- prep: 20 min
- cook: 30 min
- total: 50 min
Summary
The BEST Jalapeño Popper Mac and Cheese you'll ever try! Extra creamy, loaded with bacon, cream cheese, jalapeños, and kicked up a notch with TABASCO® Sauce, this delicious and easy mac and cheese is sure to be a new favorite!
Ingredients
- 16 oz elbow macaroni (cooked (or other tubular pasta))
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 jalapeños (seeded, membranes removed, and diced)
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- 3 cups whole milk
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 6 oz cream cheese (cut into cubes)
- 2 tsp TABASCO® Sauce
- 4 cups sharp cheddar cheese ( shredded)
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)
- 12 oz bacon (cooked and crumbled)
- 1 1/2 cups panko crumbs
- 4 tbsp butter (melted)
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese (shredded)
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika (or regular paprika)
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 765 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 53 g 81.81%
- Saturated Fat: 29 g 146.09%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 134 mg 44.75%
- Sodium: 979 mg 40.8%
- Calcium: 530 mg 53.01%
- Potassium: 119 mg 3.4%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 9.23%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 44 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 4 g 14.97%
- Sugar: 6 g
- Protein: 30 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 27.53%
- Vitamin C 0.23%
- Vitamin D 3.15%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat9
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat3
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy2 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total1 oz-eq