Bottom Line: The Mambo Sauce from McDonald’s offers a more adult dipping sauce with some heat while the Sweet & Spicy Jam goes overboard on the sweetness.
McDonald’s has had dipping sauces available since they introduced the Chicken McNuggets all the way back in 1983. Thus, it doesn’t really seem like all that big of a news flash when new sauces arrive, but these guys have been advertising the hell out of their Mambo Sauce and Sweet...
Paqui Has Not Discontinued its Haunted Ghost Pepper Chips
The Haunted Ghost Pepper Chips from Paqui have been hard to find of late and they are not currently showing up on that company's website. This started shortly after a tragic incident when a teenager died after doing the Paqui One Chip Challenge (which is a different and much hotter chip). Apparently, as all the legal implications are getting worked out, the company decided to de-emphasize...
Bottom Line: Secret Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce is similar to a taco sauce and it really brings the heat along with good flavor.
I recently started working on a compilation of go-to hot sauces (watch for an upcoming post), and as I was reviewing what I had already covered on the site I noticed a glaring omission. Despite the fact that I regularly have a bottle of Secret Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce in the fridge and that it is my go-to topping...
Bottom Line: The Chunky Ghost Pepper Chicken Noodle Soup from Campbell’s is quite good as canned soups go and really packs some heat.
It is soup season as Fall is upon us and the outside temperatures are starting to drop (unless you are here in Texas where the only temp seems to be hot and hotter). And while it is always nice to make up a big batch of homemade soup that you can feed on for a few days (keep an eye out for some upcoming...
One Pepper X to Rule Them All
Step aside Caroline Reaper, there is now a hotter chili pepper in town. And it comes from the same guy who brought us the Reaper in the first place. Ed Currie of the PuckerButt Pepper Company has just claimed a Guinness World Record for a new chili he cultivated known as Pepper X. That one has an average rating of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), which is quite a bit higher than the 1.64 SHU average for the...
Bottom Line: The Ghost Pepper Chicken Fries from Burger King bring a nice kick of heat to a fast food favorite from that chain.
Chicken is on the menu again! I just reviewed the Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich from Chick-fil-A (which is pretty darn good, more on that here) and I realized I had not gotten to Burger King’s latest spicy addition which is about to head back to Limited-Time-Only-Ville. The King has come up with a Ghost Pepper...
Bottom Line: The Honey Pepper Pimento Chicken Sandwich from Chick-Fil-A delivers a nice twist on the premium poultry sandwich and the spicy version brings a kick.
The fast food establishments continue to wage the Chicken Sandwich Wars with each lobbing a new salvo into the field on a regular basis. Chick-fil-A is currently winning amongst the purveyors of poultry as it is the Number 3 chain in sales in the U.S. (as of last year) and the only...
The ubiquitous green-topped sriracha sauce from Huy Fong has been hard to find over the last few of years because that company changed its chili pepper distributor and then ran into a shortage of the pods (you can read more about all that here). It is finally starting to make a return to stores (though in limited quantities), but during the time of its absence, I offered several substitutes in case you couldn't find it at your local market....
Bottom Line: The Angry Monster Taco from Jack in the Box is a bigger version of their fast food classic, guilty pleasure tacos and brings a bit of heat.
It’s Halloween season and Jack in the Box has decided to provide some scares in October. And it is doing that by bringing back the . . . shudder . . . Monster Taco! That is basically the same as Jack’s classic regular taco just . . . bigger. It used to be a staple on the menu, but then Jack...
Bottom Line: The Hot & Spicy Wings from KFC deliver the good fried chicken taste you expect from this chain and bring a bit of heat.
Chicken wings are a common item at many restaurants these days, but surprisingly one place where they have not been a fixture on the menu is one of the original chicken friers KFC (aka Kentucky Fried Chicken to those of us who remember when they spelled out the name). Wings have made appearances there from time...
