--- title: Burger King Introduces Mac n' Cheetos description: Thanks to Burger King, we now can order a snack that consists of a giant, crunchy Cheeto stuffed with oozy macaroni and cheese. canonical: https://time.com/4378236/burger-king-mac-n-cheetos/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-22T17:42:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:38.731Z og:title: Burger King Just Unleashed the Most Dangerous Snack of All Time og:description: Introducing the Mac n' Cheetos og:url: https://time.com/4378236/burger-king-mac-n-cheetos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Burger King Just Unleashed the Most Dangerous Snack of All Time twitter:description: Introducing the Mac n' Cheetos twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Burger King Just Unleashed the Most Dangerous Snack of All Time > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 22, 2016 5:42 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jun 22, 2016 5:42 PM UTC Thanks to [Burger King](http://time.com/4274866/burger-king-angriest-whopper-red-buns/?iid=sr-link2), we now have something called Mac n’ Cheetos in our world. It’s exactly what you think: basically a giant, crunchy Cheeto stuffed with oozy macaroni and cheese. Also thanks to Burger King, we can say goodbye to our waistlines, because these look to be both ridiculously addictive-tasting and also crazily artery-clogging. Take your pick: satisfied taste buds, or health? Burger King may say we can have it our way, but these odds are stacked against us. Early reviews suggest they taste a bit like the fried mac-and-cheese balls you can pick up at places like Trader Joe’s or Cheesecake Factory. But of course, these are Cheetos instead of just regular cheese and breadcrumbs. It’s a [limited-time product](http://www.foodbeast.com/news/mac-n-cheetos-bk/) that’s currently only available at select locations, which is probably a good thing for our collective cholesterol. Given the early feedback, though, Burger King might have no choice but to plan a bigger national roll-out, as it looks like they’ve hit on a winner: > [](https://twitter.com/EdgarsDiamonds/status/745265246542127104) > [](https://twitter.com/DropKek/status/745296766573121536) > [](https://twitter.com/BradEYoung/status/745392083632951299) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4378236/burger-king-mac-n-cheetos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4378236/burger-king-mac-n-cheetos/"},"headline":"Burger King Just Unleashed the Most Dangerous Snack of All Time","datePublished":"2016-06-22T17:42:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:38.731Z","description":"Introducing the Mac n' Cheetos","url":"https://time.com/4378236/burger-king-mac-n-cheetos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4378236/burger-king-mac-n-cheetos/","name":"Burger King Just Unleashed the Most Dangerous Snack of All Time"}}]}] ```