Spicy Food Reviews (and Recipes)

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Spicy Snacks:  Popcorners Spicy Queso Chips

Bottom Line: Popcorners Spicy Queso chips do not have too much heat, but they still offer a tasty snack with a little kick that is a healthier option than standard chips. If you are trying to drop a few pounds this time of year but still craving something tasty to snack on, it can be tough. Carrot sticks and celery sticks just don’t cut it, and rice cakes taste like Styrofoam no matter what seasoning is added to them. But Popcorners has an...

Review: Taco Cabana Double Crunch Pizza

Bottom Line: The Double Crunch Pizza from Taco Cabana has some assembly problems and could use more heat, but with some tweaks it turns out pretty good. Taco Bell has been making plenty of news by bringing back its Mexican Pizza and people have been streaming through the drive thru to snatch it up ever since (probably because they’re worried it will get yanked off the menu again). Through all this, apparently execs at Texas-based Taco Cabana...

Recipe: Quick and Easy Jalapeno Cheeseburger Quesadillas

This is a quick and easy recipe for Jalapeno Cheeseburger Quesadillas that is tasty and filling and can be made as a relatively healthy, low-carb dish. Ingredients 4 Flour Tortillas (Low Carb is Okay, See Note Below) 3 Frozen, Pre-Cooked Slider Burger Patties (or One Regular Frozen Patty) ½ Cup Sweet Onions, Sliced 1 Fresh Jalapeño, Chopped 2 Slices Pepper Jack Cheese 2 Slices Cheddar Cheese 1 Tablespoon Oil Directions Heat up a skillet on...

Spicy Snacks: Kettle Brand Air Fried Jalapeno Potato Chips

Bottom Line: Kettle Brand Air Fried Jalapeno Potato Chips are not too hot, but they are still pretty good for a healthy snacking option. It’s the New Year and time to get healthy! That means veggie smoothies and steamed fish and lots of raw greens and . . . we all know that we’re not going to stick with that. But there are at least some healthier options out there that may help when combating the battle of the bulge. And that includes some...

Mountain Dew Is Coming Out with Baja Blast . . . Hot Sauce?

Do you love Mountain Dew? Particularly their Baja Blast flavor? Do you love it so much that you are craving a Baja Blast hot sauce? I'm not certain that many people would have considered that option, but Mountain Dew is indeed putting out a hot sauce based on the popular Baja Blast drink flavor. In celebration of National Hot Sauce Day (which is January 22nd) and in partnership with iBurn hot sauce shop in Houston, this sauce combines the...

Review: Spicy Roast Beef Sandwich from Arby’s

Bottom Line: The Spicy Roast Beef does not push up the heat scale like their Diablo sandwiches, but it is still a nice twist on an Arby’s classic with a kick. Not chicken! Not chicken! I’m reviewing something that is not chicken! For some reason, the restaurant industry--particularly the fast food side--seems to think that the only thing you can spice up is chicken. You’ve got spicy chicken sandwiches, spicy chicken wings, spicy chicken...

Review: Smoky Buffalo Chicken Melt from Panera

Bottom Line: The Smoky Buffalo Chicken Melt from Panera is an excellent sandwich full of fresh ingredients, but it would have been nice if it had more heat. Chicken, chicken, and more chicken! This is now my fifth review of the new year and the fourth one that is about chicken! That is not necessarily a bad thing because poultry is one of the healthier meats and a good way to start off the year. But somebody tell the restaurant industry that you...

Winging It: Ghost Pepper Wings from Popeyes

Bottom Line: The Ghost Pepper Wings from Popeyes are tasty little bites of chicken that bring a nice kick of heat. Popeyes is known for its fried chicken with a kick, and its spicy chicken sandwich is one of the best available in the drive thru these days. But apparently they know that consumers are really going for the spicy stuff lately, and they are kicking things up by bringing back their Ghost Pepper Wings. Those were last available in the...

The Chicken Sandwich Wars: Mexican Original Chicken Sandwich from Burger King

Bottom Line: Mexican Original Chicken Sandwich from Burger King is not too hot and could probably use some more of that spicy queso, but it is still a good variation on a BK classic with a kick. The new year has just started, and already Burger King is throwing in a new entry to the Chicken Sandwich Wars. But this time around they are doing things a bit differently and going back to the source, tweaking their Original Chicken Sandwich which has...

Spicy Snacks: Julio’s Freakin’ Hot Corn Tortilla Chips

Bottom Line: Julio’s Freakin’ Hot Corn Chips deliver a superior tortilla chip that blends good taste with plenty of heat. There are lots of tortilla chips on the store shelves, and many people have a hard time getting past the big names like Doritos and Tostitos. But if you look a little bit further, you may find Julio’s Corn Tortilla Chips which are made by a family-run business in Del Rio, Texas. I had previously bought their original...