac and cheese!
I've done this as well and have added grilled spam or a can of chili with beans. I've doctored it up with adding cream cheese and a roasted Jalapeno. Then stuffed both halves of a
baked acorn squash with it. Added some granted cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon; then placed back into the oven to melt the cheese.
Yeah I’ve seen this! How interesting
@@ThisWithThem and Ketchup!
Or adding cheese spread(cheese whiz) to make it more cheesier :)
@@ThisWithThem I used to put hot dogs in my macaroni but that was before I went vegetarian
Definitely put the pan back on the stove when mixing the extras in so it will be nice and hot.
I love mine with a bit less milk and tons of fresh cracked black pepper! It's a fave in out home.
Mmm great shout!!
Yes!! I love black pepper with Mac n’ cheese
Yes! I use less butter and lots of pepper!
heavy cream is better
Growing up being more unfortunate on the money aspect, kraft Mac n cheese was always in the house! We normally make 2 boxes and add in 1 can of hormel chili! Best meal ever and fed a whole family. Mind uou my mom had 8 kids! Absolutely amazing!
When my sons were little I would fry up some slices of Spam, cut the Spam into cubes and then mix in with the Mac and cheese. 💕
My parents used cut up and fried hotdogs
Classic treat for kids. I have eaten tons of it. Black pepper on it is so good. So happy you got to try it!😋
Add options include but are definitely not limited to: garlic powder or preferred herb/spice,ketchup,bacon bits,ground hamburger,hot dogs,bratwurst/sausage of choice,cubed cooked chicken breast,pork,onion strings,parmesan cheese,salsa/hot sauce,add different cheeses,use different pasta,steamed broccoli,anchovies,etc.,on and on
We were raised on Kraft Dinner as kids. There were 3 of us. My mom would make 2 boxes. She would add chopped up weiners to it. We loved it. No ketchup for me, but alot of people did. A box was about 25 cents. When I had my own child, we would share a box. A box was about 50 cents by then. I would buy a case of 12 boxes for about $5 and a package of weiners for $1.50. This would feed us many lunches, for a long time for cheap. University students eat this as a staple. I am now almost 60 years old, and still love it.
You nailed this one. Its cheap and easy, so it was fed to a lot of children. In the states its just something many of us grew up with. It's not that its that terribly good, but we all have fond memories of eating it.
"Gotta be KD!" (Kraft Dinner) is the slogan in Canada lol. That was the most dramatic cooking of pasta I have ever seen lol
As a kid in the '60's Mom would take advantage of the 'buy 10 boxes for a dollar' sale knowing that I would cook and eat a whole box after school. After eating a metric ton over the years it's hard to imagine never trying Kraft Mac & Cheese until you're full grown.
Right.
10 for a dollar 😱😱 wow that’s incredible
And if you buy a generic brand it’s even cheaper. The cheap stuff at Aldi is usually around 3 boxes for a dollar.
I think everyone has their own special way of making Kraft Mac and Cheese. I usually use less butter and just a splash of milk, because I feel like the milk dilutes the flavor of the cheese sauce. I will also add in a cup or so of shredded sharp cheddar cheese (which I think is closest to your Red Leicester cheese).
The milk really does mellow out the cheese flavour.
We add more cheese to make it really creamy. So glad Ruth sent this in!
Definitely a great shout adding more cheese!!
we rarely eat it as a "meal" we normally do something like hot dogs or burgers with mac-n-cheese as a side dish. But like Kate said you can also add items like cut up hot dogs or kielbasa, or bacon or broccoli.
You should try testing this against the Canadian version! It’s called Kraft Dinner!
Yes that would be awesome
Kd rocks Canada's us the best
@@marydaniels8683 its not good anymore. it used to be good but they changed it a few years ago and its nasty now.
@@userbunny14 totally agree! They changed the cheese and it's crap now. I quit buying KC when they did and buy President's Choice or Annie's.
agreed it's also better!
