Best hot sauces on Reddit

259 reviews from r/Cooking, r/spicy, r/hotsauce and 9 more subreddits

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#1

Cholula

4.4
(19)
"Cholula wins hands down."
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"Cholula or tapatio."
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"Cholula green, Louisiana hot sauce, and aardvark hot sauce."
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"National tie between Cholula and Crystals."
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"Cholula was my first favorite and is still my main"
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"Cholula all day"
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"I think you could level up to sweet habanero cholula and do well with it."
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"Cholula green sauce"
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"Cholula Chipotle might be a good option for that."
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"Mexican; Chulula."
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#2

El Yucateco

4.5
(12)
"El Yucateco XXXtra Hot and Bravado Aka Miso are awesome!"
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"El yucateco on anything, Crystal's on fried chicken."
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"For mexican type food, go with El Yucateco."
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"The XXXtra hot habanero is my favorite."
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"Same with El Yucateco Habanero, or the Mayan recipe they make."
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"El Yucateco XXXtra Hot."
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"El Yucateco."
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"I'd try the classic El Yucateco green."
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"I'd try the classic El Yucateco red."
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"El Yucateco is a bit fruity but gives straight heat."
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#3

Marie Sharps

4.3
(12)
"Marie Sharps which is made in Belize. All of theirs are good."
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"Marie Sharp's."
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"Marie Sharp’s!"
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"Marie Sharp's from Belize, available online. Beats most other sauces I've experienced."
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"Marie Sharp."
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"Marie Sharp's is delicious so maybe try their 'Belizean Heat'."
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"Marie Sharp's is delicious so maybe try their 'Beware' varieties."
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"Marie Sharps."
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"Some good habanero sauces are Marie Sharps."
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"Marie Sharps Belizean Heat."
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#4

Tapatio

4.3
(11)
"Tapatio is pretty tasty for me."
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"Cholula or tapatio."
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"Tapatio 🤤"
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"Tapatio is basically a step up from Cholula."
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"Tapatio for Mexican."
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"If you’re looking for one that you can find at any grocery store, I like Tapatio."
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"I recently got into spicy stuff and I would probably suggest tapatio."
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"Tapatio, Valentina, Cholula & Tabasco."
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"I use tapatio on everything."
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"Tapatio for flavor"
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#5

Valentina

4.4
(10)
"For Mexican it’s Valentina."
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"Would highly recommend Valentina."
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"Valentina, best I've tried so far."
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"4. Crystal 3. Tabasco 2. El Yucateco 1. Valentina"
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"I like Valentina's, Cholula, Mr Blister's Garlic Extreme, El Yucateo."
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"Valentina or cholula. I also like franks, but I use that differently than a regular hot sauce"
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"In order I like Valentina, then cholula, then either franks. I like mine milder and with more flavor."
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"Valentina black label is a good one that is hotter than Cholula."
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"Valentina"
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"I like Valentina, it’s an authentic Mexican hot sauce."
#6

Yellowbird

4.4
(9)
"Any yellow bird flavor."
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"Yellowbird has the best selection- all are excellent."
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"My husband really enjoys any of Yellow Bird's hot sauces."
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"Https://www.yellowbirdfoods.com/collections/classic-hot-sauce/products/9-8-oz-classic-variety-pack?variant=31713920155703"
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"Yellow bird blue agave sriracha."
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"My young daughter got pulled in by trying Yellowbird Blue Agave Sriracha."
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"Some good habanero sauces are Yellowbird."
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"Yellowbird is really good."
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"Yellowbird Jalapeño."
#7

Tabasco

4.0
(9)
"The tobasco scorpion sauce is a good in between before you get to the really spicy stuff."
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"Tabasco"
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"Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeño). Great flavor with a mild spiciness."
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"Tabasco habanero is very good and brings more heat than the original."
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"Tabasco Habanero. Great stuff, fairly inexpensive and easy to find."
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"Tabasco, Cholula, Old Bay and Dave's Insanity here."
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"Tabasco - on Cajun food."
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"I love Tabasco. It’s got good heat and flavor."
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"Try some of Tabasco's other sauces."
#8

