Best hot sauces on Reddit
198 reviews from r/Cooking, r/spicy, r/hotsauce and 10 more subreddits
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#1
Cholula
4.4
(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"
"I think you could level up to sweet habanero cholula and do well with it."
"Cholula - USA's most popular"
"Cholula green sauce"
"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
El Yucateco
4.6
(10)
"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."
"Same with El Yucateco Habanero, or the Mayan recipe they make."
"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."
#4
Valentina
4.4
(10)
"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"
"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."
"Valentina"
"I like Valentina, it’s an authentic Mexican hot sauce."
#5
Marie Sharps
4.3
(10)
"Marie Sharps which is made in Belize. All of theirs are good."
"Marie Sharp's."
"Marie Sharp’s!"
"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."
"Marie sharps hot. It's more mild than hot."
#6
Yellowbird
4.5
(8)
"Any yellow bird flavor."
"Yellowbird has the best selection- all are excellent."
"My husband really enjoys any of Yellow Bird's hot sauces."
"Https://www.yellowbirdfoods.com/collections/classic-hot-sauce/products/9-8-oz-classic-variety-pack?variant=31713920155703"
"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."
#7
Tabasco
4.1
(8)
"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."
"Try some of Tabasco's other sauces."
#8
Crystal
4.1
(7)
"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
4.4
(5)
"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."
"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
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."
#11
Secret Aardvark
4.5
(4)
"Secret Aardvark -- Goes good on everything. One of the best imo. Not too spicy."
"Try Secret Aardvark Habanero"
"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!"
#12
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."
#13
Frank's RedHot
4.7
(3)
"Frank's Red Hot: Hot wings (obviously)"
"Franks, I put that ish on every thing."
"Not fancy. But Frank's Red Hot Sauce. Mmm."
#14
Johnny Hexburg
4.7
(3)
"Johnny Hexburg is amazing."
"Johnny Hexburg has quite a selection."
"Johhny Hexburg is the one."
#15
Sambal Oelek
4.3
(3)
"Sambal oelek"
"Either chili garlic sauce or sambal oelek"
"Sambal Oelek if you can find it."
#16
Hot Ones
4.3
(3)
"There's a Chipotle & Habanero sauce that features on Hot Ones that I proper love."
"Is solid as heck if you want to try a green sauce."
"Might be good!"
#17
Bravado
4.0
(3)
"Bravado Serrano & Basil"
"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."
#18
Yellowbird Habanero
5.0
(2)
"Yellow bird habanero. Definitely spicy but not habanero burn your mouth off."
"* Yellowbird Habanero and/or Serrano."
#19
Gator Hammock
4.5
(2)
"Gator Hammock."
"Gator Hammock is a good one!"
#20
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."
#21
El Fuego
4.5
(2)
"El Fuego. Best hot sauces hands down."
"El Fuego for great flavors."
#22
Truff
4.5
(2)
"Truff! black truffle infused."
"I like Truff on eggs."
#23
Louisiana
4.5
(2)
"Cholula green, Louisiana hot sauce, and aardvark hot sauce."
"I like good ole Louisiana brand."
#24
Gringo Bandito
4.5
(2)
"Gringo Bandito. Thank me later. Your welcome"
"Gringo Bandito!"
#25
Heatonist
4.5
(2)
"[Heatonist](https://heatonist.com/)"
"Almost everything Ive gotten from them has been solid."
#26
Pepper Plant
4.0
(2)
"Pepper Plant is good."
"Pepper Plant! It's from a farming town (city? Gilroy, CA) near me."
#27
Melinda's Ghost Pepper
4.0
(2)
"Melinda's ghost pepper does it for me."
"Melinda's Ghost Pepper."
#28
Texas Pete
4.0
(2)
"Texas Pete"
"Texas Pete on fried chicken."
#29
Frank's
4.0
(2)
"Frank's and McElhanney are what I like."
"I settled on Frank's, Valentina, and Sriracha."
#30
Quince
5.0
(1)
"They have fantastic homemade hot sauces, jams, baked goods, and pickles made seasonally that are out of this world."
#31
Kimchi Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"I've got a few kimchi hot sauces that are amazing."
#32
Laoganma Spicy Chili Crisp
5.0
(1)
"Laoganma Spicy Chili Crisp."
#33
Zombie Repellant
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Zombie Repellant Apocalyptic Hot Sauce"
#34
Reaper Squeezins
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Reaper Squeezins"
#35
Merfs Electric Lime
5.0
(1)
"Merfs Electric Lime is a great choice for green sauce."
#36
Bio-Chilisauce Bhut Jolokia
5.0
(1)
"Bio-Chilisauce „Bhut Jolokia“ -> This one is really "fruity". My favourite one."
#37
Blair's
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Blair's Pure Death"
#38
End of Sanity
5.0
(1)
"End of Sanity by Firelands, you can buy it at Hagebaumarkt."
