Best hot sauces on Reddit
222 reviews from r/Cooking, r/hotsauce, r/spicy and 15 more subreddits
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#1
Cholula
4.3
(21)
"Cholula wins hands down."
"Cholula or tapatio."
"National tie between Cholula and Crystals."
"Cholula was my first favorite and is still my main"
"Cholula all day"
"Cholula - USA's most popular"
"Cholula green sauce"
"Cholula is good, and there are lots of flavors."
"Suggestions for not-that-spicy-but-very delicious sauces: Common brands: Cholula"
"Cholula Chipotle might be a good option for that."
#2
Tapatio
4.3
(12)
"Tapatio: Ceviche"
"Tapatio is pretty tasty for me."
"Cholula or tapatio."
"Tapatio 🤤"
"Tapatio is basically a step up from Cholula."
"Tapatio for Mexican."
"If you’re looking for one that you can find at any grocery store, I like Tapatio."
"I recently got into spicy stuff and I would probably suggest tapatio."
"Tapatio, Valentina, Cholula & Tabasco."
"I use tapatio on everything."
#3
Valentina
4.3
(12)
"For Mexican it’s Valentina."
"Would highly recommend Valentina."
"Valentina, best I've tried so far."
"4. Crystal
3. Tabasco
2. El Yucateco
1. Valentina"
"Valentina black label. Tapatio."
"Valentina. I like the black label."
"Valentina"
"I like Valentina's, Cholula, Mr Blister's Garlic Extreme, El Yucateo."
"Valentina or cholula. I also like franks, but I use that differently than a regular hot sauce"
"In order I like Valentina, then cholula, then either franks. I like mine milder and with more flavor."
#4
Marie Sharps
4.4
(11)
"Marie Sharps which is made in Belize. All of theirs are good."
"Marie Sharp's."
"Marie Sharp’s!"
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
"Marie Sharp's from Belize, available online. Beats most other sauces I've experienced."
"Marie Sharp."
"Marie Sharp's is delicious so maybe try their 'Belizean Heat'."
"Marie Sharps."
"Some good habanero sauces are Marie Sharps."
"Marie Sharps Belizean Heat."
#5
Yellowbird
4.6
(9)
"Any yellow bird flavor."
"Yellowbird has the best selection- all are excellent."
"My husband really enjoys any of Yellow Bird's hot sauces."
"Yellowbird blue agave Sriracha. Good balance of heat and that natural sweet pepper flavor."
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
"Yellow bird blue agave sriracha."
"My young daughter got pulled in by trying Yellowbird Blue Agave Sriracha."
"Some good habanero sauces are Yellowbird."
"Yellowbird is really good."
#6
Tabasco
4.1
(10)
"Tabasco: Biscuits and Gravy"
"Tabasco"
"Tabasco habanero is very good and brings more heat than the original."
"Tabasco Habanero. Great stuff, fairly inexpensive and easy to find."
"Tabasco, Cholula, Old Bay and Dave's Insanity here."
"Tabasco - on Cajun food."
"I love Tabasco. It’s got good heat and flavor."
"Great taste and quality (backed by 13 comments)"
"Great taste and quality (backed by 13 comments)"
"Try some of Tabasco's other sauces."
#7
El Yucateco
4.6
(9)
"El Yucateco XXXtra Hot and Bravado Aka Miso are awesome!"
"El yucateco on anything, Crystal's on fried chicken."
"For mexican type food, go with El Yucateco."
"El Yucateco XXXtra Hot."
"El yucateco chipotle. Glorious."
"El Yucateco."
"I'd try the classic El Yucateco green."
"El Yucateco is a bit fruity but gives straight heat."
"When you are ready for heat, try the El Yucateco Green."
#8
Crystal
4.3
(9)
"Only thing better than Crystal is Crystal Garlic"
"Crystal Garlic and Extra Hot"
"All around favorite hot sauce on everything? Crystal."
"Crystal is the best mild staple, but it isn't really sweet."
"Crystal hot sauce is the most well balanced, simple, delicious & vinegar free hot sauce."
"A mild hot sauce I return to time and time again is Crystal Louisianas Garlic hot sauce."
"The ones I keep on hand, in order of how hot they are to me: Crystal."
"Crystal or red rooster in place of tobasco."
"I prefer Crystal over Tabasco ordinarily."
#9
Melinda's
4.5
(6)
"Melinda's are usually all great."
"Melinda's (brand) have never missed for me. All of them are a fantastic blend of heat and flavor."
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
"I would just pick up a variety of Melinda's."
"Melinda's brand is also a nice pick."
"Is a good brand to start with. Bunch of different flavors."
#10
Secret Aardvark
4.6
(5)
"Secret Aardvark -- Goes good on everything. One of the best imo. Not too spicy."
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
"I enjoy anything by Lucky Dog, Secret Aardvark, and PexPeppers."
