Fried Jalapeño Popper Mac'n'Cheese Balls (FOOD PHOTO SHOOT)
Okay, ready for some flavors that are explosive and dangerous…….these mac balls are going to knock some socks.
If you’ve ever thought that something I’ve made was outrageous, oh boy, were you wrong. You haven't seen anything yet! These cheesy pasta bombs top them all. Talk about carb on carb sinfulness! These are basically bread, covered in creamy fat, dipped in more bread, and then fried in more fat. Who wants one?
I had a friendly suggestion recently to make a copycat version of Cheesecake Factory’s fried mac n cheese balls and, even though it’s taken me a while because I clearly have mixed up priorities, I finally got around to doing it. Except, I made them with a twist of spice to liven things up. Are there any jalapeño popper fans in the house?
Hey, isn’t there some scientific explanation for how spice speeds up your metabolism? And in that case doesn’t that make these like negative calorie food or something? You know, like celery, you burn more calories eating it then it contains. Uh huh, so these are totally health food, yep. If you believe that I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
So, okay, maybe that’s a bit too wishful to be for real and these actually aren’t that spicy. I’d say they are perfectly balanced. All the jalapeño flavor that you could want but enough creamy goodness to cool it off and leave you with just enough spice in your mouth to guarantee you’ll go in for another bite. It’s what makes these truly dangerous and that’s why I’m not going to tell you to make these. In fact, do not make these, okay? Now you can’t say I didn’t warn you….
As always, the recipe is available upon request. The first request gets an upvote.
ALL CONTENT IS MINE AND ORIGINAL! All of these food photos were taken with my Nikon D5300 and my favorite Lens, the Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G. You can find out more in my INTRO POST. And by the way, my intro post did a huge $0.21
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Mmmmm, creamy fat!
These look so bad, but SO GOOD. Like you said, a health food...! Yeah!
May I request a recipe please? :D
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look so delicious!
Thanks!
I could eat the whole tray of those!
Haha, so glad you like them @lifes-a-donut!
How could these be anything but yummy? 😊
Ok, so apparently you're a mind reader... I just made some fresh pasta, and last night decided to make it into mac & cheese. We have about half leftover in the fridge, and I told hubby we should use it to try making THIS EXACT THING! We even have some jalapeños just hanging out and waiting for some love. Crazy!
So I guess I kinda have to make them now, right?!
Please make a post about it, it will be huge - thanks @offbeatbroad
Yes! I'm going to do it this weekend! I'll be sure to tag you when I make the post. :)
Wow, these look amazing @gringalicious, I'm definitely going to try to make these and can't wait to check out the rest of your content!
Delicious and amazing photos as usual
So kind of you @hms818!
@gringalicious - I LOVE the sinful carbs with all that bread and creamy cheese! This is something that I can attempt to make based on your recipe (if you provide it) though my cooking skills are limited to instant coffee and boiling eggs!! LOL Followed and upvoted. I have also opened a Streemian account and am trying to figure out following you there based on your earlier post. Thanks
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Amazing looks delicious. Plz give recipe. I am going to try it. Healthy and tasty snack. Very nice post.👍
Glad you like them!