Without cheese, loose macaroni noodles are relegated to the artistic whims of celebrity toddlers or the backup pipe-fitting for their Lego mansions. Place mac on a pedestal with its rightful sidekick thanks to today's Groupon to mad-macs in Newark. Choose between the following options:

• For $17, you get a meal for two people (up to a $35.45 total value), which includes:
  • Two mini macs (up to a $17.98 total value)
  • Two small mixed-green salads (up to a $7.50 total value)
  • Two non-alcoholic drinks (a $3.98 total value)
  • One order of dessert spring rolls (a $5.99 value)

• For $10, you get $20 worth of any dishes and drinks on the menu

Serving up a wide spread of mac 'n' cheese platters, mad-macs' mac menu focuses on pairing America's favorite noodle with imaginative ingredients. Shake up your palate with the Jumping Jack Mac, an Aussie-style four-cheese mac layered with homemade chili, or gift the pizza mac, with mozzarella, basil, roasted tomatoes, and garlic, to the pizza-delivery man who has everything. Ascend the food pyramid into a verdant, edible valley with mouths wide for bites of mixed-green salad, drizzled with any of six signature dressings including homemade blue cheese and honey-lime vinaigrette. House-made dessert spring rolls are stuffed with choice of apple cobbler, strawberry cheesecake, or a savory union of chocolate, bananas, and peanut butter, all nestled in a rice wrapper, deep-fried, and served with ice cream and a disapproving, secretly envious gaze from the Tooth Fairy.

Sated patrons can sink into the overstuffed bench seats and take in the doodle-covered chalkboard walls as they sip on Pepsi product soft drinks. Of-age purchasers of today's second option can celebrate their inauguration into the clean-plate club with a draft beer ($2.25+) and an adult milk shake such as the thin mint, which swirls chocolate vodka with succulent drips of crème de menthe.