"Secret Aardvark. It’s a scotch bonnet based hot sauce which has a nice medium heat and incredible flavor."
"Secret aardvark is available at both Kroger locations near me!"
#11
Frank's RedHot
4.4
(5)
"Frank's Red Hot: Hot wings (obviously)"
"Franks, I put that ish on every thing."
"Maybe try Frank’s extra hot, it’s pretty good"
"Franks is my favorite Louisiana hot sauce."
"Not fancy. But Frank's Red Hot Sauce. Mmm."
#12
Louisiana
4.2
(5)
"Cholula green, Louisiana hot sauce, and aardvark hot sauce."
"Louisiana sauce. You're a fan of Louisiana sauce."
"I like Louisiana better than Crystal."
"Louisiana and Texas Pete"
"I like good ole Louisiana brand."
#13
Marie Sharp
4.8
(4)
"I’m a big fan of Marie Sharps."
"Marie sharps: carrot based habanero hot sauce."
"Marie Sharpe: all of them, especially “Beware”."
"My Kroger sells Marie Sharps."
#14
Encona
4.5
(4)
"I've been enjoying Encona Original recently"
"Encona hot pepper sauce beats everything."
"Not as hot as it could be, but they have a good taste to them."
"Encona Extra hot is nice, so is Encone California Reaper."
#15
Hosa
4.3
(4)
"You want HOSA!"
"Hosa is back in production. Bought mine online, also available at The Comics Place and Coop."
"Hosa, El Fuego, and The Local all have great sauces."
"The Local/Menace carry a line…I think it’s Hosa."
#16
Pepper Plant
3.8
(4)
"They also have a habanero blend for those looking for the smokey bold flavor."
"Pepper Plant is good."
"Pepper Plant! It's from a farming town (city? Gilroy, CA) near me."
"Their original isn't very hot and barely has any heat but is flavorful as hell."
#17
Johnny Hexburg
4.7
(3)
"Johnny Hexburg is amazing."
"Johnny Hexburg has quite a selection."
"Johhny Hexburg is the one."
#18
Sambal Oelek
4.3
(3)
"Sambal oelek"
"Either chili garlic sauce or sambal oelek"
"Sambal Oelek if you can find it."
#19
Texas Pete
4.0
(3)
"Texas Pete is up there. Old Bay and Frank’s are solid."
"Texas Pete"
"Texas Pete on fried chicken."
#20
Hank Sauce
5.0
(2)
"Hank Sauce and Poirier’s Louisiana Style are both excellent options there."
"Hank Sauce from NJ"
#21
Yellowbird Habanero
5.0
(2)
"Yellow bird habanero. Definitely spicy but not habanero burn your mouth off."
"* Yellowbird Habanero and/or Serrano."
#22
Dirty Dick's
5.0
(2)
"Dirty dick's. It was on Hot Ones a few years ago."
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
#23
Pain is Good
5.0
(2)
"Pain is Good makes some great sauces."
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
#24
Frank's Red Hot
4.5
(2)
"My favorite hot sauce is Frank’s red hot. To me, it’s more flavorful than ouch."
"Frank's Red Hot is also a popular go-to."
#25
Heartbeat Hot Sauce
4.5
(2)
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
"Straight out of the pepper "hotbed" of..... Thunder Bay!"
#26
Truff
4.5
(2)
"Truff! black truffle infused."
"I like Truff on eggs."
#27
El Fuego
4.5
(2)
"El Fuego. Best hot sauces hands down."
"El Fuego for great flavors."
#28
Gator Hammock
4.5
(2)
"Gator Hammock."
"Gator Hammock is a good one!"
#29
Bravado Spice Co.
4.5
(2)
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
"I really like the Bravado Spice Co. sauces for flavor."
#30
Dave's Gourmet
4.5
(2)
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
"I’m a huge fan of Dave’s Gourmet."
#31
Heatonist
4.5
(2)
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"Almost everything Ive gotten from them has been solid."
#32
Gringo Bandito
4.5
(2)
"Gringo Bandito. Thank me later. Your welcome"
"Gringo Bandito!"
#33
Lucky Dog
4.5
(2)
"I enjoy anything by Lucky Dog, Secret Aardvark, and PexPeppers."
"Makes very flavor forward sauces that range from mild to hot but nothing superhot."
#34
Frank's
4.0
(2)
"Frank's and McElhanney are what I like."
"I settled on Frank's, Valentina, and Sriracha."
#35
Bravado
4.0
(2)
"Is similar to Melinda's in those facts"
"I really like the Bravado range, they do a Ghost pepper and blueberry one that goes amazing on meat."
#36
Melinda's Ghost Pepper
4.0
(2)
"Melinda's ghost pepper does it for me."
"Melinda's Ghost Pepper."
#37
Grumpy Gary's
5.0
(1)
"I love grumpy gary's entire range"
#38
Torchbearer Sauces
5.0
(1)
"Anything from Marie Sharps, Melindas, Torchbearer Sauces..."