#39
Bhut Kisser
5.0
(1)
"I put Bhut Kisser on basically everything."
#40
Quality Pickles
5.0
(1)
"Contact Quality Pickles for a range of sauces."
#41
Tom's Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"Tom's Hot Sauce is from Austria and i love it!"
#42
Chubby Chilli
5.0
(1)
"Honestly it’s really delicious, and he makes a chilli-mayo spin-off which is also incredible."
#43
Bone Rattler
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Bone Rattler"
#44
Professor Payne Indeass's
5.0
(1)
"My top five (in no particular order): Professor Payne Indeass's Sphincter Shrinker"
#45
Full Moon Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"Can I pimp my own?"
#46
Yucateco
5.0
(1)
"Yucateca"
#47
Cry Baby Craig's
5.0
(1)
"CRY BABY CRAIG'S"
#48
Clancy's X-Hot
5.0
(1)
"Clancys Fancy X-hot. I have it shipped all the way from Ann Arbor to Alaska."
#49
Butterfly Bakery Maple Wood Smoked Onion
5.0
(1)
"Best all around hot sauce for me is butterfly bakery's maple wood smoked onion."
#50
Todd's Inner Beauty
5.0
(1)
"Todds Inner Beauty is my rec."
#51
Mule Sauce
5.0
(1)
"I cannot get enough of Mule Sauce."
#52
Pucker Butt Reaper Squeezins
5.0
(1)
"Reaper Squeezins by pucker butt pepper co."
#53
Pain is Good
5.0
(1)
"Pain is Good makes some great sauces."
#54
Matouk's
5.0
(1)
"Matouks entire line of sauces are the best."
#55
Cholula Sweet Habanero
5.0
(1)
"The sweet habanero cholula is my favorite hot sauce with eggs."
#56
Hedgehog
5.0
(1)
"Hedgehog Blouberg mall sells a few hot sauces."
#57
The Sauce Shop
5.0
(1)
"They have a large selection of local hot sauces."
#58
Peri Peri
5.0
(1)
"The peri peri!"
#59
Sriracha
5.0
(1)
"Sriracha"
#60
Hank Sauce
5.0
(1)
"Hank Sauce from NJ"
#61
Zhoug
5.0
(1)
"Try the zhoug. It's in the fridge with the hummus."
#62
Cajohn's
5.0
(1)
"I'm a big fan of Cajohn's El Chupacabra"
#63
Yuzu Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"Yuzu hot sauce"
#64
La Victoria
5.0
(1)
"Orange sauce by La Victoria"
#65
Encona
5.0
(1)
"I've been enjoying Encona Original recently"
#66
Grumpy Gary's
5.0
(1)
"I love grumpy gary's entire range"
#67
East End
5.0
(1)
"East end very hot green chilli sauce."
#68
Seed Ranch
5.0
(1)
"Mushrooms and chocolate and anchoives in this"
#69
Caribbean
5.0
(1)
"Caribbean Scotch Bonnet sauces."
#70
Hellhound
5.0
(1)
"I regularly eat the Hellhound reaper mango tamarind for breakfast."
#71
Flower City Flavor
5.0
(1)
"Flavorful but spicy."
#72
St Augustine
5.0
(1)
"St Augustine has Datil pepper sauces."
#73
Humble House Hot Sauce
5.0
(1)
"All the red ones are fantastic but my favorite is ancho/morita"
#74
Wildnoon
5.0
(1)
"Wildnoon piripiri from Mozambique is amazing."
#75
Wiri Wiri Peppers
5.0
(1)
"Hands down That would be Wiri Wiri peppers."
#76
Try Me Tiger Sauce
4.0
(1)
"Try Me Tiger Sauce - More sweet than spice."
#77
Bio-Chilisauce Trinidad Scorpion
4.0
(1)
"Bio-Chilisauce „Trinidad Scorpion“ -> This one is more sweet."
#78
Yucateco Habanero
4.0
(1)
"Yucateco Habanero."
#79
Jalapeño Sauce
4.0
(1)
"I use the Jalapeno sauce as a Marinade for shrimp a lot."
#80
Melinda's Habanero
4.0
(1)
"I would branch out with a good habanero from Melinda's."
#81
Sauce Leopard Road Dawg
4.0
(1)
"Sauce Leopard: Road Dawg."
#82
Chalupa Chipotle
4.0
(1)
"Chalupa - *chipotle* & Valentinas - “extra hot” (black label)."
#83
Marie Sharp Belizean Heat
4.0
(1)
"Marie Sharps Belizan Heat."
#84
Trader Joe's Green Dragon
4.0
(1)
"I like the Trader Joe’s green dragon."
#85
Iguana Gold
4.0
(1)
"Iguana Gold Island Pepper Sauce is very nice."
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