Velveeta Shells & Cheese Original Mac and Cheese Single Bowl Easy Microwavable Dinner - 5oz

This microwavable Velveeta mac & cheese gets the job done if you are in a quick hurry or legitimately on the brink of starvation desperately looking for something to eat. The quality of the mac & cheese is not as good as the box (of course cooking it on a stovetop is always better), but for the same price you are only getting a fraction of what the Velveeta box has. This only contains 5 oz., while the box contains 12 oz. In my opinion, this option is only really good for the convenience of microwaving and coming with its own travel bowl. First off, there is no water fill line. I simply measure the amount of water that I believed would be enough. Also, the noodles tend to stick together after cooking in the microwave. In my opinion, the noodles and pasta had this weird, slimy texture even after placing the liquid cheese. Even after covering my Velveeta bowl in my microwave (with a ventilated microwave cover) it left sticky residue on the microwave turntable. My overall thoughts on this product is that, if you need something to eat it is decent and filling. But if you have time to cook the Velveeta from the box on the stove, then I recommend buying that option.

This mac a cheese tastes really good and is so easy to prepare! The instructions could be clearer, simply for the fact that it tells you to fill the cup to the line, but it doesn't have a line anywhere. There is somewhat of a dent / difference in size kind of in the bowl, so that's where I filled it to. I'm assuming that's where you are supposed to fill the line to because if I filled it any more, the water / boil would have made a mess of my microwave a bit since. The package came with plenty of cheese to make it have a nice flavor. The only issue is the texture of the noodles. I wish they were less chewy.

The only issues with this is it doesn’t show where the fill line is…. i filled it to what i thought was the line but the noodles weren’t cooked all the way and we stuck together. otherwise delicious and a good little lunch or side for 2

Love velveeta from the box but hate the cup version, then this is what you want! These taste super close to the box version! These are always in our house

So many times I get stuck on a zoom call and I'm worried they'll hear my stomach growling because I'm about to pass out from hunger. Enter Velveeta. I quickly turn off my camera, remove cheese, fill with water to the line and pop into the microwave for 5 minutes. Much better than the little cups of the same product for some reason. I keep a few around for those emergency hunger attacks and it hits the spot.

Easy to prepare, quick lunch or dinner at home or at work, very delicious.

The noodles did not cook correctly even after following the directions. Also almost the same about as the little cups but triple the price.

Glad I’m not the only one that struggled to find the non existent fill line. The bottom line is too short and water doesn’t cover all the pasta so I filled to the top. Huge and messy mistake. After dumping some water, and finishing the dish, it is missing any type of flavor other than cardboard! I added pepper and then it tasted normal, but I don’t think I’d buy this again.

Kinda taste like plastic

This mac n cheese microwaveable meal is delicious and perfectly cheesy!

Yes they need to make the fill line more obvious (it's the bottom one). It doesn't taste as good as the stovetop version but it's good if you need something quick and/or only have access to a microwave. Would recommend adding salt, pepper, or any other spices. It's adequately filling for me personally.

I'm always a little skeptical about pasta cooked in a microwave, but this came out with the same nice al dente texture as stove cooked shells, and the sauce was both plentiful and thickened up nicely. No discernable difference between this and the stovetop version, which I've loved for years. And in a size that's big enough to make a filling lunch when you're stuck at work. Thumbs up from me.

There is literally no fill line. Impossible to cook correctly. How was that overlooked?? Skip this unless you want to literally baby it the whole time it’s cooking.

They do not specify which line is the "fill line". I only filled to the bottom line because it specifically said not to over fill. The shells were chewy so I'm assuming your supposed fill it to the top line(which is very close to the top), but I won't be buying them again unless they specify the fill line, and even then, it will be one last ditch effort before I'm done with them all together!

A super quick meal to make in my dorm microwave!

The instructions state to fill with water to the fill line ans to make sure it is filled to fill line to prevent risk of FIRE. And then they do not label what the fill line is. Do better velveeta.

There is no water line. I see two lines but which one do I use! You want the food to come out great so you need to put something on the container showing where the water line is located. Never buying again.

The taste is great (kid approved) but there’s no “fill line.” In fact there are two lines inside the bowl. Based on other reviews I’m not the only one struggling with that.

I always passed this up because it looked too creamy. I prefer the powdered cheese. Anyways, there’s clearly a reason why I never ate this because it is so BLAND. I had to add salt. Also, no directions on fill line. Kraft and Annie’s is much better.

Convenient meal under 5 minutes