The Best New Pantry Staples in Grocery Stores This Year
Stock your cabinets with updated basics to make your cooking better than ever
You've probably got your basic rice, pasta and brownie mix in your pantry already — so why not mix things up?
These new pantry staples — and winners of the PEOPLE Food Awards 2024 — are anything but boring. Try a fast-food taco kit, a spice mix for seafood and a protein-packed soup you'll always want to have on hand.
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Best Soup
Old El Paso Chicken Tortilla Soup
Testers gave high marks for the Tex-Mex flavors and hearty portions of chicken, beans, corn and peppers in each serving.
Buy it! $4.50 for 18.5 oz., walmart.com
Best Rice
Royal Hyderabadi Biryani Kit
Indian biryani — a layered dish of rice, spices and meat or veggies — takes hours to develop its complex flavor. This kit gets it done in 30 minutes.
Buy it! $5, authenticroyal.com
Best Spice Mix
McCormick Flavor Maker Salmon Topping Seasoning
Add a sprinkle of spices — a mix of dried ginger, sesame seeds, coconut and more — to seafood, stir-fries or anything that needs an extra oomph.
Buy it! $6.50, walmart.com
Best Taco Kit
Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme Cravings Kit
Enjoy the fast-food favorite—a warm flour tortilla folded around seasoned meat, nacho cheese and a crunchy tostada—without leaving your house.
Buy it! $7, walmart.com
Best Brownie Mix
Ghirardelli Brownie Cookie Bar Mix
“Absolute perfection!” declared a staffer of the “deeply fudgy” brownies baked with a slab of chocolate chip cookie on top.
Buy it! $4 for 16.5 oz., walmart.com
Best Boxed Mac & Cheese
Annie’s Super! Mac Shells & White Cheddar
“I tossed in some broccoli, and my kids literally ate it up — no arguments,” said a tester, who enjoyed the “creamy” cheese sauce.
Buy it! $4 for 6 oz., target.com
Best Pasta
Brami Pasta Radiatori
The lupini bean- and semolina wheat-blend noodles (which resemble little radiators) “don’t get mushy” or have “any of the graininess” of other hybrid pastas, said testers.
Buy it! $4 for 12 oz., walmart.com
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