Best Mac and Cheese Delivery Services

With multiple awards and a variety of flavors, Beecher’s stands out from the crowd.

In 2003, Kurt Beecher Dammeier founded Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle. If you visit Beecher's, either in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market or New York City's Flatiron district, you can look through the glass-walled kitchen to watch the cheesemakers at work. It's not just a gimmick. Transparency is built into Beecher's basic ethic: to make honest, wholesome food that's free of artificial ingredients.

Beecher's makes several varieties of mac and cheese. The signature version, called World's Best Mac & Cheese, is a blend of Beecher's Flagship cheddar and Just Jack melted over penne rigate pasta, lightly seasoned with garlic, spices, and a dash of chipotle puree for just a touch of heat. In 2020, the Specialty Food Association honored the dish with its Gold Sofi award. In addition to the World's Best, Beecher's offers gluten-free mac and cheese, Smoked Flagship Mac & Cheese, Mariachi Mac & Cheese, Broccoli Mac & Cheese, and Mac & Cheese with Roasted Poblanos and Chicken.

The World's Best Mac & Cheese is available in 20-ounce, 46-ounce, and 6-pound trays, priced at roughly $17, $29, and $54, respectively. All varieties of Beecher's mac and cheese ship frozen. You can reheat either in a conventional or microwave oven. Beecher's offers free shipping on orders over $125. Beecher's ships only to the lower 48 states.

This cauliflower mac and cheese from Tattooed Chef is a popular, healthful alternative to the standard version of mac and cheese.

Tattooed Chef leases land to plant its own crops and then processes the harvest in its two kitchens, one in California and the other in Italy. As the company's founder and chief creative officer, Sarah Galletti infuses the brand with her personal experiences of delicious, sustainable food and camaraderie, with a focus on plant-based options and true farm-to-table food.

If you're looking to swap out pasta for veggies, Tattooed Chef's vegetarian Cauliflower Mac & Cheese Bowl is for you. Made with real cheddar cheese and topped with panko breadcrumbs, a single bowl contains 3/4 cup of vegetables and 18 grams of protein. One of Tattooed Chef's most popular dishes, the bowl has earned nearly 100 percent five-star reviews, with typical comments like, "Tasted exactly like mac and cheese," "I thought it was phenomenal," "Fantastic product," and "A must buy."

Each Cauliflower Mac & Cheese Bowl weighs in at 10 ounces, costs about $10, and ships frozen. Reheat in the microwave, then crisp the panko topping in the oven if you wish. For delivery, you must purchase a minimum of five items, and Tattooed Chef offers free shipping if you purchase 10 items or more. Tattooed Chef delivers only within the continental United States.

Hancock’s lobster mac and cheese is the perfect combination of comfort food and luxury.

Hancock's Gourmet Lobster has been around since 1946 when Hazel Ellis Hancock opened a seaside restaurant in Ogunquit, Maine. The Maine experience is centered on the ocean and the simple goodness of its bounty. That is why Hancock's has just one rule: Never hide the taste of Maine lobster. Today, Hazel's granddaughter Cal is running Hancock's, delivering the Maine experience to the rest of the nation using her Nana Hazel's original recipes.

Hancock's Lobster Mac & Cheese has won multiple Gold awards at the Specialty Food Association's Fancy Food Show and bested chef Bobby Flay on Food Network’s "Throwdown." The dish is made with sweet Maine lobster, shell pasta, mascarpone, parmesan, and cheddar cheese, all topped with crunchy panko breadcrumbs. Hancock's also makes a gluten-free version with quinoa pasta; a crab mac and cheese; a shellfish mac and cheese with lobster, shrimp, and scallops; and lobster mac and cheese with truffle.

Shipped fully cooked and frozen, the Lobster Mac & Cheese is available in packs of two, four, and six servings. The entree for two sells for about $37, the ramekin four-pack for roughly $93, and the entree for six for around $89. The gluten-free mac for six sells for about $104. Shipping is extra. Hancock Gourmet Lobster ships to all 50 states through Goldbelly. Hancock's discourages the use of a microwave and suggests reheating in the oven.

Banza's chickpea pasta with vegan cheese sauce is naturally gluten-free.

Banza is a unique brand of pasta that's made from chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans. The company's mission is to help us eat more legumes, a healthful source of fiber and protein with links to reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Plus, according to Banza, if everyone in America switched from meat to chickpeas, the country would almost meet its greenhouse gas emission goals. Actress Kristen Bell is a prominent fan, declaring that "It tastes like regular pasta, it's so good...I'm telling you, this pasta has changed my life."

Banza's Plant-Based Mac is made with the company's chickpea pasta and is totally vegan and gluten-free. The "cheese" sauce is made from sweet potato, nutritional yeast, and a blend of seasonings. The chickpea pasta gives Plant-Based Mac nearly double the protein of typical vegan mac and cheese and about three times the amount of fiber. Regular customers seem as enthusiastic as Kristen Bell, with reviews that say things like, "Banza noodles hold up so well and have some of the best texture in the GF realm," and "Didn't know a vegan, gluten-free Mac n' Cheese could taste so delicious until I tried this!"

The Plant-Based Mac comes in packs of six 5.5-ounce boxes for a cost of about $23. Free shipping is included. This mac requires some stovetop preparation, but if you can boil water, you shouldn't have any trouble. Banza ships everywhere in the continental U.S.