Melinda's

4.4
(7)
"Melinda's are usually all great."
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"Top 3 I always have are Melinda’s ghost pepper, OG Tabasco, Valentina"
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"Melinda's (brand) have never missed for me. All of them are a fantastic blend of heat and flavor."
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"I would just pick up a variety of Melinda's."
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"Melinda's brand is also a nice pick."
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"Melinda’s Fire Roasted Garlic & Habanero."
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"Is a good brand to start with. Bunch of different flavors."
#9

Crystal

4.1
(7)
"All around favorite hot sauce on everything? Crystal."
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"Crystal is the best mild staple, but it isn't really sweet."
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"Crystal hot sauce is the most well balanced, simple, delicious & vinegar free hot sauce."
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"A mild hot sauce I return to time and time again is Crystal Louisianas Garlic hot sauce."
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"The ones I keep on hand, in order of how hot they are to me: Crystal."
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"Crystal or red rooster in place of tobasco."
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"I prefer Crystal over Tabasco ordinarily."
#10

Marie Sharp

4.8
(4)
"I’m a big fan of Marie Sharps."
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"Marie sharps: carrot based habanero hot sauce."
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"Marie Sharpe: all of them, especially “Beware”."
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"My Kroger sells Marie Sharps."
#11

El Fuego

4.7
(3)
"El Fuego is stellar hot sauce w/ a lot of various flavors/heats."
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"El Fuego. Best hot sauces hands down."
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"El Fuego for great flavors."
#12

Secret Aardvark

4.3
(3)
"Try Secret Aardvark Habanero"
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"Secret Aardvark. It’s a scotch bonnet based hot sauce which has a nice medium heat and incredible flavor."
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"Secret aardvark is available at both Kroger locations near me!"
#13

Hot Ones

4.3
(3)
"I’d grab one of the Hot Ones challenge packs and try something new."
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"Is solid as heck if you want to try a green sauce."
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"Might be good!"
#14

Bravado

4.0
(3)
"Bravado Serrano & Basil"
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"Is similar to Melinda's in those facts"
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"I really like the Bravado range, they do a Ghost pepper and blueberry one that goes amazing on meat."
#15

Johnny Hexburg

5.0
(2)
"Johnny Hexburg is amazing."
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"Johnny Hexburg has quite a selection."
#16

Yellowbird Habanero

5.0
(2)
"Yellow bird habanero. Definitely spicy but not habanero burn your mouth off."
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"* Yellowbird Habanero and/or Serrano."
#17

Frank's RedHot

4.5
(2)
"Franks, I put that ish on every thing."
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"Not fancy. But Frank's Red Hot Sauce. Mmm."
#18

Heatonist

4.5
(2)
"[Heatonist](https://heatonist.com/)"
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"Almost everything Ive gotten from them has been solid."
#19

Louisiana

4.5
(2)
"Cholula green, Louisiana hot sauce, and aardvark hot sauce."
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"I like good ole Louisiana brand."
#20

Gringo Bandito

4.5
(2)
"Gringo Bandito. Thank me later. Your welcome"
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"Gringo Bandito!"
#21

Truff

4.5
(2)
"Truff! black truffle infused."
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"I like Truff on eggs."
#22

Frank's Red Hot

4.5
(2)
"My favorite hot sauce is Frank’s red hot. To me, it’s more flavorful than ouch."
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"Frank's Red Hot is also a popular go-to."
#23

Gator Hammock

4.5
(2)
"Gator Hammock."
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"Gator Hammock is a good one!"
#24

Hosa

4.5
(2)
"You want HOSA!"
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"Hosa, El Fuego, and The Local all have great sauces."
#25

Encona

4.5
(2)
"I've been enjoying Encona Original recently"
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"I always have Encona original and Nandos Hot or Medium garlic on hand!"
#26

Sriracha

4.5
(2)
"Sriracha"
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"Sriracha (underwood ranch)"
#27

Seed Ranch

4.5
(2)
"Mushrooms and chocolate and anchoives in this"
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"I quite like the Seed Ranch Umami Hot Sauce with Italian food."
#28

Funky's

4.5
(2)
"Funky's hot sauce is the best in town hands down"
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"Funky's Ghost of Christmas and HOSA's The Teacher are my two local faves."
#29

Bravado Spice Co.

