Kraft Just Launched a Brand-New Kind of Mac & Cheese

Toddlers, college kids and nostalgic adults all love the cheesy, gooey goodness of Kraft Mac & Cheese. It’s a quick and tasty staple. The brand also earned top honors in our mac and cheese taste test. You might think mac and cheese doesn’t need any zany new flavors, but that’s where you’re wrong.

In 2023, Kraft launched a “Fan Flavorites” contest, allowing eaters to send in new mac and cheese flavor ideas. The brand is reportedly testing more than 60 (!) potential new flavors. For now, you can try the winning flavor submission from the contest: Everything Bagel Mac & Cheese.

What is the new Kraft Mac and Cheese?

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Everything bagels, of course, are plain bagels topped with everything: a tasty blend of poppy seeds, sesame seeds, garlic, onion and salt. But everything bagel seasoning isn’t limited to bagels. You can buy the topping at Trader Joe’s and other stores and add it to chicken breading, salads, avocado toast and all kinds of other foods. (I store my giant container in my cupboard next to the salt and pepper.)

Kraft’s new boxed Everything Bagel Mac & Cheese is your old favorite blue box mac and cheese with a twist. You prepare the noodles normally and add butter and milk like the original version. But when you open the included packet of cheese sauce, you’ll see it’s dotted with the spices that make up everything bagel seasoning.

How does it taste?

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From the minute I opened the cheese packet, I could tell that Everything Bagel Mac & Cheese was not my childhood mac and cheese. I could smell the garlicky aroma of the seasoning instantly. Kraft did not hold back on the flavor here. They were as generous with everything bagel seasoning as Taylor Swift’s costume designer is with sequins.

I’ve probably eaten a thousand boxes of the standard blue box Kraft mac and cheese in my life. Even though I knew this version would be different, I was still shocked at how flavorful and bold the seasoning made the dish! And, I admit, I didn’t like it at first, missing the smooth, cheesy, goes-down-easy taste of the original. But after a few bites, I got used to it and devoured my bowl. If you don’t expect the OG version and instead judge Everything Bagel Mac & Cheese on its own merits, you’ll snarf up the deliciousness.

My husband, who’s no fan of the original Kraft mac and cheese because “it tastes like toddler food,” sampled this variety and gave it a thumbs-up. He said he’d actually make it again—or if we didn’t have it, he might sprinkle everything bagel seasoning on the regular version.

Where can you get it?

Here’s the trick: Everything Bagel Mac & Cheese will only be available for a limited time at Walmart.com. It’s not in Walmart stores or other stores. You can order it on the website starting on November 25 at 5 a.m. CT. That’s considered presale, as official sales don’t open until November 29 at 12 a.m. CT. It’ll be priced at $1.58 a box, and there will only be 14,000 boxes. Once this mac and cheese flavor is gone, it’s gone.

If you don’t manage to nab an official box, take heart. You can sprinkle your own everything bagel seasoning on any kind of mac and cheese.