Review: Panera Bread Mac & Cheese (Target)

While at Target, feeling sick, I caved and bought the Panera's Mac & Cheese.  It seemed like a great idea, because I was in need of comfort food.  Plus, I enjoy the Mac & Cheese at Panera Bread.  Quite delicious!  We've bought some Panera soups from Target and found it similar to what is served in the restaurant.  However, this concoction was liquid goop and mostly unpleasant.
Rating: 4 out of 10 (I didn't buy soup!)

Instruction: Given for microwave and stovetop
I used the microwave option, which is rather vague.  Since microwaves differ, the instruction called for repeated 1 minute cycles until you feel the dish is hot.  Even after my mac & cheese became burning hot, the "cheese" was still liquid.

Taste: While the cheese taste like the one found in the restaurant.  The noodles were not as soft as the one made in the restaurant, but that could be on me.  After all, we are making mac and cheese without first cooking the noodle.  However, the two ingredients did not blend together like in the restaurant.

The product is made by Blount Fine Foods, who also make the Panera Bread soup.  The company seems to make predominantly soups.  Therefore, it is possible the company is still perfecting the method of heating non-soup products through a microwave.

Save your money but do not get this!