4.5
(2)
"Bravado Spice Co - Black Garlic Carolina Reaper sauce is my favorite with Italian dishes."
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"I really like the Bravado Spice Co. sauces for flavor."
#30

Aardvark

4.5
(2)
"Cholula green, Louisiana hot sauce, and aardvark hot sauce."
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"Aardvark is a good one."
#31

Heartbeat

4.5
(2)
"For the latter, I prefer Heartbeat hot sauces. They put flavour as the most important part."
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"Heartbeat Scorpion."
#32

Torchbearer

4.5
(2)
"Torchbearer, Rocky's Hot Sauce and Hanks. Top 3 favorites!!!"
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"Mild, sweet and Habanero infused awesomehotsauce!"
#33

Melinda's Ghost Pepper

4.0
(2)
"Melinda's ghost pepper does it for me."
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"Melinda's Ghost Pepper."
#34

Pepper Plant

4.0
(2)
"Pepper Plant is good."
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"Pepper Plant! It's from a farming town (city? Gilroy, CA) near me."
#35

Frank's

4.0
(2)
"Frank's and McElhanney are what I like."
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"I settled on Frank's, Valentina, and Sriracha."
#36

Texas Pete

4.0
(2)
"Texas Pete"
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"Texas Pete on fried chicken."
#37

Los Calientes

4.0
(2)
"Chicken tacos- Los Calientes Verde."
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"Los Calientes works really well w/ enchiladas."
#38

Wildnoon

5.0
(1)
"Wildnoon piripiri from Mozambique is amazing."
#39

La Victoria

5.0
(1)
"Orange sauce by La Victoria"
#40

Cajohn's

5.0
(1)
"I'm a big fan of Cajohn's El Chupacabra"
#41

Hank Sauce

5.0
(1)
"Hank Sauce from NJ"
#42

The Sauce Shop

5.0
(1)
"They have a large selection of local hot sauces."
#43

Hedgehog

5.0
(1)
"Hedgehog Blouberg mall sells a few hot sauces."
#44

Quality Pickles

5.0
(1)
"Contact Quality Pickles for a range of sauces."
#45

Sambal Oelek

5.0
(1)
"Sambal oelek"
#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

Marie Sharp Beware Comatose Habanero

5.0
(1)
"Beware Comatose Habanero from Marie Sharpe's has a delicious flavor."
#57

Habanero Tatemado XXX Hot

5.0
(1)
"Habanero Tatemado XXX Hot from Mexico Lindo is my favorite."
#58

Gochujang

5.0
(1)
"Gochujang! soooo tasty!"
#59

Chunky Garlic Jalapeño Hot Sauce

5.0
(1)
"The chunky garlic jalapeño hot sauce is my current favorite."
#60

Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet & Ginger

5.0
(1)
"* Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet & Ginger."
#61

El Yucateco Red or Green

5.0
(1)
"* El Yucateco Red or Green."
#62

Secret Aardvark Habanero

5.0
(1)
"* Secret Aardvark Habanero."
#63

Tabasco Habanero

5.0
(1)
"* Tabasco Habenero."
#64

La Victoria Jalapeño Sauce

5.0
(1)
"I love la victoria jalapeno sauce."
#65

Walkerswood Scotch Bonnet

5.0
(1)
"If you find Walkerswood scotch bonnet from Jamaica, that is a really reliable one."
#66

