Buffalo-Style Chicken Mac & Cheese | Freeze Dried Backpacking & Camping Food | 2 Servings

Why did you pick this product vs others?: when I was in college, I, “accidentally” found my way into an old Cold War bomb shelter. There were lots of freeze dried meals, so I liberated a few, being a poor college student. After eating a couple of them, I decided that it would actually be better to die in a nuclear holocaust than to have to survive on those things. fast forward to 2025. I’ve tried a whole bunch of camping meals by many different manufacturers and they all have left me wanting for a variety of reasons. Either the food was bland or it was just disgusting or the packaging was bad. I heard that this brand was supposed to be really good. A friend of mine who is a nurse sent me a text message one night saying that she was hungry but the cafeteria was closed and nobody would deliver food that late. I sent her four of these meals, all different, and suggested that she keep one in her bag and one in her car for just such an occasion. She told me that they were delicious. I bought a bunch of them for myself and I have to agree. These meals are wayyyyy better than anything I’ve ever tried. They have great flavor, great texture and are substantial in size. The packaging is awesome. It is thick, heavy material with a zip lock that really holds in the moisture. This is important for two reasons. I add the hot water, seal the bag and let it sit for five minutes and then I turn it over upside down for another five minutes so that the remaining water drains down to the top of the bag and hydrates everything up there. I have yet to have a single drop leak out. Really a great value for the money at 10 bucks. I keep them around for those situations where I’m working at 2 o’clock in the morning and I am really hungry, but don’t want to take the time to make food. I can get a great meal in 10 minutes.

Came with a date of having being made within a month. I enjoy the flavor think about as spicy as if you added some franks hot sauce too it. It’s a light meal in calories and in quantity. Classic mountain house win.

It was delicious! A perfect meal after a long day of hiking. Very easy to make and it felt like a lot of food for the price.

As always these meals are great for the convenience (though pricy), and it tasted pretty good. This might be me overhyping it, but after seeing the name I was really hoping that this would become my #1 mountain house meal. But it definitely isn't, it's just another decent enough meal

Great product! I have much love for mountain house! Probably the best freeze dried food!

A very pleasant surprise! Delicious! Spicier than I thought but I liked it.

Like MRE's, this camp food is really good when you are hungry and need calories. Some are better than others but an awesome meal when you are in the field.

Not my favorite flavor. The tangy buffalo with mac and cheese is a little off-putting. Some of the noodles didn't seem to cook all the way through despite making sure I thoroughly mixed everything the second time. I could chalk up the first packet being bad due to user error, but the second time wasn't much better.