{"id":1565651,"date":"2020-12-28T07:26:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T13:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1565651"},"modified":"2024-10-09T14:59:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:59:52","slug":"best-macaroni-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/best-macaroni-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Macaroni Brands to Keep in Your Cupboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Test\r\n\r\nSure, a box of mac and cheese will do in a pinch, but there's no beating the homemade variety<\/a>. Just like any homemade dish, using good ingredients is essential for a delicious result. But when it comes to your pan of baked macaroni<\/a>, are you sure you've got the best pasta in the cupboard to match your carefully chosen cheeses?\r\n\r\nNow, we know you don't have the time to test a dozen boxes of noodles, but that's where our Test Kitchen comes in! Our pros boiled up plenty of pots of pasta just to find the best for your next macaroni and cheese dinner, pasta salad or other recipes.\r\n

How We Tried Macaroni in Our Test Kitchen<\/h2>\r\n[dam-video dam-id=\"49501\"]\r\n\r\nThe last thing we want from a box of macaroni is a mushy, lackluster noodle, so our Test Kitchen sampled nine brands to find the best. Our pros cooked each pasta to the packaged instruction for al dente noodles, then judged according to these criteria:\r\n