Give your mac and cheese some serious kick with jalapenos and golden-baked panko-cilantro breadcrumbs sprinkled on top. There’s even a dairy-free version if desired.

Pile on the tasty toppings with Beer Park Pie, a version of mac and cheese that’s topped with barbeque pulled pork, Fritos, fresh jalapeños and cheddar cheese. This hearty dish is a regular on the menu at Beer Park in Las Vegas.

Fix your favorite mac and cheese, then stir in Swiss cheese, chopped celery, red onions and shallots, and drained tuna. Top with panko bread crumbs for additional crunch. If you’re a fan of tuna melts, you’ll love this dish.

This creamy mac and cheese definitely has some kick with buffalo sauce, sharp cheddar cheese and light cream cheese, shredded chicken, blue cheese and fresh chives for garnish. This recipe uses chickpea pasta, but you can use whatever type you’d like. This dish would be perfect for game day.

The classic mac and cheese sports Greek flair and flavor in this recipe. It’s made with penne pasta, kasseri, cheddar, fiery feta and peta crumbs. There’s the option of adding bacon. It can be found on the menu at Meze Greek Fusion in San Diego but you can try your own version at home.

Toss four cups of grated provolone into your favorite mac and cheese base, then blend in crumbled Italian sausage, sliced peppers and onions. Other yummies can be added, such as sliced mushrooms and extra cheese.

What could be better than combining mac and cheese and pizza? This dish uses Greek yogurt for a creamy base, then adds pepperonis and roasted tomatoes. Yum!

Aside from pizza-flavored mac and cheese, a top runner for the tastiest twist on mac and cheese involves bacon. Combine a velvety cheddar cheese sauce with parmesan cheese and crispy bacon and you have a flavor explosion.

Chopped jalapeños blend tastefully with chopped fresh cilantro and shredded rotisserie chicken for this yummy Tex-Mex mac and cheese. Add diced red onion and diced tomatoes with chiles for an extra powerful punch. Eat with tortilla chips instead of a spoon and you’ll swoon over this dish.

Butternut squash is a healthy and interesting addition to mac and cheese. Greek yogurt and squash blend together for a velvety richness. It even incorporates three types of cheese: marble jack, Gruyere and parmesan.

Two tantalizing comfort foods come together in this indulgent dish. Hot chicken and mac and cheese marry with garlic breadcrumbs and truffles – and it’s amazing!

Just add four cups grated smoked gouda and steamed asparagus cut into half-inch pieces into your mac and cheese base. Cook proscuitto until crispy, then crumble it into the dish. Toss in some peas for another healthy ingredient.

It takes just 15 minutes to whip up this scrumptious zucchini mac and cheese. Puree the zucchini for a very healthy boost.

American cheese, aged sharp white and yellow cheddar, along with Parmesan in the sauce along with a natural au jus from the roasting of the prime rib. Slow-cooked spit rib adds a rich and bold flavor to this dish.

For a healthier twist on mac and cheese, melt in eight ounces of crumbled goat cheese, then stir in baby spinach, halved cherry tomatoes and thawed frozen peas. Mix in your favorite veggies such as shredded carrots and zucchini or squash if you’d rather.

Lots of people love spinach dip and this recipe mixes up traditional mac and cheese with spinach. Sharp cheddar gives it a smooth taste.

This delectible dish reigns on the menu at Barton G. and features a five-pound Maine lobster stuffed with truffle mac and cheese. It uses a three-cheese lobster sauce and starts at $195 in the restaurant. But you can tweak this recipe and make your own version at a much more affordable price.

If seafood is a fave, blend chopped cooked shrimp and radicchio cooked in olive oil with four cups grated parmesan cheese for a seafood mac and cheese. You could add in any other seafoods you like, such as diced cooked crab.

Green curry gives this dish a hint of spice. Even though it’s considered a skinny mac, this dish pops with the pungent and spicy green curry paste.

