Bottom Line: Weak Knees Gochujang Sriracha is a gourmet version of the familiar sauce that delivers a unique taste along with some heat.
Huy Fung Sriracha is still hard to find in the stores these days due to a chili pepper shortage (more on that here), but there are options out there to hold you over until those green-topped bottles start returning to the shelves. Weak Knees Gochujang Sriracha may not be a direct replacement for the rooster...
Bottom Line: Diamondback Texafied Sriracha is bolder than its Huy Fong competition with more heat and garlic, but still acts as a good substitute.
If you have been looking for that familiar bottle of Huy Fong Sriracha Sauce with the rooster on the front and have not been able to track it down in your local market, you are not alone. The company ran into a chili pepper shortage back in 2022 (more on that here) and apparently still has not been...
Bottom Line: Tabasco is one of the oldest bottled sauces and still one of the best. It brings good heat and good flavor and pairs well with a wide variety of foods.
There may be thousands of hot sauces out there (tens of thousands?), many that are quite tasty and that I would highly recommend. But I always find myself going back to the source. The original Tabasco Pepper Sauce is still Number 1 in my book. I bow to king Tabasco! It may not...
Bottom Line: The Torchbearer sauces Son of Zombie, Garlic Reaper, and Zombie Apocalypse deliver good taste and plenty of heat but should be used judiciously.
Torchbearer is a craft hot sauce company known for making some very hot and very tasty concoctions, and their products have started to become more readily available throughout the country. I have to admit, though, that I have been remiss in trying their sauces even though I have seen them...
Bottom Line: Melinda's Pepper Sauce Challenge has a nice selection of that company's sauces that offer a good combination of heat and flavor.
It is the time of year when people are buying gifts for friends and family, and as I have said in a previous post, please don't buy those generic hot sauce gift sets if you are getting something for someone who likes spicy foods. There are plenty of better options out that as I have been covering with my...
Bottom Line: The variety pack from Hoff’s delivers some quality hot sauces with that next level of taste and they bring the heat as well. This is a perfect gift for the holiday season.
It is the gift-giving time of year, and as I said in a recent post, don’t be giving people those cheap hot sauce sets that you find in big-box stores and gift shops. Instead, if you know somebody that likes spicy foods, give them a craft hot sauce gift set. It...
Bottom Line: Pepper Palace's gourmet Red Eye Rooster and Rooster Reaper sauces offer a good alternative to Huy Fong Sriracha and they deliver plenty of heat.
As I have mentioned previously on this site, Huy Fong Sriracha sauce is missing on many store shelves these days due to a pepper shortage and that could continue into early Fall. So I have been on the hunt for substitutes (even though I stocked up) in order to suggest some options to those...
Bottom Line: Trader Joe’s Sriracha and Green Dragon Sauce have a bit of a kick and offer a nice substitute to Huy Fong products while they are in short supply.
If you haven’t already noticed, Sriracha sauce from Huy Fong’s (the one with the green top and rooster on the bottle) is getting harder to find. Due to the ongoing drought and labor shortages, the chili peppers that they use for their sauces are in short supply and the Huy Fong...
Prepare yourselves, hot sauce lovers. Over the past few years, we have had shortages of toilet paper, milk, various produce items, ramen noodles, and more. But now we have one that will really hit home: that go-to favorite Huy Fong Sriracha Sauce! Due to drought and labor issues, chili peppers are in short supply and that is impacting the availability of Huy Fong products which also includes their Chili Garlic Sauce and Sambal Oelek. No new...
Bottom Line: Eli’s Special Habanero Hot Sauce tastes like a Louisiana-style hot sauce with habaneros added and a hint of Mexican spice and it brings some good heat.
When visiting restaurants, it is always nice to see bottles of hot sauce sitting on the table because that means they understand that there are customers that want to add some kick to their food. And when I see a bottle of hot sauce that is not available in the stores, I am always...
