The Worlds Best Macaroni and Cheese Salad

  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Total Time: 50 mins
  • Servings: 10-13

    • About This Recipe

    “I usually don’t measure and I usually make this for big family gatherings. So Take away from the recipe as you see fit. I get a whole lot of complements on this salad and I enjoy it myself. The bacon bits add crunch and taste.”

    Ingredients

  • 1lbelbow macaroni
  • 1bigonion, peeled and diced
  • 1dozenegg, hardboiled, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 (15ounce) cans black olives, very well drained
  • 2cupscheddar cheese, cubed
  • 1/2-1cupbacon bits
  • 1 1/2-2cupsmayonnaise( NOT Miracle Whip)
  • 2 -3tablespoonsDijon mustard
  • salt and pepper

    • Directions

  • Boil macaroni.
  • Dice onion.
  • Cut olives/cheese/eggs (eggs in big chunks).
  • When macaroni is done, drain and rinse until mac is cool.
  • Add all ingredients at one at a time stirring in between.
  • Add mayo; stir–add mayo; stir.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.

    • Reviews

  • “Oh wow! I made this Mac-n-cheese salad for a family get together just recently and it was a huge hit. I changed a few things to fit our family’s tastes. I added cherry tomatoes, peas and red (purple) onion. I used shredded cheddar cheese instead of cubed at Mom’s request and omitted the olives. The bacon bits tops off the salad perfectly. We only used just 5-6 eggs chopped up in it, just our own taste. This is definitely a “print and add to the recipe file box.” Thank you for the recipe!”

  • “I brought this recipe to a cookout yesterday.Everyone raved about it.I added one pint of grape tomatoes, stems removed and cut in half.It added some nice color to the salad.This is definitely a keeper!”

  • “This is delicious!Thanks for posting it!”

  • “It was good. However, I did not like the cheese in my salad. Eh.Furthermore, the measurements were not accurate. I ended up having so much cooked macaroni left over. And 1 dozen eggs is waaay too much.The taste was great. I did not have black olives, so I put in a little bit of sugar instead since black olives tend to make any dish a bit sweet. The taste was good. Everyone that tried it, liked it.The measurements were inaccurate and the cheese in the salad did not please me.”

  • “Gee, I don’t know as I can say the “worlds” best but it was pretty darn good.I used real bacon, cut the recipe in 1/2. and added some fresh dill.Large elbows made it good.Will make again.Thanks!”

  • “I LOVED it. Wasn’t sure how i felt about eggs and bacon since the only macaroni salad i usually buy is store bought but i was delightfully surprised. I carmelized the onions before adding them and omitted the olives only because i don’t like them.”

  • “I was looking for a non meat macaroni salad and this is GREAT! I ommited the olives and bacon bits…only because I did not have them, and I used 5 eggs, changed the onions to green onions from the garden.roughly about 1 lb of macaroni. I will throw the other stuff in next time I do this as well as some green peas. Thanks so much!!! This is good eatin for the kiddos as well!!!!~Shelly”

  • “This macaroni salad is perfect!I only used half the olives and eggs because that was all that I had.It was delicious like that, but I think I will add a couple more eggs next time since I really love hard boiled eggs in salads.Thanks for the recipe; I will definitely be using it often in the future!”

  • “This was good! I made it exactly as written. The bacon bits added a great taste. I would not use as many eggs next time though because we didn’t care for the taste of them in this salad. Thanks!”

  • “Excellent. My hubby and I are not big fans of sweet relish in our salads so I had to try this and it was amazing! For my taste, it was too much egg but my hubby thought it was perfect! So, I’d just say you may want reduce the number of eggs based on your preference for them. Thank you for the recipe…it’s the best!”

  • “The only change I made was leaving out the olives, DH doesn’t like them and adding a large tomato, cubed.My DH loved the cheese in this.”

  • “I typically have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude for cold salads. I made this for my husband AND in hopes of finding a macaroni salad that might interest me. I found it! Very good!!!”

  • “I made this for a birthday party with my family and even the kids were coming up to me saying it was good!!!Thanks.Dani”

  • “I made this for a baby shower. Everyone loved it!! I added peas and also used shreded cheese.”

  • “I made this recipe for my son’s going away party, ( he’s going overseas) Everyone loved this recipe,Thank you Christina for sharing, this is a keeper.Denise”

  • “This was my first time making macaroni salad and I really liked it, my 9 year old likes it too, sowe will have it again.It was surprisingly easy to make and didn’t take any time at all, I didn’t have any onion or bacon bits, so I’m sure it would be tastier if I added those to it.Also I had some horseradish sauce and it added some zing to it.I will make this again, Thanks”

  • “Oh my goodness!!!!! I took this to a BBQ this past weekend – FANTASTIC!!! I added peas – I made 2lbs.!!!! It may truely be the Worlds Best Mac n cheese salad!!! THX alot!!”

  • “WOW!Thanks for a welcome addition to my cookbook….Even my DH who does not like macaroni salad brought some in for lunch the next day….I believe his exact words were “Hey, this is good, where did you get this one from?”I even only used 6 eggs, 1 can of olives &1 pkg shredded chedder…If you got any more keep’em comming….”

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