12 Best Hot Sauces That'll Knock Your Socks Off
The popularity of hot sauce has been skyrocketing over the past decade. It’s been the topic of pop songs by the likes of Beyonce, 2 Chainz, and Travis Barker. Hot sauce has even inspired a YouTube phenomenon, Hot Ones, that now rakes in more than $7 million annually. Furthermore, the global hot sauce market is expected to reach $3.77 billion by the end of 2026, up from an already staggering $2.29 billion in 2018. If you’re trying to add a little spice to your life, you’ve come to the right blog. So, let’s fire this piece up and dig into 12 hot sauces that will light up your taste buds with both heat and flavor.
Whether you drizzle it on your morning omelet or add a couple of drops to your chili, Heartbreaking Dawns is a versatile condiment. Because it’s made with the smoky-sweet heat of chocolate habaneros, you need to be ready for just as much fire as flavor. With undertones of natural garlic and cumin, a light eastern flair can be detected in this delicious south-of-the-border Habanero Hot Sauce.
Between the fresh mango, orange and red habaneros, and a variety of chopped and pureed veggies, this hot sauce’s color alone screams flavor! When it comes to heat, this is the perfect choice for people who are just venturing into spicier selections. Heartbreaking Dawns Mango Habanero Hot Sauce naturally pairs well with:
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Burgers
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Burrito
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Chicken
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Pizza
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Seafood dishes
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Summer salads
This hot sauce adds a little gasoline to the already raging fire that is Oaxacan hot sauce. Stacked with heart and brimming with flavor, CaJohns Quetzalcoatl Ghost Chile Hot Sauce is perfect for heat-lovers that dig chili and cumin overtones. With plenty of Mexican flair, this hot sauce is the perfect addition to any taco, burrito, fajita, enchilada, or quesadilla.
With face-melting flavor, CaJohns Black Garlic Ghost Hot Sauce is a stellar addition to any food in need of some oomph. It’s hearty, umami wallop of flavor comes from its blend of black garlic, sweet soy, and ghost chiles. If you’re unfamiliar with the ingredient, black garlic is aged and heated as a whole bulb. Through a process called the “Maillard reaction,” it gains a sweet, syrupy essence, one that makes this hot sauce unforgettable.
What do you get when you combine Truffleist’s top-notch truffle’s and Tango’s crowd-favorite sauces? You get a hot sauce that’ll deliver a one-two punch to the taste buds in the best way possible. With a strong truffle aroma and a spicy zing, you’re in for a treat with this limited edition Tango Truffle Hot Sauce. We recommend trying it on:
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Burgers
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Eggs
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Pizza
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Salads
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Sandwiches
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Sushi
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Tacos
As a carrot-based hot sauce, Tango Chile’s color is almost comically orange. However, its heat and flavor are no joke! Tango Chile Hot Sauce pairs well with just about any dish, and because it comes in both mild and hot varieties, it’s great for kids and adults. Both the hot and mild varieties have a subtle, carrot-y sweetness and a gentle spiciness that can be attributed to the scotch bonnet peppers.
Sky-larking is a fiery juice-based table sauce. What does that mean? It means it’s made with some pretty non-traditional ingredients such as orange juice, orange marmalade, and apple cider vinegar (plus a whole bunch of spicy goodness). Packed with habanero and scorpion peppers, it delivers a much-welcomed wake-up call for your tongue. Tacos, burgers, soups—whatever’s on the table needs a little drizzle of this juicy, fiery concoction.
This sauce is like a bonfire of flavor smoldering with delicious notes of sugar, garlic, black pepper, and chili. Once you have a taco night with CaJohns Classic Chipotle Taco Sauce, there’s no going back. Without being overbearing on the heat, it offers a boatload of flavor that both heat-lovers and mild-lovers can enjoy. Really, this sauce is proof that “hot” sauce doesn’t need to be at blast-furnace spice levels to be good.
If you’re looking for the perfect table sauce, this could be it. With Louisiana-gusto and a kick of fire dust, CaJohns Firehouse Hot Sauce brings a well-balanced, smoky tang. We recommend drizzling CaJohns on your:
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Chicken wings & tenders
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Eggs
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Fries
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Sandwiches
This sauce is a rollercoaster ride of heat and flavor, and probably not for the faint of heart. 1498 Apricot & Trinidad Scorpion Hot Sauce is loaded with Trinidad scorpion peppers and scotch bonnet peppers, both of which bring a bold spiciness that simmers over an array of fruit, garlic, and ginger notes. Even though a few drops of this sauce will get the fire started, it’s flavor is what makes this bottle go empty pretty darn quick.
Black garlic is changing the landscape of hot sauce flavors and we’re fired up about it. CaJohns Black Garlic Chipotle Hot Sauce is an explosion of sweet heat. But don’t be scared, this is a good sauce for beginners, and its flavor will still please seasoned heat-seekers.
Are you sweating? Because we are. This blow to the taste buds is brought on by the wild spiciness of red ghost peppers. Pair its peppery flavors with its bright, crisp citrus notes, and you have a sauce you’ll never forget. Use sparingly on chicken, omelets, and burgers.
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