I just found you through another video and I had to subscribe. You two are so fun! I can't wait to binge watch y'all trying tons of different things. 🙂
I ONLY eat ketchup with Kraft Mac and cheese! So good! It's also good with some cut up hot dogs in!! That's a quick cheap meal I feed my kids on occasion. No shame here! Lol. So glad you guys enjoyed it! ❤️
I used to fry breakfast sausage links,cut it up and add that in. My kids loved it and now make it for their kids!
I do hotdogs or some kind of sausage also! Like those mino ones. The kids love it!
So many saying about adding sausage. Great idea
We sometimes add chili. You make a bowl of mac n cheese and put a scoop or two of chili in the middle. Easy Chili-mac.
As a kid, we had kraft mac and cheese, a hotdog cut up on the side with ketchup to dip in and a side of apple sauce with milk to drink.
What a great little feast
I add an egg to the mac and cheese, pour it on a pan and bake for 5ish minutes, then put on pizza toppings. Sauce, cheese pepperoni....then bake again to heat toppings, 15 minutes or so.
Hello Kate & Alex!! Alex, it's funny you said, "add crispy onions". Americans LOVE green bean casserole as a side dish at Thanksgiving Dinner and they put crispy onions on top. Google the recipes (haricots verts/cream of mushroom soup/French's crisp onions/bake in the oven). French's is the brand name and sometimes people call green beans "string beans".
So fun watching y’all trying stuff I grew up on!
I made Kraft Mac and Cheese tonight for supper. I added it to some ground beef (hamburger). It is a tasty. quick, and easy meal. You can serve it with whatever vegetable you like or a tossed salad.
That's exactly why we had it as a kid. Cheap and quick. And yes, added other stuff in as well. This was fun to watch - thanks guys!!
Hello Kate & Alex!! Take your cooked and finished product from the pot then bake it. All of it goes in a safe oven baking "casserole bowl" like Pyrex bakeware. Add bread crumbs on top for crispy texture and bake. Google the recipes! 😊
Yayyy!! so excited about this one hi Kate and Alex surprisingly I made Mac and cheese today homemade and it was so easy and so delicious 😋 💕💞💖
No way!! So easy isn’t it and so delicious 😋 hope you enjoyed yours 💕💕
I grew up eating this. And yes it is super nostalgic. When I make it I usually have it with fried chicken or some pizza. Not the healthiest options, but I have it like once a year. So it's not bad.
I've been watching ya'lls videos for a while now. I love every single one of them.!! Much love from sunny Los Angeles ❤
We get Kraft cheesy pasta in scotland but its in an orange box and exactly same as that one. Its so tasty and even better with salad cream 😍👌 xx
We don't add anything to the mac and cheese, but we generally have it on the nights we make hot dogs. It's completely unhealthy and tons of fun. (My husband and I are in our 70s!)
I grew up eating that and even though it's cheap and not the best version of mac n cheese, I still love it. I do make a really great homemade one that finishes in the oven but when nostalgia hits and I'm hungry and want something really quick I will make it. I know all the Italian cooks on here have a stroke over it, but they love what they grew up eating and so do I. Even if it's not the best version of what it could be. This brand came out back in 1937 during the great depression and sold for $0.19 US (0.19p UK) so it helped feed lots of families for little money.
Definitely ate this so much as a kid mostly as a side dish, but every so often mom would dice up ham or kielbasa and make it the main dish. So tasty that way
I've never even thought about putting sausage in it, but that would be *delicious!*
I live 45miles from Champaign IL where the Kraft plant is. We love the thick and creamy. My momma always put cream cheese in. No thanks for ketchup.
No way that’s so cool you live so close. Great shout with cream cheese. I’ll have to try that!
@@ThisWithThem thanks for the reply. I tried to send a picture of the giant macaroni noodle in front of it but it wouldn't allow it.
There's also Chilli Mac, I like to throw in various canned veggies, chicken/tuna fish chunks or substitute the milk for either Mayonnaise or a can of creamed soup.
