Spicy Food News: Tabasco Partners with Absolut Vodka, Sargento Adds Spicy Cheese, and More

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Tabasco and Absolut Are Pouring Some Spicy Vodka

Tabasco is partnering with Absolut to brings us a spicy new vodka. Here are the details from the press release:

Crafted by fusing ABSOLUT with a unique and completely natural essence created from the fermented, aged red pepper mash used to make TABASCO® Sauce, ABSOLUT® TABASCO™ delivers the distinctive heat and aroma of the world’s most famous pepper sauce in America’s #1 spirit brand, as voted by consumers. The resulting vodka has no added sugar and, like ABSOLUT original, is gluten-free but now with just the right amount of spice.

This could certainly be used to spice up a Bloody Mary or Michelada along with any number of other cocktails. There is no indication that it is a limited time item, so it should stick around as long as the sales are good.

Sargento Kicks Up Its Sliced Cheese

Sargento adds Spicy Mango Habanero Jack, Smoky Hot Colby-Jack, and Carolina Reaper Jack to its sliced cheese lineup

Sargento is adding three spicy flavors to its lineup of sliced cheeses. Here is the rundown from the press release:

Sargento® Mango Habanero Jack: Sliced Monterey Jack Cheese with Habanero Peppers and Natural Mango Flavor with Other Natural Flavors. A unique blend of sweet and spicy, offering a tropical twist. Switch up your next grilled cheese or add it to a chicken bacon wrap to bring some much-needed spice to your life.

Sargento® Smoky Hot Colby-Jack Sliced Cheese: Delivers a rich, smoky heat that perfectly complements hearty dishes. Try it on a grilled onion cheeseburger or a smoky BLTC to make every bite an adventure.

Sargento® Carolina Reaper Jack: Sliced Monterey Jack Cheese with Jalapeno, Habanero, and Carolina Reaper Peppers. Packs an elevated, fiery punch. Bring the heat on a hot fried chicken sandwich or try it on a cold Italian sub. Each slice will wake up your taste buds with a hot, spicy kick.

There is no mention that these are limited time offerings, so they should remain on the shelves and long as people keep buying them.

Trader Joe’s Fuses Italian and Korean with Its New Pasta

New Spicy Alfredo Fusilloni from Trader Joe's

This national grocery chain has a new pasta hitting the frozen section, and it promises to deliver a kick. Here is the info from their website:

As Korean foods continue to grow in popularity, our buyers continue searching for creative ways to bring those characteristically spicy, sweet, and savory flavors—often with a fermented flair—into more TJ’s products. The latest achievement on this culinary fusion adventure is Trader Joe’s Spicy Alfredo Fusilloni Pasta. Our supplier in Italy starts with Fusilloni (giant fusilli) made of durum wheat semolina that’s cooked to an ideal al dente texture. For the fusion part, they’ve crafted a Spicy Alfredo sauce that mixes traditional cream, grated cheese, and butter with gochujang (fermented red chili paste).

The sauce is frozen into little “pucks” and packed right in with the Fusilloni. All you have to do is heat everything together in the microwave or on the stovetop, and you’ll be rewarded with a mouthwatering melding of flavors—rich, ultra-creamy Alfredo with a spicy, fermented kick in every big-spiral bite.

It sells for $4.79 a bag (prices will vary by region), and products like these tend to come and go at TJ’s, so you will probably want to pay a visit soon if you have an interest in picking it up.