#39
Local Craft Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"Good hot sauce is when you go to a local craft show or farmer's market."
#40
Hornet Bomb
5.0
(1)
"The Hornet Bomb is fantastic!"
#41
Angry Goat
5.0
(1)
"Angry goat calypso or Marie Sharp's Belizean Heat"
#42
Hoff
5.0
(1)
"My wife refuses to use anything else but Smokin Ghost."
#43
Hot Ones
5.0
(1)
"There's a Chipotle & Habanero sauce that features on Hot Ones that I proper love."
#44
Howler Monkey
5.0
(1)
"The yellow bottle is amazing."
#45
Bone Rattler
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Bone Rattler"
#46
Blair's
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Blair's Pure Death"
#47
Zombie Repellant
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Zombie Repellant Apocalyptic Hot Sauce"
#48
Quince
5.0
(1)
"They have fantastic homemade hot sauces, jams, baked goods, and pickles made seasonally that are out of this world."
#49
Tom's Hot Stuff
5.0
(1)
"Prbly best hot sauce in Austria"
#50
Hotter Ghost of Saffron
5.0
(1)
"I really like the “hotter ghost of saffron” unfortunately I get like 4 meals out of a bottle because I dump it on my food."
#51
PexPeppers
5.0
(1)
"PexPeppers is actually probably my favorite."
#52
Yuzu Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"Yuzu hot sauce"
#53
Howl at the Moon
5.0
(1)
"I live for Howl at the Moon bourbon."
#54
Reaper Squeezins
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Reaper Squeezins"
#55
Professor Payne Indeass's
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Professor Payne Indeass's Sphincter Shrinker"
#56
Hellfire
5.0
(1)
"Hellfire doomed and Karma burn after eating are good options."
#57
Hoff's
5.0
(1)
"Hoff’s Smoken Ghost is my #1 go to for pizza, if I want something that’s actually got a good heat to it."
#58
East End
5.0
(1)
"East end very hot green chilli sauce."
#59
Full Moon Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"Can I pimp my own?"
#60
Habanero Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"If you want a serious step up from sriracha try to find some habenero hot sauce."
#61
The Ribman
5.0
(1)
"Obviously"
#62
Cajohn's
5.0
(1)
"I'm a big fan of Cajohn's El Chupacabra"
#63
La Victoria
5.0
(1)
"Orange sauce by La Victoria"
#64
Sriracha
5.0
(1)
"Sriracha"
#65
The Sauce Shop
5.0
(1)
"They have a large selection of local hot sauces."
#66
Hedgehog
5.0
(1)
"Hedgehog Blouberg mall sells a few hot sauces."
#67
Quality Pickles
5.0
(1)
"Contact Quality Pickles for a range of sauces."
#68
Wildnoon
5.0
(1)
"Wildnoon piripiri from Mozambique is amazing."
#69
Vitamix
5.0
(1)
"I just upgraded from a Ninja to a Vitamix and it is making a huge difference in final texture."
#70
Yucateco
5.0
(1)
"Yucateca"
#71
Cry Baby Craig's
5.0
(1)
"CRY BABY CRAIG'S"
#72
Clancy's X-Hot
5.0
(1)
"Clancys Fancy X-hot. I have it shipped all the way from Ann Arbor to Alaska."
#73
Butterfly Bakery Maple Wood Smoked Onion
5.0
(1)
"Best all around hot sauce for me is butterfly bakery's maple wood smoked onion."
#74
Todd's Inner Beauty
5.0
(1)
"Todds Inner Beauty is my rec."
#75
Marie Sharp's
5.0
(1)
"Marie Sharp's firey hot habanero"
#76
Blazing Citrus
4.0
(1)
"Makes a Grapefruit based hot sauce."
#77
Tahoma Spice Company
4.0
(1)
"Grows their own peppers besides making delicious vinegar based hot sauce."
#78
Hoghouse
4.0
(1)
"Hoghouse used to make a “Holy Smoke” hot sauce that was rad too!"
#79
Chili Garlic Sauce
4.0
(1)
"Either chili garlic sauce or sambal oelek"
#80
Extreme Regret
4.0
(1)
"Extreme Regret comes to mind, no chemical taste."
#81
Cajun Two Step
4.0
(1)
"Cajun Two Step Cayenne, Tabasco, Louisiana, Franks, Crystal Extra Hot, Porier’s Louisiana."
#82
Pizza John
4.0
(1)
"Pizza John, it's like crystal with a touch of ghost pepper"
#83
Trappey's Red Devil
4.0
(1)
"I think Trappeys Red Devil hot sauce is good like Louisiana Crystal."
#84
Taco Bell
3.0
(1)
"Taco bell hot sauce"
#85
Da Bomb
2.0
(1)
"Da Bomb is hot enough that it doesn’t even have a good flavor to it if you want to make him feel it."
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