Kraft mac & cheese has always been a favorite comfort food! The cheese sauce is the bomb!❤️ I usually put SPAM bits with it, goes so well! You can also add some chopped broccoli or cauliflower in, and it’ll just be the perfect dinner.😊 Great video, Alex & Kate! Loooving the edits!😄 Stay safe, guys.🙏
I like to make the Mac n Cheese. Put in casserole dish. Add a can of Cream of Mushroom soup. Open a can of peas and pour it in, juice and all. You can add your protein also (tuna fish, diced hot dogs, cubed ham, or any other you choose). Stir together. Either bake or microwave until heated. A full meal deal.
We have KD (kraft dinner) in Canada. Same product, different marketing. I prefer the sharp cheddar version. I never both to measure, just a lump of Marg and skip the milk. My favourite mix-in is thick cut bacon!
Definitely a nostalgic food. It was the first thing I was ever allowed to make myself (except draining the noodles). Also consumed a lot while in uni.
Definitely no ketchup for me.
I have added cheetos as a topping though (or lays plain) for a bit of crunch!
Glad you enjoyed 😊
Back when I couldn’t cook, I used to make Kraft and put tuna and frozen green peas in it at the end. With lots of black pepper. Memories. ☺️
The thick and creamy is legit my fave - and add some black pepper! And yes 100% to ketchup in my Mac 😂
You should try Annie’s white cheddar and shells Mac and cheese next!!!!
I grew up on Kraft Mac and cheese!!!! One of my favorite! I would add hotdogs cut up or siding it with chicken breast and mash potatoes!!
A lot of people dice up hot dogs or sausages into pieces, big enough or small enough so that it doesn't choke your kids, but they stick it in there and the hot dogs plus the cheesiness the savory of the meat, and the creamiest and the sweetness of the noodles really comes together well. If you have hot dogs I suggest you add them to the macaroni and cheese.
Saving the video to watch later, but just caught a glance of your Facebook post from today, so wanted to say Happy Birthday Kate!
Box mac n cheese tips: 1. put a little salt in the water for better flavor in the noodles 2. melt the butter in the noodles, then add milk, and mix with noodles, this picks up the starch, then add the cheese mix, and it will mix in much faster and easier. 3. variations: A. add black pepper B. add browned minced beef and onions (I might put ketchup on this version, but no other) C. add condensed cream of mushroom soup and a tin of tuna, this option you may want to heat a bit more.
I always preferred the velveta shells and cheese
Yes, this one is so bland and has no cheese flavor.
Yeah, the Velveeta shells and cheese are definitely better, but they have a sharper/saltier flavor that not everyone likes as much. And they're also 3 times the price of Kraft.
Well that’s what everyone actually prefers, it’s the bougie Mac
Add a pinch or two of cayenne to really wake it up and enhance the flavours. Also, after draining, add the butter and milk to the pot and melt before returning mac. Then add the cheese powder, a pinch of cayenne, and mix. Sheldon's mom added sliced up hot dogs, some add nuked frozen broccoli, I occasionally add some nuked frozen petite sweet peas. I've never added corn, but I'll sometimes have peas, corn, and mac and cheese for dinner (quick meal, measure and nuke the butter and milk, sweet peas, and corn while the mac is boiling and everything is ready at the same time).
I just subscribed to your channel! I love your reactions to our foods from across the pond! I'm from Pennsylvania on the East Coast. My father grew up in Philadelphia, and my mom is from Massachusetts in New England. This was my childhood growing up I used to eat this in a box and sometimes I would help my mom make this during my early childhood. It tasted really good when I was little but over time they put chemicals in it so we don't eat this anymore, we usually try organic macaroni and cheese like Blake's and theirs is like a baked macaroni and cheese it's really good with bread crumbs on top! It's good to see a brother and sister from England who likes our food and culture. I love your food that you have in England as well. I have British friends, many of them who are musicians from the '60s who actually moved to The States from England and they love it here! They really like our food as well! The next time I see a few of them I'm going to ask them what was their first American food that they ever ate when they came over here in the '60s! Even though I was born and raised here in Pennsylvania, and even though I like some of our culture I also like some of the stuff from your culture. I've eaten British food over here, but not over there. My mom went to England a couple times and she said the fish and chips over there melt in your mouth! I hope one day in the future I can come over there and try some for myself! I also like some of your British literature including Jane Austen, Shakespeare, etc .and some music as well including the Beatles who came all the way from over there to over here! So I guess you could say I'm an American girl who loves the British!
