# What is the best mac and cheese at a fast food chicken chain?

> Baked tops with a crisp cheese crust face off against soft, saucy cups straight from the warmer. Every one of these is the side that rides along with a bucket, a box or a plate of chicken.

*By YPB Team · Published November 4, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-mac-and-cheese-at-a-fast-food-chicken-chain*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Popeyes Homestyle Mac & Cheese** — score 1000/1000
   Popeyes' baked mac made with butter and cheddar and topped with more shredded cheddar, launched nationwide in November 2021.
2. **Church's Texas Chicken Baked Mac & Cheese** — score 668/1000
   A side at Church's Texas Chicken, topped with cheddar and baked to a golden crust.
3. **Chick-fil-A Mac & Cheese** — score 652/1000
   Macaroni in a blend of Parmesan, Cheddar and Romano, baked in each restaurant for a crispy cheese top, added to Chick-fil-A's permanent menu nationwide on August 12, 2019.
4. **KFC Mac & Cheese** — score 565/1000
   A classic KFC side of elbow macaroni in a creamy cheese sauce, which the chain also used as the base of its limited-run Mac & Cheese Bowls.
5. **Bojangles Mac 'n Cheese** — score 565/1000
   A year-round side at Bojangles, the chicken-and-biscuits chain founded in Charlotte in 1977, sold in individual and larger family sizes.
6. **Dave's Hot Chicken Mac & Cheese** — score 462/1000
   One of the few sides at Dave's Hot Chicken, the Nashville-style hot chicken chain that started as a Los Angeles parking-lot pop-up in 2017.
7. **Slim Chickens Mac & Cheese** — score 0/1000
   The creamy mac and cheese side at Slim Chickens, which the Arkansas chain also uses as the base of its Tender Mac & Cheese Bowls.
8. **Boston Market Mac & Cheese** — score 0/1000
   Spiral rotini pasta in a creamy cheddar sauce, a longtime side at the rotisserie-chicken chain Boston Market.

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