Mac n' Cheetos were introduced in late June 2016 and sold at Burger King in limited supplies.

[1] Consumerist's Laura Northrup compared them to 7-Eleven's Doritos Loaded and Hostess Brands's deep-fried Twinkies sold at participating Walmart locations.

[12] In 2015, Burger King entered into a partnership with PepsiCo's Frito-Lay, which also owns the Doritos and Ruffles brands.

[16] Mac n' Cheetos, including other Burger King products like the recently introduced Oscar Mayer hot dogs, reflects the fast-food alliances restaurants have with other companies.

Mac n' Cheetos have also been sold at U.S. convenience store/gas station Sheetz stores in North Carolina and Ohio.

[22] Consequence of Sound's Ben Kaye remarked that they were "new cat poop-shaped fried mac and Cheeto cheese curls".

[1] Food & Wine's Mike Pomranz said "Like a car crash, this bizarre mashup is just too intense to ignore.

"[25] The Raw Story's Brad Reed saw it as "radioactive-orange" and "Trump-colored", but remarked "do look marginally more appetizing than the terrifying bright-red Whopper Burger King released earlier this year".

[26] Vice's Alex Swerdloff noted the product as "a chode-like mass" and resembling "the lovechild of E.T.’s finger and a bloated corpse that was given a spray tan".

[27] The Denver Post's Megan McArdle reported it "bearing the same resemblance to real food as a plastic Lego tree does to a stately elm".

[31] Fox News Channel's Chew On This enacted a blind taste test for Mac n' Cheetos in the streets of New York City.

[33] Chicago Tribune's Joseph Hernandez described the meal as "gritty, fried nugget of Easy Mac, rolled in the remains of the bottom of a bag of Cheetos".

[30] When the menu item was brought back in October 2016 by Sheetz, Consumerist's Laura Northrup described them as "orange breaded carbohydrate globs.

"[12] Fortune's Michal Addady called it "essentially fried mac and cheese coated with flavoring from Cheetos, a PepsiCo brand.

"[17] Bustle's Claire Warner described Mac n' Cheetos returning via Sheetz as "the Internet basically threw a party.

"[34] When the food item returned to the Burger King menu on May 18, 2017, Eater.com's Amanda Kludt described it as "novelty dish and millennial-bait.