When I prepare mac n cheese I add a slice or two of American or mild cheddar. I also on occasion have it with ketchup Kate. It is really delicious, I don't mix it in, I just dip my fork full in it.
Same I loooove mine with ketchup!
Yeah me too! So great dipping it in!
We often fry up about a half pound of ground beef, drain and rinse the beef and add it to the mac n cheese; our own version of hamburger helper; and eat with biscuits in a tube baked and topped with butter. Makes a nice meal for my wife and I.
Wow sounds awesome
We do that too!!
We actually had that last night! Yummy
Hi Kate and Alex! A quick meal to have with hot dogs, chicken or anything. I added veggies and tuna in mine when I was in college. Have a great week. See you Thursday!
We never have Mac and cheese as the main dish. Definitely a staple side dish.
In the south (US States) they say Mac and cheese is considered a vegetable. You should try Velveeta Shells and Cheese!
Definitely a favorite when I was a kid. I still have it occasionally. 😋
In Canada, we call it KD (short for Kraft Dinner). We add chopped hotdogs. Some times we add chopped canned tomatoes. We didn't have it as kids. I was an adult the first time I tried it.
Happy Birthday 🎂 Kate!
I add 2 slices of American cheese to mine and let it melt before adding the butter, milk and cheese packet. Just adds some extra cheese flavor 😊
Kraft mac & cheese, sliced hot dogs and mix in Bushes original baked beans. This is one of my grandkids favorite fast meals.
I love this stuff! My taste buds dance to this stuff!
Yayy so happy to watch this one
Hey Alisha
@@ThisWithThem hey hope you al doing well can’t for Thursdays video 💞
I like to put less milk, a little more butter, and a good spoonful of sour cream.
Oooo sour cream! Will need to try that
Me to! That’s exactly how I do it. How funny.
I've been eating Kraft Dinner for 60+ years and I love it as much now as I did as a kid. The only thing I add is lots of black pepper. Yum! I like to make it as a snack while watching TV and it wouldn't be difficult for me to eat the whole box in one sitting. Now it's on my mind and I will have to make some tonight!
Kraft Mac and cheese is actually made out of a Canadian company in Montreal, Royal. I used to as a kid have hamburger meat and chili powder. Salt and pepper. I put mustard on it but plenty of folks I know use ketchup. I now as and adult add tuna, mayo, dash or mustard and spices to make quick cheesy mac tuna salad.
My fam always took a pack of cheese out of another box and had 2packs of cheese for 1 box of noodles and it's sooo good (and we saved the extra pasta for another meal or something)
No ketchup on Mac and cheese😩… My mom would buy this for a quick lunch on Saturday and I will say as a poor adult I would buy this and eat it usually the day before payday. I haven’t eat this in a long time but it does bring back some happy memories . Glad you and Alex enjoyed it 💕🦋
My family never added anything. We just ate it on the side with like chicken or something. But a family I used to nanny for added hotdogs and diced tomatoes to it.
I always eat love with ketchup! So good!
I do like it with a sliced hotdog, or some kind of meat
We do a box for the kids sometimes, add hotdogs and a tiny bit of mustard. My mom used to do the same 50 years ago.
Mmm
Kraft Mac n cheese has been in the uk for ages. I serve mine with homemade southern fried chicken and buttery corn on the cob. I put half a spoonful of English mustard in to big up the cheese flavour.
