A Fun Twist On A Classic You’ll Want To Eat Again And Again!
My kids love macaroni and cheese, and honestly, so do I. We usually have it a couple of times a week. Sometimes it comes out of a box, other times I make it homemade on the stove top, and if I’m feeling really ambitious, I’ll do a nice baked one. My daughter’s birthday party was coming up, and I asked her what she wanted for her and her friends. Of course she said mac and cheese.
I didn’t want to do the same macaroni that we have all the time though, it had to be special. This recipe looked perfect for what we were doing. Besides mac and cheese there’s something everybody loves – bacon!
The kids could grab them on the run and I wouldn’t have to worry about a lot of dishes. That’s exactly what we got! Everyone loved them, kids and adults alike, and I had very little cleaning to do.
This is one that we will have for many more parties to come.
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The ingredients list on this is so short, it doesn’t matter what kind of budget you are working with, you can most definitely afford these.
Instead of spending your paycheck on pizza for your kid’s party, save your money and make these. They are so simple and yummy, the kid’s won’t know the difference and the mom’s will be asking you for the recipe. These are also perfect for those days when you happen to have mac and cheese leftovers (although I’m not sure if it’s even possible to have mac and cheese leftovers, haha!)
Ingredients
1 (6 oz.) box Macaroni and cheese, prepared
6 slices bacon, cooked
3 Tbsp panko breadcrumbs
12 Tbsp shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Spray your muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
Cook the bacon. Option 1: If you want to line each muffin cup with a bacon strip, cook the bacon so that it’s still soft enough to bend. Option 2: Cook it crispy and just add the crumbled bacon into the mix.
Option 1: Line each cup with a strip of bacon. Mix the prepared macaroni and cheese with half of the shredded cheese. Divide the macaroni and cheese evenly between the 6 bacon-lined cups in the muffin pan.
Option 2: Mix the prepared macaroni and cheese with half of the shredded cheese. Crumble the cooked bacon and add it in the mac and cheese mixture. Divide the macaroni and cheese evenly between the 6 bacon-lined cups in the muffin pan.
Top with the remaining shredded cheese and the breadcrumbs.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 10-15 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bread crumbs are golden brown.
Let cool in the pan for a few minutes before removing them.