Caribbean

5.0
(1)
"Caribbean Scotch Bonnet sauces."
#67

Hellhound

5.0
(1)
"I regularly eat the Hellhound reaper mango tamarind for breakfast."
#68

Flower City Flavor

5.0
(1)
"Flavorful but spicy."
#69

St Augustine

5.0
(1)
"St Augustine has Datil pepper sauces."
#70

Humble House Hot Sauce

5.0
(1)
"All the red ones are fantastic but my favorite is ancho/morita"
#71

Bhut Kisser

5.0
(1)
"I put Bhut Kisser on basically everything."
#72

Wiri Wiri Peppers

5.0
(1)
"Hands down That would be Wiri Wiri peppers."
#73

Chubby Chilli

5.0
(1)
"Honestly it’s really delicious, and he makes a chilli-mayo spin-off which is also incredible."
#74

Dirty Dicks

5.0
(1)
"Very good trust me."
#75

Heats Hot Sauce

5.0
(1)
"I rly like the palo altos firefighters pepper sauce mmmm!"
#76

Wet Fart With Pooh

5.0
(1)
"If you have enough heat tolerance this is my all time favorite hot sauce."
#77

Mic's

5.0
(1)
"Mic's Voodoo Reaper, Elijah's Extreme Regret, Adoboloco Crying Mary, Exhorresco by Burns & McCoy."
#78

Blue Collar Hot Sauce

5.0
(1)
"The best tasting hot sauce that I put on everything is Smoked Habanero from a company called Blue Collar Hot Sauce."
#79

Queen Majesty

5.0
(1)
"Queen Majesty - scotch bonnet & ginger."
#80

Mahi

5.0
(1)
"Bought a Mahi Scorpion Pepper Sauce from Tesco. As a supermarket hot sauce it’s absolutely insanely hot."
#81

Windmill

5.0
(1)
"Windmill has got souly, its got fire and its yellow."
#82

Trader Joe’s

5.0
(1)
"Trader Joe’s has this Habanero hot sauce that I cannot get enough of."
#83

Cutino

5.0
(1)
"I love Cutino - Chipotle. I put it on pizza, spaghetti, lasagna, everything tomato based."
#84

Hellfire Detroit

5.0
(1)
"Hellfire Detroit just put out Cabernet Habanero Reaper."
#85

Downtoferment

5.0
(1)
"I love their “Beet your meat” hot sauce & their hot sauce named “dadbod”."
#86

Yucateca

5.0
(1)
"Yucateca- Caribbean style. Out of this world, it was delicious and had tremendous heat."
#87

Dirty Dick's

5.0
(1)
"Dirty dick's. It was on Hot Ones a few years ago."
#88

Mark’s Good Stuff

5.0
(1)
"Mark’s Good Stuff & Slap Yo Momma"
#89

Dave's Insanity Sauce

4.0
(1)
"Dave’s insanity sauce, good starter hot sauce."
#90

Iguana Gold

4.0
(1)
"Iguana Gold Island Pepper Sauce is very nice."
#91

Trader Joe's Green Dragon

4.0
(1)
"I like the Trader Joe’s green dragon."
#92

Marie Sharp Belizean Heat

4.0
(1)
"Marie Sharps Belizan Heat."
#93

Yucateco Habanero

4.0
(1)
"Yucateco Habanero."
#94

Jalapeño Sauce

4.0
(1)
"I use the Jalapeno sauce as a Marinade for shrimp a lot."
#95

Melinda's Habanero

4.0
(1)
"I would branch out with a good habanero from Melinda's."
#96

Sauce Leopard Road Dawg

4.0
(1)
"Sauce Leopard: Road Dawg."
#97

Chalupa Chipotle

4.0
(1)
"Chalupa - *chipotle* & Valentinas - “extra hot” (black label)."
#98

Fresh Chile Company

4.0
(1)
#99

Mr Pukka

4.0
(1)
"I'm partial to the Habanero one."
#100

Melinda’s

4.0
(1)
"I like the sauce and it’s quite good."
#101

Pepper Palace

4.0
(1)
"Like a hot version of 57 sauce"
#102

Humble House

4.0
(1)
"Not that hot, but great flavor."
#103

DAT

4.0
(1)
"Dat sauce you have to put it in the fridge after opening it though."
#104