The cheese sauce can handle another slice or two of cheese, if you make the sauce over mild heat before re-adding the macaroni.
I grew up with hotdogs and ketchup going on Mac and cheese. That is how my Nana made it for me and my brother. It brings back happy memories for me. My Nana has been gone for 21 years, but the memories brings a smile to my face.
We didn't have Kraft Mac & Cheese growing up because my mom prepared homemade. It was the best. As a poor college student, I learned to love Kraft Mac & Cheese. ALL mac & cheese has to have ketchup and black pepper on it!
Happy birthday, Kate! I always remember yours because we are birthday twins! 👯♀️
Mac and cheese is always in our house. It is so good! 💜
🎂 🍭 🎂 HaPpY bIrThDaY 🎶 2 🎵 U and Kate !!! 💝 Luv and blessings from California. 💌
You can get Kraft mac n cheese in the UK, its called Cheesey pasta, Mondelez formerly Kraft UK had to drop the Kraft name, its in a yellow and red box. Its the same recipe only made with natural colours instead of Tartrazine, its £1.20 in Asda and its very popular in Scotland, dont waste money on the imported thing. Also Cheesey Pasta the UK version is free from GM ingredients.
My sister and I always add some salt, pepper, and bacon bits to our Mac n cheese! Now that you mentioned Crispy Onions man I will have to add that and give it a try.
We love Kraft Mac & Cheese and have gotten used to it so much so at my house we prefer it to homemade. i add extra butter and extra milk, I like mine a little soupier and less creamy, I also douse it in black pepper. My daughter adds sprinkled parmesan cheese over top and my husband loves it with hotdogs cut up in it. No ketchup on my mac & cheese, but I always dips my grilled cheese sandwiches in ketchup, yum. Thanks for sharing your tasting with us.
Cheap version of beef stroganoff.
Mac and cheese, ground beef and cream of mushroom soup top with a dallop of sour cream. Had this a lot as a kid.
Omg, so there actually is a Cheetos collab with Kraft Mac n cheese now! Cooking Kraft Mac n Cheese was the first thing I ever learned how to cook on my own as a child. Lol like probably age 10 or 11. Maybe younger. But my parents always kept it in the house if my brother, sister of I neeed a quick meal. :) glad you enjoyed!
Yes, I add ketchup to my Mac&Cheese. I always serve it with some frozen veggies, sometime I mix them in. In Canada we have a white-cheese version of Mac&Cheese, which is more popular than the orange Kraft Dinner.
I learned abou Mac N Cheese during my Au pair time in America 7 years ago. I used to buy this for me and the kids and I loved it. Some monzhs ago I went to the Marican store in the city where I live and found Kraft Mac N Cheese. Of course I had to buy one box.
My kids love the rich and creamy version of Kraft. It's really super yummy!
Kraft macaroni can be really good if jazzed up a little. I use butter, coat the noodles in either sour cream or cream cheese which ever i have on hand and use heavy cream instead of milk. Or double cream i think is what you call it. Of course salt and pepper. Its so creamy and flavorful. Give it a try !!!!
We try to always keep a couple boxes in the pantry for quick lunches. My daughters also like the microwaveable cups.
When I was growing my dad would make this a lot for dinner because my mom would work evenings. He would always add hot dogs or corned beef in a can and onion, which I believe is like Spam?
I love mine with a ton of crushed pepper, and KETCHUP is a must!!
Like ramen it’s a bit versatile, if you’re out of milk you can put more butter, put in some garlic powder, sometimes if you want it to be a bit heartier throw in some packaged tuna “Tuna-Mac,” Steam some broccoli and throw it in with it… spot on at adding extra or different cheeses!
We were a family of 5. My mom would serve it as a side dish on her easy/lazy cooking day. Usually with fish sticks and peas. The Kraft white cheddar is really good. My mom would sometimes mix in tuna. Or sliced hot dogs. My kids like it with a can of chili mixed in.
