How much ketchup on Kraft Mac and Cheese (KD) is too much? Like, I understand half a bottle is a lot, but how much do you use?

The right amount of ketchup on Mac and cheese is zero

Any amount of ketchup on mac and cheese is too much.

Any ketchup on Mac and Cheese is too much if you are older than twelve.

Use Sriracha like an adult.

This is a joke, right? Nobody actually puts ketchup on macaroni and cheese, right? No way. No way.

Zero. The answer to this question is Zero. There is no amount of Ketchup that should be added to Kraft Dinner.

Why would you make your pasta taste like cheese and then make it stop tasting like cheese?

Any amount of ketchup on mac n cheese is too much

We dont defile macaroni and cheese here so zero.

There is NO pasta dish that should have catsup on it. None.

Nope. I don't like this. No thank you.

None that’s gross

Any ketchup on mac and cheese is too much ketchup.

I've never known a Non-Canadian to put any on mac and cheese, which is of course the correct amount. You can make home made mac cheaper and more flavourfully than name brand KD.

The answer is hot sauce

Northern countries should be banned from importing ketchup, they only use it to commit sins and atrocities. Norway has some explaining to do.

Any amount over 0, IMO.

Also: Make sure to fatten up your tapeworms.

Ketchup is like garlic...you don't measure it with your eyes, you measure it with your heart.

Your canadian friends only use the right amount if they dont use any ketchup at all.

Ketchup on actual dishes is a sin and the culinary concession that your food tastes like shit and needs to be drowned in the allspice of condiments.

Alright, lot of people saying zero here, and I agree, but there is a fancy mac and cheese place that serves barbeque pork mac and cheese that is incredible. Barbeque sauce goes very well with mac and cheese even without the pork.

I have no idea how big the bottles are you're using, but I can tell you.... half a bottle is way too fucking much.

That said, I think ketchup on Mac and cheese is absolutely disgusting, but dumping half a bottle of anything into anything is way too much

Any is too much, everyone knows ketchup properly belongs on peanut butter sandwiches.

I've mixed quite a few things into mac & cheese. Ketchup has never been one of them.

Speaking of condiments, mixing about 1 tbsp of mustard (dijon works best, but regular yellow is fine too) into the cheese sauce helps bring out the cheese flavor, but doesn't make it taste like mustard.

Now I need to know what else you put ketchup on

As an American of a certain age, as soon as I saw the post title I heard "Ode oten doten day..." in my head.

I top my mac and cheese up with tonic and finish it with a float of St. Germaine.

Depends. Have you mixed in good stuff? Broccoli? Bacon? Peas? Extra cheese? Mustard?

If yes, then none. Savour the flavour provided by your culinary instigator.

If no, then maybe?

Despite my love and appreciation for the Barenaked Ladies, one should just drink fancy Dijon ketchups and not bother with the Kraft Mac and Cheese to begin with.

Nobody can tell you the right amount for you. If you like the amount you use, great.

None. I use none. Kraft Mac is already bad but if I'm in the mood for something nostalgic there are a dozen other things i would add first

Maybe a tsbp so the can stragicially use it as a dip spot for each bite.

uhhhh halfa bottle??? hoping u have a tiny ass bottle cuz anything more than like 2 tablespoons is an insane amount of a plate of Mac and cheese

also no ketchup on box Mac, we aren't serial killers

Bro part of growing up is learning through trial and error. Try one amount. If you can't trust yourself to remember the result, write it down. Then repeat with a different amount.

You can ask around for recipes but if your question is how much sauce per pasta (I'm fudging the definition of sauce here), there isn't one standard.

I personally add just salt and pepper to mac n cheese and call it good, but I'm in my thirties. I experimented mostly with eggs in my teens.

I'm not a fan myself but I think the right amount of ketchup on Mac and cheese is generally how much you like.

But there is such a thing as too much. Ketchup is great because the sugar and salt makes it appealing. Start pouring it on and all of a sudden you're guzzling down a lot of sugar and taking a dish high in sodium and exacerbating it. Not so bad every now and then but a constant high-sodium, high-sugar diet is rough for kidneys, blood glucose levels, etc.

There are also "no salt added" and "no sugar added" versions of ketchup but even still, a reasonable amount is just not pouring a ton on. For anyone eating the dish like twice a year, I'd say go nuts! But for those eating it regularly, make sure to enjoy yourself but also take care of yourself! I say this as someone that has a kidney issue in remission and was asked way back at my first appointment "how much sodium do you consume in a day?"

If by ketchup you actually mean Branston Pickle, then I'd usually start with a decent tablespoon on the edge and top up if required.

Depends on the amount of mac, surely? Are we talking an aluminum pan for a party, or just a bowl for one person?

Either way if you can get your hands on some Whataburger Spicy Ketchup you should try using that.

“A lot” and “too much” are not the same thing. Just saying.