Cake Boss Buddy Valastro serves an amazing Mac and Cheese Carbonara at his Buddy V’s Ristorante. It features smoked mozzarella, fontina, egg, pancetta and sweet peas. It’s a customer favorite! Try it in your own kitchen.

Nothing spruces up a dish quite like fresh herbs. This recipe uses soaked cashews and cannellini beans pureed with other ingredients to create the creamy sauce or just use your favorite real cheese instead.

Pulled pork mixed with mac and cheese happens to be a favorite in the South. A cup or two of broccoli added in ratches the health level of this dish up a notch and the flavor is amazing.

Tempting feta and red bell peppers give this dish some tang and flavor. The color really pops, making it both appealing and appetizing.

Crab cakes are a delicacy for many and a staple in the Northeast Region. It’s easy to take mac and cheese and put a crab cake spin on it that your family will love. This dish is unique enough it’ll be a hit at any party.

If you love chili and mac and cheese, why not combine the two? This is a perfect dish for game day or when chilly weather blows through.

The top of this dish has a solid crust that gives way to an ooey gooey inside brimming with broccoli and mushrooms. The recipe calls for an abundance of cheese that makes it even tastier.

This recipe turns on the fancy with smoked gouda and portobello mushrooms. It has a smokey, rich and cheesy taste with a healthy dash of spinach.

Combine lump crabmeat, chopped chives and Old Bay seasoning with four cups of mac and cheese. Top with crushed oyster crackers for a tasty twist on this staple.

Whip up some traditional mac and cheese, then add two cups of broccoli florets to the pasta during the last three minutes of cooking and replacing the cheddar with havarti. It has a fresh, crisp taste!

Add one cup frozen peas to the pasta during the last three minutes of cooking. Fix your favorite mac and cheese, then stir in one cup of chopped ham. It’s bursting with flavor!

Purée one cup chopped roasted red peppers, one small chipotle in adobo sauce and one tablespoon adobo sauce. Make your favorite mac and cheese then stir in the pepper purée and two sliced scallions. It has kick!

Create alfredo mac and cheese, then add one minced garlic clove and one teaspoon each of chopped basil, parsley, chives and thyme in the butter. It’s fantastic and tastes great with breadsticks or cheesy garlic bread on the side.

Use your favorite mac and cheese, then stir in half a teaspoon of chopped thyme, half a cup browned diced dried chorizon, half a cup of grated manchego and one eaten egg with the pasta. Add all of the reserved cooking water to make a loose sauce. Divide into small ramekins and top with sliced tomato or piquillo peppers and more manchego, then broil until golden.

Make your favorite creamy mac and cheese, then stir in two cups of cooked chopped collard greens and add hot sauce to taste. Top with crushed butter crackers.

Spicy Italian chicken sausage debuts in this recipe, along with parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, garlic, basi and oregano. The mac and cheese is made with gouda or havarti, along with fontina. Instead of eating out of a bowl, these are served in colorful and tasty peppers.

If this dish doesn’t sound intriguing enough, check out these ingredients: cooked macaroni, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt and a mixture of cheddar, parmesan and cottage cheese, along with cooked and mashed butternut squash. Cook these just as you would a traditional pancake.

Do you know what’s better than mac and cheese? Mac and cheese balls friend until golden crispy. It’s the perfect treat for a party or special gathering. It’s a copycat of TGI Friday’s fried mac and cheese – yum!

This crazy concotion takes bread, mayo, bacon, extra sharp cheddar cheese, mac and cheese, jalapeno slices and more. Mac and cheese is sandwiched between the bread into a stack that’s incredible and slightly intimidating.

This mac and cheese dish tastes closely like French onion soup.The recipe uses sweet vidalia onions, beef stock, gruyere cheese and elbow macaronia to make these mouthwatering dish.

This colorful dish not only looks amazing but tastes incredible, too. With ingredients like Ritz crackers, sharp white cheddar cheese, havarti cheese, Brie, homemade basil pesto and heirloom tomatoes, how could it not?