In addition to the suggestions that some commenters have made about less milk and more cheese, instead of hot dogs, I like to add ground beef (you'd call it beef mince). It's basically "cheeseburger mac".
My dad always made Mac and cheese with out the butter and milk but with a can of cream of mushroom soup , a can of tuna, and frozen peas for a tuna casserole type thing. Plus it made it full meal.
I often add left over vegetables or tuna,chicken etc...I used it to make my first casseroles as a kid. It was easy to make as a meal for my brother and I. Thanks for sharing your video.
That’s such a good idea!!
Love a box of Mac N Cheese. In Canada it's called Kraft Dinner...it goes great with a grilled cheese sandwich on a cold winter day. I always hit my KD with ketchup as well!
My mother had a variation on boxed mac and cheese which turned it into a combination of mac and cheese and green bean casserole. She grew up during the heyday of Campbell's condensed soup so she uses it a lot. She basically mixed a box of mac and cheese with a couple cans of green beans, cream of mushroom soup, and of course French's fried onions. I haven't had it for years now but I expect I would still enjoy it for nostalgia reasons. Now that I think of it, I think this meal was probably one of the few vegetarian meals that we had when I was growing up.
I grew up in the US with Kraft Mac and cheese 🧀. My mom gave us tuna out of a can with it. I started to mix it together. Now we have Velveeta Shells and Cheese. The cheese in that tastes so much cheesier better, it’s more expensive but just as easy as Kraft to make they give u the sauce in a can. It’s not powder. U have to try it.😃💜❤️💜👍
I ate Kraft dinner{KD} growing up in the 60's as it was cheap and easy to make for lunch, I have 5 brothers. I never fed my kids or dog KD; I always made my own macaroni and cheese with a mix of medium and aged cheddar. We had a black lab when my kids were young and she would pout if she did not get her share of homemade mac & cheese. Now I make mine with a mix of goat and or sheep milk cheese with rice or spelt pasta.
Haha love that your dog got some too🥰🥰
We usually add hamburger meat, kielbasa, onions etc..plus great for summer lunches.
Love box Mac and cheese!! I probably make it for supper at least once a week, it’s fast, easy and inexpensive. Sometimes I like to add more cheese, hot dogs or even meatballs.
Many Canadians put ketchup on it. I always had it as-is as a kid, but the occasional times I get a box as an adult, I add a little fresh cheddar cheese to it.
Fun Fact: Canadians consume the most Mac & Cheese (aka Kraft Dinner aka KD) in the world. Kraft's Montreal plant churns out over a million boxes a day.
We would always put frozen peas (thawed, it would cool it down for kids' little mouths) in with our Mac and cheese. So good!
We always made it with adding some sour cream and a can of cream of mushroom soup as well as adding half the amount of milk and all of the amount the butter it says on the box. Sometimes we put mustard in the macaroni and cheese and it helps bring out the flavor more. One way to make it is before you add the noodles back to the pan is to mix the milk, butter, and cheese sauce mix and mix that before you put the noodles in. With macaroni and cheese you can add anything to it that you like and you won't go wrong most of the time.
You can add almost anything you can think of. It is a good base for a casserole. Try adding frozen peas, leafy greens, and a meat like hot dogs, hamburger, tuna, chicken, cubed ham, or whatever meat you like. I suggest that you add small amounts of butter and milk extra to your taste and for moisture as you add items. ✝️🐸💙
A staple hear in Canada but boxes are a little different. KD (Kraft Dinner)use to be same box as states.Growing up we used it as a starter for Golosh, Kraft dinner,ground beef ,onion and tomatoe juice.But when I make it now usually switch tomoto with v8 juice.Actually a bunch of different ones now even the Alfredo which is one of my favorites.Comes in 12 pack boxes here.
In Canada, we buy it on sale for $7.49 a case of 12 boxes.
My daughter often adds extra cheddar and, yes, some of the kids eat it with ketchup. 😝