Lucky Dog

4.0
(1)
"Makes very flavor forward sauces that range from mild to hot but nothing superhot."
#105

Angry Goat

4.0
(1)
"Makes great sauces I would check out hippy dippy green, goat rider or yellow flamingo lowish heat but lots of flavor"
#106

Yucatan Sunshine

4.0
(1)
"Yucatan Sunshine"
#107

Tears of the Sun

4.0
(1)
"Tears of the sun"
#108

Malinda’s Packs

4.0
(1)
"They’re like $8 and don’t disappoint."
#109

The Spicy Shark

4.0
(1)
"Was taken back by how different it tasted."
#110

Black Fern

4.0
(1)
"We sell a hot sauce for coffee. It's not the hottest, but it's really good."
#111

TryMe

4.0
(1)
"TryMe Yucatan Sunshine is my go to habanero sauce. It's not the hottest,but it has a damn good flavor."
#112

Huy Fong

4.0
(1)
"Rooster sauce (Huy Fong sriracha) is a staple at our house."
#113

Pickapeppa

4.0
(1)
"Pickapeppa Red. May be hard to find."
#114

La Pimenterie

4.0
(1)
"Queso sin queso by La Pimenterie."
#115

Trader Joe's

4.0
(1)
"I love Trader Joe's Peri Peri sauce - a little smoky, a little tangy, not too hot."
#116

Pablo

4.0
(1)
"Pablo from Tokyo has an amazing Japanese hot sauce."
#117

Buldak

4.0
(1)
"I’ve been loving Buldak hot sauce but it comes with consequences."
#118

Byron Bay Chili Co.

4.0
(1)
"Byron Bay Chili Co. Habanero."
#119

High Desert

4.0
(1)
"Ghost of Saffron by High Desert is my new go to taco sauce."
#120

Danger Close

4.0
(1)
"Some good habanero sauces are Danger Close by General."
#121

Aunt May's

4.0
(1)
"Aunt May's Bajan Pepper Sauce."
#122

Tabanero

4.0
(1)
"Tabanero is sweet and mild."
#123

Yellow Bird

4.0
(1)
"Yellow Bird and Melindas are usually the 'next step up' sauces."
#124

Tapatío

4.0
(1)
"I’m a big fan of Tapatío."
#125

Grace's

4.0
(1)
"Grace's is chronic and I haven't seen it mentioned here yet."
#126

Louisiana Hot Sauce

4.0
(1)
"Louisiana Hot sauce has been my go to for buffalo wings."
#127

Arizona

4.0
(1)
"Arizona brand is great."
#128

Tiger Sauce

4.0
(1)
"Give Tiger Sauce a try. It's got a little heat to it, but very flavorful."
#129

Dave's Gourmet

4.0
(1)
"I’m a huge fan of Dave’s Gourmet."
#130

Sweet Baby Ray

4.0
(1)
"Sweet Baby Ray has some nice ones."
#131

Green Dragon

4.0
(1)
"Green dragon! Maybe habanero hot sauce as well for something spicier."
#132

Heat Supply

4.0
(1)
"There is a Dutch company called Heat supply that has a big selection of hot sauces."
#133

Homeskillet

4.0
(1)
"Homeskillet makes and sells their own hot sauces and they are so so so good."
#134

Seer Hotsauce

4.0
(1)
"Seer Hotsauce is made in bellingham, small batch, you can pick it up at the little cheerful."
#135

The Local

4.0
(1)
"The Local for pure heat, less flavor."
#136

Steve and Ed's

4.0
(1)
"Sometimes I dabble into Steve and Ed’s who make hot sauce but with flavor like mango habanero or garlic Buffalo."
#137

Walkers Wood

4.0
(1)
"Walkers wood is great. Their jerk stuff is really good."
#138

Wiltshire Chilli Farm

4.0
(1)
"Try the Wiltshire Chilli farm, lots of good stuff and all UK made."

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