A mac and cheese food truck hits the streets of Abington

BROCKTON – Justine Ramos was torn between two worlds: playing it safe, or exploring entrepreneurship and starting a new business venture.

Eventually, she put her fears aside and now cruises around the South Shore with her business partner, Jessica Vaughn, selling mac and cheese out of the food truck Cheesy Chicks.

“It was my goal before (age) 40 to open a business, and I hit that goal two years earlier,” Ramos said.

The food truck Cheesy Chicks offers a twist on Southern comfort food – offering mac and cheese with delectable add-ons like sautéed lobster, 12-hour pulled pork, buffalo chicken and salty bacon crumbs.

Ramos also features a mix of different mac and cheese sandwiches — from Smack Jackie, with a dollop of honey barbecue pulled pork grilled on potato bread, to the Cheese Louise, a grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with creamy homemade mac and cheese.

The truck even has something for those with a sweet tooth, including fried Oreos; Cara-moo milkshake, a vanilla caramel milkshake; a mini chocolate chip cookie sandwich; and Choco-Holic milkshake, made with chocolate ice cream and Oreo cookie pieces topped with whipped cream.

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How they got their start

The bubbling mac and cheese is the staple of the truck. Both owners have loved mac and cheese since they were young. Ramos developed the recipe and made it for special family events.

“If I brought a pan of my mac and cheese to a party, people would ask me to make it again. It became very popular, and I knew I was on to something,” Ramos said.

This isn’t an ordinary type of cheese mac and cheese. Ramos said there are four to five different cheeses in the dish.

It took 11 months to get the food truck up and running. For eight months, the truck was at a local garage for maintenance. Eight months was longer than Ramos anticipated but it did not discourage her.